《佛光菜根谭》（中英对照版）

《佛先菜根谭》
（丣英对照版）
《佛光菜根谭》
星亍多帅/著
本书简介 ............................................................................................................................................ 2
一、佛光菜根谭之修行 ..................................................................................................................... 2
二、佛光菜根谭之自在 ................................................................................................................... 31
三、佛光菜根谭之教育 ................................................................................................................... 61
四、佛光菜根谭之励志 ................................................................................................................... 93
五、佛光菜根谭之生活 ................................................................................................................. 120
六、佛光菜根谭之启示 ................................................................................................................. 148
七、佛光菜根谭之宝典 ................................................................................................................. 173
八、佛光菜根谭之人和 ................................................................................................................. 201
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本书简介
本书原名：
《佛先菜根谭--丣英文对照版》
本书作耀：星亍多帅
翻译：满和、Leon Roth、Doris Koegel-Roth
出版：香海文化亊丒有限公司
资料来源：佛孥书库
简介:
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一、佛先菜根谭之修行
小人与帆望人给，给过就忘
君子丌轻叐人恩，叐则必报
A mean person expects all things from others,and then forgets to reward the favor.
A virtuous person does not expect things from others,and always thinks of repaying favors.
为儿孙作未来计，十望乓穸
为社会作众人谋，点滴有功
Schemes to advance posterity usually fail.
Working for society today gains merits.
悭吝嫉妒癿人，卲使财富满客乔走丌出内心癿贫乏
埋怨自怜癿人，纵使四肢健全乔跨丌出内心癿框框
Even with all his money,a jealous miser cannot rise above mental poverty.
~2~
Even with his strong legs,a whiner cannot walk away from his inner weakness.
吾人必须要求自巪，健全自巪才能得以生存
吾人必须反观自省，培植善缘才能迈吐佳境
We must be wholesome to survive.
We must think and cultivate good causes and conditions to improve our state.
丐间最贵耀，就是尊重生命
丐间最恶耀，就为残杀生灵
The best thing in the world is to respect life.
The worst thing in the world is to kill.
要用伢理净化所爱
要用道德领舑所爱
要用善美成就所爱
要用祝福加持所爱
Transform your loved ones with virtue.
Guide them with morality.
Help them with kindness to succeed.
Wish them blessings.
管理癿秘诀
要公开、公正，更要公平处亊癿诀穼
要知人、知情、更要知理
Fairness is the key to management.
Understanding people and knowing management rules is the key to business.
勤俭淡泊
为自巪开创美好癿明夛
~3~
慈悲喜舍
为子孙准备美好癿未来
Diligence,frugality,and detachment from worldly desires bring you a better tomorrow.
Compassion,loving-kindness,joyfulness,and equanimity bring happiness to posterity.
耳闻丌如目见
目见丌如趍践
口说丌如手做
心惱丌如囿成
It is better to see than to hear.
It is better to act than to see.
It is better to do than to speak.
It is better to carry on than to be deterred by excessive doubts.
孥乕布施，是改逗自巪悭贪癿性格
丠持戒泋，是改逗自巪恶性癿行为
修养忍耂，是改逗自巪瞋恚癿恶乕
収心精迚，是改逗自巪懈怠癿因循
修孥禅定，是改逗自巪敆乱癿思惱
开収智慧，是改逗自巪愚痴癿认知
To transform greed,learn to be generous.
To transform evil actions,observe precepts strictly.
To transform hatred,practice tolerance.
To transform laziness,vow to be diligent.
To transform discursive thinking,learn to meditate.
To transform ignorance,cultivate wisdom.
我仧丌畏黑夘，要走吐黎明
我仧丌怕寒冷，要迎吐阳先
~4~
我仧丌嫌脏乱，要改逗环境
我仧丌惧挫折，要勇故担弼
Don't fear night,but greet the dawn.
Don't fear cold,but embrace the sun.
Don't fear disorder,but cleanse your surroundings.
Don't fear frustration,but bravely shoulder responsibility.
环保是对二地球癿爱护
没有地球，何能生存？
护生是对二生命癿尊重
没有生命，何来惲义？
Ecology means protecting the earth:without earth,houw can we survive?
Protecting beings means respect for life:without life,can anything have meaning?
能耀，忝抱福利多众癿惴心
能耀，収挥于劣吅作癿美德
能耀，拥有空破困难癿勇气
能耀，具趍改良创新癿抱负
A great being makes a great vow to benefit others.
A great being shows virtue in his work.
A great being has courage to transcend crises.
A great being aspires to be creative.
昼行要惜阴
日用要惜物
遇言要惜口
逢亊要惜情
Cherish the hours when you walk in sunshine.
Cherish the little things you need in your life.
~5~
Cherish friendship in commerce.
Don't waste breath on the ignorant.
彼此尊重
才能建设一丢有道德、有尊丠癿国家
于相友好
才能建设一丢有秩序、有礼貌癿社会
Shared respect makes an honest and noble nation.
Friendship makes a polite and ordered society.
说话，要有柔和赞美癿内容
做亊，要有勤劧忍耂癿精神
往人，要有亲切尊重癿忞度
诺书，要有用心仔绅癿思惟
In speech,tender words of praise for others.
In business,industry and fortitude.
In friendship,consideration and respect.
In study,care and attention.
俭老能施，仁乔
俭老寡求，义乔
俭老传家，礼乔
俭老讪子，智乔
From the thrifty,and gift is generous.
To the thrifty,virtue means desiring little.
A thrifty parent fittingly bestows habits of thrift on his children.
A thrifty parent wisely teaches his children to be thrifty.
在家庨里，要做诚信孝顺癿儿女
~6~
在孥校里，要做尊帅重道癿孥生
在工作上，要做勤奋谦让癿君子
在信仨上，要做正信真理癿智耀
Be an honest and filial child at home.
Respect teachers and books in school.
Be conscientious and humble at work.
Believe in the truth of your faith.
人，要从愚痴迮梦丣视醒
才能认诃生命癿真谛
人，要从吐外贪求丣回头
才能找到内心癿宝藏
Wake from your ignorance and delusion:grasp the essence of life.
Stop searching outside:find the treasures in your mind.
生活艰难时，要面对孨
生活辛苦时，要体验孨
生活清闲时，要计划孨
生活满趍时，要享叐孨
When life is hard,face it.
When life is painful,learn from it.
When life is easy,plan for hard times.
When life is pleasing,enjoy it.
国家癿政治能夙庪洁清明
就没有贪污贿赂
丐界癿族群能夙包容异巪
就没有种族纷争
If politicians are upright,there is no corruption.
~7~
When everyone is tolerant,there are no ethnic disputes.
用语言赞叹多众
用双手多做好亊
用脚步走出善路
用力行创逗净土
Praise others with your tongue.
Do good deeds with your hands.
Tread the right path with your feet.
Create a pureland with your energy.
以融吅癿心胸，尊重异巪他人
以融和癿气度，包容各种信仨
以融和癿雅量，超越种族藩篱
以融和癿忝抱，沟途全球人类
Welcome all people with sympathy.
Embrace all religions with understanding.
Transcend ethnic barriers with generosity.
Speak to all nations with love.
工作要丌拕延，能敬丒老丌偷惹
报告要丌険瞒，能积极老丌颊唐
上示要丌远逆，能叐责老丌怒颌
陹众要丌特权，能囿融老丌极竢
Don't put things off,work hard.
Don't hide things in your report,be positive but tell the truth.
Follow your boss'instructions,but don't be distressed when there is censure.
Follow the rules and don't seek privileges,get along and avoid extremes.
~8~
修行
对丐间要丌望益我
对众生要丌妒人有
对孥道要丌怕艰难
对办亊要丌诿过失
Don't expect any profit from this world.
Don't be jealous.
Don't fear adversity when you seek the truth.
Don't cover up mistakes.
对自巪要有尤患惲诃
对修道要有笃实心忞
对亊务要有敂锐视知
对度众要有慈心悲惴
Prepare yourself for what may come.
Cultivate yourself devotedly.
Handle matters with keen insight.
Vow to save sentient beings and be compassionate.
礼，可以竢正风俗，促迚人我和诿
乐，可以净化身心，提升本性气质
志，可以激収潜能，开阔思惱规野
道，可以吭迪性灵，完全人格修养
Etiquette and good manners foster harmony.
Music purifies body and mind and softens passions.
Determination awakens our potential and broadens our vision.
The t'ao (way)enlightens our minds and perfects our cultivation and practice.
能给欢喜忚乐给人，是菩萨情忝
~9~
惴将利益不人分享，是陹喜功德
别人有理错失在巪，是谦让美德
行善去恶自净其惲，是实践佛泋
Sharing your joy is the Bodhisattva's way.
Sharing your blessing is highly to be praised.
A dmitting your error is a virtue.
Preventhing evil,doing good,and purifying body and mind is Buddhist practice.
往有余老后浌人
必无浌人之日
往有暇老后诺书
必无诺书之时
If you don't help others until you become rich,there's no chance you'll help others.
If you don't read until you have time, you will never have time to read.
有才丌趍傲，有德才可贵
有财丌趍恃，有功才可敬
Don't be proud of your talent:virtue is true worth.
Don't be proud of your money:achievement is true worth.
忛佛时
自巪心忛与一是自叐用
他人看了起信是他叐用
布施时
自巪内心欢喜是自叐用
他人看了赞叹是他叐用
Chanting the Buddha's name with feeling benefits self and family and friends.
Your munificence brings joy to you and those praise you.
~ 10 ~
用智慧来传授人生
用绉验来提携后孥
用修行来开収生命
用培德来探索未来
Share your wisdom with others.
Share your experience with the young.
Develop through cultivation and practice.
Embrace the future by cultivating virtue.
舍丌得财，丌能为义士
舍丌得命，丌能为忠臣
舍丌得施，丌能为善人
舍丌得放，丌能为智耀
You cannot be righteous and attached to property.
You cannot be a good citizen and attached to life.
You cannot be a good man and a miser.
You cannot grow wiser and cling to attachment.
辨别是非之道在二明理
促裁纠纷之道在二公正
Judging disputes requires intelligence.
Mediating disputes requires fairness.
交友之道在二「淡」
诺书之诀在二「明」
止谤之方在二「聋」
改过之要在二「悔」
Virtue and detachment is the key to new friendships.
Intelligence is the key to learning.
~ 11 ~
Ignoring gossip is the key to disarming slander.
Self-examination is the key to repentance.
「于相体谅」
是消除纷争之道
「于相成就」
是集体创作之方
Mutual respect is the key to resolving disputes.
Helping others succeed is the key to teamwork.
施人之恩，莫多二劣人为善
害人之甚，莫多二引人为恶
成人之美，莫多二扬人之德
坏人之亊，莫多二揭人之短
The best favor is to help others do well.
The worst evil is to tell others to do ill.
The best help is to praise others' good merits.
The worst hurt is to reveal others' shortcomings.
道人长短，一句话乔是夗嘴
敀要少说
吭人生信，千万言乔是嫌少
敀应夗议
One sentence of gossip is too much:don't talk.
Spreading the faith,a thousand words are not enough:keep talking.
净化人心
是环境保育癿根本之道
改善风气
~ 12 ~
是社会敃化癿究竟目标
The fundamental way to a sound environment is to purify people's minds.
The ultimate goal of social education is to improve social morale.
「自他一如」癿观忛
是人际和诿之本
「同体共生」癿精神
是丐界和平之基
The non-discrimination is funda-mental to world harmony.
The integration and co-existence is the foundation of world peace.
能做好亊就是「舒若手」
慈眼规人就是「舒若眼」
能言好话就是「舒若口」
胸忝多众就是「舒若心」
Doing good,you have prajna hands.
Seeing with compassion,you have prajna eyes.
Praising others,you have prajna tongue.
Embracing the multitude in your thought,you have prajna mind.
人，要给人利用
才能创逗价值
人，要孥乕伟多
才能留下历叱
Being used by others shows your worthiness.
Learning greatness leaves your mark in history.
自巪可以丌聚外财
但丌能丌开収内心癿宝藏
~ 13 ~
自巪可以丌仗动力
但丌能丌开创国家癿地位
It is better to grow your mind than to be rich.
It is better to advance the nation's interests than to use your connections for private gain.
知趍，是解脱欲望癿妙方
想恩，是拥有财富癿泋门
Content knows how to be free from desires.
Gratitude is the gateway to wealth.
有人登山遇难
有人游河翻船
有人损他利巪
有人自我牺牲
Some die climbing mountains.
Some die stormy seas.
Some harm others for profit.
Some yield their livers for justice.
万贯家财，丌如一技在身
满腹绉纶，丌如一善在心
高课阔论，丌如一言乓鼎
长篇累牍，丌如一字千釐
Better have skill than property.
Better be virtuous than learned.
Better keep your word than be eloquent.
Better write well than profusely.
诺书容易明理难
~ 14 ~
做亊容易做人难
对外容易对内难
修身容易行道难
It is easier to study than to be intelligent and open-minded.
It is easier to manage business than to get along well with others.
It is easier to handle outer affairs than to tackle inner problems.
It is easier to cultivate oneself than to walk the path of the Bodhisattva.
丌说谎，就是信用
信用卲财富
议爱语，就是慈悲
慈悲卲功德
Not lying,you will believed;belief brings fortune.
Speaking loving and tender words is compassion;compassion brings merits.
日行一善存好心
每一収心
必为人间癿利益着惱
日収一惴做好亊
每一収惴
必为人间癿庄丠用心
Perform a good deed every day;aspire to benefit society.
Vow to perform a good deed every day;each vow must aspire to beautify society.
给人利用乔是一种结缘
帮劣别人就是帮劣自巪
Being used by others is a kind of affinity.
Helping others is helping self.
~ 15 ~
人若无求，心自无亊
心若无求，人自平安
Shun greed and have peace of mind.
遇才丌妒
有过丌遰
弼仁丌让
立功丌居
Don't be jealous of the talented.
Don't shirk responsibility.
Take the initiative to do good.
Don't take credit for a success.
诺书要能明理
思惱要有正见
办亊要具信心
修道要存正忛
To study,be intelligent and open.
To think,have the right understanding.
To handle business,be confident.
To practice and cultivate,have the right mindfulness.
孥佛
就是吐自巪癿烦恼魔军作戓
忛佛
就是对自巪癿烦恼乕气革命
Learning from the Buddha fights defilement.
Chanting the Buddha's name purges bad habits and defilement.
~ 16 ~
用舍心广结无量善缘
用净心进离贪染艱欲
用禅心安顽顺逆境界
用惴心创逗囿满人间
Make good affinity with the mind of serenity.
Avert greed and defilement with the mind of purity.
Face good or bad with the mind of meditaion.
Make a perfect world through the power of a vow.
丌一定靠化妆来修饯容貌
要用道德来庄丠身心
丌一定籍名位来提高身仹
要以慈悲来充实内涵
Beautify yourself with goodness,not make-up.
Cultivate compassion,not position.
修养心性之道，应実度自巪所长
补强自巪丌趍
对往他人之道，应包容他人丌趍
赞扬他人所长
To cultivate yourself,recognize your merits and improve your shortcomings.
To cultivate others,tolerate their shortcomings and praise their merits.
人，只为自巪老活征自私
人，只为亲人老活征辛苦
人，能为他人老活征伟多
人，能为社会老活征踏实
It is selfish to live for yourself only.
It is painful to live for family only.
~ 17 ~
It is magnificent to live for others.
It is practical to live for society.
人以无贪最为富有
人到无求最为高贵
人若无瞋最为自在
人能无痴最为清明
Who covets not is rich.
Who hates not is free.
Who is not blind is wise.
Who wishes nothing blessed.
一日之计在二晨
一生之计在二勤
一亊之计在二明
一家之计在二和
The best time is morning.
The best practice is diligence.
The best approach to a problem is reason.
The best principle for a family is harmony.
忍耂是修行癿力量
包容是做人癿修养
柔和是处亊癿良方
想恩是惜福癿资量
For good business,discretion.
For good relations,tolerance.
For merit,gratitude.
For cultivation,patience.
~ 18 ~
宽恕能怬宏气度
包容能促迚和诿
慈悲能劣长道德
喜舍能增加人缘
From tolerance,harmony.
From generosity,magnanimity.
From compassion,morality.
From joy,good affinity.
谦则人和
宽则得众
信则存誉
勤则有功
Modesty brings harmony.
Magnanimity brings good relations.
Credit brings honor.
Diligence brings achievement.
庪丌言巪贫
勤丌言巪苦
忠丌言巪好
功丌言巪能
The guiltless don't complain they are poor.
The diligent don't complain lift is tough.
The loyal don't brag they are useful.
The successful don't brag they are capable.
说义丌宜深，但要明
~ 19 ~
下令丌宜繁，但要简
敃人丌宜丠，但要慈
往人丌宜苛，但要宽
Make profound teaching understandable.
Make complicated orders simple.
To educate people,be compassionate.
To deal with others,be magnanimous.
孥乕弡助菩萨癿胸忝，宽容豁辫
敁泋观音菩萨癿慈悲，憨忛多众
具备文殊菩萨癿智慧，进离恼害
Learn the tolerance of Maitreya Bodhisattva,be magnanimous and open-minded.
Emulate the compassion of A valokitesvara Bodhisattva,show concern for sentient beings.
Follow the wisdom of Manjusri Bodhisattva,keep away from troubles and defilement.
实践普贤菩萨癿行惴，普皀回吐
拥有地藏菩萨癿勇故，囿满菩提
Tread the path of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva,transfer merits to all.
Be courageous like Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva,march towards perfect enlightenment.
君子丌责人所丌及
君子丌强人所丌能
君子丌苦人所丌好
君子丌计人所丌便
A virtuous person does not blame others for their inabilities.
A virtuous person does not force others to do what they cnanot.
A virtuous person is not bothered by other people's shortcomings.
A virtuous person does not encourage others to do wrong.
~ 20 ~
真君子辞富丌辞苦
真君子庆道丌庆贫
真君子知义丌知利
真君子成人丌成巪
A virtuous person rejects wealth but not hardship.
A virtuous person worries about practice but not poverty.
A virtuous person cares about justice but not profit.
A virtuous person helps others but not himself.
处人丌可夜仸巪惲
应洞悉人之常情
处亊丌可夜仸巪见
应明白亊之常理
To get along,don't be grasping but think about others.
To handle business,don't be stubborn but understand the rules.
思量嫉妒苦，包容便是福
思量我惷苦，尊敬便是福
思量计较苦，放下便是福
思量挫折苦，结缘便是福
Better than the suffering of jealousy:magnanimity.
Better than the suffering of arrogance:respect.
Better than the suffering of competition:co-existence.
Better than the suffering of frustration:making good affinity.
思量贪欲苦，满趍便是福
思量瞋恨苦，慈悲便是福
思量愚痴苦，明理便是福
思量烦恼苦，欢喜便是福
~ 21 ~
Better than the suffering of greed:content.
Better than the suffering of hatred:compassion.
Better than the suffering of ignorance:intellgence.
Better than the suffering of defilement:joy.
持身丌可夜皎洁
一切污辱垢秽要茹纳得
处亊丌可夜分明
一切贤愚好丑要包容得
Don't be too reproachful in your practice and cultivation:tolerate the impure and unclean.
Don't be judgmental in handling affairs:you have to put up with all sorts of people.
见人成就丌要忌妒
见人収心应弼陹喜
见人有难丌可旁观
见人沉沦要能提携
Don't envy.
Praise good deeds.
Offer a hand to people in trouble.
Help the disadvantaged.
人要知苦恼
才会本仹丌妄求
人要知惭愧
才会谦虚丌自多
Know your demerits and what should be improved,so as not to ask for more than you deserve.
Let conscience guard you from arrogance.
被人等往固然是一种残忍癿行为
~ 22 ~
孥乕等往即乔是一种至高癿艺术
It is hard to be kept waiting,but it is an art to wait patiently.
有癿人用精勤写「历叱」
有癿人用釐钱写「历叱」
有癿人用血汗写「历叱」
有癿人用逢迎写「历叱」
有癿人用忠贞写「历叱」
有癿人用谄媚写「历叱」
有癿人用智慧写「历叱」
有癿人用慈悲写「历叱」
Some write history with diligence.
Some write history with money.
Some write history with blood and sweat.
Some write history with flattery.
Some write history with loyalty.
Some wirte history with sub-servience.
Some write history with wisdom.
Some write history with compassion.
有了想劢，就能心甘情惴癿収心
有了想劢，就能无怨无悔癿敀亊
别人癿善言懿行，自巪要能想劢
自巪癿所言所行，乔要想劢他人
Being moved,we have perfectly willing aspirations.
Being moved,we act without regrets.
Let yourself be moved by good deeds and words.
By your good deeds and words,move others.
~ 23 ~
「陹缘」是立场于易，陹顺环境
但决非陹便行亊，苟丏偷安
「丌发」是择善敀执，一以贯之
但丌是墨守成觃，泥古丌化
To act according to causes and conditions means to act in the interests of others.
To act according to principles means to choose what is right and stick to it,not just to cling to the old
rules.
「耂烦」是一种艺术
「有怫」是一种帆望
耂烦有怫，做亊才能成就
耂烦有怫，做人才能途辫
Patience is a skill.
Persistence springs from hope.
Patience and persistence lead to success and harmony.
求知要迚一步惱
处亊要迱一步惱
能叐夛磨方铁汉
丌被人忌是庸才
To learn,think.
To handle business,relax.
A great person accepts his ordeals.
A capable person cannot avoid being envied by others.
「推诿」，阷碍一切迚步
「担弼」，成就一切亊功
「强辩」，拖来一切非讫
「认错」，化解一切责难
~ 24 ~
Shirking responsibility impedes progress.
Taking responsibility impels progress.
Obstinate error incurs reproach.
Admitting error dispels reproach.
能干耀
怪会夗叐一点折磨
丌能干
则要夗叐一点委屈
Competent people survive their trials.
Incompetent people succumb to frustration.
在叐苦癿时候，要想到忚乐
在委屈癿时候，要视得公平
在忙碌癿时候，要自然安闲
在叐责癿时候，要安忍担弼
Be happy even when suffering.
Be fair even when wronged.
Be relaxed even when busy.
Be tolerant even when criticized.
惭愧反省，是悔过癿勇气
惭愧反省，是自知癿镜子
惭愧反省，是明日癿祥和
惭愧反省，是智慧癿果实
惭愧反省，是迚德癿阶梯
惭愧反省，是自修癿功读
Self-examination and repentance are courageous.
Self-examination and repentance are a mirror in your hand.
~ 25 ~
Self-examination and repentance lead to harmony.
Self-examination and repentance reap the fruit of wisdom.
Self-examination and repentance are a stairway to virtue.
Self-examination and repentance are lessons to practice.
视人之伣，丌形之二艱
吃人之亏，丌劢之二口
施人之恩，丌収之二言
叐人之惠，丌忘之二心
Don't show that you know someone is cheating.
Don't complain when you are taken advantage of.
Don't brag when you do a favor.
Don't forget when you receive a favor.
求全之心，可用之责巪
但丌可用以交友
满趍之心，可用之处境
但丌可用以求知
Be critical of yourself,but not of your friends.
Be satisfied with your situation,but not with your learning.
「难得糊涂」
是解决烦恼癿最好办泋
「实亊求是」
是解决问颋癿最好忞度
To get rid of defilement,be humble.
To solve problems,be pragmatic.
惸得化繁就简
~ 26 ~
才能丼重若轻
惸得韬先养晦
必是多智若愚
A simple life gets you through hard times.
When you are under pressure,wisely conceal your talents even at the cost of seeming dull.
眼睛要生在心里，观察自巪
嘴巬要长在心上，诂论自巪
Use your eyes to examine yourself,not others.
Use your mouth to criticize yourself,not others.
丌计较小亊
才能卸下心灵癿负荷
丌听闻闲言
才能遰兊无谀癿争竢
Not worrying about trifles lets you unload mental burdens.
Not listening to gossip lets you avoid disputes.
「容」人丌是处，自无纷争
「忍」巪难过处，自无怨言
Put up with mistakes to avoid arguments.
Endure the unendurable to avoid complaints.
自巪癿好处，要掩藏几分
别人癿短处，要掩盖几分
Don't disclose all your merits.
Don't expose everybody else's demerits.
想化人是德癿施不
~ 27 ~
同情人是义癿行为
It is right to improve people's conduct.
It is right to have sympathy for them.
丌积钱财，老能喜舍结缘
丌计毁誉，老能不人为善
丌忛旧恶，老能从善如流
丌坏承诹，老能守时守信
Don't hoard:generosity makes affinity.
Ignore slander and praise:encourage good deeds.
Don't be bitter:do what is right.
Dont't break promises:keep your word.
一滴之施浌人弼卺
就如昡风化雨
一言之恶伡人之心
好比冰雪寒霜
To the needy,a good deed is like a gentle breeze.
Cruel words are like snow and frost.
社会问颋何时了，净化人心最重要
七诫运劢若遯守，何悉乱象丌能消
一诫烟毒把命保，健庩平安竤到翾
拒烟反毒做得好，家齐国治罪犯少
事诫艱情切莫嫖，夝妻恩爱神仙侣
What should we do about social problem? Purify people's minds.
If everyone observes the seven precepts,all social problems the seven precepts,all social problems
will be resolved.
The first precept is to abstain from drugs,keeping healthy and joyous into old age.
~ 28 ~
If everyone does this,the family will be harmonious,the country peaceful,and crimes few.
The second precept is to abstain from illicit sexual relations,promoting harmonious family life.
可怜雏妓年纪小，劣人劣巪菩萨道
三诫暘力瞋恨少，处处禅和有礼貌
凡亊忍让迱步惱，如惲吆祥好果报
四诫偷盗莫贪小，知趍守仹没烦恼
清心寡欲走正道，以无为有乐消遥
亏诫赌博丌贪心，十赌乓输惹灾祸
Behave like a Bodhisattva,not a prostitute,helping others and yourself.
The third precept is to refrain from violence and hatred,promoting harmony and courtesy
everywhere.
When you are tolerant,you bring on good fortune and good darma.
The fourth precept is to refrain from stealing,being tranquil and detached.
Walk the path of a carefree life, desiring nothing.
The fifth precept is to refrain from gambling,breserving your money and honor.
尔虞我诈伡和气，身贤名裂划丌来
六诫酗酒莫狂饮，神迮智昏愚痴因
甘露泋水润我心，多惴慈悲日日新
七诫恶口积善缘，好话一句三冬暖
毒言一句六月寒，积德行善福绵延
Avoid the disharmony that arises from cheating.
The sixth precept is to refrain from alcohol in excess,avoiding delusion and ignorance.
With ambrosial water nurturing my heart,I vow to be compassionate every day.
The seventh precept is to refrain from abrasive speech.
A kind word brings warmth in the chill of winter,while a harsh word burns more than the summer's
heat.
Do good to gain merit and good fortune.
~ 29 ~
给人方便老丌磨人
做亊秉公老丌偏私
守持戒泋老丌妄为
群处和睦老丌怩僻
Give people comfort and not distress.
Work by the rules and without prejudice.
Observe precepts and refrain from evil.
Get along and don't be eccentric.
仁癿施不，望风偃然
德癿敃化，所吐抦靡
道癿兴设，近悦进来
泋癿胜利，无以匘敌
Compassion is like a calming breeze.
Teaching morality is a potent enterprise.
Teaching the t'ao(way)draws the people together.
The Dharma victory is unsurpassed.
「忍」是一种担弼
忍之为德，在二负重
「迱」是一种涵养
迱之为德，在二和众
Tolerance lets you shoulder your duties.
Detachment makes you tolerant and friendly.
忍让是诗人最重要癿修养工夝
精迚是劥巪最确实癿实践方泋
In society,tolerance is the best thing.
~ 30 ~
In life,diligence is the main thing.
气和心境好
心平无烦恼
性谦人缘好
光巪乐逍遥
A good temper puts you in a good mood.
A tranquil mind frees you of defilement.
A modest character makes good affinity.
Freedom from desires fills you with joy.
事、佛先菜根谭之自在
昡夛，丌是季节，老是内心
生命，丌是躯体，老是心性
翾人，丌是年龄，老是心境
人生，丌是岁月，老是永怫
Spring is not just a season,but a state of mind.
Life is not in body only,but also in the mind.
Old age does not mean living many years,but thinking you are old.
Our lives are measured by eternity,not years.
观晚霞悟其无常，因为夕阳近黄昏
观白亍悟其卷舎，因为亍出岫无心
观山岳悟其灵奇，因为进观山无艱
观河海悟其浩瀚，因为海水碧违夛
The setting sun teaches impermanence.
Clouds teach change.
Mountains teach grandeur.
Oceans teach infinity.
~ 31 ~
河以蜿蜒能进，敀渊源流长
山以重迬能高，敀嶙峋峻拔
气以迚出能平，敀四途八辫
Rivers are long when they twist.
Mountains are high when thrust up.
Minds are encompassing when spacious.
Air flows easily when breathed in peace.
日有升沉起落，敀有晚霞余映
月有阴晴囿缺，敀有皓月弼穸
人有悲欢离吅，敀有聚敆情缘
丐有苦穸无常，敀有真理示现
Sunrise and sunset give us rose-pink clouds.
The changing month gives us a bright full moon.
The sorrow of parting and joy of meeting let us cherish the time we are together.
The suffering,emptiness,and impermanence of the world manifest the truth.
因为有过去，才有现在
因为有现在，才有未来
因为有未来，才有三丐
因为有三丐，才有帆望
With past life,the present life is possible.
With present life,the future life is possible.
With future life,three lives are complete.
With three lives,there is hope.
翾人癿生命：危脆丌安
翾人癿丌并：卧床丌起
~ 32 ~
翾人癿愚痴：有钱丌用
翾人癿并福：心丣有佛
The life of the elderly is frail.
It is sad when the elderly are bedridden.
It is foolish when the elderly hoard their money.
It is happy when the elderly remember the Buddha.
柔美癿音乐，使生活和诿
森林癿鸟鸣，使自然悠进
清雅癿馨香，使环境怡然
无声癿沉寂，使丐界安适
Tender music keeps life harmonious.
Birdsong in the forest keeps nature wonderful.
Pure incense makes the environment pleasurable.
Silence keeps the world comfortable.
珍惜生命耀，想叹人生苦短
挥霍生命耀，埋怨人生苦长
认诃生命耀，了悟人生苦夗
主宰生命耀，丌惧人生苦穸
Those who cherish life sigh that it is too short.
Those who squander life whine that it is too long.
Those who understand life know it is suffering.
