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.

心像一面鏡子，顯現出來東西與你無關，它本身就是那個樣子，不增，不減，不好，不壞，因為分別心、執著心、取捨心，顯現的東西就是著境生心。   The mind is like a mirror. Whatever it reflects doesn’t have anything to do with you. Just like that, there is no increase and no decrease; no good or bad. However, due to the habits of discrimination, attachment, and preference, the reflection becomes the product of attachment.

有了分別心即是業力。Discrimination leads to bad karma.

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.

禪修就是放下，讓靈性自由，放下才能回歸真理。   Chan practice is letting go and emancipating the mind; only when you let go is it possible to rediscover the truth.

何謂開悟？不再迷惑就是開悟。What's the definition of enlightenment? While you're understanding everything and not being trapped in the solutions is called enlightenment.

沒有空性的智慧，布施只是結善緣，沒辦法斷煩惱、得到解脫自在。善只能是福氣，要解脫、斷煩惱，要學習空性的智慧。   Without the wisdom of emptiness, generous giving merely results in good merits and interpersonal connections. While kind acts accumulate into merits, we need to develop wisdom of emptiness to eradicate afflictions.

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.

沒有善業，無法學佛，要從善業開始做起，才會有善緣學佛。   Without the accumulation of merits and virtues, it would be difficult to practice Dharma. Start from cultivating virtues and positivity so one’s opportunities to practice Dharma might eventually occur.

「苦」是這個世界給我們最大的一個覺醒。Suffering is bestowed by our worldly experiences to reach the great awakening.

好與壞都是空性的變化裡，不要去抓，要回到不變的地方，不變是空性的本質，這才是真正的佛法。   Good or bad are merely the changing displays within emptiness. Do not try to grasp, return to the nature of emptiness instead. This is the authentic Dharma.

禪修最重要是知覺，知覺在不攀緣、不生滅的地方，回到不生滅的地方叫做涅槃。   Awareness is the key of Chan practice. Uphold the awareness so it doesn’t grasp outwardly. Without arising and ceasing – this is the state of nirvana.

快樂，是從不製造煩惱來的。Happiness comes from not causing problems.

我們念佛是念覺悟，不是念出一尊妄想來。Reciting the name of Buddha is to reflect to our self-awakening instead of the delusion thoughts.

開悟就是明白，明白心是什麼、性是什麼，把心性參明白了，就不惑了，不惑叫做開悟。   Being enlightened means to be understanding of our mind and its qualities. Once we’ve actualized the mind, we are no longer deluded. That is enlightenment.

從修行做到無我，從布施結緣做到菩提心。   From spiritual practice to the state of egolessness; from generosity giving and making positive connections to the state of Bodhicitta.

生活就是想法，想法就是記憶體，行為因為想法而產生；思想對了，一切對，思想不對，記憶就會混亂。   Living is thinking, the karmic memory drive. Behaviours are produced by ideas. With appropriate thinking, there comes proper conducts. On a contrary, improper thinking would only result in chaotic karmic memories.

累世以來，我們累積三毒、五毒成為生命，變成彼此之間的恩怨，累積成為生命波浪，在波浪裡翻滾不定，只有出離翻滾不定的東西，沉澱雜染，才能夠回到本心。 Over infinite lifetimes, we have mistakenly regarded the Five Poisons (greed, aversion, ignorance, pride, and jealousy) as the way of living. As our relationships with others are tangled with the poisons, we are tossed around by heavy samsaric waves. Only when we’ve renounced to leave the ocean for good then can we return to our nature.

〈大悲咒〉就是清淨所有的種子，「普賢十願」是把所有成佛的善緣連結起來。   The Great Compassion Mantra purifies all karmic seeds whereas the Ten Great Vows of Samantabhadra connects all the virtuous qualities in attaining Buddhahood.

「忍」是用包容，像空包容有，像有能夠充塞空，包容就是像水跟魚之間的關係，水乳相容，在過程當中，能夠安住不變，安住不變異的空性。   Patience is to embrace and to infuse. There’s becoming within emptiness and vice versa. Patience demonstrates the interdependent relationship like water and fish. Yet, it can remain undisturbed in all circumstances.

「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.

生命就是好、壞與不好不壞，不攀緣，就不生不滅。   Life is a mixture of positivity, negativities, and neutralities. Do not cling on to any phenomena and you’d attain the state of non-arising or non-ceasing.

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.

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.

出離心就是出離所有的貪著，才能夠斷煩惱、斷生死，找到不生不滅的地方。    “Renunciation” is to renounce greed and attachments. That way we can cut through afflictions, living and dying – returning to the state free of arising and ceasing.

世界有屬世的世間法與屬靈的出世間法，追求屬靈需要覺醒，覺醒才能夠離開世間一切的迷執惑亂，得到解脫。   There are pursuits on the level of Relative Truth and Absolute Truth. To pursue non-secular spirituality requires awakening so one can distance away from attachments and delusions. Freedom is acquired at last.

禪叫做參，參就是探討跟明白我是什麼，我的原點是什麼。   Chan is examination. It is to investigate and study who “I” am and the origin.

我們的習慣就是黏著，黏著就產生罣礙，有了罣礙就產生煩惱，阿含就是處理一切的黏著，把黏著的東西拿掉，獲得自由。   Our habitual tendency is grasping which results in obstacles. Hence, afflictions are produced. The study of Agama is to work through this habit and detach from afflictions for freedom.

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.

心要達到不變異，才叫做真心，怎麼達到真心？要靠止觀。   A mind that remains undisturbed is earnest. But how do we train our mind? Through the practice of shamatha-vipashyana.