兩個人都不是東西 Both of them are losers.

分財產 fight over inheritance

無法無天 this person is not bound by any rules and moral values

父母是最著急的 Parents are always the most anxious

很多人說走就走 People nowadays suffer from many strange diseases, they can die in an instant.

病是跟著人心走的 The severity of diseases progress with the deterioration of our conscience, it progresses with the passage of time.

人間沒有道理可講, 只有因果 There is no absolute right or wrong in this world, only causes and consequences.

沒把自己當回事doesn't take myself very seriously

地藏王菩薩的誓願就是 The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s vow is : He will not attain Buddhahood until all hells are vacated.

我當然要管你們：I am like your elder uncle, of course I have to discipline you guys.

嘴巴不能亂說 手不能亂動 even though a person cannot talk or move at will.

好好地用意念 use your will wisely and carefully

現代人吝嗇到連說人好話都不肯 People are so stingy today that they don’t even want to say something nice about other people

不要只看眼前利益 don’t just look at the short-term profits, you have to see things in the longer term

殊途同歸 All roads lead to Rome
西方三聖 Three Sages of the West

接引至西方極樂世界 take living beings to the Western Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha

不委屈 You don’t feel unfairly treated

不苦悶 Don’t feel depressed.

我們到人間來也空空去也空空 When we come to this world, we didn’t bring anything with us; when we leave, we won’t take anything with us.

抓緊時間 make the best use of your time/hurry up

苦盡甘來 after suffering comes happiness

惜福 cherish your blessings

人道就是煩惱道 human realm is realm of afflictions/worries

隨緣 accord with conditions/affinities; go with the flow

開緣 exceptions to the precepts

讓我笑得非常開心 had me in stitches

半斤八兩 The pot calling the kettle black

當場 right on the spot

孟婆湯 drug of forgetfulness

有求必應 Your prayers will definitely be answered; Receive responses. Pray to Somebody for Something

犯沖煞 having “the opposing conflict”

犯沖 have karmic conflicts, (as our age gap is 6 years)

福人居福地 Fortunate persons live on fortunate land

該你的就是你的 what’s meant to be yours will be yours

人傷我痛 when other people get hurt, I feel the pain

菩薩是人傷我痛 Bodhisattvas feel the pain when sentient beings are suffering.

語言布施 a form of giving called giving of positive speech

陰陽調和 harmony of yin and yang.

逆流而上 swim against the current (tide)

放下萬緣 let go of everything, external conditions

一心不亂 one mind unconfused

都攝六根 淨念相繼 The six sense organs are gathered in, and pure thoughts continue in succession.

信願行三資糧 Three provisions: Faith, Vows, and Practice

人天福報 attain the blessings of rebirth in either the human or heavenly realms.

勇猛精進 Practice/cultivate with vigor and diligence

出離心 have the wish to transcend the world

為法忘驅 forgetting himself for the sake of the Dharma.

水到渠成 Success comes naturally

居士 Layperson

圓融處世 be tactful in dealing with things

天律, 地律 The Laws of the Heaven and the Laws of the Underworld.

觸犯天條 break the Laws of the Heaven

聰明反被聰明誤 a clever (calculating) person may become the victim of his own calculation.

說到底 in the final analysis

水能載舟, 亦能覆舟; 心能造罪, 亦能滅罪 Boats can travel in water, and they can also sink in water. Offenses can be created by the mind, and they can also be eradicated by the mind.

坐立不安 be on tenterhooks

折壽 lifespan will be cut short

學佛就是在學做人 Learning Buddhism is to help us to become a good person

慧命 wisdom life

慧根 the root of wisdom

不辜負 Don’t be ungrateful to the Buddha’s teaching/ Don’t waste the precious opportunity that..

