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無欲無求、少煩少惱，
就容易開啓心門擁有智慧。
By reducing our wants and worries,
we make space in our heart for wisdom.
智慧，是心寬念純、海闊天空，用愛擁抱大地蒼生。
Wisdom is embracing the world and all living beings
with a loving heart, a broad mind,
and a perspective as boundless as the sky and ocean.
單純就是愛的力量。
Love”s true power comes from its purity.
預防心靈災難，需要教育，
培養出耐磨、抗壓的健康心靈。
To prevent spiritual calamities,
one needs to learn how to nurture a resilient and healthy spirit.
心靜自然人安分，人安分就能過著和樂的日子。
When our minds are calm and not restless,
we will know our role in life and be able to play it well.
This allows us to have a happy and peaceful life.
放下身段、縮小自己，讓生命和慧命相結合。
Put down our status, shrink our ego,
merge our physical life and wisdom life together.
學佛，就是要學會及時改正錯誤的觀念。
Practicing Buddhism is about learning to promptly correct our wrong views.
只要自心有力量，就可以挑起使命，不怕外來的壓力。
A strong mind can carry out missions without fear of external pressure.
沒做壞事是人的本分，
心好卻不付諸行動，等于沒做一樣。
Not harming others is but our duty.
Having a good heart without doing good things
is still equal to doing nothing at all.
境界來時要惜緣，去時要自在，讓心不受煩惱所困。
We need to cherish current circumstances
and be at ease with their passing
to avoid disturbing our mind with worries.
布施就好比汲取井水，
唯有不斷地布施，才能造福、增福。
Giving is like drawing water from a well;
as water is drawn more flows in.
It is by giving that blessings continue to flow in.
找路不如找心，問路不如問心。
Rather than searching for a path, search within our own mind;
instead of asking for directions, ask our heart.
過去的留不住，未來的難預測。
守住現在，當下即是。
The past is gone, the future is unknown.
Seize the present. Now is the time .
退讓一步以成全別人，即是修養，即是修行。
Taking a step back to accommodate others
refines our character and nurtures spiritual growth.
有正念而無欲念，是最好的養生之道。
The best way to live a long life
is to uphold the right views
and avoid covetous thoughts.
最平淡的日子，心裏最安定。
The most simple and ordinary life
brings the most inner peace.
疼愛大地，就是疼愛衆生。
To love our planet is to love all living beings.
懂得惜福，就會造福；真正造福的人，才是真富有。
Those who cherish blessings will create blessings.
Those who create blessings are truly spiritually wealthy.
有福，應知福、知足。
If blessed with good fortune, be grateful and contented.
時時感恩，處處感恩，人人感恩，事事感恩。
Be grateful always, for everything and everyone, at every moment.
能指引正路，是良師；
能同行正道，是益友。
One who can show us the right path is a good teacher.
One who can walk the right path with us is a good friend.
每個人都有一念善心，
只要被啓發，愛心就能被點燃。
There is a kind heart in each of us.
If inspired, the love in us will be kindled.
做對人生有意義的事，才是生命真正的價值。
The true value of life is in accomplishing meaningful deeds.
尋找生命的答案，在于身體力行的體悟。
Answers in life are found in the
realizations acquired from taking actions.
祝福別人，就是造福自己。
Giving others blessings is creating blessings for oneself.
難行能行，難舍能舍，難爲能爲，才能升華自我的人格。
Continue even when it is hard to go on, release even when it is hard to let go,
endure even when it is hard to bear; this is how we build our character.
人事逢逆境，當歡喜順受，自有好因緣、好果報。
Accepting adversities in human relationships with a joyous heart
creates positive affinities and generates good karma.
啓發良知，才能發揮良能。
Only when we have discovered our basic goodness
can we hope to harness its latent power.
人間何處非家人，天下無處不道場。
In this world, everyone is family and everywhere the place for spiritual growth.
人的觀念不正，就不能正業；觀念如果偏差，所做的事也會錯誤。
If our views and thinking are misguided, what we do will be mistaken.
一個真正成功的人，必須人人都能容得下你，你也能容納每一個人。
A truly successful person is accepted by everyone and accepts everyone.
要培養一分清淨無染的愛。
在感情上不要有得失心，不要想回收，就不會有煩惱。
Learn to develop pure and unconditional love;
a love that has no sense of gain or loss, that asks for nothing in return.
In this way we can be free of worries.
有感恩就有感動，有感動就有一股推動的力量。
Grateful, our hearts would be touched and moved.
Moved, we would be inspired to take ac…
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