心道法師法語
DAILY WISDOM BY MASTER HSIN TAO
包容一個人，煩惱就少一份。Accepting people with an open mind leads to less conflicts.
善業要加油，惡業要剎車。
When it comes to good deeds, hit the gas; when it comes to bad deeds, hit the brakes.
一切都在空性中，生起滅去，沒有長遠不壞的東西，都是因果，因果叫做時間，時間就是圓滿一切的成功與不成功。
Every happening takes place within emptiness. Arises and ceases. Due to the law of karma, there is not a single permanence. Time is one factor of karma that contributes to the accomplishment or failure of all.
禪修是讓思緒回歸寧靜，把寧靜帶給社會安定；禪修是內在放鬆、外在和諧。
Chan practice allows our thoughts to settle down to serenity, which is then shared with our community. It is about inner relaxation and outer harmony.
為什麼要持咒？很多的念頭會讓我們不舒服，持咒可以淨化很多念頭，讓靈性純淨，靈純淨才會快樂。
Why do we chant mantra? Because it helps to purify our afflictive thoughts. With our spirituality purified, we find joy and ease.
透過禪修進入內在的完整，內在的完整，就是回到原本的地方，就是完整。
Through Chan practice, one can enter a state of inner wholesomeness – the place of origin.
工作不是苦惱，而是學習；若覺得快樂，就會快樂。Work is not suffering but learning; If you feel happy, you are happy.
空觀心就是沒有罣礙、沒有貪執，好或不好都沒有儲蓄。
The mind of emptiness is unimpeded and free of greed and attachments; it doesn’t store anything up, good or bad.
人生要有願力，有願力就有使命，有使命，願景、目標就有，生命方向就找到了。
Be aspired with life. One will find the mission, aspiration, and goals of living.
悟與不悟是相對的，不悟就是不明白，悟就是明白，一明白就永遠明白、不再變質叫悟。
Enlightened and unenlightened are relatively in contrast. Unenlightened is a state of not understanding. Yet, once enlightened, you’ve come to an ultimate and eternal understanding that will never degenerate.
身體是業力的關係、因果的關係，不叫做我，身體只是短暫住的地方，會移民到另外一個身體。
This body is the product of karma, causes and effects. It is not a valid “I” but a temporary abode that will be traded for another.
造福就是要去耕耘福田，福田在哪？就在每個眾生心裡。Bringing benefit is to plant the field of blessing. Where is it? It located in mind of every beings.
佛陀之所以為佛陀，是因為覺悟而來的，心要開悟，才可能成佛。The way Shakyamuni becomes Buddha is because he has reached enlightenment. To attain buddahood, one has to acquire enlightenment.
學佛就是觀念清楚，做對的事。
Practicing Buddhism means to think clearly and to act accordingly.
空性就是離開虛幻不實的地方，不貪著在現象上，離開執著，回到靈性的光明。
Abiding in emptiness means departing from the realm of illusion, not clinging to phenomena, and returning to the luminosity of your inherent spiritual nature.
貪欲會帶給我們變化的矛盾以及得失的痛苦。Greed brings us the various conflicts and pain of gaining and losing.
心不攀緣、不取物，即是涅槃。
Not grasping and not taking is the state of nirvana.
學佛就是要看清楚、學清楚、做清楚。Practicing Buddhism is to see clearly, to learn and do well.
捨不得就是慳貪，讓生命無法補充正能量；布施就是常常喜捨助人，讓心量擴大。
Clinging is a form of greed that prevents the replenishing of positive energy in life. On the contrary, generous giving is to put others’ welfare in priority – which will expand your mind and energize your life.
戒是自我的管理，就是自我約束，不傷害別人，自己又能獲得利益。
Ethical discipline is self-management, or self-regulating. One can prevent doing harms on others and benefit oneself.
好觀念才有好基因，起心動念都是利他，就是正確的因得到正確的果。
Right views make up positive karmic genes. With every altruistic thought, there comes a positive fruition.
我們被現象跟想法束縛，所以不能自在、解脫，不能離苦得樂，要了解現象而超越現象，證悟本來面目，實踐空有不二的生命緣起。
We are confined by phenomena and subjective ideas that hold us back from ease, liberation, and the ultimate happiness. We must understand the working of phenomena and transcend them. This is to actualize the dependent arising – the inseparability of emptiness and existence.
真心即生善緣。
A genuine heart gives rise to positive connections.
