1. Tranquility

1. Tranquility comes from within, don’t seek it outside!

2. Let go of the worries of the past, stop worrying about the future, and stop clinging to the present, and your heart will be peaceful.

3. No jealousy, no greed, no selfish desires. Under all circumstances, keep that peace of mind in your heart. This is noble!

4. Don’t overestimate what you get, and don’t be jealous or envious of others. You won’t get a peaceful mind.

5. When a person tastes the deliciousness of loneliness and tranquility, he will no longer have fear and criminal behavior.

2. Selfish Desires

6. The root of pain is selfish desires. Whether it is the desire for happiness, revenge, or just longevity, it will lead to pain.

7. Desire can lead to pain. The main reason is that desire can never be fully satisfied.

8. From love comes sorrow, from love comes fear. Those who uproot love have neither sorrow nor fear.

3. Bondage

9. It is despicable to be stubborn about a certain thing (or a certain opinion) and despise other things. Wise people call it 'bondage'.

10. People without greed and hatred have no bondage.

11. Greed is the fiercest fire, hatred is the worst attachment, confusion and wrong opinions are the hardest net to escape, and love is the hardest river to cross.

12. A person should give up anger, uproot arrogance, and transcend all constraints. People who are not attached to spiritual and material things can find true inner peace without being affected by external influences.

13. Smart people say: shackles made of iron, wood and hemp rope are not strong bonds. Infatuation with jewelry, earrings and wives is the strongest bond. Excerpted from You and Me Money Making Network

14. All desires have only a small sweetness, but they hide a lot of distress.

15. People who are addicted to love are as frightened as rabbits trapped in a cage. They are bound by restraints and attachments and suffer long-term pain.

16. Those who are trapped by incorrect thoughts and have a strong desire for sensual pleasure will have their desires doubled and increased, and their bondage will become stronger.

4. Insight

17. Do not make decisions solely based on logic, inference, or the appearance of things.

18. Only when you know that something is indeed imperfect and wrong can you get rid of it. Only when you truly know that something is perfect and correct can you accept it and practice it personally.

19. Treat unreal things as real, regard real things as unreal, and stay in unreal thoughts, and you will never reach the real state.

20. Wise people are not easily influenced by other people’s ideas.

21. Don’t be swayed by any reports, traditions, or rumors.

22. Don’t trust other people’s rumors, don’t believe rumors, and don’t absolutely trust ordinary books.

23. Don’t trust your own guesses. Don’t believe them just because they agree with you. Don’t trust authority easily.

24. It is inappropriate to judge things impatiently. A wise man should know both right and wrong at the same time.

5. Wishes

25. May all sentient beings be happy, peaceful and contented!

26. Let the infinite love in our hearts spread throughout the world - no matter which corner of the universe - without the slightest obstacle, resentment or hostility.

27. May all living beings be happy in their hearts. Whether we can see them or not, whether they are far away or nearby, born or not yet born!

28. As long as he is awake, no matter walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, a person should maintain this kind of compassionate mind.

Excerpted from You and Me Money Making Network

29. May I be generous in giving alms and willing to help others. May I be pure in body and mind, be upright, simple and innocent, have good character, and be free from evil thoughts. May I not be selfish or possessive, but also selfless, even at the expense of my own self. May I be wise enough to tell others the benefits of truth and knowledge.

30. May I work hard and be diligent. May I be tolerant, tolerate and forgive the mistakes of others, and may I keep the promises I make.

Sanyi, may I be resolute and brave, have perseverance and perseverance. May I be kind, kind, and compassionate. May I be humble, peaceful, quiet, composed, and serene. May I be on the path to perfection and serve others with complete joy.

32. May all creatures, animals, and humans be free from any resentment, disease, or sorrow, and may they (it) be happy and protect themselves.

6. Love

33. Let us treat all living things with infinite love, just like a loving mother risking her life to protect her only child.

34. In this world, hatred can never be stopped with hatred. Hatred can only be stopped with kindness. This is an eternal truth.

35. Never deceive others and never despise people anywhere. Where there is anger and malice, let us treat them with love so that they will not be harmed in the slightest.

36. Use kindness to change resentment, use kindness to change evil. Use charity to change stinginess, use truth to change lies.