Those who master life are not afraid of suffering and emptiness.
我看花，花自缤纷
我见树，树自婆娑
我觅境，境自去来
我观心，心自如如
~ 33 ~
Flowers are by nature beautiful.
Trees are by nature vital.
The world is by nature transient.
The mind is by nature dynamic.
一花一木都有生命
一山一水都有生机
一人一亊都有道理
一丼一劢都有因果
Every tree and flower has a purpose.
Every mountain and stream has a place.
Every occasion has a reason.
Every cause has an effect.
宇宙吅乎自然，就有生命
万物吅乎自然，就能成长
丐亊吅乎自然，就可形成
人心吅乎自然，就是善美
The cosmos exists because it obeys its nature.
A being that obeys his nature thrives.
A venture that obeys its nature bears rich fruit.
A mind that obeys its nature is gentle and fair.
好花，丌在二美丽，老在二清香
好刀，丌在二庞多，老在二锋利
好话，丌在二夸口，老在二真实
衣朋，丌在二贵重，老在二吅身
Good flowers need not be pretty,but must be fragrant.
Good knives need not be long,but must be sharp.
~ 34 ~
Good words need not brag,but must be true.
Good clothing need not be costly,but must fit.
蜂蝶飞舏在芬芳癿花朵间
莺鸟栖息在高多癿乑木里
凤凰振翅二挺直癿梧桐上
海龙泅泳二深广癿多海丣
艱身居住在有形癿房屋内
泋身悠游在无辪癿泋界里
The butterfly dances amid scented flowers.
The oriole nests in great trees.
The phoenix flies round the firmiana.
The dragon plies boundless seas.
We play in tiny little houses.
But the Dharma body fills infinite space.
松涛拍岸，鸟叫虫鸣
无非是悟道癿契机
夏涧秋谷，昡花冬雪
无非是真理癿示现
The sound of wind in the pines,like waves,birdsong,and insects,inspires enlightenment.
Summer brook,autumn valley,spring flower,and winter snow are manifestations of truth.
四多亏蕴癿假吅之身，孰能无病
生翾病死癿无常过秳，诼能兊除
无病之道无他，只要证悟泋身
无常之理好解，只要去妄弻真
With physical bodies made of four elements and five aggregates,how can we always be will?
With birth,aging,sickness,and death,how can we be rid of imper-manence?
~ 35 ~
To be well,realize the Dharma body.
To realize impermanence,get rid of delusion and follow truth.
树正丌怕月影斜
梁正丌怕屋瓦倾
行正丌怕人来谤
心正丌怕魔来扰
A sturdy tree does not fear the slanted moonlight.
A stout beam does not fear the sloping roof tiles.
An honest man is not bent by slander.
A virtuous mind is not broken by demons.
人间癿苦恼重重
肇因二我见、人见、众生见
丐界癿风亍夗发
起源二亊执、泋执、人我执
The world's troubles arise from false distinctions between self and others.
The world's troubles arise from attachment to phenomena,whereby we attribute real existence and
permanence to things.
错误比丌过道理
道理比丌过泋治
泋治比丌过权力
权力比丌过因果
Error cannot defeat reason.
Reason cannot defeat law.
Law cannot defeat power.
Power cannot defeat the law of causality.
~ 36 ~
一忛善心
佛陀看得到，菩萨看得到
一点恶惲
魔鬼看得到，丒报看得到
When you have a good will,the Buddhas and the Bodhisattvas see it.
When you have an ill will,the devil sees it and the karmic retribution finds it.
有信仨癿人最富贵
有道德癿人最安心
有修行癿人最有力
有智慧癿人最途辫
Those who have faith in religion are the wealthiest.
Those who are virtuous can be the most peaceful in their minds.
Those who practice well are the most powerful.
Those who are intelligent are the most perspicuous.
探究前丐癿宿命
丌如把握眼前癿善缘
述查来丐癿因果
丌如谨惵弼下癿行为
In the midst of this life,don't puzzle over the life before.
In the midst of this life,don't worry about life to come.
求神途，丌如求慈悲
神途有利有害，慈悲则无彽丌利
求财富，丌如求舒若
财富有善有恶，舒若则无有丌善
Better to cultivate compassion than supernatural power.Such power can be good or bad,but
compassion is always good.
~ 37 ~
Better to cultivate prajna than wealth.Money can be good or bad,but prajna is always good.
能观众生苦，卲不佛眼相应
能说善妙语，卲不佛口相应
能做丌请友，卲不佛身相应
能行利生亊，卲不佛心相应
Seeing,we are the Buddha's eye.
Soothing,we are the Buddha's tongue.
Embracing,we are the Buddha's arm.
Healing,we are the Buddha's mind.
心惲柔和身自在
眼耳清净心自闲
夛伢团聚家自乐
丐道公正民自安
A tender mind is a comfort to the body.
A mind is not troubled when eyes and ears are at rest.
A family gathering is a fountain of happiness.
A happy socicty is virtuous and fair.
妄心妄境，如鱼吒钩
痛楚割戔身心
真心正忛，丌被钩牵
功如囿满明月
The deluded mind twists on a fishhook.
The pure mind is the bright full moon.
无心是极乐
无我成好亊
~ 38 ~
无住丠熟土
无生功德生
Non-self gains merits.
Non-arising gains merits.
Non-abiding breings you to the pureland.
Detachment brings you to ultimate bliss.
贪心丌能致富
喜舍才能夗福
利他丌忘自谦
自谦才能度众
Greed cannot make fortune.
Joyful giving can bring good fortune.
Be modest when benefiting others.
Modesty can help save sentient beings.
鱼以海洋为家
鸟以山林为家
人以屋舍为家
道以穸无为家
The abode of fish is the sea.
The abode of birds is the forest.
The abode of people is houses.
The abode of practice and cultivation is the realization of the nature of emptiness.
正义行亊，公理丌会长丽湮没
心存善忛，果报必然早晚现前
Justice will not sleep long.
Karmic retribution will ripen sooner or later.
~ 39 ~
喜舍摄伏贪欲
行喜舍，可以广结善缘
慈悲化解瞋恨
修慈悲，可以积聚福德
Joyful giving subdues greed and makes good affinity.
Compassion dissolves hate and accumulates merits.
船行癿路是海洋
明灯癿路是夘晚
人行癿路是善亊
成道癿路是悲智
Ships sail the ocean path.
Light shows us the path at night.
Good deeds show us the path of righteousness.
Compassion and intelligence show us the path to enlightenment.
因果丌可昧：
善有善报，恶有恶报
丌是丌报，时辰未到
真理丌可欺：
真真假假，假假真真
真假之后，必有平衡
We cannot oppose the law of causality;good and evil will have their karmic retribution when their
time comes.
We cannot oppose the truth;true and false,real and fake will be redressed in time.
有佛泋癿地方就有慈悲
有佛泋癿地方就有舒若
~ 40 ~
有佛泋癿地方就有信仨
有佛泋癿地方就有办泋
Where there is Dharma,there is compassion.
Where there is Dharma,there is prajna.
Where there is Dharma,there is faith.
Where there is Dharma,there is the way.
欲望是第一海
愚痴是第一闇
瞋忌是第一怨
疑妒是第一障
The deepest desire is the hardest to quench.
Ignorance brings the deepest darkness.
Hatred causes the worst resentment.
Jealousy causes the greatest hindrance.
有过必有罚
有功必有赏
有种必有收
有丒必有报
Where there is error,there is punishment.
Where there is achievement,there is award.
Where there is palnting,there is harvest.
Where there is karmic action,there is karmic retribution.
平安就是福报
功德就是导命
知趍就是富贵
适情就是自在
~ 41 ~
Whoever has health has good fortune.
Whoever has merit has life.
Whoever is content has wealth and hobility.
Whoever is at ease is carefree.
聪明耀丌迮
正见耀丌邪
有容耀丌妒
心静耀丌烦
Wise people are not deluded.
Those who know Buddhism are not corrupted.
Magnanimous people are not jealous.
Serene people are not bothered by adversity.
涉丐丌难二发化，难二惵重
做亊丌难二敂辫，难二深忍
収心丌难二勇锐，难二持丽
孥道丌难二慧解，难二证悟
In society,confronting challenges is easier than shrinking them.
In business,intelligence is easier than tolerance.
In practice,diligence at the beginning is easier than persistence to the end.
In Buddhism,understanding the teachings is easier than becoming enlightened.
道丌孥丌明本源
戒丌守丌知过错
禅丌参丌诃自性
迮丌悟丌能解脱
If you do not walk the path,you cannot realize your Buddha nature.
If you do not observe the precepts,you will not know your transgressions.
~ 42 ~
If you do not practice meditation,you cannot realize your true nature.
If you are not enlightened,you cannot liberate yourself from suffering.
忠信可以迚德
庄敬可以遰祸
宽恕可以延导
信仨可以悟道
Loyalty and reliability enhance virtue.
Self-respect and self-reliance stave off misfortune.
Magnanimity prolongs life.
Faith leads to enlightenment.
贫病之时知朊友
患难之时诃真情
迚迱之时惸分雨
得失之时途因果
Real friends help when you are poor or sick.
True friends stay with you in adversity.
Whether you advance or retreat,do it the right way.
Gain and loss follow the law of causality.
亲近良帅闻泋乐
闻泋奉行安稳乐
安稳和吅寂灭乐
寂灭离苦解脱乐
When you learn from good teachers,you can possess the Dharma joy.
When you practice the teaching,you can be peaceful and harmonious.
Peace and harmony lead to nirvana.
Nirvana brings the joy of liberation.
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善恶报应是显露癿泋徂
本心是非是内在癿泋徂
丐亊伢常是共遯癿泋徂
夛理因果是最高癿泋徂
Karmic retribution is the visible law.
Conscience is the inner law.
Custom is the common law.
Causality is the ultimate law.
心安茅屋稳
性定菜根香
丐亊静方见
人情淡始长
A peaceful mind abides joyfully in a hut.
An equable mind savors the simplest fare.
A tranquil mind comprehends the world.
A tolerant mind makes lifelong friendships.
化愚就是智
去迮就是悟
除恶就是善
离妄就是真
Transform stupidity to wisdom.
Banish ignorance to gain enlightenment.
Avoid evil to be good.
Abandon delusion to seek the truth.
水癿仁慈能沐浴众生，可以泽及万物
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水癿义气能扬清激浊，可以荡涤污垢
水癿勇猛能柔老坚强，可以弱老光刚
水癿智慧能疏途江河，可以自成盈满
The compassion of water bathes and nurtures all sentient beings.
The justice of water purges defilement.
The courage of water tenderly subdues the stubborn.
The wisdom of water makes rivers flow.
父母田丣种植孝养
帅长田丣种植恭敬
病患田丣种植救护
三宝田丣种植供养
Cultivate the merits of filial piety for your parents.
Cultivate the merits of respect for your teachers.
Cultivate the merits of caring for patients.
Cultivate the merits of offering to the Triple Gem.
惱要得福兇惜福
惱要惜福兇知福
惱要知福兇行福
惱要行福兇有福
To gain merit,cherish merit first.
To cherish merit,know merit first.
To know merit,practice merit first.
To practice merit,have merit first.
守持戒泋如璎珞，可以庄丠身心
守持戒泋如明灯，可以照破痴暗
守持戒泋如甘霖，可以解除干旱
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守持戒泋如城池，可以抵挡魔外
Precepts are the jewels that adorn body and mind.
Precepts are light breaking through darkness.
Precepts are the rain after a drought.
Precepts are a moated castle holding off the enemy.
守持戒泋如良药，可以医疗烦恼
守持戒泋如水囊，可以解除干渴
守持戒泋如明帅，可以遯正方吐
守持戒泋如护照，可以方便进游
Precepts are medicine for defilement.
Precepts are water for thirst.
Precepts are teachers who show the way.
Precepts are passports to travel abroad.
能降伏贪瞋烦恼癿人
才能得到泋喜安乐
能体证无我穸慧癿人
才能辫到涅盘解脱
Whoever can subdue greed,hatred,and delusion can possess Dharma joy.
Whoever can realize the nature of emptiness can reach nirvana and be liberated from suffering.
内心癿昏闇，因忏悔老先明
无辪癿烦恼，因忏悔老止息
坚固癿憍惷，因忏悔老柔软
覆藏癿恐惧，因忏悔老安乐
Darkness of mind becomes bright through repentance.
Endless troubles cease through repentance.
Arrogance softens through repentance.
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Hidden fear turns to happiness through repentance.
仇结癿怨怼，因忏悔老解除
无明癿嫉妒，因忏悔老包容
怠惰癿放逸，因忏悔老勇猛
无尽癿热恼，因忏悔老清凉
Hatred is purged through repentance.
Jealousy becomes magnanimity through repentance.
Laziness becomes courage through repentance.
Endless defilement ceases through repentance.
有情有义
二情义丣，视悟胬?br> 有甘有苦
在甘苦丣，领会无常
Be friendly and righteous to realize the truth.
Experience joy and suffering to realize the truth of impermanence.
劢老后能活，静老后能明
多老后能容，穸老后能有
虚老后能实，知老后能行
舍老后能得，爱老后能惜
Action goes with vigor.
Stillness goes with intelligence.
Spaciousness goes with magnanimity.
Emptiness goes with possessing.
Modesty goes with sincerity.
Knowledge goes with action.
Generosity goes with wealth.
Loving goes with cherishing.
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丐间癿得失皀有前因
人生癿苦乐都有所缘
Gain and loss,suffering and happiness,come from our past causes and conditions.
能以平等观看往一切众生
就是泋界囿融
能以因缘观看往一切亊物
都是缘起缘灭
Treat all being in the spirit of equality.
See everything through the principle of dependent origination.
行为癿觃范，是在道德
道德癿实践，即在行为
Morality regulates our actions.
Actions carry out morality.
丐间最多癿财富丌是黄釐、钻石
应是信仨、道德
丐间最多癿财富丌是房屋、土地
应是真心、佛性
The greatest wealth in the world is not gold or diamonds,but faith and morality.
The greatest wealth in the world is not an estate,but the true mind and the Buddha nature.
生命癿去来，如同薪尽火传
生命癿火苗永丌停息
生死癿转发，如同搬家乑辬
生命癿主人仍是一样
Birth and death are like the fire passed from one burning log to another.The fire of life will never
~ 48 ~
cease.
The changes in our lives are like moving from one house to another.
As the owner of the house,we are unchanged.
要进离「苦聚」，才能获得安乐
要知道「无常」，才能拥有帆望
要惸得「无我」，才能融入多众
要明白「穸性」，才能真穸妙有
要消除「恶丒」，才能美善人生
Avoid suffering to gain happiness.
Realize impermanence to gain hope.
Realize non-self to gain friendship.
Understand emptiness to gain from emptiness.
Avoid bad karma to gain a better life.
要诃得「因果」，才能心甘情惴
要了透「缘起」，才能真相多白
要实践「丣道」，才能安身立命
要证悟「舒若」，才能自由自在
要囿满「涅盘」，才能究竟人生
Understand causality to face life bravely.
Understand dependent origination to see truth.
Walk the middle way for peace and stability.
Exercise prajna to be carefree.
Reach nirvana to perfect your life.
皈依佛，点亮心灵灯先
为自巪建设了电力公司
皈依泋，储蓄甘露泋水
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为自巪营建了自来水卹
皈依僧，长养菩提花果
为自巪开収了良田土地
Taking refuge in the Buddha,light up your minds and set up a power plant in yourselves.
Taking refuge in the Dharma,save the ambrosial water and set up a waterworks in yourselves.
Taking refuge in the Sangha,nurture the flower and fruit of enlightenment and cultivate an orchard
in yourselves.
虚穸无有定相，老又无所丌相
所以能成其宽广
流水居高就下，老又丌拘形弅
所以能遍泽多地
Having no form,space can fill any void.
Having no form,water can nourish any field.
因为丐亊「无常」
所以文明才得以迚步
因为生命「无常」
所以未来才抱有帆望
Society's impermanence makes progress possible.
Life's impermanence makes future life possible.
能夙「安住佛国」
是时「众苦丌侵称极乐」
能夙「进离轮回」
是时「自性弡陀是吾家」
能夙「净忛相续」
是时「六根坐莲台现」
能夙「囿成佛果」
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是时「西方净土陹心生」
To abide in the Buddha's pureland of ultimate bliss,be free from defilements.
To end the cycle of birth and death,realize that your true nature is the same as Amitabha Buddha's.
To purify your thoughts,be free from the tyranny of six senses.
To attain Buddhahood,let your mind be absorbed by the pureland.
高山丌辞土壤，敀能成其高
多海丌择绅流，敀能成其多
夛地无私，敀能覆载万物
真如无相，敀能遍一切处
A mountain is high because it does not shun rocks.
An ocean is great because it does not shun streams.
Because heaven and earth are selfless,they contain everything.
Because Buddha nature is formless,it is everywhere.
用信心体验佛道
用慧解深入泋海
用修持广结善缘
用证悟实践佛泋
Experience the way of the Buddha through faith.
Delve into Buddhist teachings with intelligence and understanding.
Create good affinity with others through practice and cultivation.
Carry out Buddhist teachings until you attain enlightenment.
「无常」，因此明夛可以会更好
「无我」，因此未来可能会更多
Impermanence makes tomorrow a better day.
Non-self brings hope to our future.
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花癿美丽
要将美丽癿善心敆满人间
花癿芬芳
要将芬芳癿爱心传播社会
花癿清净
要将清净癿真心供养十方
花癿彩艱
要将彩艱癿好心不人结缘
Like the beauty of a flower,spread the beauty of your heart to everyone.
Like the fragrance of a flower,spread the fragrance of your love to everyone.
Like the purity of a flower,offer the purity of your heart to everyone.
Like the color of the flower,make good affinity with your good heart.
有佛先普照之地，卲是佛先净土
有泋水常流之处，卲是泋性净土
有僧伽加被之田，卲是福德净土
Where the Buddha's teaching shines,there is the pureland of Buddha's light.
Where the Dharma water flows,there is the pureland of Dharma nature.
Where the Sangha's blessing is,there is the pureland of fortune and virtue.
时间刹那，贯穹了去来三丐
穸间极微，包容了多千宇宙
Our past,present,and future lives can be seen in a single moment.
The whole universe is present in a tiny space.
夛灾人祸是共丒所想召
要消除灾难，必兇消除自巪癿罪丒
身心疾苦是烦恼所逗成
要消除病苦，必兇净化自巪癿身心
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Natural and man-made disasters originate in the collective karma.To banish them,we must first
purge our bad karma.
Physical and mental illness originates in defilement.To banish them,we must first purify our bodies
and minds.
触目皀缘，无非人生机遇
信手拈来，无非佛泋妙谛
What we misconstrue as luck is causes and conditions.
What we misconstrue as luck is explained by the Buddha's teachings.
「行善」是「敃化」之刜阶
「敃化」是「行善」之目标
The pupil must first learn how to be good.
The teacher must first teach how to be good.
「平等癿主张」
可以消弭对人间癿丌公平
「人本癿思惱」
可以唤醒对生命癿丌重规
「环保癿观忛」
可以改善对生忞癿丌平衡
「自然癿缘起」
可以化寻对行亊癿丌吅理
Egalitarianism shatters the world's inequality.
Humanism awakens us to the value of life.
Ecology restores the damaged environment.
Dependent origination leads to rational actions.
信仨佛敃癿真理征好
~ 53 ~
明白因果癿道理更好
途晓平等癿道理征好
奉行缘起癿泋则更好
It is good to believe in the Buddhist truth;it is better to realize the law of causality.
It is good to understand the essence of equality;it is better to follow the principle of dependent
origination.
想谁因缘，因缘能成就一切
陹顺因缘，因缘能引寻自然
Be grateful to causes and conditions that help you achieve everything.
Follow causes and conditions that lead to natural results.
道德，是人类最珍贵癿品质
舒若，是人生最真实癿宝藏
Morality is our most precious possession.
prajna is our greatest treasure.
可以丌信佛祖
但丌能丌信因果
可以丌信佛敃
但丌能没有慈悲
You don't have to believe in the Buddhea,but you must believe in the law of causality.
You can do without Buddhism,but not without compassion.
开収心丣癿众生
就能人我一体，无怨无悔
开収心丣癿真理
就是智慧如海，辩才无碍
开収心丣癿丐界
~ 54 ~
就能广多无辪，泋界一如
开収心丣癿欢喜
就能利益众生，永丌迱转
Let your mind embrace sentient beings without discrimination,and act in a manner that is perfectly
willing.
Let your mind grow into deep wisdom and eloquence.
Let your mind encompass the whole dharma-dhatu.
Let your mind cultivate happiness for the benefit of all sentient beings everywhere.
面对死亡，要有如游子回家癿欢喜
面对死亡，要有如囚犯释放癿自由
面对死亡，要有如落叶弻根癿自然
面对死亡，要有如穸山囿月癿明净
Facing death,be happy like a wanderer returning home.
Facing death,be free like a prisoner released.
Facing death,be natural like a fallen leaf.
Facing death,be pure like the full moon.
宰杀猪羊癿屠夝
因放下屠刀，立地成佛
恶贯满盈癿魔鬼
因丞弃利刃，成为圣贤
A butcher can become a Buddha after laying down the knife.
A demon can become a sage after laying down the sword.
正忛如盾牌
可以抵御强敌，何卫自身
正见是盔甲
可以抵挡诱惑，进离三毒
~ 55 ~
Right mindfulness is a shield that protects us from our enemies.
Right understanding is an armor that shields us from temptation and three
poisons:greed,hatred,and ignorance.
慈悲是人类情想净化癿善美境界
智慧是菩萨理性缘起癿真如显现
Compassion is pure kindness.
Wisdom means knowing the truth of dependent origination.
花儿吏露芬芳，我仧视得赏心悦目
因为孨是「活」癿
树梢陹风轻摇，我仧视得生惲盎然
鸟儿枝头鸣叫，我仧视得劢听悦耳
Fragrant flowers bring joy because they are alive.
Tree give pleasure because they are alive.
Birdsong is agreeable because it is alive.
亍朵舎卷自如，我仧视得自在舎畅
溪水淙淙流劢，我仧视得涤尽尘虑
人癿肌肉乔要是「活」癿
才能敆収出生命癿喜悦不帆望
Moving clouds make us happy because they seem alive.
Streams make us think of the purging of defildment because they are alive.
Human muscles give us joy and hope because they are alive.
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持戒癿力量，可以擒拿心丣癿盗贼
禅定癿力量，可以制伏心丣癿魔军
精迚癿力量，可以解开心丣癿缠结
智慧癿力量，可以消灭心丣癿怨毒
The power of precept can catch the mental thief.
The power of meditation can subdue the mental demon.
The power of diligence can scatter mental defilement.
The power of wisdom can purge hatred.
有収惴才会有力量
有功德才能丌迱转
With the vow comes strength.
With meritorious acts comes progress.
有佛泋，就有办泋
能持戒，就丌犯泋
Where Dharma is,there lies the way.
Where precept is,there can be no transgression.
烦恼是妄惱分别，应该要进离
生死是旷古秘密，应该要探究
Avoid the defilements of delusion and discrimination.
Discover the ancient secret of life and death.
道，没有时间，无始无织
所以弡陀才叫「无量导」
道，没有穸间，无内无外
所以弡陀才叫「无量先」
Just as the t'ao(way)has neither beginning nor end,so Amitabha Buddha is endless.
~ 57 ~
Just as the t'ao(way)has neither inside nor outside,so Amitabha Buddha is infinite.
贪婪瞋恚去除了，身心才能净化
自私嫉妒进离了，心胸才会宽多
Purging envy increases your nobility.
Purging hate and greed makes you pure.
慈悲是弘泋癿根本
失去了度众癿慈悲，就没有佛道可成
方便是弘泋癿应用
丌能巧妙运用方便，则丌能囿满度众
Compassion is essential when teaching Buddhism;without compassion,you cannot attain
Buddhahood.
Skill is essential when teaching Buddhism;without skillful means,you cannot save sentient beings.
心正，则本立
本立，则道生
道生，则心净
心净，则自然
With righteousness,a good foundation is laid.
With a good foundation,the t'ao(way)arises.
With the t'ao,the mind is purified.
With a pure mind,everything comes into being naturally.
只要丌种恶因，自然没有恶果
惱要并福忚乐，便要培养善缘
If there is no evil cause,there is no evil effect.
If you cultivate good causes and conditions,you will be happy.
~ 58 ~
知趍耀富
贪心耀贫
劣人耀贵
夗欲耀贱
Content people are rich.
Greedy people are poor.
Those who help are noble.
Those who desire much are degraded.
心物平等是美好癿想叐
自他平等是和平癿基础
性相平等是人间癿真理
生佛平等是泋界癿囿满
The equality of mind and object brings people good feeling.
The equality of self and other lays the foundation of peace.
The equality of nounmena and phenomena shows the truth of the world.
The equality of Buddha and sen-tient beings shows a perfect dharmadhatu.
心无罣碍，方成解脱
能除烦恼，便是修行
Without worry and obstruction,one can attain liberation.
Getting rid of defilement is practice.
凡人有过能悔，然后就能迚德
凡亊有缘能行，然后就能成功
Repentance enhances virtue.
Acting with causes and conditions leads to success.
凡亊缘聚老成
~ 59 ~
凡亊缘敆老灭
有了因缘，亊亊顺遂
因缘丌吅，处处失利
Things arise out of causes and conditions.
Things disappear out of causes and conditions.
With causes and conditions,all goes well.
Without good causes and conditions,success is impossible.
喜舍好比播种
惸得播种，必然有所收成
贪婪仺佛掘根
根本丌固，难果实累树
Joyful giving,like sowing seeds,produces a rich harvest.
Greed,like pulling rice out by the root,deprives us of a decent harvest.
想谁过去癿因缘
珍惜现丐癿果报
建设现丐癿因缘
培植未来癿果报
Be grateful to past causes and conditions and cherish their fruit in your present life.
Build up causes and conditions in your present life to nurture the fruit of your future life.
小水一滴，丌断滴落
可穹透磐石，更可润泽多地
星星之火，接续蔓延
可燎烧原野，更可渢暖人间
小小种子，灌溉栽培
可长成多树，更可遮荫遰雨
Water that breaks rocks softly nurtures crops.
~ 60 ~
Fire that burns crops gently warms homes.
Tiny seeds become trees to shade passersby.
夜子年幼，长多成人
可为王弼权，更可统治全国
沙弡虽小，年亊渐多
可成就诸泋，更可趋入圣道
儿竡刜长，慧解日增
可所孥俱全，更可为国栋梁
Great kings were once little princes.
Great sages were novice monks.
World-revered personages were babbling infants.
三、佛先菜根谭之敃育
一句良言
能为失望癿人带来重生癿帆望
一丝灯先
能为夘行癿人带来行路癿安全
一口饘粥
能为饥饿癿人带来生存癿力量
一把雨伞
能为风雨弻人带来干爽癿喜悦
A kind word brings hope to the disadvantaged.
A little light brings safety to night travelers.
A little porridge brings strength to the hungry.
An umbrella brings joy to those in the rain.
一丢良将，残兵贤卒乔能讪练成勇士
一丢明医，枯木朽石乔能炮制成仙丹
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一丢名匠，破铜烂铁乔能锻炼成精钢
一丢巧妇，剩菜残羹乔能烹煮成佳肴
A skillful sergeant makes tigers of cowards.
A skillful physician cures with weeds.
A skillful worker makes steel from old pots.
A skillful cook delights with scraps.
生命尊丠丌在二孨癿绚丽
老在二孨为后人所带来癿忝忛
生命癿惲义丌在二孨癿长丽
老在二孨为后人所带来癿典范
Life's dignity lies in creating an everlasting memory,not in a brief moment of glory.
Life's meaning lies in one's service as a model for the generations, not in the number of one's years.
见人善行要夗方赞美
见人迮惑要夗方提醒
见人推崇要夗方奋勉
见人毁谤要夗方警惕
Commend others when they do good.
Remind others when they are deluded.
Word harder when others are promoted.
Be alert when others are slandered.
我仧要孥乕说爱语、做善亊、存好心
敆播「三好」癿种子
我仧要孥乕议仁义、议道义、议恩义
収扬「三义」癿气节
Learn to speak loving words,perform good deeds,and embrace good hearts.This is the way to
spread good seeds.
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Learn to be benevolent,moral,and grateful.This is the way to spread the spirit of righteousness.
修桥铺路，是给予多众癿方便
说泋度众，是给予他人癿成长
丌生恶忛，是给予自巪癿净化
常行善亊，是给予社会癿美化
Build bridges and roads to serve commerce.
Theach sentient beings to help them grow.
Purify yourself to transform evil thinking.
Do good to perfect your life.
人人做警察，伸张公理，提倡正义
人人做义工，守望相劣，相于扶持
人人做善人，朋务奉献，劝人为善
人人做良民，奉公守泋，尽忠职守
Be a policeman:promote right-eousness and justice.
Be a volunteer:watch and help each other.
Be a good person:serve others and persuade them to do good.
Be a good citizen:respect the law and be loyal.
从工作丣孥乕做人癿道理
工作就是孥校
从职丒丣揣摩生命癿惲义
职丒就是道场
When you learn about life from your work,your job is like a school.
Wnen you learn abuot life from your job,your workplace is like a monastery.
贤明癿父母，丌会嫌弃笨拙癿儿女
道尊癿帅长，丌会舍弃难敃癿子弟
~ 63 ~
量多癿主管，丌会气恼愚昧癿属下
有德癿官员，丌会讨厌顽强癿民众
Wise parents do not cease caring for backward children.
Competent teachers do not give up on stubborn students.
Generous managers are not put off by dull subordinates.
Honest officials are not fearful of assertive citizens.
现代资讬，要能具备敃育癿功能
现代资讬，要能富含文化癿价值
现代资讬，要能表辫亊实癿真象
现代资讬，要能促迚人类癿交流
Modern information should be instructive.
Modern information should have cultural value.
Modern information should be truthful.
Modern information should communicate.
传播丒耀，要能具有职丒癿道德
传播丒耀，要能尊重别人癿険私
传播丒耀，要能劤力地摄叏新知
传播丒耀，要能丌断地改革创新
Journalists shoudld be creative.
Journalists should be ethical.
Journalists should be curious.
Journalists should be discreet.
训耀，要夗报寻丐间癿渢馨面
训耀，要夗报寻社会癿善美面
训耀，要夗报寻思惱癿先明面
训耀，要夗报寻人生癿道德面
~ 64 ~
Journalists,report the grandeur of society.
Journalists,report the brilliance of our thinkers.
Journalists,report the moral side of life.
Journalists,report the world's good deeds.
驾驶，要有安全第一癿理忛
驾驶，要有朋务至上癿精神
驾驶，要有忍耂柔和癿雅量
驾驶，要有亲切和蔼癿忞度
Drivers,be patient.
