修持簡語 Phrases to Consider in Your Practice
為了他人的善惡而擾亂你的修行，甚至在別人的話語裏生生死死，修不了行的是你，超越不了習性的也還是你，別人根本不會因此而改變。
Letting other people's good and evil disrupt your Practice, and living in other people's words will cause you to not able to progress. Other people will not change because of it.
要抓緊生命的主線，跳脫自我的限制。 情緒不好不去管它，還是做你自己的事。 先用心栽一棵智慧的大樹，再說！
We must grab tight the line of life and escape from self limits. You should not worry about your emotions, just do what you are suppose to do. First, you should work on planting a tree of wisdom, then proceed from there.
對事用心盡力，但不要怕錯，成敗自己擔當，相對地，你就不會苛求他人「完美」，內心的感情不變，但手段可以更改，對於自己後，你知道那很難，自然不會要求眾生，慈悲於焉產生。
You should do everything with all your heart and mind, but do not be afraid of mistakes. You will need to be able to handle both success and failure. When you can do so, you will not expect other people to be "perfect." Emotions do not change, but methods can. Once you know it's difficult, you will naturally not require perfection from everyone, and compassion will flow naturally.
不要管「果」，先管「因」「緣」造作，因先擺正確，再加上「緣」的不斷用心「果」自然形成。
You should not worry about "Result". You should first worry about "Yin"(Cause) and "Yuan"(Conditions). Get "Yin"(Cause) correct then work on "Yuan"(Conditions), the "Result" that you want will come naturally.
你需藉助外面世界的觀察，再細細的思考，讓自己接受你想改變的自己，沒有章法及混亂的自己，是沒有辦法做什麼的?!
You need to observe the world, and contemplate about your observations to allow yourself to be able to accept the change that you want. A self that is un-structured and chaotic will not be able to accomplish anything?!
心的柔軟度夠，佛法自然就能入。 藉禪坐用心，可產生力量，佛法思維又可加強力量，等力量夠了，就能扳倒習性，自然能夠嚐到法味。
If your heart is malleable, then Buddha's teaching will able to penetrate. You can use meditation to create power. Thinking about Buddha's teaching will increase that power as well. When you have enough power, you will be able to remove your habits, and tasted the Dharma.
判別善惡相，須視其執著程度，執著善，未必能化渡，不執著惡未必不能化渡。
To distinguish between virtue and evil, you need to look at their commitment to their ideas. We cannot always help a person who is committed to virtue to get to the other side. But we can help a person not committed to evil to achieve enlightenment.
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