To realize impermanence,get rid of delusion and follow truth.
樹正不怕月影斜
梁正不怕屋瓦傾
行正不怕人來謗
心正不怕魔來擾
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.
人間的苦惱重重
肇因于我見、人見、衆生見
世界的風雲多變
起源于事執、法執、人我執
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.
錯誤比不過道理
道理比不過法治
法治比不過權力
權力比不過因果
Error cannot defeat reason.
Reason cannot defeat law.
Law cannot defeat power.
Power cannot defeat the law of causality.
一念善心
佛陀看得到，菩薩看得到
一點惡意
魔鬼看得到，業報看得到
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.
有信仰的人最富貴
有道德的人最安心
有修行的人最有力
有智慧的人最通達
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.
探究前世的宿命
不如把握眼前的善緣
追查來世的因果
不如謹慎當下的行爲
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.
求神通，不如求慈悲
神通有利有害，慈悲則無往不利
求財富，不如求般若
財富有善有惡，般若則無有不善
Better to cultivate compassion than supernatural power.Such power can be good or bad,but compassion is always good.
Better to cultivate prajna than wealth.Money can be good or bad,but prajna is always good.
能觀衆生苦，即與佛眼相應
能說善妙語，即與佛口相應
能做不請友，即與佛身相應
能行利生事，即與佛心相應
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.
心意柔和身自在
眼耳清淨心自閑
天倫團聚家自樂
世道公正民自安
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，如魚吞鈎
痛楚割截身心
真心正念，不被鈎牽
功如圓滿明月
The deluded mind twists on a fishhook.
The pure mind is the bright full moon.
無心是極樂
無我成好事
無住嚴熟土
無生功德生
Non-self gains merits.
Non-arising gains merits.
Non-abiding breings you to the pureland.
Detachment brings you to ultimate bliss.
貪心不能致富
喜舍才能多福
利他不忘自謙
自謙才能度衆
Greed cannot make fortune.
Joyful giving can bring good fortune.
Be modest when benefiting others.
Modesty can help save sentient beings.
魚以海洋爲家
鳥以山林爲家
人以屋舍爲家
道以空無爲家
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.
正義行事，公理不會長久湮沒
心存善念，果報必然早晚現前
Justice will not sleep long.
Karmic retribution will ripen sooner or later.
喜舍攝伏貪欲
行喜舍，可以廣結善緣
慈悲化解瞋恨
修慈悲，可以積聚福德
Joyful giving subdues greed and makes good affinity.
Compassion dissolves hate and accumulates merits.
船行的路是海洋
明燈的路是夜晚
人行的路是善事
成道的路是悲智
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.
因果不可昧：
善有善報，惡有惡報
不是不報，時辰未到
真理不可欺：
真真假假，假假真真
真假之後，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.
有佛法的地方就有慈悲
有佛法的地方就有般若
有佛法的地方就有信仰
有佛法的地方就有辦法
Where there is Dharma,there is compassion.
Where there is Dharma,there is prajna.
Where there is Dharma,there…
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