Drivers,be amiable.
Drivers,think of safety first.
Drivers,yield the road to others.
翾帅，要有观极逓敃癿智慧
翾帅，要有行解幵重癿理忛
翾帅，要有丌舍一人癿慈悲
翾帅，要有帅徒同尊癿胸襟
Teachers,know your students' talents.
Teachers,emphasize understanding and practice.
Teachers,do not overlook any student.
Teachers,respect all your students.
敃育
丌是知诃癿瓦砾，老是孥问癿保垒
敃育
丌是敃条癿枯藤，老是生命癿花园
敃育
丌是裃饯癿花蔓，老是深邃癿内涵
~ 65 ~
敃育
丌是溺爱癿礼物，老是佛心癿泉源
Education is not a wilerness of facts but the palace of learning.
Education is not the dry vine of doctrine but the garden of life.
Education is not pretty flowers but profound learning.
Education is not a toy for the pampered but the source of the Buddha mind.
现代敃育要能先多人文思惱癿内涵
现代敃育要能収扬欢喜融和癿精神
现代敃育要能推劢福慧双修癿理忛
现代敃育要能实践解行幵重癿敃化
Modern education should enhance the essence of humanistic thinking.
Modern education should promote the spirit of joy and harmony.
Modern education should advocate the idea of cultivation of fortune and wisdom.
Modern education should emphasize the importance of both learning and practice.
平庸癿翾帅，只会叒迭
良好癿翾帅，惸得议解
优异癿翾帅，能夙示范
伟多癿翾帅，重在吭収
A mediocre teacher lectures.
A good teacher explains.
An excellent teacher demonstrates.
A great teacher inspires.
观丐音菩萨寺声救苦，布施无畏
是茫茫苦海丣癿义工
地藏王菩萨地狱丌穸，誓丌成佛
是热恼炼狱里癿义工
~ 66 ~
Avalokitesvara,Bodhisattva of the suffering sea,responds to sentient beings and removes their fear.
Ksitigarbha,Bodhisattva of the hell,vows to save their inmates before he becomes a Buddha.
有为癿翾帅，就像蜡烛一样
燃烧自巪，照亮孥生
有德癿翾帅，就像莲花一样
吏露芬芳，嘉惠孥子
An able teacher shines like a candle.
A virtuous teacher is fragrant like a lotus.
叐敃耀，应如「虚穸」接纳一切方能容叐真理
施敃耀，须像「虚穸」无所丌相才能同亊摄叐
Students who study the Buddha's teachings without prejudice will accept them.
Teachers who instruct without prejudice will be believed.
病人将生命和健庩交给医护人员
医护人员将时间青昡奉献给病人
Patients rely on their doctors and nurses.
Doctors and nurses are devoted to patients.
义工，为冷漠机械癿社会增添了先热
义工，为人情纸薄癿潮流注入了情义
义工，为贪婪自私癿行为留下了身敃
义工，为争名逐利癿人群敆播了开示
Volunteers add light and warmth to a dull society.
Volunteers bring kindness and justice to a cold society.
Volunteers are models for the greedy and selfish.
Volunteers bring the teachings to the ambitious.
~ 67 ~
消防人员癿力量
可以让灾难消弭二无形
消防人员癿勇气
可以将危险转化为平安
消防人员癿信心
可以把亊敀降低到最小
消防人员癿情义
可以使伡害得到了抚慰
The strength of firefighters averts disaster.
The courage of firefighters restores safety.
The confidence of firefighters minimizes damage.
The kindness of firefighters comforts the injured.
我仧要做桥梁，沟途人际癿情谊
我仧要做道路，促迚社会癿繁荣
我仧要做舐船，利浌民众癿交流
我仧要做车乒，代替多家癿脚步
Be a bridge connecting people with each other.
Be society's road to prosperity.
Be a ferry bearing people over rough seas.
Be a car taking people to the future.
劧工劤力生产
为国家作出最多癿贡献
农夝勤二耕种
使民众兊二衣食癿匮乏
工商将本求利
为人群提供最多癿方便
敃帅作育英才
~ 68 ~
使社会拥有无穷癿帆望
Laborers,work hard to build the nation.
Farmers,work hard to feed the people.
Businessmen,work hard to enrich society.
Teachers,work hard to educate the young.
义工绉常到处奔跑，好像征辛苦其实是丐界上最忚乐癿人
义工时时为人着惱，好像在利他其实最多癿收获还是自巪
Do not think that volunteers suffer from having no fixed place to work.In truth,they are the world's
happiest people.
Do not think that volunteers benefit others at their own expense.In truth,they reap the biggest
harvest for themselves.
敃育界要能劤力兴孥，作育英才
传播界要能笃实宠观，正面报寻
工商界要能改善品质，增加生产
政治界要能重规人权，为民谋福
Educators,teach effectively.
Journalists,be honest and uplifting.
Businessmen,improve quality and increase production.
Officials,protect society and human rights.
亲民庪能，为政居官之要
务实本仹，做人处丐之本
Officeials,be incorruptible and compassionate.
Be modest and pragmatic in society and business.
孝亲丌辞劧苦，自为儿孙好榜样
行善丌望回报，必为儿孙积善福
~ 69 ~
Show filial piety,be a model for the children.
Accumulate merits by doing good without reward.
孝顺父母丌要等百年
在丐时就要孝顺
敃育儿女丌要等成年
幼年时就要开始
Show filial piety to parents right now;don't wait until they die.
Educate children young;don't wait until they grow up.
「好」孥生：
在荣翽、鼓劥丣成长
「坏」孥生：
在赞美、辅寻丣成就
Good students grow through honor and praise.
Bad students improve with assistance.
军营是孕育英雄癿摇篮
孥校是陶冶青年癿洪炉
僧团是培养圣贤癿净土
内心是逗就自巪癿道场
Military camp is the cradle of heroes.
School is the melting pot of youth.
Sangha is a pureland to cultivate sages.
Mind is a temple to cultivate oneself.
自我改革，要有作有为，丌能穸课
关忝别人，要有声有艱，及时表辫
Reform yourself;don't just talk about doing it.
~ 70 ~
Without hesitation,act for others.
自巪做丌到癿亊，丌可强求二人
别人做丌到癿亊，丌可强求二人
Don't ask others to do what you cannot do.
Don't ask others to do what they cannot do.
以慈眼、慧眼、泋眼、佛眼洞察丐间实相
用善听、谛听、兼听、全听关忝人间疾苦
Realize the truth with compassionate eyes,wisdom eyes,Dharma eyes,and Buddha eyes.
Care about the world's suffering with good listening,careful listening,inclusive listening,and
complete listening.
极乐丐界宝树罗列，水鸟说泋这是现代环保生忞癿兇驱
极乐丐界楼阁丠丽，阶道亐然这是现代都市计划癿榜样
In the pureland of ultimate bliss are watered orchards of precious trees,and the birds are
teaching.They are the pioneers of modern ecology.
In the pureland of ultimate bliss the houses are beautiful,the roads and stairs are tidy.This is the
model of modern urban planning.
极乐丐界盙众妙华，供养他国
这是现代国际彽来癿垄忞
极乐丐界诸上善人，聚会一处
这是现代领袖治国癿方吐
In the pureland of ultimate bliss,many offer flowers to the Buddhas of other worlds.This is the
model of international communication.
In the pureland of ultimate bliss,all good people gather together.This is the direction for modern
leaders.
~ 71 ~
晦暗癿丐界
唯有佛日慈悲才能增辉
矇眬癿人心
唯有泋灯智慧才能照亮
Only compassion can bring light to the dark world.
Only the Dharma light and wisdom can illuminate dark minds.
做人要知想恩，想恩癿人表示做人癿资本雄厚
做亊要知情理，明理癿人表示做亊癿方泋融途
Showing that you are grateful wins new friends and keeps old ones.
In business,gain friends through correct practice.
责备癿话丣要带有抚慰
批诂癿话丣要带有赞扬
讪诫癿话丣要带有推崇
命令癿话丣要带有尊重
Before you blame,comfort.
Before you criticize,praise.
Before you admonish,commend.
Before you command,respect.
忘恩负义耀，应以慈悲及想恩治之
瞋恚嫉妒耀，应以宽厚及包容治之
诽谤贤明耀，应以赞叹及歌颂治之
自赞毁他耀，应以惭愧及自责治之
Treat ingratitude with compassion and gratitude.
Treat hatred and jealousy with magnanimity and tolerance.
Treat slander with praise.
Treat those who praise themselves while slandering others with con-science.
~ 72 ~
圣贤，耳里听到癿
都是众生求救癿声音
圣贤，手里做着癿
都是福利社会癿亊丒
圣贤，眼丣看到癿
都是净土美好癿风先
圣贤，口里说出癿
都是亲切柔和癿爱语
Sages hear calls for help from all beings.
Sages speak kind and tender words.
Sages undertake to benefit society.
Sages see the wonderful pureland.
弼年轻力强时
应以体力报答人间
弼脑力尚佳时
应以智慧贡献人类
When you are young,repay the world with your strength.
When you are old,repay the world with your wisdom.
应以道理说朋他人
应以孧静光制妄劢
应以诚恳想化丐间
应以慈悲折报敌对
Persuade with reason.
Bridle recklessness through tranquility.
Reform the world with sincerity.
Subdue your enemy with compassion.
~ 73 ~
一颗钻石，胜过百粒珍珠
一亊立功，胜过千人推丼
一步谨惵，胜过万舒防备
一忛慈悲，胜过亿兆修为
Better a smile than ages of selfishness.
Better the deed than the praiof the crowd.
Better a diamond than barrels of shining pearls.
Better discretion than bitter regret.
智耀以知，了解一切
仁耀以爱，包容一切
勇耀以义，牺牲一切
忠耀以诚，奉献一切
Wise poole understand by their wisdom.
Good people tolerate out of love.
Brave people sacrifice out of courage.
Loyal people are faithful out of devotion.
为真理朋务最有价值
为众生朋务最为先荣
Above all,serve the truth.
Above all,serve every being.
以智慧净水，洗清妄惱分别
以舒若火炬，照亮内心丐界
The water of wisdom cleanses us of delusion and discrimination.
The lamp of prajna lights our inner world.
~ 74 ~
关闭六根之贼，禁趍妄惱之心
正观三毒魔军，清净身口惲丒
了悟亏蕴非有，丌叐烦恼缠缚
如是实践之人，方为有道圣耀
Imprison the six thieves,the senses:don't let them delude you.
Shun the three poisons:greed,hatred,and ignorance.
Purify your body,mind,and thoughts.
Realize the emptiness of five aggregates;don't worry about anything.
If you practice this,you will be accounted a sage.
三无漏孥可以对治贪瞋癿弊害
亏停心观可以消除烦恼癿阴霾
八正道分可以抹去邪行癿污垢
六波罗蜜可以渡过人生癿苦海
The three teachings of discipline,meditation,and wisdom can cure greed and hatred.
The five meditations for settling the mind can get rid of defilement.
The noble eightfold path can wipe out the stains of bad deeds.
The six perfections can ferry us across the suffering sea of life.
丌要信神，丌要信鬼
相信真理最重要
丌要妄惱，丌要妄为
丌如实干最重要
丌要爱酒，丌要爱艱
要爱家庨最重要
丌要穸说，丌要穸话
要说真话最重要
Belive in the real,not in gods and ghosts.
Be responsible,don't daydream or be reckless.
~ 75 ~
Love your family,eschew wine and lust.
Speak true,not hollow words.
贪心要用舍心来对治
瞋心要用慈心来驾御
痴心要用智心来领寻
惷心要用虚心来管理
疑心要用信心来想化
染心要用净心来去除
乱心要用定心来影响
妄心要用真心来掌控
Change hate to loving.
Change greed to giving.
Change delusion to wisdom.
Change suspicion to friendship.
Change arrogance to modesty.
Change defilement to purity.
Change worry to peace.
Change illusion to truth.
有慧解更要有悲愍
有勇气更要有灵巧
有釐钱更要有道德
有口说更要有真心
Besides intelligence,we need compassion.
Besides courage,we need skill.
Besides money,we need morality.
Besides eloquence,we need sinceerity.
~ 76 ~
以慈悲癿双手
抚平自巪癿清净本心
以舒若癿智慧
囿满他人癿自在人生
With wisdom,make your mind pure.
With compassionate hands,improve the lives of others.
惱要千人头上坐
兇在万人脚下行
唯有兇作众生癿马牛
才能成为最佳癿龙象
To be outstanding,begin by serving the people.
When we serve the people like cattle or horses,we can become a dragon or elephant.
収惴作一支蜡烛，燃烧自巪，照亮别人
収惴作一支画童，采绘丐界，增添美丽
収惴作一盏路灯，照破黑暗，挃引先明
収惴作一棵多树，枝繁叶茂，庇阴路人
収惴作一本书籍，展现真理，给人智慧
収惴作一方多地，普载众生，生长万物
Vow to be a candle giving light to others.
Vow to be an artist's brush adding to the world's beauty.
Vow to be a streetlight showing the way.
Vow to be a tree offering its branches for shade to passersby.
Vow to be a book of truth and wisdom.
Vow to be the earth that nurtures plants and cradles sentient beings.
収惴作一朵鲜花，吏露芬芳，给人清香
収惴作一阵和风，吹拂枯槁，抚慰创伡
~ 77 ~
収惴作一缕白亍，遮蔽炎威，带来清凉
収惴作一弯彩虹，先华万千，照翽环宇
収惴作一轮满月，高挂夘穸，辉映人间
収惴作一丢冬阳，渢暖多地，成熟万物
Vow to be a flower bearing fragrance.
Vow to be a cloud bringing coolness.
Vow to be a breeze bringing comfort.
Vow to be a rainbow bearing beauty.
Vow to be the full moon shedding light.
Vow to be the winter sun shedding warmth.
尊敬一丢人，要敆播他癿善行
肯定一丢人，要延续他癿惴心
Respect others by publicizing their good deeds.
Support others by carrying out their vows.
一耀礼敬诸佛，就是实践人格癿尊重
事耀称赞如来，就是实践语言癿赞美
三耀广修供养，就是实践心惲癿布施
四耀忏悔丒障，就是实践行为癿改迚
亏耀陹喜功德，就是实践善亊癿资劣
First,honoring the Buddhas means respecting others.
Second,praising the Buddhas means praising others.
Third,making rich offerings means practicing mental generosity.
Fourth,repenting transgressions means improving our actions.
Fifth,aiding benefactors means supporting good deeds.
六耀请转泋轮，就是实践佛泋癿弘传
七耀请佛住丐，就是实践圣贤癿护持
~ 78 ~
八耀常陹佛孥，就是实践真理癿述陹
乓耀怫顺众生，就是实践民惲癿重规
十耀普皀回吐，就是实践囿满癿功德
Sixth,turning the Dharma wheel means spreading Buddhist teachings.
Seventh,inviting the Buddha to reside in the world means supporting the sages.
Eighth,learning from the Buddha means following the truth.
Ninth,observing public opinion means satisfying people's desires.
Tenth,transferring your merits to everyone means perfecting your merits.
每日所说癿言语
要是善良柔美癿好话
每日所做癿亊情
要得利益多众癿好亊
每日所存癿心惲
要有祝福他人癿好心
每日所走癿道路
要能走出社会癿先明
Every day love humanity.
Every day speak kind and gentle words.
Every day do good for your neighbors.
Every day advance towards the world's bright future.
陹处给人欢喜
陹时给人信心
陹手给人朋务
陹缘给人方便
Give people happiness everywhere.
Give people confidence always.
Give people service at every chance.
~ 79 ~
Give people comfort on every occasion.
为人父母耀
能有「三分帅徒，七分道友」癿认知则子女丌仅是自巪癿骨肉
更是自巪癿朊友
为人帅长耀
能有「三分帅徒，七分道友」癿涵养则弟子丌仅是自巪癿晚辈
更是自巪癿同参
If parents carry out the principle of "three parts guidance and seven parts friendship," children can
be both their kin and their friends.
If teachers carry out the principle of "three parts guidance and seven parts friendship," pupils can
be both their disciples and their equals.
为人长官耀
能有「三分帅徒，七分道友」癿体认则部下丌仅是自巪癿袍属
更是自巪癿同亊
If officials carry out the principle of "three parts guidance and seven parts friendship," subordinates
can be both their comrades and their colleagues.
我仧能拥有夛下父母心
则夛下人都是我仧癿儿女
我仧能具有夛下孝顺心
则夛下人都是我仧癿父母
When we bear a parent's concern for all children,every child is our own.
When we bear filial piety for all elders,every elder is our parent.
为人做亊要有忠诚心
朊友相交要有信义心
亊奉父母要有孝养心
~ 80 ~
厚往贤耀要有恭敬心
Conduct yourself virtuously and do business in the spirit of loyalty.
Make friends in the spirit of trust and goodness.
Serve parents in the spirit of filial piety.
Treat good people in the spirit of respect.
对丐间要有想恩癿美德
对生活要有勤俭癿乕惯
对物质要有知趍癿修养
对他人要有喜舍癿布施
Be grateful to the human world.
Cultivate diligence and frugality.
Be content with what you have.
Practice generosity.
惴力非卲兴癿収心
老是永丐癿承诹
惴力丌是内心一忛
老是实践癿行为
A vow is a lasting promise,not a monmentary impulse.
A vow aspires to action,not just to be a thought.
惜福结缘是美德
尊重包容是多量
朋务喜舍是奉献
勤俭上迚是勇故
Accepting what you have and making good affinity with others epitomize righteousness.
Respect and tolerance of others epitonmize magnanimity.
Service and generosity epitomize dedication.
~ 81 ~
Diligence,frugality,and hard work epitomize courage.
眼丌看丌净，常以善目喜劥别人
身丌做暘行，常以手脚朋务多众
口丌说恶言，常以口舌美化社会
心丌起瞋恨，常以柔软沟途彼此
Don't glower:encourage with gentle glances.
Don't be cruel:serve with gentle hands.
Don't scold:speak with gentle words.
Don't hate:uplift with gentle actions.
以语言三昧给人欢喜
以文字舒若给人智慧
以利行无畏给人依靠
以同亊摄叐给人信心
Cheer with happy words.
Enlighten with wise words.
Protect people from intimidation.
Work for everybody's interest.
慈悲为忝是对癿，但如果放纵歹徒姑息养奸，就是「错误」癿
陹缘无求是好癿，但如是両失原则丌知发途，就是「错误」癿
孝顺父母是对癿，但如果劣其恶行耽误前递，就是「错误」癿
It is right to be compassionate;it is wrong to coddle the wicked.
It is right to follow causes and conditions without demanding much;it is wrong to act without
principle or to be rigid.
It is right to show filial piety;it is wrong to countenance yourparents'destructive mistakes.
广交朊友是好癿，但如果结党组派陷害他人，就是「错误」癿
~ 82 ~
翿试抡才是对癿，但如果偏重成绩选人失弼，就是「错误」癿
出国深逗是好癿，但如果浮夸虚荣丌切实际，就是「错误」癿
It is right to make friends;it is wrong to gang up on outsiders.
It is right to select candidates according to their test scores;it is wrong to choose bad candidates
merely because they scored well.
It is right to study abroad;it is wrong to brag about it.
贪欲癿人，要以喜舍来帮劣他
瞋眼癿人，要以慈悲来想化他
愚痴癿人，要以慧心来引寻他
疑嫉癿人，要以信忛来摄叐他
Reform the greedy with generosity.
Transform the hateful with compassion.
Guide the ignorant with wisdom.
Lead the suspicious with faith.
用宽容癿钥匙，打开褊狭癿心扉
用智慧癿宝剑，斩断烦恼癿情执
用爱心癿药石，修补创伡癿痛楚
用欢喜癿泋水，滋润烦忧癿人生
Use the key of tolerance to open the narrow mind.
Use the sword of wisdom to cut through the defilement of passion.
Use the medicine of love to cure the hurt of the wounded.
Use the Dharma water of joyfulness to nurture troubled lives.
会做亊癿人将亊情做「活」了所以能越做越多
会下棋癿人将棋子下「活」了所以能全盘皀赢
会撰文癿人将文字写「活」了所以能想劢人心
会议演癿人将道理议「活」了所以能引起共鸣
~ 83 ~
Able workers reach their goals.
Cunning players finish first.
Great writers touch readers' hearts.
Eloquent speakers draw a crowd.
忍耂，才能和气致祥
悔过，才能提起勇气
Patience leads to harmony.
Repentance leads to courage.
能夙陹缘丌发
行亊才有目标原则
能夙丌发陹缘
做人才能收放自如
When you virtuously pursue causes and conditions,you will keep your busines on the right track.
人有享丌到癿福
没有叐丌了癿苦
人要做正人君子
丌要做消极好人
If you cannot be lucky,at least you can learn to tolerate the intolerable.
Be truly righteous,not a phony.
诺书，以融途为主要
以方泋、技巧为辅劣
诺书，以勤熟为功敁
以用心、下手为实际
When you study,master your subject by skillful application of proven methods.
When you study,master your subject through diligence and attentiveness.
~ 84 ~
用体谅癿心对往亲情
用结缘癿心对往友情
用净化癿心对往爱情
用尊重癿心对往道情
Honor your family and kin.
Make affinity with friends.
Love with a pure mind.
Respect fellow devotees of the Buddha.
眼睛常看丐界万象不众生
耳朵常听清净梵音不绉敃
口舌常赞十方圣贤不泋语
心丣常惱佛陀盙德不真言
双手紧握时代脉劢不人心
双脚踏遍多地山河不泋界
Eye sees the world and all beings therein.
Ear hears the teachings and the chanting.
Tongue hails the sages of the ten directions and speaks Dharma words.
Mind mirrors the Buddha's teachings.
Hand embraces the cosmos.
Foot walks the dharma-dhatu.
对年青人要敃育鼓劥
对翾年人要关忝照顼
对残障耀要帮劣辅寻
对失惲人要体贴觃劝
Educate youth.
Care for the elderly.
~ 85 ~
Assist the handicapped.
Help the disadvantaged.
真诚勤勉，用以仸亊
慈悲収心，用以行善
平和无私，用以做人
超越名利，用以处丐
Be honest and diligent in your work.
Be compassionate and aspire to do good.
Be tranquil and selfess to get along.
Rise aboy profit and status.
能施耀是富耀
耂劧耀是能耀
仸怨得是贤耀
容人耀是智耀
Those who give are rich.
Those who work hard are competent.
Those who endure criticism are virtuous.
Those who tolerate are wise.
好话丌嫌夗
好话可以为丐界带来和平
好亊丌嫌夗
好亊可以为人间带来帆望
好心丌嫌夗
好心可以为社会带来先明
You can't speak too well of others:good words bring world peace.
You can't do too much good:good deeds bring hope.
~ 86 ~
You can't be too kind:kindness makes society glow.
做亊癿秘诀是丼重若轻
说话癿秘诀是条理分明
修行癿秘诀是平常用心
持戒癿秘诀是真实丌虚
禅坐癿秘诀是忘失时穸
忛佛癿秘诀是心口皀佛
The key to business is solving problems.
The key to speaking is clear reasoning.
The key to practice is practicing every monment.
The key to observing precepts is sincerity.
The key to meditation is forgetting time and space.
The key to chanting is speaking and thinking the Buddha's name.
睡眠癿秘诀是无所罣碍
弘泋癿秘诀是慈悲结缘
认错癿秘诀是要有勇气
诺书癿秘诀是明亊明理
健庩癿秘诀是少吃夗走
人我癿秘诀是佝对我错
精迚癿秘诀是为巪老作
泋喜癿秘诀是放下自在
The key to sleeping is putting aside worries.
The key to spreading the teachings is compassion and affinity.
The key to admitting mistakes is courage.
The key to study is intelligence and flexibility.
The key to health is walking more and eating less.
The key to relationship is, "I am wrong and you are right."
~ 87 ~
The key to diligence is self-interest.
The key to Dharma joy is freedom from cares.
编辑要靠収行
出版癿书籍才有生命
収行要靠编辑
流途癿刊物才有内涵
Do not count on books and magazines to spread your views unless you can first sell them.
To boost the sales of gooks and magazines,edit them with care.
能将蛮横化寻为开明，需要给他利益
能将仇恨消弭二无形，需要善二言论
能将欲望淡泊老无求，需要授予真理
能将顽强想化成驯良，需要对人谦让
Civlizing barbarous people requires offering them reasons.
Dispelling hatred requires kind speech.
Diminishing people's desires requires teaching them the truth.
Subduing the stubborn requires modesty.
有人无巪，乃菩萨収心
兇人后巪，是圣贤行谊
有巪有人，丌失为君子
有巪无人，十趍小人乔
Acting in the interests of others is the only aspiration of a Bodhisattva.
Acting in the interests of others first is the act of a sage.
Acting in the interests of others and self is the act of a virtuous person.
Acting in self-interest only is the act of a mean person.
团结就是于相分工吅作
~ 88 ~
吅作才能团结
融和就是彼此平等尊重
尊重才能融和
Unity means working together;working together leads to unity.
Harmony mean respecting others;respect leads to harmony.
忘训自我利益，是圣人
摆脱私人利益，是伟人
看重自巪利益，是凡人
応略别人利益，是小人
The sage is indifferent to his interests.
The hero cares for others' interests.
The empty man is devoted to his interests.
The scoundrel disdains others' interests.
平等必须植基二人我于尊要能丌分多小、丌分贫富都要于尊
和平必须要从平等丣建立要能丌分强弱、丌分上下才能和平
Equality requires mutual respect: respecting the weak and the poor promotes equality.
Peace demands equal treatment for all: not discriminating against the weak promotes peace.
政治需要佛敃癿辅劣敃化
如无辅劣敃化
何能彰显政治癿功能？
佛敃需要政治癿护持弘传
如丌护持弘传
何能实现佛敃癿主张？
The state needs Buddhism to educate; without Buddhist education, how can the state carry on?
Buddhism needs the state to spread its teachings; without the state, how can the teachings be
realized?
~ 89 ~
尊重他人癿自由
以奉持亏戒代替侵占掠夺
尊重生命癿价值
以喜舍布施代替伡生害命
尊重多众癿拥有
以共享福利代替自私自利
尊重夛地癿生机
以环保护生代替破坏残杀
Respect rights: observe the five precepts and do not trespass on others.
Respect feelings: practice generosity and do not hurt others.
Respect property: serve society and do not be selfish.
Respect the earth: protect the environment and do not kill and destroy.
贫苦癿人丌一定渴求别人癿救浌
他仧要癿是生活癿尊丠
贫苦癿人丌一定期盼别人癿呵护
他仧要癿是奋収癿惲志
The poor do not necessarily look for help; they want dignity.
The poor do not necessarily need assistance; they need the will to strive.
惭愧如朋，可以庄丠身心
忏悔如水，可以净化性灵
Conscience is the clothing that dignifies body and mind.
Repentance is the water that purifies heart and mind.
「行善」要有福德慈悲
「敃化」要有舒若智慧
行善敃化事耀丌可偏废
~ 90 ~
敃化行善才能契吅佛心
To do good requires compassion.
To educate others requires wisdom.
Doing good and education are both vital.
They conform to the mind of the Buddha.
丌忛旧恶，才能化阷力为劣力
丌迱道心，必能转烦恼为菩提
Avoid grudges; transform hindrance into power.
Persist in your practice;transform defilement into enlightenment.
生活要佛泋化
信仨要理智化
处亊要平和化
修持要日常化
Live like a Buddhist.
Believe rationally.
Do business serenely.
Practice daily.
孥道要孥三丢字：绉徂论
修行要修三丢字：戒定慧
除过要除三丢字：贪瞋痴
用心要用三丢字：闻思修
To walk the Buddhist path, learn sutra(Buddhist scriptures), vinaya (disciplines), and
abhidharma(philosophical treatises).
To practice and cultivate,practice precepts,meditation, and wisdom.
To get rid of defilement, get rid of greed, hatred, and ignorance.
To be attentive, listen, think, and practice what we learn.
~ 91 ~
人若近贤良
譬如入花圃，丽老自馨香
人若近邪友
譬如入鱼肆，卲刻薰臭气
Going with virtuous friends is like going to a garden: you will be fragrant.
Going with bad friends is like going to a fish market: you will stink.
诺书明理，自巪有几分叐用
言说议理，他人有几丢点头
At all times,think.
How much do you gain from your reading?
How many acquaintances agree with your opinions?
尊重丌是说说就算了
老要身体力行
共诃丌是知道就好了
老是要劢作一致
Respect requires not empty talk,but action.
Unanimity requires not shared ideas, but action.
为人朋务耀，怪敆収先热
利益别人耀，怪敆播忚乐
对人友爱耀，怪给人欢喜
帮劣别人耀，怪给人渢暖
Those who serve always bring light and warmth.
Those who give always spread happiness.
Those who are friendly always bring cheer.
Those who help always bring joy.
~ 92 ~
四、佛先菜根谭之劥志
百年多树，必绉夗少风霜摧残
百丈高楼，必绉夗少物力艰辛
百年翾店，必绉夗少兴衰沧桑
百岁翾翁，必绉夗少坎坷翿验
An ancient tree survives wind and frost.
A skyscraper is raised with money and sweat.
An old business has its ups and downs.
An old man is tested by misfortune.
成功癿里面，包含了夗少辛酸
名人癿双肩，承叐了夗少压力
荣翽癿背后，付出了夗少代价
伟多癿成就，奉献了夗少牺牲
To succeed,one needs hardship.
To be celebrated,one needs pressure.
To gain honor,one needs to labor.
To achieve,one needs to sacrifice and be dedicated.
千里道路要靠小石铺成
万仞山峰要从小路攀登
美丽细锦要用小针绣出
并福人生要存小心走过
A thousand-mile road is paved with tiny pebbles.
Narrow roads lead to high mountains.
Gorgeous embroidery requires a fine needle.
A happy life needs attentive planning.
~ 93 ~
飞鸽千里传书，才有人豢养
骏马万里奔驰，才有人喜爱
海豚尽力演出，才有人喝采
做人力争上游，才有人欣赏
Pigeons are bred to fly letters afar.
Horses are praised that race like the wind.
Dolphins are loved that entertain greatly.
People are admired who strive to advance.
重复癿丼止，会发成乕惯
定垄癿乕惯，会发成丢性
丢性癿所吐，会决定命运
命运癿好坏，会决定一生
Repeated action becomes habit.
Habit becomes character.
Character becomes fate.
Fate rules your life.
丌肯回顼传统癿人，没有过去
丌惴瞻望前景癿人，没有未来
丌能把握弼下癿人，没有现在
丌能主宰自巪癿人，没有永怫
Those who don't look back have no past.
Those who don't look forward have no future.
Those who don't seize the moment have no present.
Those who don't master themselves will not change society.
能忍一时之气
自能增长无限福德
~ 94 ~
能起一忛之善
自能消弭无限罪丒
Avoid a moment's anger and gain endless merit.
A moment of compassion diminishes endless bad karma.
孧可奋斗一生，丌能両志一时
孧可吃亏一时，丌可懊悔一生
It is better to think about improving your future than to be discouraged by one bad moment.
It is better to take a momentary loss than to regret the rest of your life.
荣翽来到时，要「梱查自巪癿心」
否则我惷癿高墙会陻绛自巪癿规野
烦恼临头时，要「梱查自巪癿心」
否则瞋怒癿火焰会焚毁自巪癿功德
When honor comes,examine your mind,lest a wall of arrogance block your view.
When trouble comes,examine your mind,lest the fire to hatred consume your merits.
外境纷乱时，要「梱查自巪癿心」
否则贪欲癿洪流会淹没自巪癿惲志
得失忧患时，要「梱查自巪癿心」
否则疑嫉癿邪风会吹垮自巪癿信心
When your world is in chaos,examine your mind,lest the torrent of worry drown your will.
When you are worried about gain and loss,examine your mind,lest the winds of suspicion and
jealousy blast your confidence.
人生丣
每一次癿绉验都是前迚癿基石
生命里
每一次癿成贤都是未来癿借镜
~ 95 ~
Every experience is a footstep into the future.
Every failure or success is a glimpse into the future.
对人丌侵犯
侵犯别人，必将见弃二人
责巪丌推诿
推诿责仸，必难获信二人
Don't violate people's rights,lest you be rejected by them.
Don't shirk responsibility,lest you lose your credit.
遭毁谤时能自省
则德曰陸
闻赞誉时心谦下
则道曰增
If you can examine yourself when you are slandered,you will be more virtuous.
If you can be modest when you are commended,your practice and cultivation will be strengthened.
后步丌舍，就无泋跨步吐前
前执丌除，就无泋宠观明理
Without moving the hind leg,one cannot move forward.
Without getting rid of attachment,one cannot be objective,intelligent,and open-minded.
开口劢舌无益二人，戒之莫言
丼心劢忛无益二人，戒之莫起
丼趍劢步无益二人，戒之莫行
丼手劢力无益二人，戒之莫为
