师父继续给大家讲，当自己快要生气的时候，首先要用一个“静”字来对待，就是安静；然后不说话来克制自己，千万不要说话。因为在生气的时候说话，实际上说出来的话一定不是你自己的本心的话，一定会伤到人家，也会伤到你自己。因为带着气的话，它是飘浮不定的，它是不冷静的话，讲出来的话他一定会后悔的。就像汽车司机找不到路的时候，他往哪里开都是错。当一个人在发脾气的时候，讲出来的话总是错的；因为他不是理智地讲话，那个时候他已经没有什么话好讲了。所以当一个人发脾气的时候千万不要讲话，要安静。一个司机找不到路的时候，往这里开是错，往哪里开都是错。因为他根本不知道往哪里开，开半天找不到，又往回开更生气。还不如坐下来好好想一想。就算没有地图的话，坐在这想一想我怎么开过来的，也比你到处乱开好。
Let me continue: when you feel yourself on the verge of anger, the first thing you must do is meet it with silence—simply remain quiet. Use silence to restrain yourself, and whatever you do, do not speak. When you speak while angry, the words that come out do not reflect your true nature; they will inevitably hurt others and hurt you, too. “Words spoken in anger have no weight; they are reckless and irrational, and you are guaranteed to regret saying them.
Think of it like a driver who has completely lost their way—whichever direction they choose to drive will be wrong. When someone loses their temper, whatever they say is bound to be wrong because they are no longer speaking with reason. At that moment, they really have nothing constructive to say. So, when you are angry, do not say a word; just stay quiet. A driver who can’t find their way will make a wrong turn here and a wrong turn there. Because they have no idea where they are going, they drive around in circles, get more lost, and end up even angrier. It is far better to simply pull over and think it through. Even without a map, sitting there and retracing your steps in your mind is infinitely better than driving around aimlessly.
要发脾气的时候，我就不讲话，安静一点，要比你乱讲话好——乱讲话会刺伤人的。所以发脾气的时候，要冷静，把事情想一想就过去了，把这个事情往后想。师父在教你们做人呢。什么叫往后想啊？不开心了，想一想，“算了算了，过几天大概就没事情了。这个事情已经发生了也无所谓了，过几天希望他能理解我”。很多人都是这样，当时觉得过不来，想一想，一个解决的方法马上就过来了。比如老师今天讲我了，怎么办？想一想，“过几天我给老师写封信，或过几天托朋友去跟老师打个招呼，或过几天怎么样怎么样……”你想出几个方法来之后，你自己心中这个结就没了，你就不会将这个事情纠结在心中了，听得懂吗？师父教你们的都是很重要的做人的方法，如果人都做不好，还学什么佛？所以有些时候往后想一想，这个事情就过去了。想到自己这把年纪了，总归有要走的一天，哎，不生气了，算了算了。比如，“我一辈子不知道被人家骗了多少次，还差这一次吗？骗就骗了”。你们没有被人家骗过？你们也没骗过人家？可能吗？在家里老公骗你一辈子，你也骗了老公一辈子。想想你心中有多少事情不告诉他，你阴过他，他也阴过你，不都是骗来骗去的？人家骗你，你就挖心挖肺地难过。你骗人家的时候呢，还觉得“哼哼，就让他去，就不讲他”。有没有啊？就算你们最喜欢的人，等到他跟你吵架的时候，你照样会捉弄他的。这是人的本性啊。夫妻之间也是这样的。你刚刚跟她吵过，她给你做碗汤，很烫的。如果对你好的话，“烫啊，慢慢吃”，因为她知道她老公的脾气会拿起来就喝的。这会儿她不讲，他一喝，哇，烫得不得了。接下来她在边上，“哎呀，你就是这么心急，谁叫你这么着急的？”心想：“哼哼，混蛋，谁叫你刚才跟我吵的？烫死你！”
When you’re about to lose your temper, choose not to speak. Remaining quiet is always better than lashing out with reckless words that will only wound people. When anger flares up, stay calm. Reflect on the situation, and it will pass. Think ahead. I am teaching you how to handle life here. What does it mean to think ahead? When you are upset, stop and think: “Never mind, it’ll probably all blow over in a few days. It’s already happened anyway, so it’s no big deal. In a couple of days, hopefully, they will understand me.” Many people feel a situation is insurmountable in the heat of the moment, but the moment they think ahead and find a potential solution, the issue resolves itself. For example, if a teacher scolds you today, what should you do? Think ahead: “In a few days, I can write the teacher a note, or maybe I can ask a friend to clear the air for me, or I can do this and that…” Once you come up with a few options, the knot in your heart unties, and you will no longer carry that burden inside you. Do you understand? I am teaching you vital life skills. If you can’t even handle being a decent human being, how can you expect to learn Buddhism well? Sometimes, just by thinking ahead, a problem simply vanishes.
