佛言佛語（一）
Words of Wisdom (Volume 1)
1.
學佛人要懂得愛眾生、愛國家、愛人民，慈悲和諧，這是一種善緣。
A positive affinity is formed when we, as Buddhist practitioners, show love for all sentient beings, our countries, and our fellow citizens, and when we are compassionate and peaceful.
2.
人應當自做皈依，皈依自性三寶，自己皈依自己的佛、法、僧，佛在心中，法在行中，僧在戒中。
We should take refuge in the Triple Gem of our own nature — the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.
We take refuge in our innate Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha: to have the Buddha in our minds, to practise the Dharma in our daily life, and to emulate the Sangha by observing the precepts.
3.
一切自然來，自然去，自然是什麼？
自然就是緣。
有了緣，才能隨緣。
Everything ebbs and flows, such is the way of nature.
Following the way of nature is according with conditions.
Only when conditions arise can we act in accordance with them.
4.
真正限制、阻礙、埋沒你自己的，永遠只會是你自己。
We are always our own greatest limitation, obstruction, and hindrance.
5.
福來自於懂得布施的一顆心，福隨心來，懂得布施的人才有福氣。
Blessings come from a generous heart.
Those who give are the most blessed.
6.
多少人活在自己緣生緣滅中，情緒受控於智商，智商受控於境界。
境界如花朵在花園中一樣，需要澆灌才能茁壯生長。
Many people are caught up in the arising and ceasing of their own karmic conditions.
Our emotions are controlled by our intelligence, and our intelligence is subject to our state of mind.
Our state of mind requires cultivation to develop, just like flowers in a garden require our care to flourish.
7.
愚痴的人一直想讓大家了解他，經常了解自己的人才是有智慧的人。
The ignorant seek understanding from others;
the wise endeavour to understand themselves.
8.
當一個人拿起佛書的時候，當一個人想幫助別人的時候，他的福分和因緣就開始種下。
當一個人想對別人好的時候，他已經種下福田。
當你得到一本佛書，你就種下了佛的種子。
The moment we pick up a book of Dharma and intend to help others, we start to sow the seeds of blessings and good karma.
The moment we set our minds to being kind to others, we begin to plant a field of blessings.
The moment we receive a Dharma book, we have sown the seeds of Buddhahood within ourselves.
9.
人不講理是個大缺點，
人硬講理是個大盲點。
Not being reasonable is a flaw, while insisting on reasoning alone makes us miss the forest for the trees.
10.
學佛人要清心寡欲，一個人欲望越多越不能滿足自己的欲望。
我們要樂天知命，要透過學佛來改變自己，要學會無所求。
As Buddhist practitioners, we need to purify our hearts and reduce our desires.
The more desires we have, the less likely we are to ever satisfy all our desires.
We should learn to be content with what we have, to change ourselves through practising Buddhism, and to learn to ask for nothing.
11.
人在吃苦的時候，就是在消孽障，轉換業力。
When life gets difficult, keep in mind that we are experiencing the amount of suffering we were destined to go through, therefore transforming our karma for a better future.
12.
要明白，人生就像坐火車，很快就會到終點，生命短暫，人生很苦。
要“觀身不淨，觀心無常”。
Life is like a journey on a train that will reach its destination soon.
It is short and bitter.
Hence, we must contemplate our bodies as impure and our thoughts as impermanent.
13.
我們現在擁有的，才是最值得我們珍惜的東西，過去的早已經過去，而未來的還沒有得到，所以我們要擁有現在、忘記過去、展望未來，心才會像大海般的寬廣無邊。
What we have today is most precious.
The past is already gone and the future is yet to come.
Therefore, we must seize the present moment, leave the past behind, and look forward to the future.
Only then will our hearts be like the ocean — vast and boundless.
14.
一個人如果整天講是是非非，實際上他自身已經被是非所纏繞，離不開是非。
Those who cannot stop gossiping about others are already entangled in gossip.
They will become the subject of gossip and not get rid of it.
15.
一個人要學會自然，一切都自然來自然去，就能斷煩惱。
破無明的智慧，就是般若。
Learn to let nature take its course;
let all things in life come and go naturally.
In this way, we can be free from afflictions.
Prajna is the wisdom attained with the mind that is free from ignorance.
16.
惜福者，智者。
越來越珍惜福分的人，越來越有智慧；
越來越有智慧的人，菩薩常伴在身邊！
The wise always cherish their blessings.
The more they cherish their blessings, the wiser they become.
Bodhisattvas will always be by their side!
发表于 2021-1-19 13:42:22
