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ZT]圣严师父语录--转自常心居士blog(2009-02-26 01:12:27)标签：杂谈
◎提升人品 Uplifting Character1.需要的不多，想要的太多。
Our needs are few; our wants are many.
2.知恩报恩为先，利人便是利己。
To be grateful and repay kindness—this is first; to benefit others is to benefit ourselves.
3.尽心尽力第一，不争你我多少。
Devote wholehearted effort without calculating who does or gains more.
4.慈悲没有敌人，智能不起烦恼。
Kindness and compassion have no enemies; wisdom engenders no vexations.
5.忙人时间最多，勤劳健康最好。
The busy make the most of time; the diligent enjoy the best of health.
6.布施的人有福，行善的人快乐。
Those who give selflessly are blessed; those who do good deeds are happy.
7.心量要大，自我要小。
Cultivate a big heart—but a small ego.
8.要能放下，才能提起。提放自如，是自在人。
To take on anything, one must first be able to let go. One is truly free who can take on and let go of anything in peace.
9.识人识已识进退，时时身心平安；知福惜福多培福，处处广结善缘。
Know yourself and others, and the ways of the world, so as to have a peaceful body and mind. Recognize, cherish, and nurture your blessings, and seize every chance to be of service.
10.提得起放得下，年年吉祥如意；用智能种福田，日日都是好日。
For those who can take things on and let them go in peace, every year is an auspicious year. For those who can sow with wisdom the seeds of blessings, every day is a good day.
11.身心常放松，逢人面带笑；放松能使我们身心健康，带笑容易增进彼此友谊。
Maintain a relaxed body and mind, and meet and greet with a smile. Relaxation enhances physical and mental health, and a smiling face promotes friendship.
12.话到口边想一想，讲话之前慢半拍。不是不说，而是要惜言慎语。
Before you open your mouth to speak, think twice and chew your words carefully. The point is not to hold your peace, but to speak with discretion and prudence.
13.在生活中，不妨养成：「能有，很好；没有，也没关系」的想法，便能转苦为乐，便会比较自在了。
Try to cultivate this attitude in life: if I can have what I want, that’s good; if I can’t, that’s fine too. This will help us turn our suffering into joy, and live a happier life.
14.四安：安心、安身、安家、安业。
To uplift our character, begin with cultivating peace in mind, body, family, and activity.
15.四要：需要、想要、能要、该要。
In dealing with your heart’s desire, ask yourself these questions: Do I need it, or do I want it? Can I acquire it? Should I acquire it?
16.四感：感恩、感谢、感化、感动。
To get along with others, we must feel grateful for events that help us grow, feel thankful for chances to hone ourselves, reform ourselves through the Dharma, and inspire others through exemplary behavior.
17.四它：面对它、接受它、处理它、放下它。
When faced with any difficulty of life, resolve it by following these four steps: face it, accept it, deal with it, and then let it go.
18.四福：知福、惜福、培福、种福。
To increase our blessings we need to recognize blessings, cherish blessings, nurture blessings, and sow the seeds of blessings.
19.能要、该要的才要；不能要，不该要的绝对不要。
Pursue only what you can and should acquire. Never pursue what you can’t and shouldn’t acquire.
20.感恩能使我们成长，报恩能助我们成就。
Gratitude can make us grow, and the resolve to return favors can help us succeed.
21.感谢给我们机会，顺境、逆境，皆是恩人。
Feel thankful for the chances to hone ourselves: both good and ill fortune are our benefactors.
22.遇到好事，要随喜、赞叹、鼓励，并且虚心学习。
When good things happen, we should rejoice in, praise, encourage, and then learn from them in modesty.
23.少批评、多赞美，是避免造口业的好方法。
To criticize less and praise more is a good way to avoid creating negative karma of speech.
24.平常心就是最自在、最愉快的心。
An ordinary mind is a mind of utmost freedom and unsurpassed joy.
25.踏实地走一步路，胜过说一百句空洞的漂亮语。
A solid step forward speaks louder than a hundred empty, fair words.
26.知道自己的缺点愈多，成长的速度愈快，对自己的信心也就愈坚定。
The more weaknesses you discover in yourself, the faster you will develop, and the more self-confident you will be.
27.多听多看少说话，快手快脚慢用钱。
Keep your ears and eyes wide open, but mouth tight shut; be quick with your hands and legs, but slow to spend.
28.唯有体验了艰苦的境遇，才会有精进奋发的心。
Only after encounters with hardships will one be roused to vigorous diligence.
29.踏踏实实做人，心胸要广大；稳稳当当做事，着眼宜深远。
Be a down-to-earth person with a broad mind; be a sure hand with piercing foresight.◎享受工作 Enjoying Work30.忙而不乱，累而不疲。
Be busy without being disorganized, and weary without being dispirited.
31.忙得快乐，累得欢喜。
Be busy but happy, and tired but joyful.
