青山綠水廣長舌，鳥語花香說妙法。 The green mountains and bubbling streams, the chirping birds and fragrant flowers -- everything around you can be an eloquent Dharma teacher if you know where to look. - Master Sheng Yen

天上人間樂與苦，自心造作自身受。Happiness and suffering are both created by one's own mind. - Master Sheng Yen

河山猶在，景物遷移；日月長運，人事全非。 As time goes by, one sees that nothing escapes the law of impermanence. - Master Sheng Yen

煩惱即菩提，並不是說沒有煩惱，而是雖然有煩惱， 但是你不以它為煩惱。 Vexation is bodhi, but that doesn't mean there is no vexation. Vexations exist, but don't see them as vexations. - Master Sheng Yen

駕行般若船苦海普渡，常登涅槃山心性不動。 Command the ship of prajna, wisdom, and help those on the sea of suffering; climb the mountain of nirvana and keep one's mind unperturbed. - Master Sheng Yen

倚般若杵碎萬千障礙，運福德斧建人間淨土。 Wisdom will help us overcome all obstacles, virtues will help us build a pure land on earth. - Master Sheng Yen

漫漫長夜無夢春宵短，茫茫苦海有船彼岸近。 The dark and long nights are easy to pass with dreamless sleep, the other shore across the sea of suffering is easy to reach with the Dharma as your boat. - Master Sheng Yen