Think about your age—we all have to leave this world one day anyway. Why bother being angry? Just let it go. Tell yourself, “I’ve been deceived countless times in my life; what’s one more time? So be it.” Have none of you ever been deceived? Have you never deceived anyone? Is that even possible? At home, your husband has tricked you your whole life, and you’ve done the same to him. Think about how many secrets you keep from him, the times you’ve plotted against him, and he’s plotted against you—it’s all just mutual deception. When someone else tricks you, you feel heartbroken and utterly miserable. But when you trick someone else, you think to yourself, “Let him deal with it, I’m not saying a word.” Isn’t that true? Even with the person you love most, the moment you get into a fight, you will still look for ways to play tricks on them. This is simply human nature. It’s exactly like that between husbands and wives. Say a husband has just had a massive row with his wife, and she makes him a boiling hot bowl of soup. If things were good between them, she’d warn him, “Careful, it’s hot—sip it slowly,” because she knows he tends to just pick up the bowl and gulp it down. But this time, she stays quiet. He takes a huge gulp and it burns him terribly. Then she stands next to him saying, “Oh dear, you’re always so impatient! Who told you to rush like that?” all the while thinking to herself: “Idiot! That’s what you get for arguing with me earlier. Serves you right!”
人就是要克服这种坑坑洼洼，这种歪念、邪念，并在此当中进步。就是要克服这种邪思维。如果你有修，就算人家对你不好，你还是对人家好，这叫以德报怨。不要以怨报德。现在的人是人家对你好，你还是对人家不好，这叫以怨报德。
We human beings must overcome these inner hurdles—these twisted, malicious thoughts—and grow through the process. You must conquer this negative mindset. If you are a true cultivator, even when others treat you poorly, you will still treat them with kindness. This is called repaying malice with virtue. Never do the opposite and repay virtue with malice. Unfortunately, people nowadays do exactly that—someone treats them well, and they still treat them poorly in return. That is repaying virtue with malice.
做任何事，都要以大家的利益去想、去做。也就是说，你做任何事情你要想到人家都在这么做，你再去做。比如大家都愿意学佛，那你要多帮助人家来学佛。家里三个人都喜欢吃这个菜，你就多做做这个菜，道理是一样的。因为大家都这么做，你才这么做就对了。另外，师父给大家讲，不要以我的心去想去做，因为菩萨从来不会以自己的心去想去做什么事情，菩萨不会说“我想做什么，你们必须跟着我做”，菩萨是以众生之心为己心。你们众生希望做什么，菩萨才去做什么。你们众生为了在人间过得好一点求观世音菩萨，观世音菩萨不就让你们都顺利了吗？最近有个人刚刚修了台长法门，他的姐姐不就怀孕了？她八年都生不出来，不是开玩笑的。如果几年生不出来基本上就是判死刑了，就没有孩子了。你看看人家不是生出来了？这是为什么？很简单，因为菩萨总是以你们的需求作为自己的追求；因为你们需要什么，菩萨就做什么。就像做生意一样，人家为什么生意好？是因为顾客需要什么，他就为顾客服务什么，他才能成功啊。道理都是一样的。你顾客不需要的东西，我不会去卖。你们众生需要什么，菩萨就帮助你们什么，这不就叫有求必应吗？所以师父给大家讲，你只要经常为人家想，人家需要什么，你就需要什么，这样你跟佛就是一心了，跟菩萨的心就放在一起了。所以佛菩萨是以大众的心为自己的心的。
In everything you do, you must think and act for the benefit of everyone. This means that before you do anything, you should consider if it aligns with what others are doing. For example, if everyone wants to learn Buddhism, you should do your best to help them learn. It is the same simple principle at home: if all three people in your family love a certain dish, you cook that dish more often. Because everyone shares that preference, your action is correct. Furthermore, I want to tell you: do not think or act based purely on your own desires. A Bodhisattva never thinks or acts based on personal self-interest; a Bodhisattva would never say, “This is what I want to do, so you must all follow me.” Instead, a Bodhisattva takes the hearts of sentient beings as their own heart. Whatever you, the sentient beings, hope to achieve, that is what the Bodhisattva will do to help you. When you pray to Guan Yin Bodhisattva because you want to live a slightly better life in this human world, doesn’t Guan Yin Bodhisattva help make everything go smoothly for you?
