Cultivating the mind mainly requires diligence and repentance. Repenting will lead to diligence and those who are diligent will certainly repent sincerely. 修心主要是：精进和忏悔， 忏悔了就会精进， 精进的人一定会好好忏悔。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
Forming positive connections with people while practising Buddhism will help eliminate our ignorance 学佛广结善缘，就会去除无明。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
One must have hope and energy to live. Hope comes from energy. 人活着要有希望，要有力量。 希望从力量中来。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
If you are able to let go in the course of practising Buddhism, your heart will exude five kinds of fragrance: kindness, compassion, truthfulness, forgiveness, and wisdom. 学佛能放下的人，心中会发出五种香： 善良、慈悲、真性、谅解、智慧。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
We must learn from Chang Bu Qing Bodhisattva (who never underestimates sentient beings). Buddhists must not look down on anyone. As all sentient beings are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, we must respect them. 我们要学习常不轻菩萨： 学佛人不能轻视任何人， 一切众生都是佛，都是菩萨，都要恭敬。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
Cycle of rebirth in the human realm leads to our aimless pursuit of transient gratification in this world. Forbearance and understanding are the best solution. 红尘滚滚两茫茫，忍辱柔和是妙方。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
Practising Buddhism and cultivating the mind involves cultivating the Paramita in daily life. By perfecting one’s life spiritually, you will become a Bodhisattva in the human realm. 学佛修心要修生活的波罗蜜， 把生活修圆满了，你就是人间菩萨了。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
If you wish to change your destiny, you must have knowledge, learn to be content, minimise your worldly desires, and use the environment to toughen yourself. 想改变命运： 要懂知识，要知足常乐减少欲望， 要用环境锻炼自己。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
When practising Buddhism and conducting oneself, one must remember that it is easy to lose trust when one speaks in happiness; it is easy to embarrass oneself when one speaks in anger. 学佛做人要记住： 开心时讲话易失信，怒时讲话多失体。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
The Master is an alarm clock that wakes you up; the Master is a fan that cools and calms you down; the Master is an electric light that illuminates your path ahead; the Master uses the water of compassion to nourish your mind. 师父是一个闹钟，叫醒你们； 师父是一个电风扇，让你们冷静； 师父是一个电灯，照亮你们的前程； 师父，用慈悲之水，滋润你们的心田。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom […]
To truly practise Buddhism, we must empty ourselves, let go of our ego, and fully accord with natural conditions. When we forgive others, we liberate ourselves. 真正的学佛放空自己， 放下自己，一切随缘。 要原谅别人，自己就能解脱。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
In cultivation, we must cultivate from within and possess integrity. If our inner minds are calm and we have a clear conscience, limitless power will arise in our minds, because with a pure mind we will possess infinite strength and power. 修心要修内心、有道德、 内心平静、没有对不起的人， 心中会升起无限的能量， 因为心中干净，就会充满无限力量和能量。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
To achieve the right understanding of nature is to be diligent. Only true cultivation will lead to success. Those who do not cultivate seriously will be left behind. 认识就是精进，实修才能成功， 不认真很快就会被淘汰。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
Practising Buddhism is about how to conduct oneself. It is far from easy to practise Buddhism in the human realm. If you are too strict, you tend to lack compassion. If you are too compassionate, you are easily hurt. 学佛就是做人，在人间学佛真的不容易。 人太严厉，没有慈悲心； 太慈悲了，容易受伤害。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
Cultivation is a very difficult climb. Only when we have reached the summit does it become a path of joy. 修行是很艰难的爬山路， 爬上顶后，才是一条喜悦的路。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
Buddhist practitioners whose hearts are filled with Buddha nature will experience joy and the absence of worries. 学佛人心中装有佛性，才会快乐无忧。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 6
After awakening, one views everything in this human realm with equanimity. Think of emptiness while in the physical world, and think of joy and Dharma bliss within emptiness. Once we come to realise our innate nature, what Bodhisattvas give us is the joy and relaxation derived from a kind of liberation in whatever we do […]
Contemplate the spiritual state your inner mind is in. If you constantly contemplate yourself as within the Buddha realm, you will transcend the human realm spiritually. 观自在，常观自己在佛界， 精神解离出世间。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 5
Those who observe the precepts will not be arrogant; those who believe in sentient beings will have no doubt. 守戒则不傲慢，相信众生则不疑惑。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 5
Those who are able to solve any issue have Prajna wisdom; those who have worries when faced with an issue are devoid of wisdom. 遇事能解决，就会有般若； 遇事生烦恼，就是没智慧。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 5
Every thought that we conceive, our state of mind, and how we conduct ourselves in daily life, should all remain the same no matter what we encounter, because humans all live within a concept of reality. 要念念如一，心境如一，生活如一， 人活着都是活在一种概念中。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 5
When we regard an issue we encounter as something normal, we will slowly adjust and remain calm no matter what happens. 遇到事情就要感觉到很正常的，慢慢就会习以为常，这才是随遇而安。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 5
Being a Bodhisattva in the human realm is all about a kind of potential for enlightenment. 人间菩萨，讲的是一种悟性。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 5
Those who practise equanimity are able to contemplate karmic conditions in a positive way. Those who are easily agitated are unable to act in accordance with karmic conditions. 静则能善观因缘，闹则无法随顺因缘。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 5
Let meditative concentration lead us to perfect wisdom. 以禅定来达到妙心。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 5
We must view everything as changeable, only then will we understand impermanence. Everything is perpetually changing. 要以动的眼光去看待事物，才是懂无常，因为一切都在变化当中。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 5
When we integrate wisdom and the Dharma into our life, we can transcend the vexations of the human realm and reach the shore of liberation. 要智慧人生，佛法人生，脱离此岸，才能到达彼岸。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 5
If there is no ‘self’, the attachment to dharmas will not arise. Hence, the human factor is important. If we fail to free ourselves of worldly concerns, we cannot end our attachment to dharmas, and we will remain in an ignorant state. If we wish to become a Buddha, we must eliminate ignorance (even a […]
Transform the Five Aggregates into ‘positivity’, and the ‘eight types of suffering’ into real happiness. 将五阴转化为阳，将八苦转化为乐。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 5
Awaken immediately and do not be confused by worldly desires. If you fail to become awakened, how will you know where your true home is? 要幡然梦醒 ，不能迷惑于五欲六尘。 若不觉悟，怎知哪里是你的家。 – Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 5