37. All animals are afraid of punishment, and all animals are afraid of death (all animals cherish life). Put yourself in other people's shoes and compare yourself to others. One should not kill animals or instigate others to kill animals.

7. Troubles

38. When a person feels dissatisfied and pursues it deliberately, he becomes a slave of love and thirst.

39. People who look for faults in others and get angry easily will suffer more and more. I am getting farther and farther away from the realm of no worries.

40. Smart people do not expect the future, nor regret the past.

41. Winners attract resentment, losers live in misery. A peaceful person gives up victory and defeat, so he is peaceful and happy.

42. If you often think about the source of distress, be good at restraining your senses, eat in moderation, and be confident and energetic, you will not be defeated by evil spirits, just like a mountain rock will not be shaken by the wind.

43. The following situation usually occurs: when a person has experienced treatment by a bad doctor, he no longer trusts the good doctor.

44. Through faith, good virtue, hard work, meditation, and observation and experience of the truth, understanding and practice go hand in hand, and you can get rid of big troubles by always thinking correctly.

8. Obstacles

45. Every crime causes more damage to the perpetrator than to the victim.

46. Don’t look down upon small evils and think that I will not receive retribution. The water bottle is filled with small drops of water. Foolish people continue to do small bad things. As time goes by, the whole person becomes full of evil.

47. There are five obstacles to bright perception: greed, hatred, sleep and drowsiness, restlessness and worry, and doubt.

48. When sinful deeds are not yet mature (have not yet produced results), foolish people regard sinful deeds as sweet. But when his behavior matures, he has sadness.

49. People who have no faith, are disloyal, love to lie, and do not consider the afterlife will likely do all kinds of evil things.

50. Before the evil deeds are immature, the evildoers always think that they have done a perfect job, but when the evil deeds mature, the evildoers will experience bad consequences.

Wise people will never appreciate these four evil things: May Day, killing, stealing, lying, and sexual immorality.

52. Lying is the root of evil. It makes a person live in a bad state, causing a bad taste in his mouth. His words will not be liked by others, and he will be despised by others.

53. All living beings long for peace and happiness. Those who kill sentient beings with the rod in order to seek their own happiness will have no peace in the future.

54. Unchastity is the dirt of a woman, stinginess is the dirt of charity. All bad words, deeds and thoughts become dirt in this life and the hereafter.

55. Greed, hatred and ignorance are the three major mental dirts. Killing, stealing, and sexual immorality are the three major defilements of the body. Sowing discord (spreading trouble), using foul language, lying, and sweet words are the four major stains in language.

56. When a person does evil, his mind is stained. When a person does not do evil, his heart is pure. The purity and dirt are entirely your own, and no one else can help.

9. Sadness

57. People who are obsessed with themselves will have their minds disturbed. People who only think about themselves will bring sorrow to themselves.

58. People who are not greedy for anything will have no suffering. That's why I say that in this state there is no sorrow, no intense passion, and no disappointment.

59. If you covet a hundred things, you will have a hundred sufferings; if you covet ninety, ten, or five things, if you covet two things, you will have ninety, ten, or five One, two worries.

60. The world is constantly changing and is not permanent.

Sixty-one, everything must come and go.

62. Birth, old age, illness, death, sadness and disappointment, being with people you don’t like, and insatiable desires, these are the attributes of existence that are suffering!

63. Aging and death drive away the life of all living beings, just like a shepherd driving his cattle to the pasture with a stick in his hand.

June 4th, change and impermanence are the characteristics of life.

Sixty-five, impermanence is a kind of (very subtle) suffering.

Translation Note: Anything that is not eternal will eventually deteriorate, change, and disappear. So only those with keen senses can detect its imperfections.

Sixty-six, even when a person has happiness, this happiness still cannot last forever.

Sixty-seven, ‘All conditioned things are impermanent. ’ When a person observes this truth with wisdom, he will begin to be disgusted with all kinds of suffering. This is the way to achieve purity. Excerpted from You and Me Money Making Network

68. If you can truly understand the truth of suffering, you will also be able to know the source of suffering, the state without suffering and the way to eliminate suffering.

10. Treat others

69. Treat others with enthusiasm and behave gracefully. As long as you are filled with joy every day, your worries will disappear without a trace.