Just recently, someone who only just started practising Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door found out his sister is pregnant. She had been unable to conceive for eight years—this is no joke. If someone can’t have a child for that many years, there is usually very little hope; they just won’t have children. But look at her now—she’s pregnant. Why did this happen? It’s very simple: the Bodhisattva always treats your needs as her own pursuit. Because whatever you need, the Bodhisattva will provide. It’s just like running a business. Why do some businesses do so well? It is because they serve their customers exactly what they need—that is the only way to succeed. The underlying logic is identical. If your customers don’t need a certain product, you won’t try to sell it. Likewise, whatever sentient beings need, the Bodhisattvas help them with. Isn’t this what is meant by “responding to every prayer”? Therefore, I tell you: as long as you constantly think for others—matching your needs to their needs—you will become one in mind with the Buddha, and your heart will be united with the Bodhisattva’s. The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas truly take the mind of the public as their own.
世界上任何的物质，它都是有生有灭的。表面上看来这个东西今天存在的，过几天没有了，这就叫有生有灭，最后必定归为空。也就是说，这个物质虽然今天有生有灭，但是到了最后它就没了。举个简单例子，过去我们的电视机像大方块的箱子一样，随着时间慢慢转变，这个电视机就变得薄一点了，现在又有一种更薄的出来了。就像电脑的变迁一样，过去一个大电脑跟电视机一样，现在变得薄得不得了。物质都会有生有灭，这就是在变化之中、变迁当中。但是要明白，到了最后是什么也没有。对人来讲，你死了，你什么都没有。对这个电视机来讲，过去那种方的大块头还有吗？现在谁家里还会放一个这么大的电视机在家里看啊？扔在马路上都没人捡啊。这就叫进步，这就叫有生有灭。到了最后，这种电视机就淘汰了，就没有了，实际上就是空了。你们过去穿的衣服，现在还有吗？你们小时候有些衣服喜欢得不得了，天天穿，洗了烫、烫了洗，到了最后这件衣服还有吗？不是空了吗？所以世界上任何物质都是归空的。虽然今天有，明天没有，但是到最后都是没有，就像梦幻一场，都是如梦幻般泡影啊。所以佛法讲“如梦幻般的泡影”，像做梦一样的，像泡泡一样，像影子一样，今天有，明天没有。
Every physical object in this universe goes through arising and ceasing. On the surface, something may exist today and vanish a few days later; this is what it means to arise and cease, and it must ultimately return to emptiness. In other words, even though physical matter forms and dissolves, in the end, it completely disappears.
Take a simple example: in the past, our televisions looked like giant, blocky boxes. Over time, televisions gradually became thinner, and now even slimmer models have come out. It’s just like the evolution of computers—a computer used to be as massive as an old TV, but now they are incredibly slim. All physical matter goes through arising and ceasing; it is in a constant state of change and transition. But you must understand that in the end, absolutely nothing remains. For human beings, when you die, you have nothing left. As for those old TVs, do those massive, boxy units even exist anymore? Who would still keep a giant TV like that in their living room today? If you threw one out on the street, no one would even pick it up. This is what we call progress, and this is what it means to arise and cease. Eventually, that kind of TV is phased out and disappears—it essentially becomes empty.
Think about the clothes you used to wear; do you still have them? When you were little, there were certain clothes you loved to bits. You wore them every single day, washing and ironing them constantly. But in the end, do those clothes still exist? Haven’t they become empty? Therefore, every physical thing in this world ultimately returns to emptiness. Although it is here today and gone tomorrow, in the long run, nothing remains. It is like a dream. This is why the Buddha-dharma describes all matters as “like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, and a shadow.” They are here today, gone tomorrow.
