Master Xingyun (Shi Xingyun 1927-2023),
commonly known as Li Guoshen, was born on the 22nd of the seventh lunar month,
originally from Jiangdu, Jiangsu, and is the forty-eighth generation descendant
of Linji Authentic. An internationally
renowned Buddhist master, the founder of Fo Guang Shan, and the president of
the International Fo Guang Association World Association. In 1967, Fo Guang Shan was founded, and the
first, second and third abbots of Fo Guang Shan Temple were based on the
promotion of "Human Buddhism".
He has successively established more than 200 dojos around the world;
founded nine art galleries, twenty-six libraries, publishing houses, twelve
bookstores, more than fifty Chinese schools, and sixteen Buddhist jungle
colleges; he has written 110 More than a variety of Buddhist writings have been
translated into more than ten languages including English, Japanese, German,
French, Spanish, Korean, Thai, and Portuguese. Great! Master Hsing Yun's Classic Quotations:
1. The greatest sorrow in life is that you have no
hope for the future; the worst habit in life is that you have no plan for your
work.
2. When a mountain climber is on
a cliff, what he needs urgently is a small ivy tree; a motivated person is in a
dangerous life, and what he needs urgently is a kind guide.
3. The serious illness in life
is not in uselessness, but in ignorance; the success of career is not in
academic qualifications, but in academic ability.
4. "Learning to
suffer" can cultivate morality, "people and me intermingle" can
be compassionate; "of course" can be at ease, and "enjoyment is
good" can be always happy.
5. Make friends with no hatred
as freedom, be a person with no delusion as coolness, use your heart as a pure
land with no signs, and practice with no gain as nirvana.
6. People's ability can be
increased through hard work, and people's knowledge can be improved with
humility.
7. People's health mainly depends on physical and mental health, not
bravery and strength; people's longevity mainly refers to the extension of
wisdom life, not longevity.
8. You must be joyful when you hear the sermons in class, you must be
receptive when you give instructions, you must be brave when you do things, and
you must be respectful when dealing with others.
9. Everything has pros and cons.
As long as you know how to balance and look at the big picture, dead
stones and rotten wood can also be used as medicine; everyone has strengths and
weaknesses, as long as you know how to use people and take their strengths,
broken copper and rotten iron can also be turned into steel.
10. There is no distinction between high and
low when working, no distinction between high and low when serving, no
distinction between young and old when studying, and no realm of sage and
ordinary when practicing Taoism.
11. Don't eat too much, don't talk
too much, don't go too far, don't do too much. Duty, take care of the present;
overdo it, lose the future.
12. Not
arrogantly seeking is a life of contentment, not speculating is the character
of duty, not scheming is an honest life, not being selfish is a purified body
and mind.
13. Don't worry about others but
don't care about yourself, you should worry about yourself and don't care about
others.
14. Those who don't want to change
can't be trained; those who don't want to be kind can't be saved.
15. Without saying goodbye to small waters,
the ocean can be achieved; without accumulating small goodness, there is no way
to achieve perfection.
16. Unwilling to reason is stubborn, unable
to reason is a fool, daring to reason is a slave, refusing to reason is
ignorance.
17. With good thoughts in your heart, every
day is a good day; the neighbors are harmonious, and there is a pure land
everywhere.
18. Water enters the mud, although it is
clear and turbid; people enter evil, although it is righteous and evil.
19. The nature of water is from high to
low, so it should be guided according to the situation, and it is the rule of
dredging; the nature of human beings is obtained, so they should like to give and
give, as the way to bond.
20. The teeth are hard and easy to
destroy, so the sages are precious and soft; the blades are sharp and quick to
destroy, so the sages are precious; the dragon is rare, so the sages are
precious; the sea is immeasurable, so the sages are precious.
21. Thinking should be
internationalized, life should be disciplined, language should be classicized,
and learning should be modernized.
22. Giving can plant one and reap ten.
Keeping precepts can purify the three karma. Endure humiliation can benefit
from others.
23. To ridicule people with words is the
big end of taking disaster; to measure and tolerate people, to gather
blessings; to use power to break people, to recruit special people; to moralize
people, to gain reputation.
24. If you take things as possessions, you
will not be greedy; if you take busyness as pleasure, you will not suffer; if
you take diligence as wealth, you will not be poor; if you take patience as
strength, you will not be afraid.
25. To study and read: read to be a person,
read a little bit of reason, read a little bit of fate, and read a heart.
