慈濟傳播人文志業基金會
The Illustrated Jing Si Aphorisms

The Buddha says:

It is better to live for one day and hear the Dharma

than to live a hundred years without ever hearing it.

 

Your life hangs on each breath you take. If you always keep in mind that you are only alive from second to second, then you will fully cherish your life.

 

Time flies by quickly. If young people do not make good use of their time now, they may end up too old to learn.

A musician: “I often get a lot of applause when I give concert tours. I read in your teachings that ‘The more applause you get, the smaller you should make yourself.’ Ever since then, I have always reminded myself not to lose my head when I hear the applause.”

The Master said, “The smaller you make yourself, the easier you will be on other people’s eyes.”

September 2018