華嚴叫大周天，阿含叫小周天，般若是通道、通路，法華就是種子的概念。
The Avatamsaka stage is called the greater circulatory cycle, the Agama stage is called the lesser circulatory cycle, the Prajna stage is the access route, and the Saddharma-Pundarika stage is the seed.
寧靜，就會看到真相，做出最好的判斷。Tranquility enables you to see the truth and decide wisely.
我們最大的問題在妄念跟執著，妄念是現象的組合，執著是因為有我，所以才會執著。
Our main hindrance lies within delusions and attachments. Delusions are made up of phenomena; attachments root from egoism.
「懺悔業障」，常常感覺到苦，就要懺；不懺，壓力大、垢染多，就像煮菜的鍋，沒有洗，就是垢染，煮的菜就不香，洗乾淨，炒菜就很好吃。
“To repent misdeeds and nonvirtuous karmas” is to repent for the feeling of ubiquitous suffering. Without contrition, stresses are accumulated like an unwashed frying pan. Clean it so whatever comes out from it becomes appetizing.
少欲無為，是讓身心得到自在的一種最好方法。
With few desires is the best way to be serene and unburdened in mind and body.
奉獻是生命的真理，智慧的解脫是生命的快樂。
Generosity is the truth of life; liberating wisdom is the joy of life.
沒有一個物質不是空性所組合的，彼就是我，我就是彼，彼我之間都是赤裸裸的。
Every matter is made up through the working of “emptiness”. Such is me, I am such – there’s no distinction in between.
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沒有覺知是惑業，覺知沒有就是解脫，一念之間就是生死，一念之間就是證悟。
Without awareness there come delusions. Becoming aware of the absence of inherent existence is liberating. With one thought, you can either be enlightened or to remain in samsara.
每一個起心動念都是在造因成果，生命的道路就是把因果做好。
Every rise of the mind has a karmic potency, so be sure to direct the mind towards that which is virtuous.
禪修是進入靈性的橋樑，想多了就是障礙，要放下，放到最後靈性自己就跑出來了。
Chan practice is the bridge leading to your spiritual nature. Conceptual thinking is an obstacle; let it go. Let go until your spiritual nature spontaneously appears.
念頭就是輪迴，怎麼讓念頭不輪迴，這是禪修的目的。
Subjective ideas are the causes of cyclic reincarnations. The purpose of Chan practice is about finding a way to cease the ideas of samsara.
因果，叫做基因學，有什麼基因就有什麼記憶，做了什麼記憶就有什麼基因，輪迴完全靠因果，照輪迴因果轉動，活的時候把好因種在好緣、壞緣裡，起善心、起善念，全都種植好的記憶，這樣才會心想事成、順心如意。
Karma can be understood as a type of genecology. Whatever genetic memories are inputted will come into the turning of cyclic reincarnations. Hence, do your best in creating positive deed in whatever circumstances you face. Have kind intentions and implant positivity in genes. They will come into effect with luck and smoothness.
禪定就是調伏心，讓心聽我們的話，慢慢聽到進入空性，忍的效果就很強，因為沒有，所以連忍都不要忍。
Meditative stabilization is to tame the mind so it listens attentively. Gradually, its endurance strengthens and enters the state of emptiness. Yet, since our mind is untamed, we have very little tolerance.
懺就是除障，把障礙拿掉，洗滌過去的垢染。
Contrition is to remove obstacles and cleanse the past impurities.
對人真心，自然會快樂。Treat people with the wholehearted way, that in turn you become very happy.
做善得善報，跟解脫道沒關係，跟了脫生死斷煩惱沒關係；要了解空性的道理，才能夠解脫煩惱、斷生死。
Virtuous acts result in positive return but not the ultimate liberation. Only with the actualization of emptiness can one be free from afflictions and samsara.
頂禮就是把身口意供養給佛，跟佛的身口意交換，讓佛的身口意通通都融入自己。
Paying homage is to offer our body, speech, and mind to the Buddha and make prayers that the qualities of the Buddha are bestowed upon us inseparably.
煩惱如同下雨，當雨過天晴，雨復何在？
Vexations are like raining. When the rain stops, the sky clears again, how could there still be rain?
理性要勝過欲望，這樣才不會墮落。
Rationality must conquer the desires to prevent from the fallen.
心能平等，我們就能處於一個和諧的世界。When our mind is balanced, we are in harmony with the world.