师父继续给大家讲，你们只有修持佛法，才能不生不灭。因为学佛人看事情，心中会不生不灭。也就是说，你会知道你今天所做的一切是不会死亡的。所以我跟你们讲了：看得远的人，才能把事物看得轻。要心中无事、无心。心中什么事情都没有，这事情讲过了就过了。什么是无心？无所谓了，有什么了不起的？骗了就骗了，卖掉了就卖掉了，生出来就生出来了，死就死了……无生无灭啊。今天土耳其地震了，将近五百人死了；现在曼谷水灾了，你有什么办法？这是人间自己作孽啊，自己得报应啊。比如一个人长期的不注意饮食卫生，他的胃一定不好。那是因为他长期的作孽，一定会有这个报应。因为你长期不注意身体，就会老得很快。那么当一个人老的时候，你能不接受他吗？老了就是老了，难看就是难看了，没钱了就没钱了，傻了就傻了，有什么关系啊？我希望他慢一点傻，慢一点老，什么东西都慢一点，虽然我不能完全改变，但是我能让它改变得慢一点。比如，你这辆破车已经开不动了。就像你们是什么时候生出来，就是什么时候的车。如果你是1942年生出来，你就是1942年的破车。你能够开到现在这个时代，你还能在马路上开，已经很不容易了。你自己多保养保养吧，多换换机油吧，轮胎勤换换吧，少开开吧，你这辆破车才能跟人家一样走在马路上。否则对不起，淘汰了。这把老骨头了，还跟人家争什么啊？在马路上看到人家一辆跑车，“有什么稀奇的？我也开快”。一踩油门你就“轰轰轰”停下来了，人家往前飞了。人家有钱，我没钱，我无所谓的，活得很开心；人家有名，我没名，没关系的，我活得很自在；人家有什么我无所谓。想一想自己有的东西比人家好。我有境界，你有吗？我有快乐，你有吗？我追到自己追求的东西了，你追得到吗？你有钱你追不到，你天天有烦恼。你有美丽，没人要；我长得不好看，我照样有人要。这就叫不一样的地方。去追求自己得不到的东西，追来的就是烦恼，追来的就是痛苦。
Let me continue: it is only through practising the Buddha-dharma that you can achieve a state of neither arising nor ceasing. A true Buddhist practitioner views things with a mind that neither arises nor ceases. In other words, you understand that everything you do today never perishes. That is why I have always told you: only those who look far ahead can truly take things lightly.
You should keep your mind free of burdens and attachments. Once something has passed, let it pass. What does it mean to be “without attachment”? It means you adopt an attitude of “it’s no big deal—what does it matter?” If you’ve been deceived, then so be it. If something is sold, it’s sold. If a child is born, they’re born. If someone dies, they die… this is neither arising nor ceasing. Today, an earthquake hits Turkey and nearly five hundred people die; right now, Bangkok is flooded. What can you do about it? Humanity creates its own karma and therefore receives its own karmic retribution. For instance, if a person neglects their diet over a long period, their stomach is bound to fail. That is simply the result of long-term negative habits bringing about their own retribution. If you neglect your body for years, you will age very quickly. And when old age comes, can you refuse to accept it? Old is old, losing your looks is losing your looks, having no money is having no money, and becoming a bit forgetful is becoming a bit forgetful—what does it matter? Of course, we can hope to age a bit slower, to slow down the forgetfulness, and have everything deteriorate a bit more gradually. Although we cannot completely stop the process, we can certainly slow it down.
Think of it this way: your battered old car can barely run anymore. The year you were born dictates the model of the car you are. If you were born in 1942, you are a 1942 vintage car. To have driven all the way into this modern era and still be out on the road is already quite an achievement. You need to maintain it better—change the oil more often, replace the tyres regularly, and drive it less. Only then can your old car keep up with traffic. Otherwise, I’m sorry, but it’s time for the scrap heap. At this stage in life, with these old bones, what are you still competing with others for? You see a sports car on the road and think, “What’s the big deal? I can drive fast too.” You stomp on the accelerator, your car goes clunk, clunk, clunk and breaks down, while they fly past you. If others are rich and I am not, I don’t care; I live very happily. If others are famous and I am not, it doesn’t matter; I live very comfortably. Whatever others have means nothing to me. Instead, think about the things you possess that are better than theirs. I have a higher spiritual state—do you? I have joy—do you? I have attained what I truly sought in life—can you say the same? Even with all your money, you still can’t get it, and you live with constant vexations. You might have beauty, but no one wants you; I might not be good-looking, but I am still cherished. That is the difference. Chasing after things you cannot obtain will only bring you vexation and suffering.