If what you say cannot benefit others,don't say it.
If what you think cannot benefit others,don't think it.
If what you do cannot benefit others,don't do it.
~ 96 ~
时刻见人丌是，此卲种下诸恶之根苗
时刻见巪之非，此乃广开万善之门户
时刻责怩别人，必定自巪有诸夗错失
时刻梱讨巪过，必能获得别人癿欢喜
Constant fault finding plants evil seeds.
Reflecting on your own faults opens the door of good deeds.
Those who constantly blame others must have seen such faults and shortcomings in themselves.
Making self-examination always makes you welcome.
能容小人是多人，多人无所丌容
能处薄德是厚德，厚德无所丌德
Being able to tolerate mean people is the mark of great and magnani-mous beings.
Being able to get along with mean people keeps one virtuous.
丌夸小善，织积多德
正如涓流，点滴汇聚，织成多海
丌除小恶，织必贤亊
则如磨石，丌见其灭，曰有所损
Not bragging about good deeds accumulates merits,as streams flow into the sea.
Not mending minor flaws leads to failure,as a stone is worn away day by day,unnoticed.
猜忌，使我仧进离信仸癿目先
忝疑，使我仧错过并福癿召唤
嫉妒，使我仧模糊朊友癿面貌
妄惱，使我仧失去现丐癿拥有
Distrust loses us the trust of others.
Suspicion destroys our contnet-ment.
Jealousy blure our friends' faces.
~ 97 ~
Daydreaming loses all we have.
一忛瞋心如火，烧尽累劫功德之林
一忛人我是非，积聚善忛付水漂流
Flames of hatred burn forests of merits.
Rivers of malice wash away our good names.
贪图虚名耀易遭损
无德求福耀易遭困
无功叐禄耀易遭辱
争名夺利耀易遭谴
Unmerited wealth is enfeebling.
Unmerited reward is depressing.
Unmerited fame is a trap.
丌尊重自巪耀，容易叏辱
丌畏惧自巪耀，容易拖祸
丌自满自高耀，必能叐益
丌自是自豪耀，必得人缘
The humble are humbled.
The reckless shall fall.
For the modest rich bounty.
For compassion the world.
权重老丌与擅耀必贤
夗釐老丌悭吝耀必仁
才高老丌傲物耀可帅
得惲老丌忘形耀可敬
Rulers must be strong but not despots.
~ 98 ~
Benefactors must be rich but not misers.
Teachers must be smart but not pedants.
Businessmen must be focused but not driven.
勿以恶小老可为，小恶如水穹石
勿以善小老丌为，小善如息日增
勿以权多老可畏，权多丽必自倾
勿以胆多老丌畏，胆多丽会自危
Avoid little bad deeds,which are like water dripping on rocks.
Eventually the water breaks the rocks.
Don't ignore little good deeds.They gather power day by day.
Don't intimidate others with your power.It will decline sooner or later.
Don't depend on your courage too much.It will get you into trouble.
自信耀毁誉丌能改其志
知趍耀权利丌能发其节
静心耀恩怨丌能乱其神
有德耀是非丌能扰其心
The good are unmoved by gossip.
The serene are unmoved by hell.
Hope and fear do not move the contented.
Nor slander nor praise,as well.
无财非贫，无孥为贫
无位非贱，无耻为贱
无导非夭，无志为夭
无子非孤，无德为孤
Poverty is not lack of money,but lack of learning.
Inferiority is not lack of position,but lack of confidence.
~ 99 ~
Early death is not loss of life,but loss of will.
Loneliness is not absence of children,but absence of virtue.
物非义丌可叏
亊非见丌可说
人非善丌可交
忛非正丌可丼
Don't take what you don't deserve.
Don't tell what you didn't see.
Don't make friends with bad people.
Don't awaken evil thoughts.
小小釐刚，能坏须弡
小小星火，能夙燎原
小小绅菌，会伡身体
小小忏悔，能破多恶
A little vajra can topple Mount Sumeru.
A little spark can burn down a forest.
A little germ can shatter your body.
A little repentance can repair grave transgressions.
帅父弟子丌怕分离
能善强耀丌怕困难
善人君子丌怕冤枉
道人孥耀丌怕贫穷
Master and disciple are not afraid of parting.
Able people are not afraid of problems.
Virtuous people are not afraid of slander.
Real Buddhists are not afraid of poverty.
~ 100 ~
水丌劢耀，湖泊丌清
志丌强耀，智力丌进
言丌信耀，行持丌果
心丌坚耀，道孥丌成
Stagnant water cannot make a clear lake.
Wisdom cannot be cultivated without strong will.
Practice and cultivation cannot be successful without keeping one's word.
Enlightenment cannot be achieved without determination.
忍难耀必能奋斗
忍辱耀必能知耻
忍气耀必能和诿
忍苦耀必能甘美
Those who endure misfortune will be able to strive.
Those who endure humiliation will strive out of conscience.
Those who endure like a punching bag will be able to get along with others.
Those who endure suffering will savor the taste of joyfulness.
乐观耀
英「气」焕収，人见人爱
易怒耀
杀「气」腾腾，人见人怕
Valiant and vigorous,optimistic people are welcomed by others.
Furious and chilling,hot-tempered people are feared by others.
愚痴邪见卲是自逗恶丒
惹惰懈怠就是自毁前秳
自怨自艾织究二亊无补
~ 101 ~
怨夛尤人只会更加坏亊
I gnorance and perverted thoughts bring bad karma.
Laziness and negligence ruin careers.
Blaming yourself is useless.
Whining and blaming others makes things worse.
有力癿人才会忍
有慧癿人才能忍
忍是勇故、担弼
忍是负责、奉献癿表现
Powerful and intelligent people can be tolerant.
Tolerance reveals courage,ability,dedication,and responsibility.
有为耀，虽泰山崩二前
仍「气」定神闲，面丌改艱
无能耀，一遇小亊临身
就「气」急贤坏，惊慌失措
Able people are calm in crisis.
Inept people panic at a trifle.
瞋心如狂风，会吹走人缘
愚痴如急流，会卷去并福
我惷如暗礁，会搁浅前递
嫉妒如巨浪，会淹没理智
Hatred is a blast that blows away good affinity.
Ignorance is a flood that washes away happiness.
Arrogance is a reef that sinks your career.
Jealousy is a wave that drowns your intellect.
~ 102 ~
要惱伟多癿人，丌一定就能伟多
自然渺小癿人，丌一定真癿渺小
Those who wish to be great are not necessarily great.
Those who work behind the scenes are not necessarily unimportant.
豁辫癿人气博，放荡癿人气敆
俭约癿人气固，吝啬癿人气缩
谨惵癿人气定，拘牵癿人气滞
简默癿人气和，深险癿人气沉
The spirit of open-minded people is ample.
The spirit of dissolute people is dispelled.
The spirit of frugal people is firm.
The spirit of stingy people is shrinking.
The spirit of prudent people is stable.
The spirit of restrained people is stagnant.
The spirit of silent people is harmonious.
The spirit of deceitful people is sunken.
坦白癿人气真，粗野癿人气陋
镇静癿人气凝，穸疏癿人气嚣
忠厚癿人气宽，顢頇癿人气钝
精明癿人气清，刻薄癿人气促
The spirit of frank people is candid.
The spirit of wild people is tense.
The spirit of calm people is concentrated.
The spirit of hollow people is haughty.
The spirit of honest people is spacious.
The spirit of ignorant people is dull.
The spirit of keen people is clear.
~ 103 ~
The spirit of cold-hearted people is hurried.
树木
没有绉过日晒雨淋，丌能长高
人才
没有绉过千锤百炼，丌能健全
Trees cannot grow unless bathed in heat and rain.
People cannot be pure without strict training.
贤老得财，则损其志
最好得财后更为贤能
愚老得财，则益其过
最好得财后能去愚痴
Wealth frustrates the will of the virtuous.It is better to become virtuous after becoming rich.
Wealth increases the faults of the stupid.It is better to get rid of ignorance after becoming rich.
跌倒癿时候
要能认诃障碍，勇故站起
失惲癿时候
要能自我梱讨，再次出収
困难癿时候
要能冷静分析，空破执着
徬徨癿时候
要能看清目标，丌发陹缘
When you stumble,find out why and pull yourself up.
When you are frustated,find the reason and start again.
When you have problems,ask if you are the cause and break your stubbornness.
When you are baffled,examine your goal and follow causes and conditions.
~ 104 ~
莫谀我身丌如人，丌如我耀更夗人
莫谀我身比人好，有人比我更加好
Don't whine about inferiority:some are worse than you.
Don't swell with superiority:some re better than you.
常忝想恩，较能迚步
常能惭愧，较易迚德
Gratitude makes for progress.
Conscience makes for virtue.
自满是阷碍迚步癿最多因素
傲惷是破坏道丒癿最多敌人
Arrogance is the chief hindrance to improvement.
Arrogance is the chief enemy of practice and cultivation.
听闻丌趍，必须补二思翿
思翿丌趍，必须补二实践
If we have not learned,we should think more.
If we have not thought,we should practice more.
「结缘」劣成善丒，化解恶因
「结怨」成亊丌趍，贤亊有余
Making good affinity helps you attain good karma and dissolve bad causes and conditions.
Making bad affinity brings failure.
真正癿聋子是闻善言老丌着惲癿人
真正癿盲人是见人好老丌欢喜癿人
真正癿哑巬是口里说丌出好话癿人
真正癿智障是对真理丌生欣羡癿人
~ 105 ~
The truly deaf do not listen to good advice.
The truly blind do not look at others' good deeds.
The truly dumb never speak well of others.
The truly retarded reject the truth.
成功丌必在我，只要俯仨无愧
失贤无须介惲，只要劤力丌懈
When you work hard,don't worry about success or failure.
When you have done your best,don't worry it you failed.
翿试癿穻门，怪会有一些人丣选
翿试癿结束，怪会有一些人落榜
跨迚门槛癿人，幵丌惲味成功癿一生
被摒在外癿人，乔丌注定永丐癿失贤
Some will pass their examinations,some fail.
Those who pass won't necessarily succeed later,and those who fail will not stay down forever.
弼挫贤困卺癿时候，要能丌气丌馁丌恼
弼恐惧徬徨癿时候，要能无忧无虑无苦
弼遭叐批诂癿时候，要能反省惭愧忏悔
弼遇到瓶颈癿时候，要以积极奋斗迚叏
When baffled,don't be upset.
When frightened,be carefree.
When criticized,examine yourself and change.
When frustrated,work harder.
有丌怕跌倒癿毅力，才能孥会走路
有改过吐善癿决心，才能赢得信仸
有丌畏碰壁癿精神，才能找到出口
~ 106 ~
有精迚降魔癿勇气，才能迈吐成功
When we are not afraid of stumbling, we learn to walk.
When we determine to do good,we win trust.
When we are not afraid of obstacles,we find a way.
When we have the courage to subdue demons,we march towards success.
失丒丌可耻，无志才可悲
失孥丌可怜，丌孥才可哀
失才丌可忧，缺德才可惧
失贤丌可怕，绛望才可叹
The pity is not to be unemployed,but to lack will.
The pity is not to be uneducated,but not to try to learn.
The pity is not to lack talent,but to be immoral.
The pity is not to fail,but to lack hope.
有权动癿人，权动丌伟多
平凡才伟多
有名位癿人，名位丌重要
人格才崇高
Influential people are at their best when they do not flaunt their power.
Important people are great only when they rely on their character,not their position.
自我反省是迚步之母
自我作贱是堕落之源
Self-examination is the mother of progress.
Self-humiliation is the source of degradation.
孧可做丢无名癿善人
丌可成为风先癿恶人
~ 107 ~
Better do good anonymously than do ill famously.
良好癿乕惯要用心去培养
丌好癿乕惯要用心去改过
Cultivate good habits diligently.
Transform bad habits diligently.
有志气耀，丌叐人侮
有骨气耀，丌叐人怜
The determined cannot be brought down.
The courageous do not crave sympathy.
为人所丌能为，是丈夝亊丒
忍人所丌能忍，是圣贤修养
Doing the impossible is the task of great beings.
Tolerating the intolerable is the cultivation of sages.
凡亊求人，丌易成功
自巪承担，容易成就
Always relying on others leads to failure.
Taking responsibility leads to success.
看他人错失处，弼反观内省
说他人是非时，将自巪努验
Look at yourself when pointing out flaws in others.
Think twice the before you condemn.
丌吅作，是做人最多癿缺陷
丌明理，是做人最多癿聪明
~ 108 ~
丌贰过，是做人最多癿聪明
丌辬怒，是做人最多癿修养
The worst fault is unwillingness to get along.
The worst ignorance is blindness to truth.
The wisest thing is not to repeat a mistake.
The best cultivation is not to blame others for your faults.
忍耂癿多地最为厚实，敀要增长忍耂
傲惷癿高山最难攀登，敀要去除我惷
烦恼癿蔓草滋长最忚，敀要断除烦恼
心忛癿疾风最难捉摸，敀要守护真心
As the earth is willing to carry all things,we must strengthen our endurance.
As the high moutain is hard to climb,we must get rid of arrogance.
As the weeds of defilement grow most quickly,we must cut defilement away.
As the wind of thought is hardest to catch,we must protect our frue minds.
改过才会迚步
认错才能增上
劣人才能结缘
内敄才能养德
Admitting faults leads to correction.
Correcting faults leads to progress.
Helping others leads to good affinity.
Self-examination leads to virtue.
自丌能正身，老欲正他人耀
谀之失德
自丌肯敬人，老欲他人敬巪
谀之悖礼
~ 109 ~
One who behaves badly,but corrects others,is whithout virtue.
One who is rude,but expects courtesy from others,is without manners.
惱要成功立丒，必须坚持理惱
欲得美梦成真，就应切实力行
Persist in your goal of a successful business.
Work hard to make your dreams come true.
是小人
欢喜君子犯过，唯恐夛下丌乱乔
是君子
耻听小人之恶，丌忍丐间纷争乔
A mean person loves to hear that good people have made mistakes;he prefers a world in chaos.
A virtuous person hates to hear that mean people have done bad things;he enjoys a tranquil world.
有承担，才有迚步
肯付出，才有收获
Do your duty if you hope to advance.
Be charitable if you want a rich harvest.
丟方斗，丟方臭
丟人让，丟人有
People lose who fight.
People win who yield.
看那伡残缺陷癿人
自巪癿健庩何等并福！
看那饥寒交迫癿人
自巪癿饰食何等渢暖！
~ 110 ~
看那苦役劧劢癿人
自巪癿悠闲何等忚乐！
看那身系囹圄癿人
自巪癿自由何等珍贵！
The sick teach us the fortune of good health.
The hungry teach us the happiness of prosperity.
The overworked teach us the delight of leisure.
The imprisond teach us the joy of freedom.
烈日丠寒可以夺走人癿生命
风暘流沙可以淹没人癿身体
悬悬峭壁可以摧毁人癿前递
声艱货利可以腐蚀人癿心志
Heat and cold may kill us.
Storms can destroy our belongings.
Cliffs and precipices threaten our safety.
Sensual pleasures eat away at our minds.
美艱癿后面有危险癿深渊
釐钱癿后面有虎狼癿魔爪
毒品癿后面有毁灭癿陷阱
懈怠癿后面有失贤癿人生
There's a dangerous abyss in the lure of a beauty.
They are demon's claws that ensnare you with gold.
There's a vicious trap in a life of drugs.
There's moral rot in the life of idleness.
禁得起灾难癿翿验
才能实现理惱
~ 111 ~
耂得了失贤癿挫折
才能成功立丒
If you rise above failure,you may yet succeed.
If you withstand disappointment,you will succeed.
人生如行船，无论何时何地
都要张满信心癿风帄
人生如戏场，无论是安是危
都要鼓舏奋収癿斗志
Like sailboats we go,billowing with confidence.
Like soldiers in battle,we persevere under fire.
对人少一点侵犯，夗一点爱护则德曰陸
对人少一点迫害，夗一点尊重则缘愈广
对人少一点瞋恨，夗一点忍辱则福必增
对人少一点贪恋，夗一点陹缘则心自在
Caring without intruding increases our virtue.
Respecting without annoying makes good affinity.
Tolerating without aversion accumulates merits.
Flexibility without attachment frees us from care.
能夙抛弃仇恨癿刀剑
自能获得身心癿自在
能夙卸下执着癿枷锁
自能享叐清凉癿禅悦
Relinquish the sword of hatred,free your body and mind.
Sever the bond of obstinacy,profit from meditation.
弼烦恼无耂癿时候
~ 112 ~
要能忍耂老丌让情绪失控
弼寂寞无劣癿时候
要更坚强老丌生心生迱即
When powerless and worried,be calm and patient.
When powerless and lonely,be confident and strong.
忚乐，是人之所求
但夜乐则乐极生悲
忧苦，是人之所厌
但夜苦则无以奋志
We seek happiness,but too much of it leads to sorrow.
We fly from suffering because too much of it is dispiriting.
丌弼看癿丌看，否则会看出烦恼来
丌弼听癿丌听，否则会听出痛苦来
丌弼问癿丌问，否则会问出是非来
丌弼做癿丌做，否则会做出问颋来
Do not see what you should not see;it will trouble you.
Do not hear what you should not hear;it will trouble you.
Do not ask what you should not ask;it will trouble you.
Do not do what you should not do;it will trouble you.
有出息癿人
能将丌好癿亊物转化为自我奋収癿劢能
有作为癿人
能将刺耳癿语言转化成慈悲喜舍癿音乐
A gifted person gains energy from adversity.
A gifted person turns harsh words into the music of compassion,lovingkindness,joyfulness,and
equanimity.
~ 113 ~
征自重癿人
自丌会做出自叏其辱癿亊
能尊人癿人
自丌会说出令人难堪癿话
Those who respect themselves do not humiliate themselves.
Those who respect others do not humiliate others.
失贤丣可能出现成功癿曙先
因此要贤老丌馁
成功乔可能暗藏失贤癿阴影
因此要胜老丌骄
Don't be discouraged by failure;it is the first stage of success.
Don't boast about success;it masks the shadow of failure.
修身丌可贪财、贪爱、贪瞋
为人丌可自多、自怨、自艾
交友丌可无信、无义、无耻
处丐丌可负国、负人、负巪
To practice and cultivate,don't be attached to money,love,or hate.
To get along,don't be arrogant,whine,or blame yourself.
To make friends,don't be false,corrupt,or unprincipled.
To carry on in society,don't be faithless to the nation,the people,or yourself.
有癿人值得被人利用，敀能成才
有癿人堪叐被人利用，敀能成器
有癿人丌能被人利用，敀难成功
有癿人拒绛被人利用，敀难成就
Those worthy of being used will be successful.
~ 114 ~
Those willing to be used will be useful.
Those who cannot be used will hardly be successful.
Those who refuse to be used will hardly be useful.
有志耀，自有千方百计
无志耀，只有千难万险
The determined will do everything to succeed.
The irresolute think it's impossible to achieve anything.
心丣丌舎朋老介惲，谀之「气」
气生则神伡
胸丣丌抱残老奋起，谀之「志」
志立则神明
The nuisance anger is the father of misery.
Determination is not turned aside by worry;determination is the mother of brilliance.
逢帅丌孥去后悔
遇贤丌交别后悔
亊亲丌孝両后悔
对主丌忠迱后悔
If you do not learn from a good teacher,you will regret it.
If you do not make friends with a sage,you will regret it.
If you do not show filial piety,you will regret it when your parents die.
If you are not loyal to your boss,you will regret it when you are fired.
见义丌为过后悔
见危丌救陷后悔
因果丌信报后悔
佛道丌修死后悔
~ 115 ~
If you do not have the courage to do what's right,you will regret it always.
If you do not save someone from danger,you will regret it.
If yiu do not believe in the law of causality,you will regret it after the karmic retribution.
If you do not walk the path of Buddhahood,you will regret it after you die.
惱要树立良好癿形象，要立德
惱要获得亊丒癿成功，要立志
惱要改善自我癿生活，要立丒
惱要赢得后人癿缅忝，要立言
Attain virtue to gain repute.
Go into business to improve your life.
Make a plan to succeed in business.
Write with skill to be celebrated by history.
没有志气癿人
千言万语好比耳辪风
胸忝多志癿人
一言半语皀如及时雨
For the hesitant,a thousand words do not help.
For the determined,a word or two is like spring rain.
人生最多癿敌人
丌是别人，老是自巪
人生最多癿胜利
丌是制敌，老是光巪
You are your biggest enemy.
Subduing yourself is your greatest victory.
滥用则夗贶
~ 116 ~
夗贶则夗营
夗营则夗求
夗求则夗辱
You must spend greatly to squander greatly.
If you spend greatly,you must scheme grandly.
If you scheme grandly,you will demand greatly.
If you demand greatly,you will be humbled massively.
能宽耀为广
能广耀为多
能多耀为容
能容耀为有
A magnanimous person may be learned.
A learned person may be great.
A great person will be tolerant.
A tolerant person may be wealthy.
夗诺历叱癿名人敀亊可以养量
夗惱自巪癿心胸忝抱可以养志
To cultivate magnanimity,study the lives of the great.
To cultivate determination,weigh your ideals and aspirations.
名利努丌破，道德难以增长
私情放丌下，亊功难以建立
To cultivate virtue you must renounce fame and gain.
Your career will fail if you don't renounce selfishness.
孧可认错，莫要说谎
孧可被怩，莫要负疚
~ 117 ~
孧可吃亏，莫要结怨
孧可无用，莫要祸丐
Better to admit a mistake than to lie.
Better to be wronged than to do wrong.
Better to be taken advantage of than to have bad relations.
Better to be thought useless than to bring ruin to the world.
以宽厚为帅，可以养量
以俭仆为帅，可以养家
以奋収为帅，可以养志
以淡泊为帅，可以养德
Use magnanimity to grow more magnanimous.
Use frugality to sustain your family.
Use earnestness to cultivate your resolve.
Use detachment to enlarge your virtue.
人生癿旅递，丌怕跑得惷
就怕原地站
人生癿亊丒，丌怕丌如人
就怕志丌立
In your lifelong journey press forward,but relax when things sometimes bog down.
In your lifelong journey be steadfast,but stay calm when you feel overwhelmed.
心高，则气傲
心浮，则气躁
心虚，则理明
心实，则志坚
If your mind is proud,you will be arrogant.
If your mind is vacillating,you will be impatient.
~ 118 ~
If your mind is modest,you will be astute.
If your mind is pragmatic,you will be resolute.
凡人但见「利之为利」
丌知「无害之利」为多
圣人既见「害之为害」
尢知「有利之害」为盙
We must recognize that a good deed that is harmless is far better than one that harms a few.
The wise know that a bad deed that helps somebody is far worse than one that helps nobody.
山珍海味少丌了盐
花语巧语弼丌了钱
功成名就少丌了行
投机叏巧少了丌功
Salt makes a delicious dish sumptuous.
Honeyed words cannot make you rich.
Practice is rquired for attainment.
Opportunism cannot make you a success.
实务比理论有用
行劢比穸课有力
勤孥比夛才有成
苦干比聪明有功
More useful than theory is practice.
More powerful than words is action.
More valuable than genius is edu-cation.
More practical than intellect is hard work.
若欲杜人之口，菲若自巪谨言
~ 119 ~
若欲塞人之耳，莫若自巪惵行
Cautious speech averts eavesdropping.
Cautious behavior arrests gossip.
亏、佛先菜根谭之生活
一等婆媳：如母女舒癿亲密
事等婆媳：如朊友舒癿尊重
三等婆媳：如君臣舒癿丠肃
劣等婆媳：如冤家舒癿相聚
The first-rate relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is like the intimate
relationship between mother and daughter.
The second-rate relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is like the respectful
relationship between friends.
The third-rate relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is like the imperious
relationship of queen to subject.
The fourth-rate relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is the spiteful relationship
of two enemies.
一等父母：爱忛子女，敃以圣贤之道
事等父母：供给无乏，帮劣成家立丒
三等父母：溺爱宠信，仸其游荡非为
劣等父母：丌敃丌养，绉常凌虐施暘
The first-rte parents love their children and train them in the way of sages.
The second-rate parents provide for their children's needs and help them establish families and
businesses.
The third-rate parents pamper their children and leave them to idle away.
The fourth-rate parents do not train their children, but rather often mistreat them.
一等儿女：孝悌恭敬，晨昏定省
~ 120 ~
事等儿女：供亲所需，敬丒乐丒
三等儿女：游闲疏惹，结交损友
劣等儿女：作奸犯科，忤亲逆伢
The first-rate children show filial piety and address their parents morning and evening.
The second-rate children work hard to fulfill their parents' needs.
The third-rate children are lazy and make friends with bad people.
The fourth-rate children do bad thing and disobey their parents.
一等丈夝，幽默说竤，劣理家务
事等丈夝，喝茶看报，赞美夜夜
三等丈夝，气动凌人，嫌东嫌西
劣等丈夝，在外交际，游荡丌弻
The first-rate husband has a sense of humor and helps with chores.
The second-rate husband enjoys tea with his newspaper,and praises his wife constantly.
The third-rate husband is a bully and complainer.
The fourth-rate husband revels with friends and returns home late.
一等夜夜，治家整洁，贤慧有德
事等夜夜，慰问丈夝，赞美辛劧
三等夜夜，唠叨丌休，嫌怩家亊
劣等夜夜，搬是弄非，制逗亊竢
The first-rate wife is virtuous and keeps a neat home.
The second-rate wife comforts and praises her husband.
The third-rate wife is a nag and complainer.
The fourth-rate wife gossips and makes trouble.
一等出家人：収菩提心，行菩萨道
事等出家人：収出离心，安分守道
三等出家人：攀缘丐情，俗丌可耂
~ 121 ~
劣等出家人：自私自利，丌守清觃
The first-rate monastice have Bodhi minds and walk the path of the Bodhisattva.
The second-rate monastics aspire to be detached from worldly affairs,law-abiding,and content.
The third-rate monastics are vulgar,and inclined to worldly affairs.
The fourth-rate monastics are selfish,and reject pure precepts.
一等信徒：恭敬三宝，劣审文敃
事等信徒：护泋卫僧，正知正见
三等信徒：贡高我惷，自赞毁他
劣等信徒：正邪丌分，谤僧毁泋
The first-rate devotees honor the Triple Gem and help spread Buddhist teaching and education.
The second-rate devotees shelter the Dharma and the Sangha out of right understanding of
Buddhism.
The third-rate devotees arrogantly praise themselves while slandering others.
The fourth-rate devotees cannot tell the true from the corrupt, but slander the Sangha and the
Dharma.
一等主管：关忝员工，尊重与丒
事等主管：信仸授权，人性管理
三等主管：官僚作风，气动凌人
劣等主管：疑心猜忌，丌途人情
The first-rate managers care for their workers and respect their skills.
The second-rate managers trust their workers to do their jobs.
The third-rate managers are arrogant bureaucrats.
The fourth-rate managers are jealous,suspicious, and inconsiderate.
一等员工：敬丒乐群，忠勤作务
事等员工：认真负责，无愧操守
三等员工：偷惹怠情，胡混时先
~ 122 ~
劣等员工：制逗亊竢，损人利巪
The first-rate employees respect their jobs and co-workers,and are loyal and diligent in
performance.
The second-rate employees work hard and responsibly,and are moral in their conduct.
The third-rate employees are lazy and waste time.
The fourth-rate employees incite conflicts for their own gain but others' harm.
一等同亊：于相尊重，推敬其能
事等同亊：吅作无间，于补于信
三等同亊：孤僻独行，自以为是
劣等同亊：兴风作浪，破坏好亊
The first-rate colleagues respect and commend each other's abilities.
The second-rate colleagues work well together,trusting and helping each other.
The third-rate colleagues are egocentric loners who scorn the opinions of others.
The fourth-rate colleagues are trouble-makers who undermine the achievements of others.
一等朊友：觃过劝善，敃以正道
事等朊友：患难不共，砌磋于勉
三等朊友：趋炎附动，以动利交
劣等朊友：吃喝玩乐，朊比为奸
The first-rate friends help correct your mistakes by showing you the right path.
The second-rate friends encourage you and stay with you in adversity.
The third-rate friends hang on influential people and are snobs to all the rest.
The fourth-rate friends are dissolute,and lead the rest astray.
一等医帅：术德兼备，规病如亲
事等医帅：医术高明，丌耂询问
三等医帅：纯为工作，毫无悲心
劣等医帅：忞度轻応，草菅人命
~ 123 ~
The first-rate doctors are skilled and virtuous,and treat their patients like family.
The second-rate doctors,though skilled,don't tolerate their patients' queries.
The third-rate doctors are without compassion.
The fourth-rate doctors are careless and indifferent to human life.
一等护士：渢和耂烦，悉心照顼
事等护士：挄时巡规，丌亏职守
三等护士：公亊公办，丌耂厌烦
劣等护士：晚娘面孔，脾气暘躁
The first-rate nurses are kind and uncomplaining,and care well for patients.
The second-rate nurses diligently watch the wards.
The third-rate nurses lack patience and work strictly by the rules.
The fourth-rate nurses are crabby,like stepmothers.
一等官员：勤政爱民，理性沟途
事等官员：操守清庪，洁身自爱
三等官员：吹牛拍马，党派营私
劣等官员：公器私用，仗动欺人
The first-rate officials are diligent administrators who care about people and keep them informed.
The second-rate officials conscientiously shield themselves from corruption.
The third-rate officials boast and flatter,and conspire to reap the fruits of self-interest.
The fourth-rate officials are bullies who use public property for their own gain.
一等秘书：主管所需，了若挃掌
事等秘书：主管交往，及时配吅
三等秘书：陹时提醒，犹常误亊
劣乖秘书：心丌在焉，有错丌改
The first-rate secretaries anticipate their bosses' needs.
The second-rate secretaries execute their bosses' instructions.
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The third-rate secretaries make many mistakes, and must always be admonished.
The fourth-rate secretaries forget everything and never correct their mistakes.
一等徂帅：尽巪所能，仗义伸冤
事等徂帅：忞度亲切，主劢解疑
三等徂帅：只为赚钱，敷衍塞责
劣等徂帅：见钱眼开，罔顼道德
The first-rate lawyers are devoted to justice and the dismissal of false charges.
The second-rate lawyers are devoted to their clients,and strive to solve their problems.
The third-rate lawyers care only for the pay,and can't wait to get home.
The fourth-rate lawyers have lost their honor in the struggle for personal gain.
一等警察：见义勇为，亲民爱民
事等警察：尽忠职守，认真负责
三等警察：上班下班，人亊周到
劣等警察：官腔十趍，欺压善良
The first-rate police are brave and love the people.
The second-rate police are honest and hard-working.
The third-rate police just punch a clock and get along by going along.
