人生要在和谐中求发展，又在努力中见其希望。

by 圣严法师

我们修行尝不到法喜、法味，是因为功夫下得不够深，所以佛经上说，大乘菩萨的善根只有「精进」一项，精进才会有成就，松懈散漫的态度什么事情都不能成就。

by 净空法师

A visiting Zen student asked Ajahn Chah, How old are you? Do you live here all year round? I live nowhere, he replied. There is no place you can find me. I have no age. To have age, you must exist, and to think you exist is already a problem. Don't make problems, then the world has none either. Don't make a self. There's nothing more to say.

by Ajahn Brahm

每天无所事事，是人生的消费者，积极、有用才是人生的创造者。

by 证严法师

One who is caught in thought loses one´s original nature. All he knows are words and descriptions, when he sees the actual thing, he fails to perceive it.

by Dalai Lama

世间八法是：利、衰、誉、毁、称、讥、苦、乐。

即是由于眼前暂时的利益跟伤害，而让我们的心产生快乐或痛苦感觉的八种情况。

Try to maintain perfectly pure thoughts in all circumstances, so that even the most insignificant of your acts will preserve their positive energy until you attain enlightenment. A drop of water that falls into the ocean will last as long as the ocean itself.

by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

一切功德，回向众生，就是得了优越的果报，也愿与大众共其利益。

by 印顺法师

What is the essence of bodhichitta? The essence of bodhichitta is the heart that thinks, "I alone, personally, will establish all sentient beings in the state of complete enlightenment."

This is quite a great heart, isn't it? Whether we are or are not able to establish sentient beings in enlightenment in that way does not matter. It is first important to think that we are going to do it. By giving rise to this heart we reflect on the essence of sentient beings. If you give this an attractive name, you could call it "buddha nature." But you could also call it "sentient beings nature." It is the same thing. Sentient beings nature is buddha nature. It is free from confusion and impurities from the beginning. Buddha taught this as being primordially free from all suffering and endowed with all happiness. Isn't it true that we all want happiness and want to be free from suffering?

And, according to the Buddha, this desire that we have is itself a sign that our true nature is free from suffering and completely endowed with undefiled happiness, undefiled bliss. The Buddha taught that this desire that is present in all beings is a sign of what our true nature is. What we are doing when we have that desire to be happy and free from suffering is trying to rise to meet our true nature, to be one with our true nature.

by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both.

Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a bigger perspective, energizes us. We feel connected. But if that's all that's happening, we get arrogant and start to look down on others, and there is a sense of making ourselves a big deal and being really serious about it, wanting it to be like that forever. The gloriousness becomes tinged by craving and addiction.

On the other hand, wretchedness--life's painful aspect--softens us up considerably. Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person. When you are feeling a lot of grief, you can look right into somebody's eyes because you feel you haven't got anything to lose--you're just there.

The wretchedness humbles us and softens us, but if we were only wretched, we would all just go down the tubes. We'd be so depressed, discouraged, and hopeless that we wouldn't have enough energy to eat an apple.

Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the other softens us. They go together.

by Pema Chodron

所谓三宝指的是佛、法、僧；

所以称为宝，是取之不尽，用之不竭，一旦接受，永远常随，水火不能毁，盗贼不能夺，受用无尽，非世间诸宝所能比。

所以皈依三宝，相当于学生到学校注册，是信佛学佛的开始。唯有注册之后，有了学籍，自己才承认是学校的学生，学校也接受你的上课；学生上课是义务，学校授课是责任。

所以，皈依的仪式非常重要；又像夫妇结婚，官员就职，党员入党，都要经过宣誓和监誓等的行为，这表示慎重和肯定。

如果不经过皈依三宝的仪式，当然也可以学佛，但是未经皈依三宝仪式的人，在心理上，必定有所推托、踌躇、迟疑，遇到紧要关头，他们会说："我还不是佛教徒，我还不需要遵照佛教的戒律来做。"(比如：懈怠、放逸、邪淫、妄语、顺手牵羊等的恶业和恶习，他们会原谅自己，更不会防范于未然。)

如果皈依三宝后，自己会做自我的约束、警惕和警策，也会受到同修及师僧等善知识的鼓励、督促、规劝，所以，在人格的升华，道心的增长，修持的努力等各方面都会进入正轨和常轨。

不要以为皈依不重要，或者误会尚未懂得佛法和修持，就不够资格皈依三宝。

其实正因为你尚未修行，不会修行，不懂佛法，而已经知道佛法可信、可学，那就应该赶快先来皈依三宝。

认为自己尚不足以做一个佛教徒的人，更需要现在皈依；皈依之后，不论在心态、生活、习惯等方面，都有善友、诸佛菩萨、护法龙天来协助你、加持你，所以意志力薄弱，信心不足的人皈依三宝，就会增强你的意志，增加你的信心。

成佛之道云：“归依处处求，求之遍十方，究竟归依处，三宝最吉祥。”

卍字是佛的三十二种大人相之一。它是表示吉祥无比，称为吉祥海云，又称吉祥喜旋。