1.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.
2.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.
3.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.
4.處理私人的事可以用「情」,處理公共事務,就必須用「理」。
It is alright to express feelings in handling personal affairs, but you must use a principled approach in public matters.
5.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.
6.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 in the past or in the future, good or bad.It is best to care only about what is in the present.
7.若能真正放下一切,就能包容一切,擁有一切。
If you truly let go of everything,then you can encompass everything and everything becomes yours.
8.提得起是方法、是著力的開始,放得下是為了再提起;進步便在提起與放下之間,級級上升。
In approaching a method of meditation,once you can pick it up, you can begin to exercise effort. With effort you can
-put down your thoughts. Progress lies within this picking up and putting down.
9.不要跟他人比高比低,只要自己盡心盡力。
Don't measure yourself as high or low in comparison to others. Just work with all your heart and mind.
10.我們的環境從來沒有好過,也沒有那麼壞過,就看自己怎麼看待。
Nothing around you is either good or bad, but seems so according to how you look at it.
11.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 in the past or in the future, good or bad.
It is best to care only about what is in the present.
12.若能真正放下一切,就能包容一切,擁有一切。
If you truly let go of everything,then you can encompass everything and everything becomes yours.
13.提得起是方法、是著力的開始,放得下是為了再提起;進步便在提起與放下之間,級級上升。
In approaching a method of meditation,once you can pick it up, you can begin to exercise effort. With effort you can put down your thoughts. Progress lies
-within this picking up and putting down.
14.不要跟他人比高比低,只要自己盡心盡力。
Don't measure yourself as high or low in comparison to others. Just work with all your heart and mind.
15.我們的環境從來沒有好過,也沒有那麼壞過,就看自己怎麼看待。
Nothing around you is either good or bad, but seems so according to how you look at it.
16.災難之後,是往正面思考的契機,人可以由災難中得到很多教訓。
Once the dust from a catastrophe has settled, you reach a critical point where positive thinking can begin and important lessons can be learned.
17.只要無所貪求,無所執著,即能保有尊嚴,他人是奈何不得的。
With no greed and no grasping,you can maintain your dignity and be unaffected by others.
18.若能珍惜當下每一個因緣,每一個當下,都是獨一無二的。
If you can cherish causes and conditions as they transpire from moment to moment, then each moment is unique.
19.任何事如果把自己放進去,就有問題、有麻煩。除掉主觀的自我得失,就得解脫了。
If you put your "self" in everything,then you have problems and trouble.
Remove "self" concern with gain and loss and you will achieve liberation.
20.快樂,並不是來自名利的大小多少,而是來自內心的知足少欲。
Happiness does not derive from how famous you are or how much money you have; rather it is a measure of inner peace and contentment with few desires.
21.說話算話,用真心講實話,用好心講好話,就是立言。
Let words reflect deeds. Let a true mind speak true words. Let a good heart speak good words. This is true eloquence.
22.雖然身為平常人,責任心要擔起來,執著心應放下些。
We may be ordinary sentient beings, but we should shoulder our responsibilities and let go of our attachments as best we can.
23.忙時不要覺得無奈,閒時不要覺得無聊,才不致隨波逐流,茫茫然不知所以。
When you are busy, don't feel overwhelmed. When there is nothing to do, don't feel bored. In this way you will not be swayed by every turn in life and be utterly lost.
24.一帆風順時,不要得意忘形;一波三折時,不必灰心喪志。
Don't get carried away when the sailing is smooth; don't lose heart and give up when the boat starts to toss and turn.
25.如果心量狹小又貪得無厭,縱然生活富裕,仍然不會快樂幸福。
A narrow mind and insatiable greed will deprive even the wealthy of happiness.
26.人生要在平淡中求進步,又在艱苦中見其光輝。
Advance your life in simplicity.Shine in difficulty.
27.人生要在安定中求富足,又在鍛鍊中見其莊嚴。
Seek abundance in calm and stability;See dignity in adversity.
28.擁有穩定的情緒,才是立於不敗之地的基礎。
Keeping your emotions steady is the foundation of unobstructed success.
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