Master Shengyan’s 18 proverbs of life are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!

Master Shengyan, Buddhist master, educator, Buddhist propaganda master, Ph.D. of Risho University, Japan, is also the fifty-seventh descendant of the Sodong Sect of Zen Buddhism and the 57th generation of Rinzai Sect.

1. Convenience to others is to convenience to yourself.

2. You are deaf and I am deaf, so that you can teach me.

3. Compassion has no enemies and wisdom cannot afford troubles.

4. The big one must tolerate the small, and the small one must understand the big.

5. Husband and wife are an ethical relationship, not a "reasonable" relationship.

6. Every child is a little bodhisattva who helps parents grow up.

7. Less criticism and more praise are a good way to avoid ostomy.

8. Worry is unnecessary torture; hard work is the motivation for safety.

9. It is a benevolent person to be willing to suffer from obvious losses; it is foolishness to suffer from humiliation and dark losses.

10. Thanks to those who gave us the opportunity, both good times and bad times are benefactors.

11. Three principles beyond death: don't seek death, don't be afraid of death, don't wait for death.

12. The trilogy of success is: follow the cause and fate, grasp the cause and fate, and create the cause and fate.

13. Think about it when you say it, and take a half beat before speaking. It is not not to say nothing, but to be cautious.

14. Knowing people and knowing advances and retreats, always peace of mind and body; knowing blessings, cherishing blessings and nurturing blessings, making good destinies everywhere.

15. Don't use depression to control emotions. It is best to use visualization, Buddha's name, and prayer to dissolve emotions.

16. Knowing that an unsafe heart is a painful thing, hurry up and take care of "Namu Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva."

17. We are often relaxed physically and mentally, and when people smile on their faces, relaxation can make us healthy physically and mentally, and laughing easily enhances mutual friendship.

18. Beauty is not a sin in the first place. The problem lies in the lack of self-confidence in oneself, so it becomes an accessory to others, and others just treat her as an object of pursuit of enjoyment.