The Buddha taught four foundations of mindfulness which are set out in a progressive order and serve as foundations to discover wisdom and liberation :
When we are young and again when we are old, we depend heavily on the affection of others. Between these stages we usually feel that we can do everything without help from others and that other people´s affection is simply not important. But at this stage I think it is very important to keep deep human affection.
做人要当提起时提起，当放下时放下。光是提起，太多的拖累，非常辛苦；光是放下，要用的时候，就会感到不便。对于功名富贵放不下，生命就在功名富贵里耗费；对于悲欢离合放不下，生命就在悲欢离合里挣扎；对于金钱放不下，名位放不下，人情放不下，生命就在金钱、名位、人情里打滚；甚至对是非放不下，对得失放不下，对善恶放不下，生命就在是非、善恶、得失里面，不得安宁。
Meditation is about learning to work with the mind as it is, not about trying to force it into some sort of Buddhist straitjacket.
People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they are being punished.
三毒，佛教分别指贪、嗔、痴。
我们今天接触到净土法门，我们能信、能愿、肯念佛求往生，这阿赖耶识里头有过去生中的种子；如果完全没有种子、没有善根，是决定不成的。《无量寿经》上佛给我们讲得很清楚、很明白，念佛人都是过去无量劫来的善根成熟，绝非偶然。所以我们具足因缘要珍惜，这一生当中决定成就。
人生有烦恼，皆源于人心有三毒。毒者，破坏也！世间之所以战乱相连，国家动荡不安、社会奢靡不振、事业败落、感情破裂，都是因贪、嗔、痴三毒所引起。
Do not find fault with others. If they behave wrongly, there is no need to make yourself suffer. If you point out to them what is correct and they do not practice accordingly, leave it at that. When the Buddha studied with various teachers, he realised that their ways were lacking, but he did not disparage them. Studying with humility and respect, he benefited from his relationship with them, yet he realised that their systems were not complete. Still, he had not yet become enlightened, he did not criticise or attempt to teach them. After he found enlightenment, he respectfully remembered those had studied with and wanted to share his newfound knowledge with them.
有一人向佛诉苦：「我不管做什么事都会失败，这是为什么？」
Each one of us is responsible for all other living beings’ happiness, besides our own. As a result, your loving kindness is the most wish-fulfilling thing in life, more precious than anything else in this world. That makes for a most satisfying, fulfilling life.
How does the dharma teach the proper way of life? It shows us how to live. It has many ways of showing it - on roots or trees or just in front of you. It is a teaching but not in words. So still the mind, the heart, and learn to watch. You'll find the whole dharma revealing itself here and now. At what other time and place are you going to look?
The universe that we inhabit and our shared perception of it are the results of a common karma. Likewise, the places that we will experience in future rebirths will be the outcome of the karma that we share with the other beings living there. The actions of each of us, human or nonhuman, have contributed to the world in which we live. We all have a common responsibility for our world and are connected with everything in it.
