人真正的财富在行善。

by 圣严法师

The Three Pure Precepts, sometimes called the Three Root Precepts.

A common translation is :

1) To do no evil 
means to refrain from causing harm to oneself and to others.

2) To do good
means to uncover and to act from the loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity of our awakened nature.

3) To save all beings
means to offer people the opportunity to discover and express their awakened nature.

弥勒菩萨说：“分别是识，无分别是智；依识染，依智净；染有生死，净无诸佛”。

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Art by : Aza Raskin

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

by Pema Chodron

Understand the law of karma
Live in this moment,do not go far ahead
Be gentle, generous, peaceful and righteous.

by Ajahn Brahm

愿以此功德。庄严佛净土。
上报四重恩。下济三途苦。
若有见闻者。悉发菩提心。
尽此一报身。同生极乐国。
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注解:
四重恩:
众生恩，
父母恩，
国土恩，
三宝恩--佛、法，僧

三涂苦:
畜生道苦
恶鬼道苦
地狱道苦

Everything has its limits. Too much consumption or effort to make money is not good. Neither is too much contentment. In principle, contentment should be pursued, but pure contentment is almost suicidal.

by Dalai Lama

The Three Jewels are :

1) Buddha
The Buddha nature — the ideal or the highest spiritual potential that exists within all beings.

2) Dharma
The teachings of the Buddha.

3) Sangha 
The community of those who have attained enlightenment, who may help a practicing Buddhist to do the same. Also used more broadly to refer to the community of practicing Buddhists.

三宝指的是佛、法、僧。

佛教三宝曰：佛宝、法宝、僧宝。一切之佛，即佛宝；佛所说之法，即法宝；奉行佛所说之法的人，即僧宝。佛者觉知之义，法者法轨之义，僧者和合之义。

1) 佛宝
是指已修行而至福德、智慧圆满究竟的人。任何众生都有成佛的可能，所以，过去、未来、现在的三世十方诸佛，都是我们皈敬的对象。

2) 法宝
是指修行成佛的方法和道理，教导我们如何修行而且必须修行的依准。


3) 僧宝
是指正在修学佛法，并且协助他人修学佛法，护持众生修学佛法的人，这包括菩萨、罗汉以及凡夫僧尼合众等。

四圣谛：苦、集、灭、道。

四谛概括了两重因果关系：

集是因，苦是果，是迷界的因果；
道是因，灭是果，是悟界的因果。

这是从表面现象到深层原因的逆推过程。

如要简单解说:

苦是世间的苦果，是往昔的果报；
集是往昔的造作，是今生的苦因；
灭是苦果和苦因的止息，是烦恼的断除；
道是断烦恼的方法。

(1) 苦谛：

根据对现实的深刻观察，佛总结出人生的八大痛苦：(1)生、(2)老、(3)病、(4)死、(5)爱别离、(6)怨憎会、(7)求不得、(8)五蕴炽盛。

五阴就是色、受、想、行、识。因能遮蔽心性，如乌云蔽日，故曰阴；因这五者都是种种因缘和合蕴集而现起的暂时的假相，故亦曰五蕴。

(2) 集谛:

有招集、集聚之义。集是苦的因，主要根源是「无明」三根:贪、嗔、疑.今生的苦报，是由于过去所种的集因，集合过去的善业、恶业，而有今生的善报、恶报。

(3) 灭谛:

是指一切行人，经修道后，所证得的寂灭境界；此境界永恒净乐，亦称为「涅盘」。
灭即是再也不生了，把自我彻底消灭，所以再也不会轮回.

(4) 道谛:

即指一切行者趣向涅盘时，所修的正道.「道」略言为八正道，广言为三十七助道品，此皆三乘所共学，是佛法的根本。修道是因，涅盘是果，依此正道修行，必能证得涅盘妙果。

A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers. Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldn't she? But it really isn't hers to command. Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn't obey us, that means it's only a deception. Don't fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don't fall for it. It's all a deception.

by Ajahn Chah

Considering our previous life's karma is involved can be very helpful, too. Especially when somebody criticizes us and we feel, "I really didn't do anything." It's helpful to think, "Well, maybe in previous lives, I criticized somebody."

Look at us! We've all hurt others' feelings. We've all criticized others. We've lied. We've stolen. Ten non-virtuous acts? We've all done them! We know everything about each other. We've all done this - in previous lives especially, we've had lots of time for training in non-virtue. No, not so much training for virtue in previous lives… otherwise, we wouldn't be here. You know? Very good practice in non-virtue. So, of course, this lifetime we have some problems. It's no big surprise. Is it? It's really no big surprise.

I find this way of thinking very, very helpful for situations when I feel I had no intention of starting a conflict, and yet here's this whole horrible thing happening. If I think, obviously, in previous lives I did something, and here it is, and it's ripening, then I accept it.

I accept it. It's ripening. I got myself into this situation. Now, my job is to ensure I don't create more negative karma. Because clearly the problem now is due to a previous life's karma. So, at least let's not create more negative karma, and we can avoid perpetuating the same thing again.

But, what often happens, how do we react when we have a problem? We get angry, don't we? Or, we get very attached. We have a problem, so we cling to something because we feel insecure. Or, we want to strike back at whatever is causing our problem. Yet, when we react to problems with clinging, or anger, what we do is create karmic imprints for problems in future lives. And we continue the cycle.

Personally, I find it helpful to think, "Okay. This is a result of my previous life karma. No sense getting attached. No sense getting angry. Here it is. It's happening, folks. I just have to live through it. I must do as best I can to make the best of this situation."

by Thubten Chodron