文／佛光星雲（1927～）

一花一木都有生命，一山一水都有生機，

一人一事都有道理，一舉一動都有因果。

能以平等觀看待一切眾生，就是法界圓融；

能以因緣觀看待一切事物，都是緣起緣滅。

忍一句，禍根從此無生處；

饒一著，切莫與人爭強弱；

耐一時，火坑變作白蓮池；

退一步，便是人間修行路。

因果不可昧：善有善報，惡有惡報；

不是不報，時辰未到；

真理不可欺：真真假假，假假真真，

真假之後，必有平衡。

種善因得善果，種惡因得惡果，人是自己的園丁；

存好心得好報，存歹心得歹報，心是自己的主人。

──選自《佛光菜根譚》

Good Things Happen to

Those with a Good Heart

Venerable Master Hsing Yun (1927~)

English translation:

Fo Guang Shan International Translation Center and Ven. Man Ho

Every tree and flower has a purpose.

Every mountain and stream has a place.

Every occasion has a reason.

Every cause has an effect.

Treat all beings in the spirit of equality.

See everything through

the principle of dependent origination.

Hold back negative words;

there will be no ground in which disaster can grow.

Forgive an attack; never fight others for power.

Endure for a moment;

a fiery inferno will turn into a cool lotus pond.

Take a step back;

that is the way of self-cultivation.*

We cannot oppose the law of causality;

good and evil will have their karmic retribution

when their time comes.

We cannot oppose the truth;

true and false, real and fake will be redressed in time.

Good or bad fruit comes from

good or bad causes and conditions;

you are your own gardener.

Good or bad karmic justice comes from good or ill will;

you are the master of your will.

── from The Everlasting Light;

*The Carefree Life