70. Emotions are produced by past fate and present love, just like lotus flowers are bred from water and soil.

71. In order to pursue happiness and build happiness on the pain of others, you will be troubled by resentment and cannot get rid of resentment.

72. Treat everyone equally, regardless of whether they are rich or poor or noble or humble.

73. Visiting patients should make them full of hope and happiness.

74. People love those who are loyal to the truth, have a good attitude, keep their word, and are responsible for their positions.

75. A husband should treat his wife in the following five ways: First, praise the other person’s strengths. Second, never underestimate each other. Third, be loyal to her. Fourth, grant authority to handle housework. Fifth, always give her exquisite clothes.

76. A wife should treat her husband in the following five ways: First, handle the housework in an orderly manner. Second, help the husband’s relatives. Third, be loyal to your husband. Fourth, manage and save your husband’s salary wisely. Fifth, be diligent but not lazy.

77. There are four principles for serving the society: giving generously; speaking considerately; cooperating with each other; and behaving seasonally and courteously.

These four principles are like the axles of a car that make the wheels turn.

78. People who serve the society are easy to get along with others, are willing to help others and understand each other's needs, and teach others generously and patiently. Such kind people will definitely be rewarded well in the future.

79. You must be patient, loving, and enthusiastic about service.

11. State of mind

80. When a person's speech and behavior have good motives, happiness will follow him like a shadow.

81. All realms are guided by the heart. The heart is the master, and all realms are created by the heart. If a man speaks and acts with a unclean heart, trouble will immediately follow him, like a chariot wheel following the hoofs of an ox. Excerpted from You and Me Money Making Network

82. Contact with worldly things, your heart will not be tempted, there will be no sorrow, no flaws, and your mind will be stable. How happy this is!

83. Smart people always clear away the dirt in their hearts, just like craftsmen cleaning out impurities in silver mines.

84. Prevent the anger of the mind, control the wandering mind, abandon evil thoughts, and sincerely follow the right path.

85. Disciples of Gautama (Sakyamuni's surname): You must wake up well and always think of the perfect saint, Buddha, no matter day or night.

12. Do good deeds

86. Do good deeds in time to avoid bad thoughts in your mind again. Anyone who procrastinates doing good deeds will not easily be able to insulate themselves from evil deeds.

87. Death is inevitable in life, so you should do more good deeds while you are still alive, just like making many wreaths from a bunch of flowers.

88. Don’t despise small kindness and think that I will not receive retribution. The small drops of water keep falling, and eventually they can fill the entire bottle. Therefore, a wise person gradually accumulates small good deeds, and his whole person is filled with merit.

89. Be tolerant among impatient people, be gentle among violent people, and be generous among greedy people.

90. Do not do any bad deeds, cultivate all good deeds, and purify your mind. This is the teaching of the Buddha.

Thirteen. Practice

91. Saying good words without putting them into practice is fruitless. It is like a beautiful flower that has color but no fragrance.

92. Although you don’t read and recite much holy scriptures, you can be enlightened if you follow the teachings, get rid of greed, hatred and ignorance, have correct wisdom, have no worries in your heart, and are not greedy for this life and the next life. The implementer of the mind.

93. When teaching others, you should first set an example. Only after you have restrained yourself can you restrain others. It’s really hard to restrain yourself!

94. Do not speak harsh words, do not harm all sentient beings, practice the precepts according to the Buddha's admonitions, eat in moderation, live in a quiet place, and concentrate on noble awareness. This is the Buddha's teaching. Teaching.

95. It is of no benefit to a stupid person to obtain knowledge and fame. It not only damages his happiness, but also makes him self-willed.

96. It is better to read and recite a thousand useless words than to hear only one useful word that brings peace to people.

97. Flowers with bright colors and beautiful colors but no fragrance will not bring much happiness to the people you wear them; hearing good words but not practicing them will not be of much benefit.

14. Save your mistakes

98. You should not find fault with others and criticize others for what they have done and what they have not done. You should always reflect on your mistakes and consider what you have done and what you have not done.

Ninety-nine, a wise man reviews his own words and deeds every day.

100. Conquering a million-strong army on the battlefield is far worse than defeating yourself. He who conquers himself is the greatest conqueror.