32.「忙」没关系，不「烦」就好。
It’s fine to be busy: just don’t let it get on your nerves.
33.工作要赶不要急，身心要松不要紧。
Work swiftly, but don’t tense up; relax your body and mind and never tighten up.
34.应该忙中有序的赶工作，不要紧张兮兮的抢时间。
Work swiftly in an orderly fashion; never compete with time in a nervous flurry.
35.不要以富贵贫贱论成败得失，只要能尽心尽力来自利利人。
Don’t measure success and gain by wealth and rank: to benefit ourselves and others as best we can is all that matters.
36.任劳者必堪任怨，任事者必遭批评。怨言之下有慈忍，批评之中藏金玉。
To take on tough tasks, one must prepare to tough out complaints, and to be in charge is to be in for criticism. Yet complaints help foster compassion and patience, and criticism often holds golden advice.
37.随遇而安，随缘奉献。
Stay at ease under all circumstances, and give whenever conditions allow.
38.成功的三部曲是：随顺因缘、把握因缘、创造因缘。
The tripartite formula for success is: go with the causes and conditions, seize them as they come, and create them when they don’t.
39.见有机缘宜把握，没有机缘要营造，机缘未熟不强求。
Grasp opportune conditions when they come, create them when there are none, and ere conditions ripen, never force a thing to be done.
40.人生的起起落落，都是成长的经验。
All the ups and downs of life are nourishing experiences for our growth.
41.用智能处理事，以慈悲关怀人。
Deal with matters with wisdom, and care for people with compassion.
42.以智能时时修正偏差，以慈悲处处给人方便。
Rectify deviations with wisdom; accommodate others with compassion.
43.慈悲心愈重，智能愈高，烦恼也就愈少。
The deeper our compassion, the greater our wisdom and the fewer our vexations.
44.面对许多的情况，只管用智能处理事，以慈悲对待人，而不担心自己的利害得失，就不会有烦恼了。
Simply deal with matters with wisdom and treat people with compassion, without worrying about personal gain or loss. Then we’ll never be plagued by vexations.
45.心随境转是凡夫；境随心转是圣贤。
To let the circumstances dictate one’s state of mind is human; to let the mind dictate the circumstances is sage.
46.大鸭游出大路，小鸭游出小路，不游就没有路。
A big duck cuts a big wake; a small duck cuts a small wake. Big or small, each duck will paddle its own way to the other shore—but only if it paddles.
47.山不转路转，路不转人转，人不转心转。
If the mountain won’t move, build a road around it. If the road won’t turn, change your path. If you are unable to even change your path, just transform your mind.
48.「精进」不等于拼命，而是努力不懈。
Diligence doesn’t mean stretching beyond our limits. It means displaying unremitting persistence.
49.船过水无痕，鸟飞不留影，成败得失都不会引起心情的波动，那就是自在解脱的大智能。
A passing boat leaves no trace upon the waters; a bird’s flight leaves no trace in the sky. When fleeting success, failure, gain, or loss leaves no trace upon the heart, the great wisdom of liberation has been achieved.
50.给人方便等于给自己方便。
To be accommodating to others is to be accommodating to ourselves.
51.甘愿吃明亏，是仁者；受辱吃暗亏，是愚蠢。
Who is willing to be openly exploited is noble-minded; who is insulted and insidiously exploited is dim-witted.
52.压力通常来自对身外事物过于在意，同时也过于在意他人的评断。
Pressure usually stems from caring too much about externals and other people’s opinion.
53.用感恩的心、用报恩的心，来做服务的工作，便不会感到倦怠与疲累。
Offer your service with a heart of gratitude, as if repaying a kindness, then you won’t feel weary or tired.
54.随时随地心存感激，以财力、体力、智能、心力、来做一切的奉献。
Always feel gratitude in your heart, and give unstintingly of your wealth, physical strength, mental effort, and wisdom.◎平安人生 Living Life in Peace55.生命的意义是为了服务，生活的价值是为了奉献。
The meaning of life lies in serving; the value of life in giving.
56.人生的目标，是来受报、还愿、发愿的。
The purpose of life is to receive karmic results, fulfill old vows, and make new ones.
57.人的价值，不在寿命的长短，而在贡献的大小。
Our value depends not on how long we live, but on how much we contribute.
58.过去已成虚幻，未来尚是梦想，把握现在最重要。
As the past has faded into misty memories, and the future remains a dream unrealized, seizing the present is most important.
59.不用牵挂过去，不必担心未来，踏实于现在，就与过去和未来同在。
There’s no need to be concerned about the past or the future. Live fully in the present, and you are connected with both the past and the future.
60.智能，不是知识、不是经验、不是思辨，而是超越自我中心的态度。
Wisdom is not knowledge, nor experience, nor dialectical excellence, but a selfless attitude.