17.
對待他人要尊敬,要圓融,要包容,要寬容。
In dealing with others, we should be
respectful, tactful, forgiving and tolerant。
18.
你是什麼樣的人,就會對什麼樣的事情有不同的理解。
Your perception of things is determined by what kind of person you are。
19.
人在順的時候要多做功德,不要等到出事了再臨時抱佛腳。
We should perform meritorious and virtuous deeds as much as we can in our
prime.Do not wait to make a last-minute frantic effort when disasters befall you。
20.
把自己的人生看得越來越小,把慈悲看得越來越大,就接近了般若智慧。
When we regard our own life as more and more unimportant, and regard
compassion as more and more important, we become closer to Prajna wisdom。
21.
知事者即悟也。一個人知道這個世界上的因緣果報,就是開悟之人。
Those who know are awakened.When someone is fully aware of
how causes and conditions work, as well as knowing the
law of karma, they are spiritually awakened。
22.
真正得道的人,是不會說自己得道的;
自稱已經得道了,就不是得道之人。
A person who has gained a certain level of
spiritual attainment will not tell everybody they
have done so;a person who claims to have gained a
certain level of spiritual attainment actually has not done so。
23.
身口意是三個步驟。身體不造業是第一步,
口中不造業是第二步,意念不造業是第三步。
The body, speech and mind are the three steps along
the path of cultivation.The first step is to abstain from unwholesome
bodily actions.The second is to refrain from creating karma of speech,
and the third is torefrain from creating karma of the mind。
24.
智慧就是不敢亂來,要敬畏戒律。
Wisdom holds us back from acting recklessly
and makes us revere precepts and discipline。