101. It is indeed nobler to defeat yourself than to defeat others!

102. It is easy to discover the faults of others, but it is difficult to detect your own faults. It is as easy to spread the fault of others as to throw away the rice husk. But hiding one's shortcomings is as cunning as a gambler hiding his dice.

Excerpted from You and Me Making Money

103. Know your own weaknesses and strive to improve them.

104. If a person changes his past and starts doing good deeds, it is like the bright moon that is not covered by dark clouds and can illuminate the earth.

105. You should have the courage to admit your mistakes to others!

106. Repentance includes correction!

15. Words and deeds

107. One's own actions lead to bad results, just like when iron becomes rusty, it will be corroded by rust.

108. Behavior makes the difference between lowly and noble beings. Translator's Note: The so-called 'behavior' here includes three types: thoughts, words, and body movements.

109. Good behavior can help people be born into a better realm in the future, and bring them closer to freedom and liberation.

110. Those who have good moral character and superb knowledge, live according to the teachings revealed by the perfect saint, understand the truth, and are serious and responsible will always be loved by everyone.

One by one, I not only teach external behaviors, but also pay more attention to inner thoughts and thoughts... I not only teach my disciples not to behave bad physically, not to think or talk about bad things and unsound things. …Also I teach my disciples to behave well, think and speak sound things.

112. When speaking alone, one should avoid criticizing others with harsh words.

113. If you speak in a measured manner, speak tactfully, and make sense, then what you say will be beautiful and beautiful.

114. Don’t speak ill of others behind their backs.

16. Learning

115. People who do not learn are like old cows. Although they have a lot of meat, they have no wisdom.

116. Always get close to wise people, wise people, knowledgeable people, loyal and enthusiastic people, conscientious people, saints - always associate with these people who have both wisdom and virtue.

117. Being greedy for sleep, loving to chat, not interested in what you are learning, lazy in doing things, impatient and impatient... are the major factors leading to degeneration.

118. If you don’t study hard in time, you will be lazy when you are young and strong. You will have no goals and thoughts in life. A lazy person will never discover the path to wisdom.

17. Education

119. Teachers should study the psychological tendencies of students before explaining.

120. Education should match the ability of the recipients and the appropriate timing!

121. One should use sincere and compassionate words.

122. A good teacher should speak to the point and avoid talking about irrelevant things.

123. Among all gifts, the broadcast of truth is the most precious. Of all flavors, truth tastes best. Of all joys, the joy of truth is the greatest. By eradicating greed, you can conquer all suffering.

18. Happiness

124. Those who do not indulge in indulgence, are not greedy for sensual enjoyment, have enthusiasm and often meditate on the truth, can obtain great happiness.

125. Only when you don’t harbor any hatred among people full of resentment can you live a happy life.

126. There are two extremes that practitioners should not do. What are these two extremes? "Sensual pleasure" is low-grade, vulgar, tacky, and obscene, and can cause damage to the body and mind; "self-torture" is painful, despicable, and can also cause harm to the body and mind. However, the 'middle way' discovered by the perfect saint avoids the above two extremes, and brings you keen insight and knowledge, guiding you towards peace, wisdom, enlightenment and eternal happiness. Excerpted from You and Me Money Making Network

127. People who maintain good moral character into old age are happy, and people with strong confidence are also happy. A person who has gained wisdom is happy, and a person who does not do evil is also happy.

19. Happiness

128. Happiness lies in the realization of wishes, and in having only noble wishes.

129. Trust yourself. Besides yourself, who else can you rely on?

130. Man is the master of his own destiny.

131. Health is the best benefit; satisfaction is the best wealth. A trustworthy friend is the best relative; having no worries is the greatest happiness.

132. A person's thoughts are extremely subtle and difficult to detect, but smart people are good at guarding the thoughts that are about to stir up. A guarded heart can lead to happiness.

One, three, three, ah! Without all attachments and worries, our lives can be happy, just like the gods of Guangyin Heaven who feed on joy.

134. Giving generously, behaving appropriately, helping relatives, and acting without shame - this is the greatest happiness.

135. Honor your parents, love your wife, and have a stable career is great happiness.

20. Wisdom

136. The understanding of sacred and eternal things can be appropriately called ‘wisdom’, while the understanding of worldly things is nothing more than ‘knowledge’.