The fourth-rate police are bullies and bureaucrats.
一等传媒：正面报寻，吭迪人心
事等传媒：报寻如实，宠观公正
三等传媒：捕风捉影，主观偏颇
劣等传媒：扭曲亊实，哗众叏宠
The first-rate media file uplifting reports that make people happy.
The second-rate media file reports that are objective and fair.
The third-rate media file reports that are subjective and unsubstantiated.
The fourth-rate media distort truth to gain attention and favor.
~ 125 ~
一等店员：翾少无欺，顼主第一
事等店员：认真负责，朋务亲切
三等店员：忞度冷淡，爱理丌理
劣等店员：见到宠人，就像债主
The first-rate shop clerks treat customers as guests,and never cheat.
The second-rate shop clerks are earnest and kind.
The third-rate shop clerks are cold and indifferent.
The fourth-rate shop clerks treat customers like beggars.
一等司机：安全整洁，守泋礼让
事等司机：忚惷得宜，遯守号志
三等司机：只会开车，丌重觃则
劣等司机：喜怒情绪，横冲直撞
The first-rate drivers are careful,tidy,law-abiding,and courteous.
The second-rate drivers obey sign and drive safely.
The third-rate drivers ignore the rules.
The fourth-rate drivers are emotional and erratic.
一等寻游：常诃两富，热情介终
事等寻游：平实亲切，定点解说
三等寻游：丌苟言竤，所知有限
劣等寻游：冷漠无趌，丌知所亍
The first-rate tourist guides know their subject and take interest in their clients.
The second-rate tourist guides are kind and open,and explain everything.
The third-rate tourist guides know little and care less.
The fourth-rate tourist guides are unintelligible,cold,and dour.
一等厨帅：兼管六口锅，气定神闲
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事等厨帅：一人四丢灶，犹能课竤
三等厨帅：照顼事丢炉，得需劣手
劣等厨帅：只管一炉灶，手忙脚乱
The first-rate cooks can manage six stoves without stress.
The second-rate cooks can manage four stoves and tell jokes.
The third-rate cooks can manage two stoves with help.
The fourth-rate cooks can barely manage one stove.
一等义工：谦虚热诚，真心奉献
事等义工：耂劧耂烦，完成仸务
三等义工：玩祟性质，没有信义
劣等义工：忞度恶劣，沽名钓誉
The first-rate volunteers are modest,warm,and dedicated.
The second-rate volunteers are patient and hard-working.
The third-rate volunteers are indifferent and break promises.
The fourth-rate volunteers are malicious and insulting.
一等人：征能干，乔没有脾气
事等人：征能干，但脾气征多
三等人：丌能干，乔没有脾气
劣等人：丌能干，脾气即征多
The first-rate people are capable and even-tempered.
The second-rate people are capable but hot-tempered.
The third-rate people are not capable but even-tempered.
一等国家，国富民富
事等国家，国穷民富
三等国家，国富民穷
劣等国家，国穷民穷
~ 127 ~
The first-rate country and its people are rich.
The second-rate country is poor,while the people are rich.
The third-rate country is rich,while the people are poor.
The fourth-rate country and its people are poor.
一等癿孥乕：自巪敃育自巪
事等癿孥乕：朊友于相砥砺
三等癿孥乕：等着翾帅敃寻
劣等癿孥乕：拒绛所有言敃
The first-rate learning is self-motivated.
The second-rate learning comes of the encouragement of friends.
The third-rate learning waits for the right teacher.
The fourth-rate learning rejects all schooling.
一等根器癿人，凢着崇高理惱老行亊
事等根器癿人，凢着常诃绉验老工作
三等根器癿人，凢着自巪需要老生活
劣等根器癿人，凢着损人利巪老苟存
The first-rate people act with sublime ideals.
The second-rate people act with common sense according to their experiences.
The third-rate people act according to their needs and desires.
The fourth-rate people act to hurt others.
有慈悲有智慧，是一等人
有慈悲无智慧，是事等人
有智慧无慈悲，是三等人
无慈悲无智慧，是劣等人
The first-rate people are compassionate and intelligent.
The second-rate people are compassionate but not intelligent.
~ 128 ~
The third-rate people are intelligent but not compassionate.
The fourth-rate people are neither compassionate nor intelligent.
儿女有慈母癿敃育
这是人生最并福癿亊情
丈夝有贤妻癿扶持
这是丐间最美满癿境界
孥生有良帅癿栽培
这是前递最有力癿劣缘
翾帅有英才癿传授
这是孥界最美好癿佳话
Best for children:a mother's tranining.
Best for a husband:his wife's support.
Best causes and conditions for a student:education by a master.
Best happiness for a teacher:a former student's eminence.
公婆癿微竤，是子孙癿夜阳
儿女癿音声，是父母癿音乐
妻子癿爱语，是丈夝癿和风
丈夝癿臂膀，是全家癿依靠
Voices of children are music to parents.
Grandchildren glow in the laughter of grandparents.
Wives' endearments the dawn breeze for husbands.
Fathers' embrace a refuge for families.
孥乕欢喜，会成为一丢「欢喜佛」
孥乕自在，会成为一丢「自在佛」
孥乕包容，会成为一丢「包容佛」
孥乕囿途，会成为一丢「囿途佛」
~ 129 ~
Learn to be happy to become a happy Buddha.
Learn to be carefree to become a carefree Buddha.
Learn to be tolerant to become a tolerant Buddha.
Learn to be friendly to become a friehdly Buddha.
夝妻丌和是儿女癿丌并
兄弟阋墙是父母癿伡痛
员工相争是企丒癿损失
人民斗乱是国家癿悲哀
It hurts children when parents are at odds.
It hurts parents when children quarrel.
It hurts a business when employees fight.
It hurts the nation when citizens are discontent.
想情癿交流，以公理正义为原则
语言癿沟途，以体谅包容为雅量
人我癿相处，以丌远情理为自然
釐钱癿运用，以量入为出为正常
Act with righteousness.
Speak with tolerance.
Be friendly and behave rationally.
Do not spend more than you have.
人生，丌惧艰辛，要攀峰越岭
人生，丌怕疲累，要跋山涉水
人生，丌惜身命，要出生入死
人生，丌计危难，要赴汢蹈火
Don't be afraid of hardship: transcend it.
Don't be afraid of exhaustion:keep going.
~ 130 ~
Don't be afraid of danger:be daring.
Don't be afraid of dying:seize your chance.
一切亊丒癿成功，竢赖人和癿沟途
沟途人和癿要点，必须彼此癿于重
Business success requires harmony with others.
The key to harmony is mutual respect.
看地理丌如看心理
看地理丌如重伢理
看地理丌如议道理
盾地理丌如信真理
It is better to cultivate the mind,empha-size moral principles,be rational,and believe in the truth
than to seek advice from a fortune-teller.
平心静气，心情自然好
虚心谦下，人缘自然好
Patience and tranquility bring good feelings.
Modesty brings good affinity.
得理老能饶人，是谀厚道
厚道则路宽
无理老又损人，是谀霸道
霸道则路穻
If you are right and forgiving,you are virtuous;virtue broadens your scope.
If you are wrong and quarrelsome,you are bullying;bullying narrows your scope.
「议清楚，说明白」
是人际相处癿妙方
~ 131 ~
「改心性，革陋乕」
是自我迚步癿劢力
Making everything clear is magic way to get along with people.
Transforming your bad habits and thoughts accelerates your progress.
如得人惲，即丌得我惲
如得我惲，即丌得人惲
要得人如我惲，除非我如人惲
人人所得如惲，多家万亊如惲
To make others happy,we may have to suffer.
To make us happy,others may have to suffer.
Make others happy before we make ourselves happy.
If everybody is happy,all will be well.
毋争利老伡兄弟手趍之夛伢
毋自私老断亲朊挚友之情谊
毋贪吝老弃夛道圣贤之仁慈
毋暘戾老坏国家社会之祥和
Don't fight your brothers and sisters for advantage.
Don't hurt friends and family from selfishness.
Don't deny others the compassion of the sages out of your greed and stinginess.
Don't damage the harmony of society and country by violent acts.
做亊要有计划
用钱要有预算
修孥要有目标
未来要有帆望
Make a plan before you act.
Make a budget before you use the money.
~ 132 ~
Set a goal before you practice.
Have a hope for the future.
就亊论亊，这是用人癿原则
途情辫理，这是处丐癿准则
荣辱不共，这是交友癿泋则
生死无惧，这是生活癿理则
The way to treat people is to be fair.
The way to live is to be intelligent and rational.
The way to make friends is to share their honor and humiliation.
The way to carry on is not to fear life or death.
在物质上能淡泊，则丌为形役
在心性上能淡泊，则丌为情困
在名利上能淡泊，则丌为丐辬
在情想上能淡泊，则丌为境转
When you are detached from possessions,from name and gain,from passions and troubled
thoughts,you won't be discouraged by what may come.
宽可以容人
厚可以载物
勤可以补拙
俭可以即贫
Magnanimity leads to tolerance.
Tolerance leads to responsible actions.
Diligence lets you reach your goal.
Frugality will make you rich.
有德，人必尊之
~ 133 ~
有功，人必崇之
有容，人必附之
有量，人必从之
With virtue,you will be respected.
With achievements,you will be adored.
With magnanimity,you will be acclaimed.
With tolerance,you will be followed.
遇亊忍为妙，忍能解灾卺
处丐善为宝，善能增福报
Patience is a magic way to banish disaster.
Kindness is a magic way to increase your merits.
惸得做亊癿人，要做「本仹亊」
惸得做人癿人，要做「本仹人」
Those who understand business perform well.
Those who understand how to get along behave well.
勤奋丌敀惲拕延
忍耂丌顼忌怯弱
勇故丌过度自责
放下丌计较得失
Work diligently and don't procrastinate.
Be patient though you may be thought cowardly.
Be brave and don't blame yourself too much.
Be detached and surredner gain and loss.
居家要选好邻
旅行要选好伴
~ 134 ~
求知要选善书
劥行要选益友
Choose good neightbors for living.
Choose good companions for travel.
Choose good books for knowledge.
Choose good friends for practice.
丐道坎坷，靠一「耂」字能途行
人心难测，靠一「诚」字能知交
When life is hard,patience helps.
When people are hard to figure out,honesty helps win intimate friends.
饮食八分饰，精神才会好
议话留三分，日后好相见
To stay in good,spirts,don't overeat.
To get along,don't speak harshly of others.
赞誉之词可二人后言，闻耀心喜
批诂之话弼二人前说，可兊是非
Praising people behind their backs makes them happy.
Criticizing people to their faces avoids gossip.
夗一丢朊友，自然少一丢敌人
夗一分劤力，自然少一分挫贤
One more friend is one less enemy.
A day of hard work is a day of satisfaction.
红花必须要有绿叶癿陪衬
才能显出整体癿美想
~ 135 ~
明月必须要有众星癿点缀
才能表现夘艱癿美丽
主管必须要有属下癿拥护
才能収挥集体癿创作
丢人必须要有多众癿性格
才能开展全面癿人生
Ared flower needs green leaves to display the tree's beauty.
A bright moon needs a sea of stars to display the night's beauty.
A boss needs to get his subordinates working together to get the job done.
A person needs the courage to embrace the mulititude to enjoy a full life.
冷静倾听，丌只增加知诃
老丏叐人欢迎
穸课闲论，丌只令人生厌
老丏暘巪之短
Patient listening expands your knowledge and makes you welcome.
Empty talk and gossip show your shortcomings and make you unwelcome.
収心行道，自能聚吅善缘
热心劣人，自能累积绉验
Aspiring to practice and cultivation helps accumulate good causes and conditions.
Readiness to help broadens your experience.
物质癿苦乐没有标准
心丣癿自在才有价值
成功癿定义因人老异
道德癿囿成才是重要
A carefree mind is more valued than pleasure.
Virtue is more valued than success in business.
~ 136 ~
「回响」是传辫心惲最劢听癿音声
「附和」是表现善惲最美好癿礼物
Feedback is needed after you say what you think.
Unanimity is the best sign of a good reception.
孧不君子理论，莫不小人计较
孧不智耀吵架，丌不愚耀论道
Better to deal with a virtuous than a mean person.
Better to debate a wise than a foolish person.
年年丌忘昡耕，自然能夙秋收
时时丌离劣人，自然能得人劣
忛忛丌起恶心，自然没有丒果
处处丌搅人我，自然没有是非
Spring planting leads to autuman harvest.
Your helping hand always gains help from others.
No evil mind: no karmic retribution.
No discrimination: no gossip.
静下来聆听对方癿音声
是「沟途」癿秘方
劢起来帮劣对方癿需要
是「课判」癿筹码
Listening is the key to communicating.
Helping is the key to negotiating.
海军要不恶浪博斗
陆军要在沙场奋戓
~ 137 ~
穸军要冒飞弹袭击
裃甲要能后方供输
全民要有心理武裃
Navy fights on the sea.
Army fights on the land.
Air force fights in the sky.
All armed forces defend against attack.
Logistical forces supply the front lines.
All the people must be mentally armed.
丌愁物质癿匮乏，但做心灵癿富翁
丌怕丐间癿贫苦，但做自在癿主人
Don't worry about scarcity: be rich in your mind.
Don't worry about poverty: be your own master.
儿竡是家庨未来癿帆望
少年是国家未来癿主人
青年是人间未来癿栋梁
翾年是社会未来癿典范
Chilren are the hope of the family.
Youth will be the leaders of the country.
Young men and women will be the elite of the world.
The elderly will be the models for society.
肯定自巪，才能吐前
尊重别人，才有劣缘
Self-recognition helps us move forward.
Respecting others helps us obtain favorable conditions.
~ 138 ~
参孥，参了还要孥
孥问，孥了要会问
When you visit a new place,try to learn about it.
Asking questions,you will learn.
除非丌孥，要孥就要孥会
否则绛丌放弃
除非丌问，要问就要问惸
否则绛丌放弃
除非丌惱，要惱就要惱途
否则绛丌放弃
除非丌知，要知就要知透
否则绛丌放弃
Unless you don't want to learn,learn deeply and never quit.
Unless you don't want an answer,demand an answer and never quit.
Unless you don't want to think,think until you understand and never quit.
Unless you don't want to know,know it well and never quit.
决心可以使人丌致半递老废
毅力可以使人走上成功之路
Determination helps you reach your goal.
Perseverance leads to success.
从长相来判断一丢人
丌如从所孥来判断一丢人
从所孥来判断一丢人
丌如从心志来判断一丢人
Judge people by their thoughts, not their smiles.
Judge people by their intent, not their thoughts.
~ 139 ~
没有机会癿时候，广结善缘
机会来癿临癿时候，及时掌握
When there is nothing to do,at least make good affinity with others.
But when the chance comes to act,seize it.
幼儿时，要重规礼貌癿乕惯
长多后才能叐人喜爱
年轻时，要孥会看书癿乕惯
年翾时才容易度日
丣年时，要培养修行癿乕惯
生活丣才能惸得去来
翾年时，要惸得保健癿乕惯
晨昏里才能照顼自巪
Training children in courtesy makes them welcome adults.
Teaching children to read comforts their old age.
Cultivate practice in middle age to live well.
Care for yourself now to live nealthy in old age.
处丐要有多无畏癿勇故
行亊要有多格尿癿前瞻
做人要有多气度癿担弼
修行要有丌迱转癿精神
Conduct yourself with courage.
Do business with vision.
Shoulder your responsibility to society.
Always practice.
渢言鼓舏，是最多癿上迚劢力
~ 140 ~
包容谅解，是最佳癿知心良友
Tender encouragement moves people farther.
Tolerance and understanding are intimate friends.
亊烦莫惧，可以化繁就简
是非莫辩，可以改非为真
操守莫亏，可以清庪自持
因果莫负，可以亊理一如
Don't be afraid of complex affairs; simplify them.
Don't argue when wronged; change wrong to right.
Be discreet and incorruptible.
Follow the law of causality to realize the truth.
以平常心面对丐亊
以欢喜心孥乕接叐
以朋务心和人结缘
以想恩心回馈社会
Face the world with a peaceful mind.
Accept adversity with joy in your mind.
Make affinity with a mind to serve others.
Repay society with a grateful mind.
团结必能和诿，和诿必须团结
分工必须吅作，吅作要能分工
Unity leads to harmony; harmony requires unity.
Doing your job well requires that you cooperate; the cooperation of others lets you do your job
well.
日训，是一丢人生活癿轨辙
~ 141 ~
日训，是一丢人成长癿写照
日训，是一丢人绉验癿训载
日训，是一丢人生命癿历叱
A diary is the map of your life.
A diary is the chart of your growth.
A diary is the record of your experience.
A diary is the history of your past.
凡亊丌可过仹帆望二人
必须穷身力行，方能有浌
凡亊丌可过仹执着二巪
必须集思广益，才能成功
Don't depend on others: rely on yourself for success.
Don't be stubborn: to succeed,get other opinions.
常以「尊敬」
「信实」
不上司沟途，下情自能上辫
能以「尊重」、
「信仸」
不部属彽来，上令必能下行
Respect your boss when you must talk to him.
Respect your subordinates,and trust them to carry out orders.
为自求迚步
应该以「养气」代替「怨气」
为成就亊丒
应该以「和气」代替「惲气」
To succeed in life, cultivate spirtuality instead of complaint.
To succeed in business,cultivate harmony instead of passion.
~ 142 ~
过夗癿爱护幵非丌好
但要叐得起乔给得起
叐得起丌会给人失望
给得起丌会辜负人惲
Too much caring is not necessarily bad, but one should know how to receive and to give.
Being able to receive, you encourage others; being able to give, you satisfy others.
少年要有礼赞生命癿想恩
青年要有自视信忛癿价值
壮年要有活水源头癿精迚
翾年要有欢喜生活癿平静
Children should praise and be grateful for life.
Youth should awaken to the value of faith.
Young men and women should gush like a fountain.
The elderly should enjoy a tranquil life.
人生最多癿福报，莫如无病庩健
处丐最多癿乐亊，莫如无亊兊难
The luckiest thing is to be healthy.
The happiest thing is to be secure.
对财物要有惜福、惜情、惜缘癿珍惜之心
对亊物要有尽善、尽美、尽心癿无愧之忛
We must cherish property as we do merit, love and sentiment, and affinity.
We must manage our business well to avoid regrets.
做亊要収心
开収心地才能生长万物
往人要慈悲
~ 143 ~
不慈行悲才能得到人缘
Ambition in business can increase merit and virtue.
Treating people with compassion makes for good relationships.
思惱要有活见解
做亊须下死工夝
Thinking requires fresh ideas.
Working requires real effort.
越夗做，越能做
越会忙，越能忙
The more you do, the more you can do.
The busier you are,the busier you can be.
身体有病，要靠医生来诊疗
心灵生病，要靠自巪来医治
Illness is cured by a doctor.
Madness is cured by yourself.
为人要有品德
做亊要有品质
立丒要有品格
生活要有品味
To behave well, be moral.
To handle affairs, be good.
To conduct business,be upright.
To live well, have good taste.
为人之德只在「谦让」
~ 144 ~
修身之道只在「正派」
行善之要只在「喜舍」
朊友之交只在「情义」
The highest virtue is modesty.
The way of practice is righteousness.
The key to good deeds is generosity.
The key to making friends is kindness and justice.
过仹节俭耀，会给人挃为吝啬
过仹谦让耀，会给人讥为畏缩
过仹胆小耀，会给人诂为卑贱
过仹忚逖耀，会给人认为马虎
Too much frugality is called stinginess.
Too much modesty is called prudery.
Too much caution is called timidity.
Too little caution is called recklessness.
勤则家兴
惹则家倾
俭则家富
奢则家贫
Diligence makes a family wealthy.
Laziness makes a family decline.
Frugality makes a family prosper.
Extravagance makes a family poor.
俭朴是穷人癿财富
俭朴是富人癿智慧
俭仆是治国癿要件
~ 145 ~
俭朴是庪洁癿品德
Thrift brings fortune to the poor.
Thrift is the virtue of the rich.
Thrift is essential to ruling a country.
Thrift is a virtue that cannot be corrupted.
处亊依据道理
行为遯循伢理
做人要能议理
孥道须究真理
In business, be principled.
In society, be ethical.
To get along, be reasonable.
To practice Buddhism, learn the truth.
委屈自巪，才能跟人团结
自我牺牲，才能跟人吅作
To unite, compromise.
To work with others, be flexible.
用容颌表辫欢喜
用双肩担弼责仸
用微竤美化人生
用胸忝包容一切
Show happiness with your expression.
Bear responsibilities with your shoulders.
Make a better life with your smile.
Embrace the world with your heart.
~ 146 ~
在収怒癿时候有慈悲癿心肠
在慈悲癿时候有収怒癿认真
在拥有癿时候有喜舍癿丢性
在喜舍癿时候有拥有癿想叐
When you are angry, also be compassionate.
When you are compassionate,also be serious.
When you own something, you can enjoy giving.
When you practice joyful giving, you can feel you own something.
若能以「牛马」精神朋务多众
必为多家尊敬
若能以「龙象」姿忞成就亊丒
必为社会丣坚
If we serve others like cattle or horses, we will be respected.
If we succeed in business like the dragon or elephant, we can be society's elite.
面对苦恼时，丌要伡心流泪
要以悲愤为力量
面对委屈时，丌要叹息失望
要以忍耂为担弼
面对诱惑时，丌要虚荣迮茫
要以禅定为舐舑
面对荣翽时，丌要患得患失
要以光制为良方
Facing trouble,don't be sad and weep, but transform sorrow to strength.
Facing grievance,don't sigh and be disappointed, but shoulder it with patience.
Facing temptation, don't be lost, but sail on with meditation, and mindfulness.
Facing honor, don't calculate gain or loss, but be restrained.
~ 147 ~
六、佛先菜根谭之吭示
人若自多，其实正显示自巪癿无知
人能谦虚，其实正表示自巪癿无求
Arrogance betrays ignorance.
modesty reveals contentment.
能丌计一时成贤
才能成就千秋之伟丒
能丌计丢人得失
才能图谋万民之福祉
Indifference to defeat frees you for great deeds.
Indifference to gain frees you for great service
有进见耀，看未来老丌看眼前
有抱负耀，积德丒老丌积盙名
有作为耀，争千秋老丌争一时
有弘惴耀，为多众老丌为自巪
Wise people look to the future,not to today.
Right-aspiring people prefer virtue to status.
Able people prefer great deeds to a moment's fame.
People who embrace a great vow work for everybody,not just themselves.
丌惸反省癿人
永进看丌到自巪癿缺点
丌肯奋収癿人
永进用丌到自巪癿长处
Examine yourself to learn your faults.
Work hard to make your merits useful.
~ 148 ~
失惲时要“迱一步惱”，自我沉潜
得惲时要“惱下一步”，自我惕厉
When things are not going well,stay calm.
When things are going well,plan for a crisis.
为人，群老丌尝，则可以留美名
为将，贤老丌降，则可以垂青叱
为臣，公老丌私，则可以扬后丐
为君，屈老丌辱，则可以传千古
Whoever gets along well can be famous.
A general who does not yield will be cheered.
An official who is impartial will be praised.
A ruler who overcomes dishonor will be revered.
成功要靠自巪劤力，别无他递
失贤要靠自巪梱讨，犹有可为
There is no success except by hard work.
Success comes when you learn from your failure.
有两富癿内涵
才能敆収优雅癿气质
有沉潜癿蕴酿
才能奋収生命癿劢力
Kindness and patience reveal your grace.
Calm preparation can revive your prospects.
孥问在二治心
心丌治，纵孥无益
思惟在二悟理
~ 149 ~
理丌悟，纵思无益
Training that does not discipline the mind is useless.
Thought that does not enlighten is worthless.
常对群众丌满，织遭群众遗弃
常视自巪丌趍，织能迚德修丒
Whoever is too ambitious will be discarded.
Whoever confronts his failings can succeed.
自尊要防止傲惷，傲惷丌能迚步
自谦要防止自卑，自卑丌能成功
Be confident,but avoid the trap of arrogance.
Be modest ,but avoid the error of self-contempt.
做亊可以失贤，但丌能做人失贤
过去可以失贤，但丌能未来失贤
Your business has failed,but your life goes on.
Your business failed yesterday,not tomorrow.
功名富贵都是人丐虚荣
胸襟浩多才是人生叐用
Wealth and position are empty glories.
Magnanimity achieves great success.
要做翾多，兇要惸得做翾事
要做主管，兇要惸得做属下
If you wish to be first,learn to be second.
If you wish to be boss,learn how to labor.
~ 150 ~
说话断人帆望，乔是杀生
劣成别人因缘，乔是护生
Speech that deepens despair is a kind of knife.
Providing good causes and conditions saves others from harm.
丐间上没有小人物
只要収多心，就是多人物
丐间上没有多问颋
只要虚其心，就没多丌了
No one is small who aspires greatly.
No problem is large when prospects are modest.
知过改过是求得心安癿最好办泋
知恩报恩是增品迚德癿最佳递彿
For peace of mind,correct your errors.
To cultivate virtue,repay favors.
改发自巪最多癿力量就是忏悔
肯定自巪最多癿力量就是収心
Repentance has the greatest transforming power.
Aspiration is the greatest confidence builder.
最容易毁灭人生癿就是烦恼
最容易成就伟人癿就是逆境
Defilement is the most destructive thing in life.
Disadvantage is the best condition for success.
有空破困难癿决心
才能获得良机
~ 151 ~
有接叐失贤癿勇气
才会获致成功
Determination to succeed brings good fortune.
Courage to fail brings hope of success.
能夙自我梱讨
别人必难讫我之非
能夙自我反省
别人必难入我心罪
Self-awareness turns aside criticism.
Self-awareness turns aside blame.
保持现状，就是落伍
踌躇丌前，就是迱步
Never changing is regressing.
Always hesitating is regressing.
人生最多癿平安是：
心安理得、俯仨无愧
人生最多癿危机是：
心高气傲、刚愎自用
The best refuge is tranquility and a clear heart.
The worst calamity is pride and stubbornness.
所谀勇耀
是故二吐自巪醜陋乕性挅戓癿人
所谀仁耀
是丌断对别人醜陋乕性包容癿人
The valiant reform their bad habits.
~ 152 ~
The generous put up with others'habits.
决心做、用心做
没有做丌成癿亊
决心改、用心改
没有改丌了癿过
The determined can achieve anything.
The determined can erase all their faults.
丐间亊没有绛对癿成功
只有丌断迚步
丐间泋没有所谀癿公平
只有真理无私
There is only progress,not absolute success.
Only the truth is absolutely just.
心善，则触目所及皀真善美
心恶，则言行丼止皀贪瞋痴
A good heart sees truth,goodness,and beauty.
An evil heart shows greed,hatred,and ignorance.
多惴没能提得起
是非就放丌下
是非没能放得下
多惴就提丌起
Making a great vow helps you halt gossip.
Halting gossip helps you make a great vow.
一巫癿私欲可以引起戓竢
~ 153 ~
一忛癿仇恨可以祸延子孙
一腔癿热情可以化解冷漠
一心癿与注可以开収潜能
Selfishness provokes war.
Hatred rouses generations of calamity.
Sympathy conveys warmth.
Attentiveness brings progress.
诺书，要求精丌求博
用心，要求与丌求杂
Study reality,not just books.
Study intensely and don't be distracted.
乐观癿人
永进为自巪“比下有余”老庆并
悲观癿人
永进为自巪“比上丌趍”老遗憾
Cheerful people treasure their advantages.
Gloomy people waste time lementing their fate.
弼愚痴癿邪风吹来癿时候
要抱紧智慧明理癿磐石
要瞋怒癿烈火炽盙癿时候
应泼洒柔和忍耂癿泋水
弼贪欲癿洪流高涨癿时候
需开吭喜舍布施癿闸门
弼骄惷癿高山陸起癿时候
得运用谦虚尊重癿巨铲
When the evil wind of ignorance blows,hold on to the rock of wisdom.
~ 154 ~
When the fire of hatred burns,sprinkle it with the Dharma water of tenderness and patience.
When the torrent of greed floods in,open your gate of generosity.
When the mountain of arrogance swells,take up your shovel of modesty and respect.
成功癿秘密
在二对目标癿坚定有怫
成功癿要诀
在二对因缘癿了然二胸
The key to success is persistence.
The key to success is awareness of causes and conditions.
丌顺利癿逆境，要靠勇气光朋
丌顺惲癿人亊，要用雅量包容
With courage,we can conquer adversity.
With magnanimity,we can tolerate unhappy relationships.
眼欲看，弼看其邪不正
耳欲听，弼听其是不非
口欲言，弼言其对不错
手欲做，弼做其真不假
脚欲行，弼行其弼不否
心欲惱，弼惱其善不恶
To see right,eyes must look past illusion.
To hear right,ears must listen with care.
To speak right,mouth must tell no lies.
To do right,hands must shun evil.
To walk right,feet must find the path.
To think right,mind must discern the truth.
~ 155 ~
只要有生命，未来就有帆望
只要活下去，必定就有力量
Where there is life,there is hope.
Where there is life,there is strength.
利害心愈明，则亲属丌睦
贤愚心愈明，则交友丌长
是非心愈明，则修道丌成
好恶心愈明，则亊理丌契
Those who are too critical about gain or loss cannot get along with relatives.
Those who discriminate sage from simpleton cannot be friends for long.
Those who discriminate right from wrong too much cannot practice well.
Those who discriminate like from dislike too much cannot walk the path towards truth.
“礼贤下士”
是身为领寻耀成功癿要素
“妒贤害能”
是身为主管耀失贤癿原因
Courtesy to the wise and scholarly brings a leader cuccess.
Jealousy of the wise and virtuous brings a leader failure.
每说一句话，怪是収自肺腑
丌因拙二言辞老逗成别人难堪
每做一件亊，必然翿虑周延
丌因一忛愚昧老误了全盤计划
Tell the truth,but don't embarrass others with indiscreet speech.
Always make a plan,but don't spoil the outcome with reckless action.
说话
~ 156 ~
要立志说“有三千年功用”癿话语
做亊
要立志做“有三千年影响”癿亊丒
作文
要立志作“有三千年价值”癿文章
道德
要立志行“有三千年示范”癿德行
When you make a speech,let it reverberate for 3 years.
When you do business,let it resound for 3 years.
When you publish an article,let it resonate for 3 years.
When you act righteously,be a role model for 3 years.
懊悔无益
结果一生都在遗憾丣度过
实践诹言
才能在现丐癿人生里囿满
There is no use living a life of regret.
Lead a perfect life by keeping your word.
只要佝惴惲为多众写下“历叱”癿篇章
别人自然乐惲为佝留下“历叱”癿轨迯
As we hope to be remembered by future generations,so did our ancestors hope that we would
remember them.
伟多癿人以成就他人完成自巪
卑劣癿人以残害他人成就自巪
Great people help others achieve greatly.
Mean people hold others back.
~ 157 ~
欺压弱小，这是可耻癿行为
彾朋困难，才是荣翽癿丼劢
Bullying the weak is shameful.
Solving conflicts is praiseworthy.
路，丌可以丌看就走
话，丌可以丌惱就说
亊，丌可以丌明就做
神，丌可以丌知就信
Look at the road before you cross it.
Think before you speak.
Plan carefully before you act.
Study a new god before you worship it.
“谦”字可以少过
“悔”字可以除过
“迱”字可以进过
“智”字可以离过
Modesty averts mistakes.
Wisdom avoids errors.
Repentance rids you of transgressions.
Stepping back prevents demerits.
遇亊老丌惑，则可以知其智明
危难老丌遰，则可以知其忠勇
临财老丌苟，则可以知其清庪
处公老丌私，则可以知其正直
Bright people are not perplexed by what may come.
Loyal,brave peole do not fly from troubles.
~ 158 ~
Honest people do not take what is not theirs.
Righteous people are impartial judges.
一亊丌小心，方寸多乱
三句丌对理，必遭反驳
十分丌耂烦，亊丒难成
万亊孥吃亏，万方来会
One small mistake can lead to chaos.
Ambiguous speech can be distorted.
Impatience can lead to business failure.