如果你对某一件事情追求得太厉害了，你把精神完全扑进去了，给你带来的失望就很大。如果我们心中无事无心，就是不要用心去想很多事情，你就明心见性了。心明白了，心没东西就明白了，干净了。无事无心，明心见性，成就佛果。佛菩萨的果是什么？那是一种高尚的，那是一种纯洁的，那是一种没有瑕疵的。当你脑子很干净的时候，没有烦恼的时候，你所得到的那种果实是很干净的。所以要看破生死。看破生死的意思是叫你们不要把生死看得太重。但是我珍惜生命，不代表我不看破生死。因为知道生命是有价值、是很高的，因为生命来之不易，所以要借假修真。如果你知道自己的身体体质已经很不好了，你还糟蹋自己的身体，你不就是跟自己过不去吗？如果你知道你这个命很弱，你还拼命地去玩那种摩托车比赛，然后再去抽烟喝酒。想想看，你不是在糟蹋自己吗？明明知道自己经不起赌博的诱惑，憋不住，“我非要赌”，你赌的结果就是倾家荡产。所以师父给大家讲，要了悟修行的重要性。了悟是什么意思？就是要了解和悟出来他的真实性。真实性是什么？就是真正的本性的东西。真正本性的东西是什么？就是人的善良，人的本性是善良的，我们做任何事情都要善良的。
If you pursue something too fiercely and pour your entire heart into it, you pave the way for massive disappointment. If our minds are free of burdens and attachments—meaning we do not allow our minds to obsess over many things—we will see into our true nature. Once the mind becomes clear and empty of clutter, it naturally becomes pure. To be free of burdens and attachments allows you to see your true nature and attain the fruit of Buddhahood. What is the fruit of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas? It is noble, pure, and completely flawless. When your mind is immaculate and free from vexations, the spiritual fruit you obtain is perfectly clean.
Therefore, you must see through life and death. Seeing through life and death means you should not take them too heavily. However, cherishing life does not mean I haven’t seen through it. Because I know that life is valuable and highly precious—that it is not easy to obtain this human body—we must use this temporary body to cultivate our true nature. If you already know your health is poor, yet you continue to abuse your body, aren’t you just making life hard for yourself? If you know your life is fragile, yet you still insist on racing motorbikes, smoking, and drinking—think about it, aren’t you just ruining yourself? If you know you can’t resist the temptation of gambling, yet you say, “I just have to gamble,” the inevitable result is financial ruin.
This is why I tell you to realise and awaken to the importance of spiritual cultivation. What does it mean to realise and awaken? It means to understand and awaken to the true reality of things. What is that true reality? It is the truth of our innate nature. And what is that truth of our innate nature? It’s our kindness. The fundamental nature of a human being is kind, and in everything we do, we must act with kindness.
因果导致轮回。因果很厉害的，如果这个人要轮回的话，一定是他自己做的因果。他种下什么因，他就结到什么果。就是因为他有很多的因种下去了，所以这个果才会让他轮回。比方说人家骂你了，骂你祖宗了，你实在憋不住了，你打他了，而且把他打死了，你做的这个果你就被枪毙了，然后你下辈子又轮回了，说不定人都做不了。这就叫因果轮回。你今天做了点好事了，你得到好报了，这也叫轮回。你开心得不得了，你精神上天了。你活在这个世界，帮人家做了一件善事，你开心不开心啊？小朱今天去开了一个会，帮师父解决了很多问题，他回来后开心得不得了。他是帮东方台、帮大家在解决问题。他的境界就上去了。如果你今天吵架了，跟人家骂了、打了，弄出事情出来了，你看看，马上就投身到鬼道了。因为你动鬼点子了：“我怎么办？我暗中要跟他斗，怎么捉弄他……”好了，你的阴暗面全部显现出来了，你进入阴府受惩罚。这就叫因果导致轮回。
Cause and effect lead to the cycle of rebirth. The law of cause and effect is incredibly powerful; if a person is bound to reincarnate, it is entirely due to the cause and effect they created themselves. Whatever seeds they plant, they will harvest as fruits. It is precisely because they have planted so many karmic seeds that the resulting fruits force them back into the cycle of rebirth.
For example, if someone insults you and even curses your ancestors, and you simply cannot hold back—so you hit them, and end up killing them—the fruit of your action is execution. In your next life, you will fall back into the cycle of reincarnation, and you might not even be able to be reborn as a human being. This is samsara. Even if you do a good deed today and receive a positive reward, that too is a form of samsara. You feel delighted, uplifted, almost as though your spirit has risen to heaven. For instance, when you help others and do a wholesome deed, aren’t you happy? Mr Zhu went to a meeting today and resolved many issues for me. When he came back, he was overjoyed. He was resolving problems for our radio station and for everyone. In doing so, his spiritual level was elevated. But if you get into an argument today, trading insults and blows until a major incident occurs, look at what happens: you immediately plunge yourself into the Ghost Realm. This happens because you started plotting underhanded schemes: “What should I do? I’ll fight him in secret, I’ll play a trick on him…” Just like that, your dark side is fully revealed, and you enter the Underworld to face punishment. This is what is meant by cause and effect leading to the cycle of rebirth.