不要管過去、未來，以及所有一切的好壞，最好只管 你自己的現在。 Do not care about what is past or in the future, good or bad. It is best to care only about what is present. - Master Sheng Yen

與其爭取不可能得到的東西，不如善自珍惜運用所擁 有的。 Rather than fighting for something you cannot get, it is better to cherish and use what you already have. - Master Sheng Yen

處理私人的事可以用「情」，處理公共事務，就必須 用「理」。 It is all right to express feelings in handling personal affairs, but you must use a principled approach in public matters. - Master Sheng Yen

人生第一要務是學做人，那就是盡心、盡力、盡責、 盡份。 The first important task in life is to learn to be a good and useful person. Work with all your heart and mind to the best of your ability, according to what is required of you. - Master Sheng Yen

人往往因為沒有認清自己，而給自己帶來不必要的困 擾。 People usually have no insight into themselves and consequently cause themselves unnecessary trouble. - Master Sheng Yen

把病交給醫生，把命交給菩薩，如此一來，自己就是 沒有事的健康人。 Let the doctor care for your disease. Let the bodhisattva care for your life. Once you do this you will become a healthy person with no worries. - Master Sheng Yen

把自我的利害得失放下，才能有通達天地萬物的智 慧。 Will I gain or lose, be helped or harmed? Put that down! Then you will develop penetrating wisdom that encompasses heaven and earth and all phenomena. - Master Sheng Yen