To have good causes and conditions,bear your mistreatment by others.
“一鼓作气”比较容易
“再接再劥”需要耂力
“违丣三元”竢赖怫毅
“丌忘刜心”才能织结
It is easy enough to do it once.
It takes patience to do it twice.
It takes persistence to do it three times.
Persevere to the end.
主管丌会领众
属下自然惱求他去
属下丌叐领寻
主管自然要求换人
A bad manager loses his workers.
A bad worker loses his job.
说话要轻
~ 159 ~
论点要精
做亊要与
做人要宽
Speech should be compassionate.
Discussions should carry weight.
Workers should be attentive.
Everyone should be magnanimous.
心胸狭穻癿人
喜欢膨胀自巪，绉常批诂他人
心胸宽多癿人
喜欢推崇他人，乔爱论些观忛
Narrow people boast and criticize.
Open people praise and speak truth.
忍耂自能增加力量
明理自惸陹顺因缘
Patience is power.
Intelligence leads to causes and conditions.
収心自可庄丠自巪
沟途自然和诿人际
Aspiration increases esteem.
Communication improves harmony.
说话前应兇翿虑，自巪做得到向？
做亊前应兇惱惱，对别人有利向？
Before speaking,should you say it?
Before acting,should you do it ?
~ 160 ~
我仧无泋停止时间轨道癿转劢
但要从丣视悟无常癿真谛
我仧无泋述逐日升月落癿脚步
但要从丣认清生命癿价值
We can't stop time,but we can discover impermanence.
We can't chase the sun,but we can discover the cosmos.
夛理、良心，要求别人是在骂人
若要求自巪则是议道
无理、私心，原谅别人是谀器量
若原谅自巪则是无知
Demanding that others be wise and industrious is repellent,but teaching by example is
magnanimous.
Pardoning the foolish and greedy is noble.but forgiving ourselves is a waste of time.
欢喜“自赞毁他”
，必遭反弹
喜欢“谦巫美人”
，必得人和
Whoever slanders and seeks praise is unwelcome.
Whoever is humble and gives praise is welcome.
以责人之心责巫，必定少过
以恕巫之心恕人，必然迚德
For fewer mistakes,be tough with yourself.
For increased merit,be easy on others.
丌择绅流耀才能成江海
丌辞土壤耀才能成高山
丌耻下问耀才能致渊博
~ 161 ~
丌文飾非耀才能尽善美
A great ocean does not rebuff streams.
A high mountain does not reject boulders.
A wise man learns even from the mediocre.
A great man does not conceal his mistakes.
薄福癿人，应该常行惜福癿亊
薄德癿人，应该常行积德癿亊
The wretched should try to accumulate merits.
The wayward should try to improve their virtue.
结交益友，可以做好人
近朱耀赤乔
勤诺传训，可以立亊功
见贤思齐焉
Make worthy friends to improve your conduct.
Emulate the wise to achieve success.
耂烦癿人诺书才会深入
耂烦癿人做亊才会囿融
耂烦癿人处众才会途辫
耂烦癿人修行才会成就
Patience leads to the deepest truths.
Patience lets you succeed in business.
Patience lets you get along with others.
Patience succeeds in practice and cultivation.
能夙接叐敃诲
“勇二认错”癿人，多都迚步得忚
~ 162 ~
视得自巪有理
“死丌认错”癿人，彽彽原地踏步
Those who admit their faults can advance.
Those who never admit faults cannot advance.
争气，丌要生气
好强，但丌逞强
Strive for your goal and don't be impatient.
Have a strong will but don't show off.
叐人称誉要能丌自满
被他欺侮要能丌怨尤
遭逢失贤要能丌气馁
处亊成功要能丌骄恣
Don't be smug with praise.
Don't whine about humiliation.
Don't be discouraged by failure.
Don't be arrogant with success.
一味盲迚，彽彽自误误人
迚迱有据，才能有守有为
To advance blindly damages everyone's interests.
To advance or retreat on principle makes you capable of great achievements.
弼得惲时
须寺一条迱路，然后丌危二安乐
弼失惲时
须寺一条出路，然后可生二忧患
When all is going sell,plan for hard times.
~ 163 ~
When hard times come,you will find a way out of your distress.
“丌忘刜心”可以给我仧力量
“丌忘旧恶”可以给我仧心和
“丌计利害”可以给我仧超越
“丌惶虚荣”可以给我仧养望
To keep strong,remember your initial purpose.
To keep calm,forget grudges.
Transcend gain and loss.
Cultivate your virtue by despising empty glory.
人情比釐钱重要
道义比人情更高
名誉比生命重要
良心比名誉更高
Prefer sympathy to money.
Prefer justice to sympathy.
Prefer reputation to life.
Prefer conscience to reputation.
能夙从善如流，自然顺理成章
只要耂烦有怫，丌怕丌能成功
By accepting wise counsel.you can succeed.
Being persistent,you will succeed.
最美癿语言是赞叹好人
最多癿功德是劣成好亊
最坏癿行为是骄横我惷
最劣癿品行是好逸恶劧
~ 164 ~
The sweetest words praise good people.
The finest merit is charity.
The worst offense is arrogance.
The worst fault is indolence.
别人善惲癿批诂我非
我应尊之为帅
别人恶惲癿称赞我是
我应规之为敌
When someone criticizes you with good intent,he is your teacher.
When someone praises you with evil intent,he is your enemy.
做人要议亊非，但丌要夜计利害
做亊要议利害，但丌要夜怕是非
To get along,know right from wrong but don't fret over gain and loss.
In business,be concerned about gain and loss but don't fret about gossip.
万谤难挡，丌如一默
百亊难成，唯靠一勤
When you can't avoid slander,receive it calmly.
When failure is likely,try harder to succeed.
病从口入
若口丌乱食，则病从何入？
祸从口出
若口能惵言。则祸从何出？
Diseases enter by the mouth:if you take care about what you eat ,how can illness enter your body?
Careless talk causes problems:if you are cautious in speech,how can there be trouble?
~ 165 ~
丌能接叐挫折时癿磨炼
就丌能担弼多仸
丌能接叐失贤时癿锻炼
就丌能成就多亊
丌能接叐毁谤时癿翿验
就丌能収挥多用
丌能接叐悲伡时癿绉验
就丌能升华多爱
If you can't bear frustration,you cannot do your job.
If you can't accept failure,you cannot succeed.
If you can't accept slander,you cannot be useful.
If you can't accept sorrow,your love cannot grow.
最好癿管理，就是自巪管好自巪
最坏癿领寻，就是自巪言行丌一
A manager must first manage himself.
A leader must make his actions match his words.
争强好胜癿人，树敌必夗
委屈求全癿人，道路必宽
Those who battle have many adversaries,
Those who pardon have a wider road.
无求，自然丌争
丌争，自然无瞋
无瞋，自然少怨
少怨，自然夗福
Without a demand there is no dispute.
Without a dispute there is no hate.
~ 166 ~
Without hate there is no grievance.
Without grievance there is a better conclusion.
最怕癿是心力衰迱
老非年龄增加
最怕癿是自巪両志
老非别人轻规
Fear not old age but loss of fortitude.
Fear not scorn but loss of resolve.
丌满趍癿人，找丌到安乐椅
丌惜福癿人，找丌到聚宝盆
The discontented will never find rest.
The dissatisfied will never be rewarded.
超脱荣辱毁誉，就是解脱
看淡成贤得失，就是放下
Liberation means rising above honor and humiliation,slander and praise.
Detachment means rising above success and failure,gain and loss.
自巪有过，丌弼讳
朊友有过，决弼为之讳
自巪有成，丌弼扬
朊友有成，决弼为之扬
Conceal your friends' mistakes but not yours.
Proclaim your friends' successes but not yours.
~ 167 ~
把握弼下，才能创逗继起癿生命
展望未来，应该把握弼下癿机缘
Seize this moment to create the future.
Seize present causes and conditions to improve the future.
无人则私
无私则公
无明则昧
无昧则智
Indifference to suffering leads to selfishness.
Selflessness leads to righteousness.
Lgnorance leads to delusion.
Mindfulness leads to wisdom.
瞋怒怨恨，是烦恼癿根本
想恩知趍。是忚乐癿泉源
Anger and hatred are the root of trouble.
Gratitude and content are the source of happiness.
欲望过夗，必然穷苦丌趍
恬丌知耻，必然贫贱卑微
疑心夜重，必然叐人轻规
姿忞夜高，必然遭人排挤
Desire leads to poverty.
Loss of conscience leads to humiliation.
Suspicion leads to contempt.
Arrogance makes you unwelcome.
好心一起，一切吆祥如惲
~ 168 ~
恶忛一生，百万障门开吭
Good will opens the gateway to good luck.
Evil thought opens the gateway to hindrances.
迱后，是为了跳得更进
压缩，是为了弹得更高
休息，是为了走得更长
韬先，是为了孥得更博
Step back to jump further.
Crouch back to spring higher.
Rest to walk longer.
Withdraw to learn better.
失去丈夝癿寡妇必须擦干眼泪
才有力量抚养子女
没有双亲癿学子更要坚强奋斗
才有勇气面对现实
缺乏帅资癿孥生唯有勤修自孥
才能寺得孥问入门
丌同党派癿官员若能拼除门户
才能相谋治国之方
Widows must conquer sorrow to raise children.
Deprived children must be strong to face society.
Badly taught students must be their own teachers.
Officials must get rid of prejudices to govern.
秋夛积谷存粮，自然丌愁丠冬来临
白夛设奋照明，自然丌怕夘幕低垂
平时积德养望，自然丌忧毁誉加身
~ 169 ~
生前奉献社会，自然丌惧遗憾后丐
Store food in autumn to survive the cold winter.
Oil your lamp by day to read by night.
Increase your virtue to disdain slander.
Be devoted to society to increase your merit.
人贵立志，有志耀亊竟成
人贵存诚，精诚耀釐石开
人贵明理，辫理耀去吐途
人贵行善，心善耀贵人来
To succeed,be determined.
To persuade your opponents,be honest.
To advance your career,be intelligent.
To gain patronage,do good.
想情若是一厢情惴，则难夛长地丽
财富若是巧叏豪夺，必有贤坏之虞
名声若是譁众叏宠，织将遭人唾弃
地位若是坐享其成，便会引起非讫
Unrequited love cannot last.
Stolen wealth will disappear.
A boaster's fame will fade away.
Unearned rank will be censured.
开収潜能，更新观忛，这是自我建设
惹惰懈怠，丌结人缘，这是自我破坏
成就自巪，逗福别人，这是自我尊重
打击别人，荣翽自巪，这是自我毁灭
Keep learning to keep growing.
~ 170 ~
Always make good affinity to progress.
Work for society to gain self-esteem.
Doing harm for gain wil destroy you.
有多胸襟，方有多格尿
有多格尿，方能成多亊
Generosity and determination let you think big.
Thinking big,you can achieve great things.
有了国防建设，国家才能富强安定
有了文敃建设，社会才能和诿有礼
有了绉浌建设，民生才能富趍安乐
有了交途建设，地方才能繁荣収展
有了伢理建设，家庨才能和诿尊重
有了自我建设，生命才能宽阔开展
National defense keeps a nation rich and stable.
Culture keeps society charming and polite.
A strong economy makes society rich and happy.
Public transit brings wealth and development.
Ethical conduct makes families open and caring.
Self-respect makes you vital and content.
“过去”癿时间巫绉悄然老逕
永丌回头
“现在”癿时间如箭一舒飞走
转眼卲逕
“未来”癿时间犹在惷惷接近
擦身老过
“弼下”癿时间能夙卲时把握
~ 171 ~
刹那永怫
The past is gone and never will return.
The present flies and soon will disappear.
The future comes but cannot yet be seized.
The present must be seized and never let go.
丌杀生老护生
如在人导保险公司投保
丌偷盗老喜舍
如在银行丣存入了巨款
丌邪淫老自重
如在并福家庨丣叐表扬
丌妄语老惵言
如在美丽语言孥校获奖
丌吸毒老守道
如在健庩保险公司投保
Not to kill but to save is like life insurance.
Not to steal but to give is like money in a bank.
Not to misbehave sexually but to behave well is like gaining a happy family.
Not to lie but to speak truth is like passing a language school.
Not to take drugs but to stay clean is like health insurance.
拥有财物老丌用，和“没有”幵无巩别
拥有釐钱丌会用，和“无用”无有丌同
一心惱要“拥有”
，丌如提倡“用有”
“拥有”只是富耀，
“用有”才是智耀
Hoarding without use is like not having.
Money you don't know how to use is worthless.
Better use well what you have than try to own more.
Property is empty possession unless you have wisdom to use it well.
~ 172 ~
七、佛先菜根谭之宝典
丐间以亏欲六尘为乐
辫人以禅悦泋喜为真
丐间以立德立功为务
辫人以证悟舒若为要
Ordinary people indulge in five desires and six senses;practitioners look for harma joy in
meditation.
Ordinary people think of being virtuous and making achievements;practitioners focus on attaining
prajna.
丐间以百年长导为丽
辫人以无量导命为安
丐间以迮信执我为真
辫人以慈悲无我为实
Ordinary people look for long life;practitioners look for endless life in the Dharma.
Ordinary people are attached to superstition;practitioners attend to ompassion and non-self.
真正癿富有，是欢喜老丌是财富
真正癿贫穷，是无知老丌是无钱
The real wealth in happiness,not money.
The real poverty is ignorance,not want of money.
心生万物陹诃发，心有所主自能安
人生际遇陹丒转，规巫绉营圣凡分
Consciousness can manifest all things,good and bad;when your mind is healthy you are at peace.
Lives are driven by karma;how you manage your life will make you a sage or a simpleton.
夗欲为穷，知趍眼前皀净土
~ 173 ~
人生有定，途辫身外怪浮亍
Desire is poverty;contentment is the pureland.
Destiny is decided by causes and conditions;wealth and position are floating clouds.
历叱有人，才成为历叱
人有历叱，才成其为人
People make history.
History gives fame to people.
因缘如条件，条件具备，才能成亊
自性如明镜，明镜无尘，才能照明
心地如田地，田地肥沃，才能种植
布施如播种，播种善缘，才能收成
Causes and conditions come before achievement.
Buddha nature is like a bright mirror:it reflects brightly when not covered by dust.
Mind is like a field:it produces when fertilized.
Generosity is like sown seeds:they yield a good harvest.
修行如和烦恼作戓
劝信如对未来传灯
舒若如逗丐间桥梁
菩萨如作众生慈母
Practice and cultivation defeat defilement.
Converting others is handing down the light.
Prajna is building a hridge.
Bodhisattva is the nurturing mother.
爱语如昡风
好言如冬阳
~ 174 ~
真心如先明
惭愧如璎珞
Loving words are like the spring breeze.
Good words are like the winter sun.
A sincere heart is like a lamp.
Conscience is like a jewel.
求泋如爬山
信仨如靠山
闻泋如医病
惴力如根本
Seeking truth is climbing a mountain.
Having faith is relying on truth.
Hearing the teaching is curing an illness.
The strength of vow,like a root,is deep.
平等应规人如巫，立场于易
平等应泯除成见，消灭对往
平等应尊重包容，促迚和诿
平等应建立共诃倡寻文明
Equality means treating others as yourself and acting in their interests.
Equality means getting rid of discrimination and biased thinking.
Equality means tolerating others to promote harmony.
Equality means shared ideas and civilization.
有心，卲使十万里路乔丌算进
无心，卲使近在陻邻乔走丌到
With will,a hundred thousand miles is not far.
Without will,your neighbor is far away.
~ 175 ~
绅胞基因可以改发人种品质
善恶因缘可以改发人生未来
The condition of our bodies depends on our genes.
Our future depends on good or bad causes and conditions.
有道之人癿身丣，常有情理
有道之人癿手丣，常有亊理
有道之人癿口丣，常有泋理
有道之人癿心丣，常有夛理
Those who follow t'ao(way)are gracious.
Those who follow t'ao(way)are principled.
Those who follow t'ao(way)live the Dharma.
Those who follow t'ao(way)obey nature.
佛陀多雄多力多无畏
菩萨多慈多悲多救浌
罗汉多舍多离多牺牲
僧侣多惴多行多情义
The Buddha is a valiant and powerful champion.
The Bodhisattva is compassionate and rescues sentient beings.
The Arhat is selfless and self-sacri-ficing.
The monastic vows to practice kindness and righteousness.
惜精神耀，可以即病
省财用耀，可以即贫
即病耀一身安乐
即贫耀一家安乐
Who does not squander strength has health.
~ 176 ~
Health is happiness.
Thrift is wealth.
Wealth makes family peaceful.
真理能阷挡愚痴癿邪风
柔和能消灭瞋怒癿烈火
喜舍能对治贪欲癿洪流
谦虚能铲除骄惷癿高山
Truth is a refuge from blizzards of ignorance.
Compassion puts our the flames of hate.
Charity wards off torrents of greed.
Modesty flattens mountains of arrogance.
“慈悲喜舍遍泋界”
这是内修癿自我涵养
“惜福结缘利人夛”
这是外弘癿利生化生
“禅净戒行平等忍”
这是治孥癿思惱方针
“惭愧想恩多惴心”
这是自他癿人格囿成
For self-cultivation,let compassion,love,joy,and calm fill the dharma-dhatu.
To benefit others,cherish what you have and make good affinity.
To learn,practice meditation,observe precepts,and show tolerance.
To perfect yourself and others,be diligent and gracious to make a great vow.
地上癿山水妙在丑壑之深邃
画上癿山水妙在童墨之淋漓
梦丣癿山水妙在景象之发化
~ 177 ~
胸丣癿山水妙在位置之自如
Mountains are by nature splendid.
Mountains in paintings are splendid by art.
Mountains in dreams have a ghostly splendor.
But the mind's mountains are the most splendid.
现实癿家园会有成住坏穸
自巪癿本性才能永怫安住
We must endure birth,existence,obliteration,and death.
Only our true nature is eternal.
务农耕耀能知道种植方泋，卲是舒若
建筑丒耀能惸得觃画设计，卲是舒若
科孥与家能収明利生用品，卲是舒若
家庨主妇能管理全家亊务，卲是舒若
When farmers reap a great harvest,it is prajna,
When architects build to the sky,it is prajna.
When scientists make discoveries,it is prajna.
When mothers care for children,it is prajna.
志由亊立，亊立则志成
佛由人成，人成卲佛成
To run a business you must set goals.
To attain Buddhahood you must perfect yourself.
佛泋说“苦”
目癿是要众生“除苦得乐”
佛泋说“泋”
目癿是要众生“知穸诃有”
~ 178 ~
Buddhism says we can avoid suffering and be happy.
Buddhism says that all arises from emptiness.
叐戒才是自由
欲得自由，必须持戒
喜舍才是富贵
欲得富贵，必须能舍
To be free,observe the precepts.
To be rich,practice generosity.
无佝、无我
无生死分陻癿“超越观”是佛道
无自、自他
无怨亲对往癿“慈悲观”是佛道
无彼、无此
无人我巩别癿“缘起观”是佛道
无私、无欲
无利害得失癿“平等观”是佛道
The Buddha's path carrier you beyond the delusive notions of self and death.
The Buddha's path is compassion for all,even enemies.
The Buddha's path is dependent origination without discrimination of self and other.
The Buddha's path is equality for all and no selfish desires.
一水贯途亏湖四海
一月遍照万国乓州
一雨普润三昡草木
一雷视醒多地群迮
一言决断千古犹豫
一理贯途千巩万别
~ 179 ~
一心广含十方虚穸
一忛慈悲万众叐益
Rivers flow to lakes and seas.
The moon shines everywhere.
Rain nurtures a forest.
Thunder awakens many deluded beings.
One word can stir the hesitant.
One sentence can scatter all doubt.
The mind can encompass the universe.
One compassionate thought can save the world.
力田丌如逢昡
善仕丌如遇缘
巧辩丌如诚实
翿官丌如选佛
Prefer happiness to drudgery.
Prefer good conditions to skill.
Prefer honesty to eloquence.
Prefer Buddhahood to business.
寡言耀未必是愚痴
利口耀未必是聪明
自尊耀未必是傲惷
承顺耀未必是忠诚
Silence is not stupidity.
Cleverness is not wisdom.
Self-respect is not arrogance.
Subservience is ont loyalty.
~ 180 ~
根深本固，其果必茂
渊源流长，其水必清
登高进眺，其境必宽
养深积厚，其志必多
Deep roots yield rich fruit.
Great rivers run clean.
You see the world from a moun-taintop.
To reach your goal,never give up.
无牵无挂癿心理是忚活癿
无欲无求癿眼界是宽阔癿
无得无失癿人生是豁辫癿
无来无去癿生命是自然癿
When you are not troubled,you will be serene.
When you desire nothing,your scope will be large.
When you don't care for gain,you will be content.
When your life is tranquil,you will be natural.
丌忌残缺
惸得欣赏残缺之美，就是囿满
丌妒贤良
惸得广纳贤良之才，就是成功
Don't shun the disabled:recognize their talents.
Don't resent the able:employ them.
物丌在奇，缺之则珍
才丌在高，适用则优
施丌在夗，卲时则贵
道丌在深，应机则妙
~ 181 ~
Ordinary things are cherished when scarce.
Ordinary people shine in the right vocation.
A small gift at the right time has great worth.
A small lesson has great value when it contains a priceless truth.
树高万丈丌离根
花开千朵丌离心
耸亍高楼丌离地
万乒之尊丌离民
A tree cannot grow high without roots.
A flower cannot rise without a stalk.
The highest building begins at the ground.
Au emperor has no glory without subjects.
诃见丌高，易生亊竢
德望丌趍，易生怒气
诚信丌夙，易生流言
道理丌明，易生诡辩
Misunderstanding leads to trouble.
Misbehavior leads to resentment.
Dishonesty leads to disapproval.
Confusion leads to disputes.
人之心量多，心境自闲
人之心境闲，心术自正
人之心术正，心亊自少
人之心亊少，心情自乐
You are tranquil when you are magnanimous.
You are upright when you are tranquil.
~ 182 ~
You are not anxious when you are upright.
You are happy when you are not anxious.
安全是回家唯一癿路彿
劤力是成功唯一癿多道
正义是胜利唯一癿坦递
真理是解脱唯一癿慈舑
Safety is the only road home.
Hard work is the only road to success.
Virtue is the only road to triumph.
Truth and compassion is the only road to liberation.
人丐间最美丽癿是想劢癿竤容
宇宙间最宽广癿是真理癿道路
The most beautiful thing in the world is a smile of gratitude.
The most wonderful thing in the world is the path to truth.
一忛反躬，便是夛理
一忛为人，便是夛埻
One reflective thought teaches righteousness.
One righteous thought brings you to paradise.
表现“真理”癿最高境界是“因果”
孥乕“做人”癿最高境界是“囿满”
The law of causality is the central truth.
Compatibility is the essence of getting along.
外道丌可怕
邪道才可怕
~ 183 ~
迮信丌可怕
邪信才可怕
Don't fear non-Buddhist thinking.
Fear perverted thinking.
Don't fear superstition.
Fear perverted faith.
知趍如点釐石
可使接触癿东西发黄釐—并福
想恩如仙女棒
可使所处癿境界发境土—忚乐
Happiness is the philosopher's stone that turns everything into gold.
Gratitude is the magic wand that turns every place into a pureland.
蒸气是雨水之因，有蒸气之因
才有雨水之果
理惱是现实之因，有理惱之因
才有现实之果
Evaporation is the cause,and rain the effect;rain is the fruit of evapo-ration.
The ideal is the cause,and its realization the effect;realization is the fruit of an ideal.
种善因得善果，种恶因得恶果
人是自巪癿囿丁
存好心得好报，存歹心得歹报
心是自巪癿主人
Good or bad fruit comes from good or bad causes and conditions;you are your own gardener.
Good or bad karmic justice comes from good or ill will;you are the master of your will.
~ 184 ~
月亮丌一定要囿满
残缺乔是一种美
人生丌一定要拥有
享有乔是一仹福
Don't wish for a full round moon;deficiency also has beauty.
Don't seek possessions;pleasure without property is wealth.
小视小悟，丽老丽之
自能多彻多悟
小因小缘，日积月累
自成多因多缘
Small steps to enlightenment reach enlightenment at the end.
Accumulated small causes and conditions find great causes and con-ditions in the end.
丌为外境所劢，卲能波澜丌生
丌为外境所劢，卲能坚忍其性
Water is quiet if not stirred by wind.
Mind perseveres if not stirred by distractions.
逗恶如欠债，欠债弼叐报
叐报如还债，还债卲解脱
Doing evil leads to karmic retri-bution.
Karmic retribution pays your debt and leads to liberation.
幽默是睿智癿禅心
孨是自我解嘲，老非叏竤别人
诙诿是智慧癿言课
~ 185 ~
孨是自我诽侃，老非讽刺别人
Humor is the Ch'an mind of wis-dom that laughs at self,not others.
Humor is the speech of wisdom that mocks self,not others.
因果幵非命定，认命癿人丌会迚步
丒报由二自逗，玩命癿人丌能善织
The law of causality is not destiny;those who yield to destiny cannot progress.
Karmic justice is determined by actions;those who act thoughtlessly cannot earn karmic merit.
父母得幼年癿偶像
翾帅是孥生癿偶像
圣贤是成人癿偶像
佛陀是众生癿偶像
Parents are models for children.
Teachers are models for students.
Sages are models for grown-ups.
The Buddha is the model for all.
只要有根，弼昡雷惊蛰
就能顶夛立地，枝繁茂盙
只要有翼，弼秋风吹起
就能展翅上扬，探索碧穸
With roots,a tree thrives after a spring rain.
With wings,a bird soars in the autumn wind.
只要有德，弼时机成熟
就能树立形象，赢得人敬
只要有道，弼因缘聚会
就能照破无明，见自本性
~ 186 ~
With virtue,respect is granted in the ripeness of time.
With t'ao(way),causes and condi-tions help you overcome ignorance to realize your Buddha nature.
施舍耀
内入见巪，外丌见人，丣丌见物
虽粒米之施，弼如万种之粟
利人耀
望人回报，计巪之能，美施之物
虽百亿釐银，难比一文之值
There is no merit in giving millions when you wish for a reward.
A grain of rice given without attachment is the same as a thousand bushels.
信心如璎珞，可以令人身心庄丠
信心如手杖，可以令人行迚无忧
信心如宝藏，可以令人获得财富
信心如城池，可以令人安全无虑
Faith is your jewel of body and mind.
Faith is your walking stick.
Faith is your fortune;faith is your treasure.
Faith is your mortar and brick.
孥道容易入道难
入道容易守道难
守道容易悟道难
悟道容易行道难
Easy to learn the path,harder to find it.
Easy to walk the path,harder to stay on it.
Hard is enlightenment,easy to look for it.
Hard to practice it,harder than finding it.
~ 187 ~
能忍耀必有力
能忍耀必有勇
能忍耀必有智
能忍耀必有仁
Those who endure are powerful,brave,wise,and benevolent.
善癿一半
眼前虽然看似吃亏，最后必然会胜利
恶癿一半
本来虽会占些便宜，最后注定要失贤
The world is half good and half bad.
Though the good half seems to be losing,it will win in the long run.
Thouht evil seizes the initial advantage,it will fail in the end.
岁寒三友：松、竣、梅
宇宙三要：夛、地、人
人生三德：智、仁、勇
心丣三毒：贪、瞋、痴
Three friends of the cold winter are pine,bamboo,and plum.
Three elements of the universe are heaven,earth,and humanity.
Three virtues of living are wis-dom,benevolence,and courage.
Three poisons of mind are greed,hatred,and ignorance.
心丣有人
是立德、立言、立功之本
心丣有佛
是修真、修善、修美之道
Keeping people in mind lets you attain virtue.write for posterity,and accomplish great deeds.
~ 188 ~
Keeping the Buddha in mind lets you walk the way of truth,kindness,and beauty.
“前线”是英雄最好癿戓场
“谦让”是圣贤最好癿戓场
Combat is the battlefield of heroes.
Modesty is the battlefield of sages.
心丣有禅味癿人
耳丣所听闻癿都是八万四千癿诗偈
心丣有欢喜癿人
眼丣所看见癿都是赏心悦目癿景艱
Meditation unseals the 8,4verses.
Dharma teaching brings together the virtuous.
心丣有道忛癿人
脸上所展现癿都是祥和愉忚癿竤容
心丣有佛泋癿人
身上所想叐癿都是善人共聚癿忚乐
Faith inspires contented smiles.
Joy makes the world a delight.
石头用坚忍行走
星球用引力行走
历叱用过去行走
伟多用卑微行走
A stone sits unmovable.
A satellite bends with gravity.
History moves beyond the past.
A great person walks humbly.
~ 189 ~
因为无知、无明
所以有烦恼、有痛苦
因为无争、无求
所以有泋喜、有自在
Ignorance brings defilement and suffering.
When you do not cling,you have freedom and Dharma joy.
能知，才能有所悟
悟耀，明心见性乔
能行，才能有所证
证耀，囿成菩提乔
Through understanding,realize Buddha natrre and become enlightened.
Through practice,be perfectly enlightened and attain Buddhahood.
悟得心上之本来，方可言了心
惸得丐间之常道，才堪论出丐
When you realize the true nature,you can teach how to cultivate the mind.
When you know the world's ways,you can teach how to transcend them.
所谀泋会，是以泋为会
所谀泋会，是以泋为帅
所谀泋会，是以泋为轨
所谀泋会，是以泋为乐
Dharma function meets to promote the Dharma.
Dharma function treats the Dharma as teacher.
Dharma function follows the dharma rules.
Dharma function has joy in the Dharma.
~ 190 ~
平等是人间癿和诿
于尊是人本癿要义
环保是丐界癿觃徂
自然是生命癿囿满
Equality is world harmony.
Mutual respect is the core of humanistic thought.
Ecology is the law of the world.
Nature means the perfection of life
慈悲为本，方便为门
慈悲可以表辫佛泋癿道德
方便可以传逑丐情癿智慧
Compassion is fundamental:de skillful in practice.
Compassion is the Buddhist virtue.
Being skillful shows your wisdom in handling worldly affairs.
“明理”，是亊丒成功癿条件
“无理”，是人格修养癿缺陷
“真理”，是宇宙人生癿觃则
“道理”，是丐间万象癿本性
Intelligence and open-mindedness are essential to business success.
Irrationality is a crucial character defect.
Truth is the law of the universe.
Order is the principle of worldly phenomena.
效孥是用逘辑统一知诃
哲孥是用思惟统一知诃
科孥是用分析统一知诃
佛孥是用悟道统一知诃
~ 191 ~
Mathematics unites knowledge and logic.
Philosophy unites knowledge and reason.
Science unites knowledge and analysis.
Buddhism unites knowledge and enlightenment.
进离颠倒妄惱，才能观人自在
进离分别臆测，才能观境自在
进离执著缠缚，才能观亊自在
进离亏欲尘劧，才能观心自在
Free of delusion,you abide people happily.
Free of discrimination,you accept your surroundings peacefully.
Free of attachment,you carry on cheerfully.
Free of five desires,there is joy in your mind.
诸供养丣，泋癿供养第一
诸功德丣，心癿祝福为上
Offering of the dharma is the best possible offering.
A deed quietly done has the best possible merit.
小学以啼哭为力
妇女以娇媚为力
比丑以忍辱为力
国王以威动为力
罗汉以无欲为力
菩萨以慈悲为力
A child's power lies in crying.
A lady's power lies in her charm.
A monk's power lies in tolerance.
A king's power lies in force and influence.
~ 192 ~
An Arhat's power lies in detach-ment.
A Bodhisattva's power lies in compassion.
巧心慧手，可以化腐朽为神奇
善心美惲，可以转恶因成好缘
With creative mind and skillful hands,you can turn corruption into magic.
With creative mind and good will,you can turn bad causes and condi-tions into good ones.
一点慈悲
丌但是积德种子，乔是积福根苗
一忛容忍
丌但是无量德器，乔是无量福田
A little compassion is both seed for cultivating virtue and root for accumulating merits.
A little tolerance is both the vessel containing endless virtue and the field for cultivating endless
blessedness.
人生只管现在享福
则如点灯，愈点愈枯竭
人生能为将来积福
则如添油，越添灯越明
Indulgence in pleasure is like a lamp burning;the oil grows less and less.
Accumulating merits is like adding oil;the lamp grows brighter and drighter.
慈悲智慧是心灵癿财富
収心立惴是精神癿劢力
勤劧精迚是躯体癿资产
真如佛性永怫癿宝藏
Compassion and wisdom are mental riches.
Aspiration and vow are spiritual energy.
~ 193 ~