要度眾生、要成就佛道，要有善業，從善業做到清淨解脫，從清淨解脫裡去發菩提心，高高山頂立，深深海底行這樣子去做。
In liberating sentient beings and attaining Buddhahood, one must first accumulate virtuous deeds, purify negative karmas, and then aspire bodhicitta. Make ambitious aspiration like alps and carry out beneficial acts in this deep ocean of samsara.
以善和歡喜來供養一切諸佛、一切眾生。Offerings to Gods and all sentient beings should be made with kindness and pleasure.
生命是永恆的耕耘，是成佛的志業。
Life is the field in which we continually cultivate the seeds of Buddhahood.
菩薩道就是一種奉獻的精神，要耐煩去做，這一生只有這件事是值得我們投資的。The path of Bodhisattva is the spirit of dedication. Be patient and practice all. This is the only thing worthy to invest in one's life.
學佛的人要有無我的慈悲，有我的慈悲，就會有得失心、計較心。
In practicing Buddhism, you need to cultivate an egoless compassion; when there is self-attachment, compassion is tainted by self-interest and ideas of gain and loss.
學佛，要把因果做好，這是現象世界的準則；把空性做好，這是解脫自在的法則。
In practicing Buddhism, keep in mind that “cause and effect” is the functioning of this phenomenal world. In other words, by mastering “emptiness”, we ace the method towards liberation.
〈大悲咒〉清理生命裡不乾淨的種子；《金剛經》用觀照的方法，回到空性的家；《普賢行願品》用十個方法學習成佛。
The Great Compassion Mantra purifies negative seeds; The Diamond Sutra investigates phenomena so to return to emptiness; The King of Aspiration Prayers teaches the ten collective practices leading to Buddhahood.
「普皆回向」，所有的好事都要分享給眾生，讓他們也得到好處，眾生就是我，我就是眾生，讓一切眾生能夠覺悟成佛。
“To dedicate merits to all sentient beings” is to share your virtues with all beings. All lives and I are the same and may all sentient beings attain Buddhahood.
為什麼要念經？念經的時候，心念就會被經文所淨化，洗滌所有的妄想執著。
Why do we recite sutras? It is so our mind becomes purified with the scriptures of compassion and wisdom.
「忍」在法上來講，是要安忍在一切諸法正見上，諸法無常、諸法無我、諸受是苦，回到寂靜不變的地方，就是不生滅的地方、不分別的地方，也就是空性本質的地方。
“Patience” is to endure phenomena on the basis of right views:All conditioned phenomena are impermanent,All phenomena are empty and devoid of self,All contaminated phenomena are in the nature of suffering. Return to the state of non-arising and non-ceasing, the state of emptiness.
成佛是在眾生之間，生命服務生命，生命奉獻生命，學習各種生命的不同，來完整大圓滿。
Buddhahood is attained right here in the world, for wisdom is brought to perfection by serving and benefitting others in all their diversity.
用無我的領悟來實踐利他的慈悲。
Apply the realization of egolessness to fulfill the compassion of benefitting others.
學佛找回自己的靈性，也就是找回自己的佛性，沒有找到靈性，就會流浪在現象與想法裡，沒有靈性就是物化的生命。
Dharma practice is to rediscover our spiritual qualities, or Buddha nature. Without it, we’d be wandering in the fabrication of phenomena and ideas. A life without spirituality is merely materialism.
灑淨就是把內外的垢染用〈大悲咒〉淨除，淨除八識田所有的種子，種子就是記憶體的每一個環扣點，恩恩怨怨的東西淨化成為慈悲喜捨。
Reciting the Great Compassion Mantra in purification ritual helps to cleanse the karmic seeds in our Eight Collection of Consciousness. Every seed is a memory link connecting one to another. With sincere recitation, they can be transformed into love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.
願成佛度眾生，在生命裡一直服務、一直奉獻，沒有一點私心。
Vowing to attain Buddhahood for the benefits of all beings means continually striving to benefit others, without any ulterior motives.
工作不是苦惱，而是學習；若覺得快樂，就會快樂。Work is not suffering but learning; If you feel happy, you are happy.
自己的心，討厭什麼、愛什麼，它就會產生取捨。我們心的流動沒有斷的時候，那你就會輪回。 Our mind will be in grasping or rejecting whenever we hate or love something else. Reincarnation will take place when our mind is restless.
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