心甘情願奉獻自己的所有、所知，利益家人、親友， 乃至一切眾生，成為大眾所需要的人，便是一個「要 人」。 Offering ourselves, our knowledge, and everything to the benefit of our family, friends, and even all sentient being without any reservation or complaint is to be someone who everyone needs—an "important person." - Master Sheng Yen

 

做一天和尚撞一日鐘，在什麼樣的身分、職位和角色 ，就要盡心盡力、盡責盡分，便是把握當下，就是心 靈環保。 One day in a monk’s life is one day of work. No matter who we are or what status and role we play, as long as we are diligent and responsible, taking hold of the precious present moment, then we protect our spiritual environment. - Master Sheng Yen

 

凡事心存感恩，努力當下，把自己當成是承先啟後的 「輸血管」，一方面接受先人的養分，也把自己的養 分往下傳，就是善盡生命之責。 As long as gratitude fills our hearts, and we are diligent, then we can be like a tube for blood transfusion—we receive nourishment from our predecessors and we also transport the nourishment we have to future generations. To do this is to fulfill our duty. - Master Sheng Yen

 

個人生命雖然渺小，只要發揮所能所長，克盡一己之 力，就是扮演了人類歷史承先啟後的角色。 Even though our individual lives are miniscule, as long as we can fully utilize our strengths and develop our capabilities with utmost effort, then we will fulfill our roles of inheriting the past and inspiring the future of civilization. - Master Sheng Yen

 

天生我材必有所用，每個人出生時，就已帶著責任和 價值來到世上。這份「用處」，是對人類歷史負責， 對全體社會盡責。 There is usefulness in the talents we were born with. When each of us is born, we bring to this world our life purpose and capacities. Our "usefulness" is measured by our ability to contribute to humanity - Master Sheng Yen

 

人生的價值在於奉獻，在奉獻之中成長，廣結善緣。 The real value of life comes from offering ourselves to others; this is where we grow and form connections with others. - Master Sheng Yen

 

我們希望自己健康、快樂、平安，也希望他人健康、 快樂、平安的這種願心，其中也有自我中心，但與自 私的自我中心不同，乃是利他的菩提心。 We hope to have health, happiness, and harmony for ourselves, and we wish that others may have the same. Self-referentiality exists here, but it is very different from selfishness. Such an attitude of benefitting others is known as Bodhi-mind or bodhichitta. - Master Sheng Yen