Even if you do no work that is particularly lofty or far-reaching, if you can shed mundane feelings, that is a great… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If those who give are conscious of their own generosity and those who receive feel indebted, they are no longer family but… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
In whatever you do, if you leave a sense of incompleteness, then Creation cannot resent you, ghosts and spirits cannot harm you.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When you are constantly hearing offensive words and always have some irritating matter in mind, only then do you have a whetstone… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
People's shortcomings should be treated with tact; if you expose them crudely, this is attacking weakness with a weakness. When people are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If the mind is illumined, there is clear blue sky in a dark room. If the thoughts are muddled, there are malevolent… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The learned should be vigorous and diligent, but they should also be free-spirited. If they are too rigorous and austere, they have… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If you do not join the polluted, then you are pure; if you reject society in search of purity, that is not… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
To get rid of villains and knaves, it is necessary to give them a way out. If you don't give them any… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If you fear that people will know if you do something bad, then there is something good in bad. If you are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Delicious foods are drugs that will inflame the gut and rot the bones, but there is no harm if one eats moderately.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Think about food on a full stomach and you find you don't care about taste. Think of lust after making love, and… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Sexual desire may burn like fire, but when you give a thought to when you are ill, then your excitement dies down.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Generosity should begin lightly and deepen later, fro when it is first rich and then lessens, people forget the kindness. Authority should… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If you are not lax when at leisure, you will be effective when busy. If you are not absentminded in tranquility, that… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Attention is the mind's feet; if you do not control your attention strictly, it runs into misleading pathways. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Flowers should be viewed when half open, wine should be drunk only to subtle intoxication; there is great fun in this. If… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The eyes and ears, seeing and hearing, are external plunderers; emotions, desires, and opinions are internal plunderers. But if the inner mind… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Even a wild horse can be tamed; even metal that is difficult to work eventually goes into a mold. If you take… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The realms of good fortune and calamity in human life are all made of thoughts and imaginings. Therefore Buddhists say that the… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If a poor house is well kept, or a poor girl well groomed, there is elegance if not beauty. If good people… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Unexpected hardship refines people; if you can accept it, both mind and body will benefit. If you cannot accept it, on the… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If you know that whatever is made inevitable breaks down, you needn't seek too hard for achievement. If you know that all… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Even if you can't get rid of the heat, as long as you can get rid of bother with the heat, your… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
There is a true Buddha in family life; there is a real Tao in everyday activities. If people can be sincere and… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
In the mind engaged in struggling with hardship, one always finds something delightful. The sorrow of disappointment arises in the complacency of satisfaction. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
People are considered pure of heart when they do not approach power and pomp; but those who can be near without being affected are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Blessings often give rise to injury, so be careful when things are going your way. Success may be achieved after failure, so don't just… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Public behavior is nurtured in private; earthshaking measures come form careful steps. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Even if you do no work that is particularly lofty or far-reaching, if you can shed mundane feelings, that is a great achievement. Even… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When one is not slipshod in small matters, not hypocritical in secret, and not reckless in disappointment, only then is one a true hero. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If those who give are conscious of their own generosity and those who receive feel indebted, they are no longer family but rather strangers… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
In whatever you do, if you leave a sense of incompleteness, then Creation cannot resent you, ghosts and spirits cannot harm you. If you… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The road of truth is broad; set the mind on it, and you feel expansive openness and broad clarity. The road of human desires… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When you are constantly hearing offensive words and always have some irritating matter in mind, only then do you have a whetstone for character… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Do not think about whatever service you may have done for others; think about what you may have done to offend them. Don't forget… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