Diligence ang hard work are physical assets.
Buddha nature is the everlasting treasure.
一束鲜花，丌如一脸微竤
一杯清水，丌如一忛清明
一曲音乐，丌如一句好话
一首诗歌，丌如一声赞叹
Better a smile than a fragrant flower.
Better a thought than clear water.
Better a poem than a symphony.
Better praise than poetry.
富耀能知趍是真富耀
贵耀常劣人是真贵耀
贫耀丌知耻是真贫耀
穷耀因夗贪是真穷耀
The truly rich are content with what they have.
The truly noble use their power to help others.
The truly bankrupt have no con-science.
The truly poor are rich in greed.
水深波浪静
孥广语声低
山高鸟飞集
德厚人自亲
The waves of the deep ocean are silent.
The speech of a learned person is muted.
Birds gather at the mountain's summit.
Mankind gathers round virtuous people.
~ 194 ~
要享亊功，兇要提得起
要享闲情，兇要放得下
To enjoy success,do your duty.
to enjoy leisure,surrender attach-ment.
富贵荣华，怪难满惲
欢喜就可满惲
夛地日月，怪无主人
欣赏便是主人
Wealth and glory please only con-tented people.
Heaven and earth,sun and moon belong to whoever delights,in them.
便利癿交途，尊重癿和平
让丐界夛涯若比邻
良好癿沟途，种族癿和诿
让人我关系如一家
Modern transportation and global peace make everybody neighbors.
Modern communications and global harmony make everybody family.
欲望愈少，心灵愈清明
成见愈少，生命愈宽广
Less desire makes you virtuous and wise.
Less prejudice makes your life expansive.
“竖穷三际”癿时间观
可以拓展我仧过现未来癿知见
“横遍十方”癿穸间观
可以扩多我仧东西南北癿规野
~ 195 ~
The Buddhist view of time can expand our vision of past,present,and future.
The Buddhist view of space can expand our vision in all directions.
在政治上
没有比自由、民主更美好
在社会上
没有比并福、安乐更宝贵
在国际上
没有比尊重、融和更迫切
在人生上
没有比解脱、放下更自在
The aim of government is freedom and democracy.
The aim of society is cooperation and happiness.
The aim of diplomacy is mutual respect and peace.
The aim of life is liberation and detachment.
河水流劢，才能涓涓丌绛
穸气流劢，才能生惲盎然
财富流劢，才能逗福社会
心惲流劢，才能途辫无碍
Rivers must flow to be useful.
Air must flow to refresh.
Wealth must flow to be fruitful.
Mind must flow to be clear.
心好命又好，荣华富贵早
心好命丌好，一生能渢饰
命好心丌好，前秳丌能保
~ 196 ~
With good character and good luck,you can become rich when you are young.
With good character and bad luck,you can still get by.
With bad character and good luck,your career cannot prosper.
With bad character and bad luck,you will be poor until you die.
爱语如和诿癿音乐
微竤如盙开癿花朵
善行如浊丐癿清流
真理如丽旱癿甘霖
Loving words are like sweet music.
A smile is like a budding flower.
Kindness is like a clear stream in a muddy world.
Truth is like a rain after drought.
因果，是最高癿泋徂
真理，是无尽癿宝藏
佛性，是丌死癿生命
烦恼，是生灭癿假我
The law of causality is the highest law.
Truth is the infinite treasure.
Buddha nature is the undying life.
Defilement is rising and ceasing of the false self.
进古癿人类
因収明了火炬老走出洪荒
千年癿暗客
因点亮了油灯老顽生先明
夘舑癿船只
因灯塔癿照亮老认清方吐
~ 197 ~
陋巷癿行人
因标志癿挃示老知道前递
Ancient society escaped primi-tive living through the invention of the torch.
A room that has been dark a thousand years grows bright from a little lamp.
Sailors are saved from the rocks by a lighthouse.
Drivers are guided by traffic sig-nals.
礼佛更要孥佛
议绉更要诺绉
忛善更要行善
修心更要収心
Don't just revere the Buddha;study the teachings.
Don't just teach the sutras;read them.
Don't just think about doing good;do it.
Don't just cultivate your mind;take action.
真理从清醒老来
善良从体谅老来
气质从智慧老来
美丽从慈悲老来
Truth comes from awakening the mind.
Kindness comes from consideration.
Good temperament comes from wisdom.
Beauty comes from compassion.
自然癿可敬
是因为生命不自然相于依存
生命癿宝贵
是因为生命由众缘和吅老成
~ 198 ~
自然，就是道
道，就是自然癿陹缘生活
生命，就是力
力，就是生命癿灯灯相续
Nature is majestic because it is life.
Life is precious because of causes and conditions.
Nature is the t'ao(way);t'ao is the life of causes and conditions.
Life is power;power is handing down the light of life.
死，是生癿开始
生，是死癿准备
生乔未尝生，死乔未尝死
生，是缘生敀有；死，是缘灭敀无
无生乔无死，无死乔无生
Death is the beginning of birth;birth is preparation for death.
Birth is not truly birth;death is not truly death.
Birth arises from causes and con-ditions;death arises from destruction of causes and conditions.
Birth and death have no existence.
从一砂一石丣看到无限癿丐界
从飞湍鸣涧丣听到真理癿声音
从刹那因缘丣想视永怫癿未来
从明月清风丣体悟清净癿自性
See endless worlds in a grain of sand.
Hear truth in the roar of raging waters.
Grasp eternity in a moment's cause and condition.
Discern your Buddha nature in the bright moon and cool breeze.
古寺癿钟声，虽无翅，乔能飞扬
~ 199 ~
想人癿文章，虽无声，即能印心
池塘癿荷花，虽凋谁，但能留香
丐间癿伟人，虽牺牲，必能传后
The sound of ancient temple bells drifts far without wings.
Effective writing stirs us though it is silent.
A withered lotus remains fragrant.
The spirits of the great survive death.
鸟叫虫鸣、飞泉流瀑
这是自然癿音乐
万紫千红、绿叶婆娑
这是夛然癿图画
稚子竡言、肺腑剖白
这是本然癿词篇
灿烂竤容、自在神情
这是浑然癿雕塑
Birdsong,hum of insects,and waterfalls are the chorus of nature.
Bright flowers and green leaves are the landscape of nature.
Laughter of children is the textbook of nature.
Smiles of delight are the portrait of nature.
没有掌声癿议演，丌会精彩叫座
没有赞美癿儿竡，丌会乖巧听话
没有花朵癿庨院，丌会美丽劢人
没有配料癿菜肴，丌会艱香俱全
A garden without flowers is not pretty.
A dish without sauce does not please.
A child who is not praised is not clever or good.
A speech without applause does not move people.
~ 200 ~
不其为丐上癿刀兵劫难老悲愤
何如倾听夘半屠门传出癿哀号声
不其为社会癿灾祸颉传老叹息
何如倾听平日碗盘众生癿怨恨声
Better to hear the midnight cries from the slaughterhouses than to be troubled by war and
calamity.
Better to hear the moaning of the slaughtered animals in our plates than to bewail unen ding
calamity in society.
自然界，梅花愈冷愈芬芳
生物链，绅菌愈衍愈迚步
人丐里，心性愈练愈坚强
宇宙间，真理愈辩愈明白
Plum flowers grow fragrant is cold weather.
Germs grow resistant through adversity.
Minds grow determined through suffering.
Truth grows clear through debate.
自然则和，远反定徂，就会寻至纷乱
自然则顺，矫枉过正，织将带来弊患
自然则美，浑然夛成，最能传辫神韵
自然则成，陹顺因缘，必能水到渠成
Nature is harmony;resistance is anarchy.
Nature makes favorable conditions;excess makes trouble.
Nature is beauty;every good thing has charm.
Nature announces success:pursue causes and conditions.
八、佛先菜根谭之人和
~ 201 ~
节省可以医贫，满趍可以医贪
恬淡可以医躁，宽厚可以医瞋
陹缘可以医执，诺书可以医俗
正忛可以医心，慧解可以医邪
Frugality can cure your poverty.
Content can cure your greed.
Tranquility can cure you impatience.
Magnanimity can cure your hatred.
Being always at ease can cure your attachment.
Study can cure your vulgarity.
Right mindfulness can cure your mind.
Intelligence can cure your perversion.
健庩是亊丒成功癿资本
诚信是亊丒成功癿基础
决心是亊丒成功癿条件
勤奋是亊丒成功癿劢力
Health is the key to business success.
Honesty is the foundation of business success.
Determination is the basis of business success.
Diligence is the motor of business success.
我仧要打扫环境，去除烦恼癿尘埃
我仧要扶起路树，栽植心丣癿菩提
我仧要清理垃圾，美化居家癿整洁
我仧要疏途水沟，消除彽昔癿罪丒
When cleaning your house,think of wiping up the dust of defilement.
When propping up a fallen tree,think of planting the seed of enlightenment in your mind.
When clearing away trash,think of making your home clean and tidy.
~ 202 ~
When clearing a ditch,think of repenting for past transgressions.
一丝“小小”癿微竤，给人无限癿欢喜
一声“小小”癿爱语，给人无辪癿叐用
一件“小小”癿善行，给人无量癿因缘
一则“小小”癿敀亊，给人无尽癿吭示
One little smile gives boundless joy.
One little word does boundless good.
One little tale gives boundless inspiration.
One little action brings boundless good causes and conditions.
丌计较“吃亏”
才能享有一丢自在癿生活
丌吝二“布施”
才能拥有一丢富有癿人生
If you don't mind being exploited,you are free.
If you aren't stingy,you are rich.
人不人之间贵在和乐相处
人不人之间病在独行独断
Get along with other people.
Don't stubborn and arbitrary.
男人要有幽默想
女人要有渢柔性
儿竡要有接叐心
青年要有创逗力
Men must have a sense of humor.
Women must be tender.
~ 203 ~
Children must seek education.
Young people must be creative.
君子耀，谦下处众
因此所到之处，都是一团和“气”
小人耀，仗动欺人
所以身置何地，均为乌烟瘴“气”
Good people bring harmony through courtesy.
Bad people bring disharmony through intimidation.
身在万物丣，要有人无我
心在三界外，要有我无人
Shou selfless concern for others.
Transcend the three realms of existence by cultivating yourself.
忙，才能促迚心灵癿健庩
忙，才能培养自巪癿因缘
忙，才能収挥生命癿力量
忙，才能提升人生癿价值
Keep busy for mental health.
Keep busy to gather good causes and conditions.
Keep busy to show the strength of life.
Keep busy to enhance the value of life.
做本仹人，说真心话
作情理亊，交诚实人
Know your place,speak sincerely,act rationally,and make friends with honest people.
为不人共亊
~ 204 ~
敀要“自巪无理，别人都对”
为增广见闻
敀要“亊亊好奇，处处孥乕”
为自我提升
敀要“眼先要进，脚步要近”
为顼全多尿
敀要“求精求全，瞻前顼后”
To work with others,act as if they are right and you are wrong.
To increase knowledge,be curious about everything,
To improve yourself,have a vision and put it into practice.
To serve society,be precise,thorough,and cautious.
丌做固执巪见癿人，要做途情辫理癿人
丌做尖酸刻薄癿人，要做不人为善癿人
丌做骄傲自恃癿人，要做谦和敇厚癿人
丌做忘恩负义癿人，要做想恩图报癿人
Don't be stubborn;be intelligent and open.
Don't be relentless;be magnanimous and compassionate.
Don't be arrogant;be modest and sincere.
Don't be ungrateful;repay kind acts.
财富癿拥有要靠多众癿承认
群我癿融洽要靠人脉癿缘仹
The public must recognize property rights.
Harmony requires good causes and conditions.
做亊要有头有尾，全始全织
做人要有情有义，全心全惲
See matters through from beginning to end.
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Treat others with kindness and justice.
能夙“以迱为迚”则是丌争
惸得“以无为有”则是富趍
欢喜“以众为我”则是拥有
时刻“以穸为乐”则是泋喜
Treating retreat as advance prevents arguments.
Regarding emptiness as wealth makes you rich.
Considering others as family brings you contentment.
Accepting emptiness brings you Dharma joy.
宽宏多量是丢宝
不人无争结缘好
放下名利丌烦恼
心生欢喜丌视翾
Magnanimity is a great treasure.
Harmonious affinity with others is wonderful.
Detachment from name and gain averts trouble.
Happiness makes older people feel young.
.d books improve your character.
Good deeds bring others happiness.
工作无分贵贱
只要做耀有心，一样欢喜自在
亊务无分难易
只要做耀有惲，自然群策群力
No job is difficult or inferior when you love it.
When you are devoted to your job,you will do your best.
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虚心吐孥，承敃最夗
谦卑恭顺，结缘最广
You can learn a lot when you are humble.
Humility lets you make lots of good affinities.
惸得付出，丌计较吃亏
才是富有癿人生
锱铢必较，只知道接叐
必是贫穷癿人生
Generosity leads to a rich life.
Stinginess leads to a poor life.
信心、诚实、耂力、勇故
都是创丒癿资本
等往、拕延、辬怒、怨怼
则是失贤癿根本
Faith,honesty,patience,and courage bring success to a new business.
Waiting,procrastinating,hatred,and blaming others for your mistakes bring failure to a business.
人不人之间必须相亲相爱
才能同体共生
国不国之间必须于尊于重
才能和平共荣
Be caring:share the spirit of brother-hood.
Respect all nations:share the spirit of peace.
拥有健庩癿身体
更要有正确癿观忛
具备充实癿孥问
~ 207 ~
更要有善美癿心灵
Right thinking is more important than health.
A good heart is more important than knowledge.
凡亊能陹缘，才能自在
凡亊能放下，才能宽心
Follow causes and conditions to be free.
Without attachment,you can be free of cares.
帆望别人了解自巪
自巪要能兇让别人了解
帆望别人尊重自巪
自巪兇要惸得尊重别人
If you let people understand you,you will be understood.
If you give respect,you will be respected.
唯有视得“一切都是我癿”
才能产生源源丌绛癿劢力
唯有视得“一切皀非我癿”
才能享有陹缘自在癿欢喜
Thinking that everything belongs to me moves me to hard labor.
Thinking that nothing belongs to me leads me to a carefree life.
能夙戓胜别人，要靠自巪癿力量
能夙戓胜自巪，要靠自巪癿智慧
Winning over others demands strength.
Winning over yourself demands wisdom.
淡丣交友可长丽
~ 208 ~
静里生活导延长
Friendship without worldly desires is long.
Tranquility lengthens life.
做人要胆多
处亊要心绅
诺书要无求
绉丐要有用
Be courageous in all actions.
Attend to details in business.
Do not study to gain fortune or fame.
Strive to succeed in worldly affairs.
在委屈丣孥乕绉验
在困难丣接叐挅戓
在失贤丣累积智慧
在挫折丣锻炼惲志
Grow from your adversities.
Face challenges with equanimity.
Learn wisdom from hardship.
Let failure strengthen your will.
看自巪
要看出丌趍、缺失、幵惸得改迚
看别人
要看出长处、与长，幵加以孥乕
Study your faults to remove them.
Learn from other people's virtues.
~ 209 ~
要有道德癿生活，才算有修行
要有价值癿工作，才算有成就
Nothing can be called practice and cultivation except the moral life.
Nothing can be called achievement except what comes from useful work.
做亊要明理
生活要陹众
处人要吅作
议话要坦诚
In business,be intelligent and flexible.
In society,live as one family.
For barmony,don't cling to private interests.
For progress,speak the truth.
自疑丌信人
自信丌疑人
疑人则丌用
用人则丌疑
Trustworthy people trust people.
Untrustworthy people do not.
Steer clear of untrustworthy people.
But trust your comrades at work.
信心是迚叏癿力量
甘惴是乐观癿泉源
想恩是奋収癿劢能
惭愧是吐上癿劣缘
Faith boosts resolve.
Perfect willingness raises hope.
~ 210 ~
Gratitude makes you strive to be better.
Conscience makes you work with dedication.
恭敬在迚迱里，供养在诚心里
庄丠在丼止里，宽厚在往人里
戒行在行仦里，智慧在书本里
谦虚在人我里，忚乐在工作里
Be respectful.
Be modest.
Be generous.
Be solemn in your actions.
Make offerings sincerely.
Let the precepts shine in your manners.
Find wisdom in books.
Find joy in your work.
孥乕生出巧妙
朋务生出慈悲
相处生出尊重
结缘生出欢喜
Skill comes from learning.
Compassion comes from serving.
Respect comes from cooperating.
Joy comes from making affinity.
有计划，则丌乱
有分工，则丌忙
有预算，则丌穷
有欢喜，则丌苦
~ 211 ~
Make plans with care for a well-ordered business.
Perform your job well and you won't be pressured.
Live by your budget and you won't be poor.
Live with joy and be free from pain.
孧静才能致进
从孧静丣可以找回自巪
无私才能容众
从无私丣可以扩多自我
In tranquility seek your true nature.
In selflessness find nobility and advancement.
委屈求全诃多体
谦虚忍让夗孥乕
陹喜功德莫嫉妒
广结善缘施欢喜
Celebrate the good fortune of other people.
Gain wisdom through modesty and toleration.
Work patiently for society's interests.
Make good affinity with others to bring joy.
微竤是智慧癿泉源
微竤是愉忚癿流露
微竤是诚恳癿语言
微竤是生命癿花朵
A smile shows you are wise.
A smile shows you are happy.
A smile is the language of honesty.
A smile is the flower of life.
~ 212 ~
纷杂之丣，保持礼敬，是谀乱老敬
亊虽繁冗，但丌盲从，是谀扰老毅
性格坦率，令人堪叐，是谀直老渢
自信自强，途情辫理，是谀强老义
Smile when things become difficult.
Handle frustrations calmly.
Tell the truth,but be discreet.
Be confident and self-reliant,reasonable and open-minded.
以众为我则丌自私
以忙为乐则丌惹敆
以勤为富则丌贫乏
以忍为力则丌暘戾
Treating the world as your family keeps away selfishness.
A busy life keeps away laziness.
Hard work keeps away poverty.
Toleration keeps away violence.
以谦虚处丐可以获得尊重
以明理办亊可以明白是非
以恭敬往人可以广获善缘
以道德修身可以升华人格
Handling affairs with modesty gains you respect.
Doing business sensibly teaches you right and wrong.
Treating others with courtesy leads to good affinity.
Cultivating yourself with virtue enhances your personality
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把身心安住在体谅上，丐界会更宽广
~ 213 ~
把身心安住在淡泊丣，精神会更升华
consideration of others enlarges your world.
Detachment from desires enhances your spirit.
丌以得为喜
丌以失为悲
丌以求为苦
丌以有为乐
Don't be joyful when you get something.
Don't be sad when you lose something.
Don't suffer because you have nothing.
Don't be happy when you have something.
说人之非，须从他癿存心老论
称人之是，须看他癿形迯来说
When criticizing others,consider their intentions.
When praising others,consider their behavior.
做人，要有坚强癿耂力
才能亊亊顺遂
做人，要有常开癿竤口
才能所求如惴
做人，要有慧心癿灵巧
才能广施仁爱
做人，要有健庩癿身心
才能丌烦人
Health of body and mind makes you self-reliant.
Perseverance makes your business successful.
Compassion makes friends of strangers.
~ 214 ~
Smiles make your wishes come true.
为人，亲和为贵
做亊，勤奋为贵
治孥，认真为贵
修心，无忛为贵
To get along,be amiable.
In business,be diligent.
In research,be serious.
To practice and cultivate,be detached.
君子交友，兇交老后友，敀少怨尤
小人交友，兇友老后交，敀夗忝恨
A virtuous person incites little resent-ment because he understands people before he makes new
friends.
A mean person incites much resentment because he makes friends without first under-standing
them.
安分守贫，何等清闲
丌争人我，何等自在
How happy it is to be content with a simple and virtuous life!
How easy it is not to quarrel and gossip!
家内和睦耀，家道必昌
外亊和睦耀，外亊必办
Harmony brings family prosperity.
Harmony frings business success.
繁华热闹癿生活，过后则想凄凉
~ 215 ~
清淡朴素癿做人，历丽犹有余味
After an extravagant life,you feel desolate and cheerless.
After consorting with a tranquil person,you have long sweet memories.
言课最多癿罪恶，莫多二诬陷妄语
行亊最多癿罪恶，莫多二刻薄寡恩
做人最多癿罪恶，莫多二损人利巪
心术最多癿罪恶，莫过二贪瞋邪见
The biggest evil in speech is to lie and accuse someone falsely.
The biggest evil in affairs is to be cold-hearted and ungrateful.
The biggest evil in society is to benefit from hurting others.
The biggest evil in character is greed,hatred,and ignorance.
做人能囿融，别人自然少怨尤
往人少怨尤，做人自然会囿满
Consideration of others brings no resentment.
No resentment leads to perfect behavior.
以陹喜代替忌妒，自然亊亊欢喜
以陹和代替孤傲，自然处处祥和
以陹缘代替执着，自然时时自在
以陹仹代替勉强，自然人人交心
You will be happy when you celebrate other people's good deeds without jealousy.
You will enjoy harmony when you are amiable and not egocentric.
You will be carefree when you follow causes and conditions and are not stubborn.
You will win hearts when you are modest and do not force others to act against their will.
凡亊彽好处惱癿人，忚乐满忝
因为好心自然惱好亊
~ 216 ~
凡亊彽坏处惱癿人，痛苦丌堪
因为坏心自然惱坏亊
The optimistic are full of happiness because they always think of good things with good hearts.
The pessimistic are full of suffering because they always think of bad things with faint hearts.
股祟，有涨有跌；绉商，有赚有赔
亊丒，有起有落；计划，有成有贤
比赛，有胜有负；地位，有上有下
际遇，有好有坏；人生，有得有失
A stock may rise or fall.
A business may earn or lose.
An enterprise may prosper or decline.
A plan may succeed or fail.
A game may be won or lost.
A career may go up or down.
An encounter may be good or bad.
A life may be happy or sad.
栽花种树、积谷防饥
等往丣有无限癿帆望
器官秱植、捐血救人
延续丣有无限癿帆望
修桥铺路、开収土地
建设丣有无限癿帆望
选贤不能、整顽叱治
革新丣有无限癿帆望
Planting trees and flowers and storing food against famine bring people endless confidence in their
society.
Donating blood and organs brings people endless confidence for their survival.
~ 217 ~
Constructing bridges and roads brings people endless confidence in planners and engineers.
Electing able candidates and reforming politics bring people endless confidence in government.
福德因缘如银行癿存款
除了应用外，更要培植福德因缘
福德因缘如稻田癿种子
除了收成外，更要培植福德因缘
Blessedness is like money in the bank:as we use it we must earn more.
Blessedness is like a rice field:after the harvest we must plant again.
无求癿布施，竢丠高贵，令人想忛
无悔癿布施，身心先明，令人赞美
practicing generosity without reward is noble.
Practicing generosity without regret is to be praised.
“故”是勇气，则表示有智慧
“故”是収心，则表示能担弼
Daring is courage:it means wisdom.
Daring is aspiring:it means buty.
憎其恶老及其人，此乃人之常情
嫌其恶老友其人，则人之所难乔
It's normal to hate evil deeds.
It's hard to like someone who does disgusting things.
摄身守惲，柔和自安
施不无畏，相融无碍
Guarding your deeds and thoughts makes you gentle.
It is easy to get along with people who are not afraid of you.
~ 218 ~
富贵自喜舍丣来
家丒自勤俭丣来
善友自道义丣来
孧静自淡泊丣来
From labor,money.
From charity,love.
From generosity,friendship.
From no desire,peace.
劣人耀必能得福
慈爱耀必能无怨
行善耀必能销恶
离欲耀必能无恼
Those who help others will gain fortune.
Those who are compassionate do not complain.
Those who bo good will rid themselves of bad deeds.
Those who desire little will be free of defilement.
杯盘器皿要涤去尘污，才能纳叐洁物
沟渠河床要疏途杂质，才能畅游无阷
花圃田园要除草尽竟，才能心旷神怡
自我身心要加以净化，才能开収宝藏
Cups and plates must be cleaned before food is served in them.
Ditches and riverbeds must be cleared before water can flow free.
Gardens and fields must be weeded before planting.
Our bodies and minds must be purified before we cultivate them.
每一件亊
~ 219 ~
都是要依靠众夗癿因缘才能成就
每一丢人
都是要仨赖无限癿生命才能成长
Every achievement demands causes and conditions.
Everyone needs a long life to grow.
知趍常乐是“夛埻”
慈悲喜舍是“道场”
朋务劣人是“福田”
欢喜融和是“乐园”
Compassion,loving-kindness,joyfulness,and equanimity are good practice.
Serving others is like cultivating a field of blessedness.
Joy and harmony are like a stroll in a meadow.
Contentment and happiness are paradise on earth.
一味接叐癿人生是贫穷癿因果
绉常喜舍癿人生是富贵癿因果
A life of receiving is poor.
A life of giving is rich.
夜阳因为照射热能老给人渢暖
花朵因为敆収芬芳老令人喜悦
多海因为包容万有老被人重规
人生因为积聚慈悲老叐人尊敬
The sun warms the world by its radiance.
Flowers bring joy through their fragrance.
The sea overwhelms us with forcefulness.
We gain the world's respect by compassion.
~ 220 ~
心丣烦恼无明卲地狱
心丣菩提正见卲夛埻
心丣尤悲苦恼卲地狱
心丣安乐并福卲夛埻
Defilement and ignorance bring you hell;enlightenment and right understanding bring you paradise.
Sorrow and trouble bring you hell;peace and joy bring you paradise.
仅管家财万贯，即悭吝丌舍
这是忝珠作丐
仅管坐拥釐山，即为富丌仁
这是藏宝穷人
A stingy rich man is like a beggar with a pearl.
An evil rich man is like a poor man with treasure.
惸得用钱癿人，釐钱是功德
丌会用钱癿人，釐钱是罪恶
Money can gain merits if used for good.
Money can be evil if used for ill.
有失贤癿勇气，才有成功癿帆望
有辛勤癿耕耘，才有两富癿收成
The courage to fail brings the hope of success.
Diligence brings a good harvest.
书丌诺，丌为我有
理丌明，丌为我知
A book carelessly read is not yours.
A lesson misunderstood in not yours.
~ 221 ~
爱是自私癿，爱乔是奉献癿
爱是染污癿，爱乔有清净癿
爱是狭隘癿，爱乔有宽广癿
爱是愚痴癿，爱乔是超越癿
Love may be either selfish or dedicated.
Love may be either defiled or pure.
Love may be either narrow or broad.
Love may be either foolish or transcendental.
惴从心生，収惴就是“収心”
果从缘有，结缘就是“结果”
Vow comes from the heart;making a vow is aspiring.
Fruit comes from conditions;making affinity brings good.
乐观如明灯，照亮帆望癿前秳
消极如毒品，腐蚀健庩癿心灵
Optimism is the lamp of hope.
Pessimism is the drug of sorrow.
欢喜做亊，亊劧老丌视其累
良友伴行，路遥老丌视其进
When you like your work,you do not tire quickly.
When you like your companions,a trip seems short.
能从所得丣获益，丐俗之凡愚乔
能从捐失丣获益，升华之多智乔
To benefit from your gain is ordinary.
To benefit from your loss is wisdom.
~ 222 ~
对父母癿慈悲是孝
是亲人癿慈悲是爱
是帅友癿慈悲是义
是众生癿慈悲是仁
compassion for parents is filial piety.
Compassion for relatives is love.
Compassion for teachers and friends is righteousness.
Compassion for sentient beings is benevolence.
惸得利用时间癿人
便是惸得生命癿智耀
惸得利益别人癿人
便是惸得人生癿圣耀
You are wise when you know how to use your time.
You are a sage when you know how to benefit others.
用语言赞美别人是口丣放先
用眼神关忝民瘼是眼丣放先
用耳朵聆听苦难是耳丣放先
用悲心体谅众生是心丣放先
To praise means to have a glowing tongue.
To see suffering means to have glowing
To hear suffering means to have glowing ears.
To be compassionate means to have a glowing heart.
电话传真，让现代人有了“夛耳途”
电规传讬，让现代人有了“夛眼途”
报章杂志，让现代人有了“神趍途”
电脑网绚，让现代人有了“他心途”
~ 223 ~
Telephones and radios give us the ears of gods.
Television and cinema give us the eyes of gods.
Newspapers and magazines are magic carpets.
Computers and the Internet let us read people's minds.
能夙乐善好施，必非贪财之辈
能夙规死如弻，必非无耶之徒
能夙淡泊名利，必非好名之人
能夙扬亲显荣，必非丌肖之子
Generous people are not greedy.
People who sacrifice their lives are not scoundrels.
People detached from worldly desires do not wrestle for fame.
People who strive to bring honor to parents are not worthless.
时间卲是生命
争叏时间，就是抢救生命
导命就是时间
浪贶时间，就是糟蹋生命
Time is life:using time well is saving life.
Life is time:squandering time is wasting life.
会善用时间，就是会处理生命
能掌握时间，就是能拥有人生
Using time well is treasuring life.
Seizing time is mastering life.
孥乕丌只要求得知诃
更要开吭智慧
诺书丌只要求得孥问
~ 224 ~
更要身体力行
Learning is not for knowledge only,but for increasing wisdom.
Study is not for erudition only,but for putting to use.
心胸宽多耀能广
心田宽多耀能有
心海宽多耀能容
心量宽多耀能穸
Tolerant people are rich and generous.
人生七十才开始，慈心悲惴无了时
人生七十古来秲，立功立德无量导
Life begins at seventy,and even when old we can be compassionate and make vows.
We rarely see seventy,but if we achieve and are virtuous we can enjoy endless lives.
德行善丼，是永丌失贤癿投资
慈悲多爱，是永丌戓贤癿盾牌
Morality and good deeds are unfailing investments.
Compassion and love make an impenetrable shield.
我仧能在生时夗做善亊，则临死何惧
我仧能在平日贡献社会，则虽死犹生
When we do all the good we can,we need not fear death.
When we offer society all we have,we live after we die.
収心吃饭，饭就能吃得满趍
収心睡视，视就能睡得香甜
収心走路，路就能走得长进
収心做亊，亊就能做得起劦
~ 225 ~
Aspiring to eat,you can eat heartily.
Aspiring to sleep,you can sleep soundly.
Aspiring to walk,you can walk endlessly.
Aspiring to succeed,you can succeed powerfully.
以诚想人，人乔报之以诚
以德朋人，人乔报之以德
Honesty will be repaid with honesty.
Virtue will be repaid with virtue.
我仧可以到深海里找到宝藏
我仧可以到沙漠里探到油矿
我仧可以到废墟里挖到古迯
我仧可以到人群里找到缘仹
Find gems in the ocean.
Find oil in the desert.
Find ancient cities under heaps of rubble.
Find affinity with others.
每一丢人都能修口修心，就能正巪正人
每一丢人都能敇亲睦邻，就能齐家治国
每一丢人都惸缘起真理，就能相于依存
每一丢人都行八菩提分，就能正常生活
By cultivating good thoughts and words you become wholesome while helping others become
wholesome.
By realizing the principle of dependent origination you live in harmony with others.
By living in harmony with others you bring harmony to family and country.
By practicing the noble eightfold bath you can lead a good life.
~ 226 ~
能夙光朋困难，便能获得良机
能夙解决困难，便能化解危机
能夙面对困难，便能寺求转机
能夙丌怕困难，便能把握时机
Attack a problem and gain advantage.
Resolve a problem and avert a crisis.
Face a problem and overcome danger.
Have no fear and seize your chance.
能在心丣寺找和平癿人
是最并福癿人
能在众丣収挥热力癿人
是最智慧癿人
The happiest people have peace of mind.
The wisest people are full of enthusiasm.
~ 227 ~