苦心 painstaking efforts

地殼變動 frequent movement of the crust of Earth

用意識/意念來溝通 communicate through thoughts

真修者獲益 True cultivators will obtain benefits

善修者獲安 Skilled cultivators will obtain safety

不修者獲報 Those who do not cultivate will undergo retributions

吃剩的食物 leftovers

帶業往生 carrying past karma into rebirth

家和萬事興 If the family lives in harmony, all affairs will prosper

楊枝淨水 pure water on the willow branch of Guan Yin Bodhisattva is pouring down from your head

須彌山 Mount Sumeru

諾亞方舟 Noah’s Ark

秦始皇 Qin Shi Huang Di, the first emperor of China in 221 BC, conquered six countries and unified China for the first time and brought it under control of one ruler.

拿破崙 Napoleon I, Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1805

精神控制肉體 Our spirits controls our bodies

流星 shooting star (meteor)

表象很容易讓我們的智慧遺失 What appears on the outside tends to make us lose our wisdom very easily

任何事情用不同的處理方法就有不同的結果 We can deal with the same problem with different solutions. Each solution would lead to a different result.

相對論 量子力學是物理學的基礎 Albert Einstein’s relativity and quantum mechanics are considered as the foundation of physics. It confirms both macroscopic and microscopic theories.

高次元的空間 higher dimensional space, universe’space is layer by layer, similar to Mount Sumeru.The higher you go, the wider it is; the lower you go, the narrower it becomes. It is constructed by small particles and spiritual matters.

做人就要像人 we are human beings, so we should do what a human being should do. A better person we become, the more conscience we can recover.

神聖跟莊嚴 sacred and solemn

有什麼好貪的 What is there to be greedy about? Who is there to hate?

你們是什麼樣子, 菩薩就已什麼樣子來度你們 Based upon the type of persons you are, the Bodhisattva would manifest himself in this type of person to help and save you.

人間有太多的虧要吃 有太多的便宜要占 We have so many losses we have to suffer; we also have so many gains we can get in the world.

吃明虧不吃暗虧 Rather be taken advantage of explicitly, than be stabbed in the back.

人面獅身像 Sphinx

一遇到事情就傻掉了 they are dumbfounded at the news…

聰明智慧可以修得出來 Cleverness and wisdom can be acquired by cultivation

不生不死斷煩惱  If you can cultivate to the level that you understand there is neither birth nor death, then you can get rid of worries

沒看見的東西就不存在嗎 Don’t judge based upon what you can see with naked eyes. Can you see the air, germs, etc. Dark matter accounts for 80% of all the matter. ßà Luminous matter (visible)

心動不如馬上行動 if your mind reacts, then you will take actions. However external environment changes, your mind does not react.

以靜制動 inaction

打井 Drill a water well

難捨能捨 it’s difficult to let go but you can let go of

不惹塵埃 prevent “the dust” from alighting on him/her.

一動念, 因緣就產生了 once you give rise to thoughts, you create causes and conditions

一動念生十法界 one thought of the mind creates the Ten Dharma Realms

師父領近門, 修行在個人 The Master merely leads you in the door, you have to cultivate on your own

克己復禮 Restraining the self and returning to propriety

非禮勿視 Look at nothing improper, listen to nothing improper, say nothing improper, and do nothing improper.

人間不斷上演著悲歡離合 Our lives are filled with stories of joys and sorrows , partings and reunions.

情願或不情願 willy-nilly

有了可以沒有，沒有可以修到擁有 What you own today can disappear tomorrow, but what you don’t have today can be yours if you cultivate well.

撫養小孩we brought up the kids and when they grow up and are able to take care of themselves, they will leave us.

以戒為師 We should take precepts as our Master

認贼作父 Taking a thief as your father

他很後悔打了孩子耳光 He bitterly regretted that he slapped his kid in the face.

玄奘法師西天取經，歷經81難 Xuanzang Buddhist sutras, after 81 difficult

大量出血 Heavy bleeding

少欲無為 身心自在 mind and body are always at ease

養老院 nursing home

枷锁 we are bounded by fetters and shackles

心有芥蒂 he holds grudges against other people