137. Everything in the universe is formed for a reason. The perfect saint not only explains the cause of creation, but also explains the annihilation of each thing.

138. Not knowing the truth of suffering, the cause of suffering, the state of eliminating suffering and the method of eliminating suffering - this is called "ignorance".

139. There are three forms of mental training: the first is the training of noble morals, the second is the training of superb thinking, and the third is the training of advanced comprehension.

140. Let your old age be as innocent and romantic as your childhood, and let your childhood be as calm and steady as your old age. This means: don’t mix arrogance with your wisdom. Nor let your humility be devoid of wisdom.

141. Wisdom comes from meditation. Without meditation, great wisdom cannot be produced.

142. If a person lives a hundred years without true wisdom and cannot regulate himself, it would be better to live only one day and have wisdom and calmness.

21. Tolerance

143. If someone says bad things about you, you do not need to be malicious, resentful, contemptuous or dissatisfied with them.

144. If you harbor resentment, it will not only hinder your mental development, but also prevent you from judging whether the remarks are right or wrong.

145. At the same time, if others give me a high hat and praise my teachings and monks too much, don't be too proud, because this will also damage your inner (mental) development. You should accept the truth and show them the actual situation.

146. The lotus flower is still emitting a pleasant fragrance among the abandoned waste and mud, just like a Buddhist disciple who is born among people with strong sexual desire and can emit the light of wisdom. .

147. This is not just starting today, it has been said as early as ancient times: Those who are silent will be slandered; those who talk too much will be slandered; those who talk too little will also be slandered; There is no one in the world who is not slandered.

26. Wealth

173. A foolish person says: ‘I have a son, I have property. ’ This is troublesome. Because he himself does not really belong to him, let alone his son or property?

174. Having a lot of property, a lot of gold and food, but only coveting your own luxurious enjoyment - is a major factor leading to corruption.

175. Wealth will destroy stupid people, but it cannot destroy people who want to get rid of troubles. When a stupid person craves wealth, he not only harms himself, but also harms others.

176. Lay people should divide their property into four parts: one part for daily use, two parts for savings or charity, and one part for emergency use.

177. A person should use money reasonably and in proportion to his income. He should neither waste nor be stingy. Don't be greedy for wealth, and don't be extravagant.

27. Confidence

178. Confidence is the foundation of wisdom and can produce good virtues.

179. People who are not mentally stable, do not understand good teachings, and have wavering beliefs cannot achieve perfect wisdom.

180. A wise person is not shaken by praise or slander, just like a solid rock is not shaken by the wind.

28. Liberation

181. Pain can be cured by removing selfish desires.

182. This is the way to achieve freedom and liberation - help others without being greedy for fame, wealth and retribution, have no intention of harming others, and do things with reason.

183. Just like a palm tree that is uprooted, it will never grow again; when a person's behavior (including thoughts and words) does not have the slightest greed, hatred and ignorance, he will never grow again in the future. You will no longer be tortured by birth, old age, illness, and death.

184. The path that can lead to tranquility and wisdom:

1. Proper understanding

2. Proper thinking

3. Proper words

4. Proper conduct

5. Proper profession

6. Proper efforts

7. Right Thoughts

8. Right Meditation

185. Meditation does not arise in people who lack wisdom, and wisdom does not arise in people who do not have meditation. With meditation and wisdom at the same time, you are close to the state of being free from worries.

29. Diligence

186. From today on, a person should work hard to improve his mind, because we never know when we will die.

187. Not reciting is the dirt of reading the Bible; not being diligent is the dirt of housekeeping; laziness is the dirt of the skin; dissipation is the dirt of those who enlighten the mind.

188. Those who work hard, are diligent, and are not afraid of danger will be rewarded.

189. Idiots and ignorant people are unbridled and unrestrained; but smart people keep working hard and regard diligence as a supreme treasure.

190. You are your own protector and your own relyer. Therefore, you must control yourselves well, just like a horse dealer controls a good horse.

192. Even if this view is so perfect and unburdened, if you are attached to it, then you have not understood it. All teachings are like a raft, meant to be crossed over a river, not something to be grasped.