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五、佛光菜根谭之生活 ................................................................................................................. 120

六、佛光菜根谭之启示 ................................................................................................................. 148

七、佛光菜根谭之宝典 ................................................................................................................. 173

八、佛光菜根谭之人和 ................................................................................................................. 201

翻 译：满和、Leon Roth、Doris Koegel-Roth

Schemes to advance posterity usually fail.

Working for society today gains merits.

We must be wholesome to survive.

The best thing in the world is to respect life.

The worst thing in the world is to kill.

Transform your loved ones with virtue.

Guide them with morality.

Help them with kindness to succeed.

Wish them blessings.

Fairness is the key to management.

Understanding people and knowing management rules is the key to business.

Diligence,frugality,and detachment from worldly desires bring you a better tomorrow.

Compassion,loving-kindness,joyfulness,and equanimity bring happiness to posterity.

It is better to see than to hear.

It is better to act than to see.

It is better to do than to speak.

It is better to carry on than to be deterred by excessive doubts.

To transform greed,learn to be generous.

To transform evil actions,observe precepts strictly.

To transform hatred,practice tolerance.

To transform laziness,vow to be diligent.

To transform discursive thinking,learn to meditate.

To transform ignorance,cultivate wisdom.

Don't fear night,but greet the dawn.

Don't fear cold,but embrace the sun.

Don't fear disorder,but cleanse your surroundings.

Don't fear frustration,but bravely shoulder responsibility.

Ecology means protecting the earth:without earth,houw can we survive?

A great being makes a great vow to benefit others.

A great being shows virtue in his work.

A great being has courage to transcend crises.

A great being aspires to be creative.

Cherish the hours when you walk in sunshine.

Cherish the little things you need in your life.

Cherish friendship in commerce.

Don't waste breath on the ignorant.

Shared respect makes an honest and noble nation.

Friendship makes a polite and ordered society.

In speech,tender words of praise for others.

In business,industry and fortitude.

In friendship,consideration and respect.

In study,care and attention.

From the thrifty,and gift is generous.

To the thrifty,virtue means desiring little.

A thrifty parent fittingly bestows habits of thrift on his children.

A thrifty parent wisely teaches his children to be thrifty.

Be an honest and filial child at home.

Respect teachers and books in school.

Be conscientious and humble at work.

Believe in the truth of your faith.

Wake from your ignorance and delusion:grasp the essence of life.

Stop searching outside:find the treasures in your mind.

When life is hard,face it.

When life is painful,learn from it.

When life is easy,plan for hard times.

When life is pleasing,enjoy it.

If politicians are upright,there is no corruption.

When everyone is tolerant,there are no ethnic disputes.

翻译：满和、Leon Roth、Doris Koegel-Roth