If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.
I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me which is deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle, and to be realized only by the wise.
佛這裏說的NIRVANA，是沒有出生的，沒有展現的，沒有依附的，不會腐爛的，沒有汙點的。佛坦言這個境界是很難看到的，很難懂的，平和的，完美的，超越邏輯的，隻有智慧的人才能看到的。
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
佛說，戰勝你自己比戰勝一千個戰役還重要。戰勝自己的勝利是永遠的，無法被任何人奪去的，包括天使，魔鬼，天堂，還是地獄。
（米）佛強調了，了解自己的重要性超過一切！在沒有了解自己前，不要想解決世界的問題。
你注意到了沒有？當你或地了心靈勝利，就根本不必擔心天使，魔鬼，天堂或地獄，這些概念都消散了，沒意義了。
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.
What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.
佛徹底否認了我們（EGO）的真實性。他說我們的生活是MIND創造的，是幻覺。我們的記憶創造了我們的目前，我們現在的思想創造了我們的明天。
（米）；我要補充一下，所有過去和明天，都是人的記憶和思想的產物，都是幻覺，有了這個很真的幻覺，我們就看到我們的肉體了。
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
安靜比一千句空洞的話更有用。
（米），你要去除幻覺，必須靜思，安靜自己的心，入定。最後什麽經都不要看了。
He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.
佛說，看到統一的人必然在萬物中看到了自己。看到萬物在自己裏麵。看世界不用分離區別的眼睛（IMPARTIAL EYE）。
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
天上，沒有什麽東方和西方，是人們的分離心（distinctiong out of their own minds) ，看出了方向，信以為真。
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
和平安詳來自於內部，不要到外麵尋找。
The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness.
MIND（EGO的心）是所有愉快和非愉快的來源。
As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
如果你要健康，和平，愉快降臨到你的家庭，你必須要修煉你的心。 如果一個人可以修煉自己的心，他可以醒悟，所有的智慧美德都可以得到了。
（米）：這個Control不是指控製你的思想，因為你無法控製思想，佛的意思是觀察思想，了解思想，進而了解自己的心，最後沒有了思想，所有的神聖都在那裏等待了。
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
說話的方式要注意，因為別人會誤解，可能正確地或錯誤地影響別人。
The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
靜思帶來智慧，不靜思，人就會無知。
Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.
要靜思，純淨地生活，安靜。像月光一樣照亮世界。
（米）注意，佛用月光，而不用太陽，就是形象地比喻了那個安靜安詳的博愛。不必要像太陽那樣耀眼。
Look within, thou art the Buddha.
看你的裏麵，你就是佛！
（米）我不是一直強調，真理就在你的心裏，觀察它吧，最智慧的大師就是你自己。不要老是崇拜別的大師，問自己是最重要的。我們記得嗎？耶穌在托馬斯福音裏，也強調了上帝的天國在你的裏麵。
Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.
不要相信任何人告訴你的東西。也不要因為你尊敬某位大師就信他說的話。要自己堅持，判別他們的教誨是否是出於善良，道德，然後才決定用他們作為指導。
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
保持健康的身心秘密就是，不要為過去而悲哀惋惜，或者擔心未來，擔心未來有麻煩。而要徹底地生活在目前（PRESENT MOMENT）
（米）我們明白了吧，那個抗戰道士理解同樣的道理，雖然他的妻兒過世，但他不惋惜過去，他接受了現實，隻能徹底地生活在目前，所以當他看到遠方的藍色的山脈，他不由自主地讚美了。佛的教誨就是要人們放下自己無法控製的事，連最最悲哀的事都要放下，生活在目前，這樣，你就領悟了，時間是沒有的，一切都是永恒的現在。
有人譴責他，說他不該在最悲痛的時候讚美生活和自然。但想想，那個譴責他的人，怎麽知道道士心裏有多悲哀，怎麽知道他已經完全放下了悲哀？
所以，我們外人隻能意會他的境界。
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