A PowerPoint Presentation of a selection of the Buddha’s teachings as found in the Suttas of the Nikayas. For reflection and practice to grow in compassion and wisdom. The texts are in English and Chinese. For the Video with audio narration and explanation in Hokkien, please go to the Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_0o6vdeoRc

1. 1
十二殊胜教法
无法估量的真正宝藏
尼迦耶选集

2. 2
One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy.
Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy.
Sutta Nipāta 1.136
Lumbini, Nepal 尼泊尔蓝毗尼
Place of Birth of Siddhartha Gautama 乔达摩·悉达多出生地
一个人并不因出身而低贱，出身也不能使一个人圣洁。
唯有行为使人卑微，唯有行为使人圣洁。

3. 3
Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge.
Make Dhamma your island, make Dhamma your refuge; there is no other refuge.
Dīgha Nikāya 2.165
Lumbini, Nepal 尼泊尔蓝毗尼
Place of Birth of Siddhartha Gautama 乔达摩·悉达多出生地
为自己打造一座岛屿，让自己成为避难所； 没有其他避难所。让法成
为你的岛屿，让法成为你的避难所； 没有其他避难所。

4. 4
Were there a mountain all made of gold, doubled that would
not be enough to satisfy a single person:
know this and live accordingly.
Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.156
Bodh Gaya, India 印度菩提伽耶
Place of The Enlightenment
of The Buddha
佛陀成道之地
如果有一座全金打造的山， 加倍还不足以满足一个人的需求：
知道这一点并据此生活。

5. 5
With desire the world is tied down.
With the subduing of desire, it's freed.
With the abandoning of desire all bonds are cut through.
Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.69
Mahabodhi
Temple
In
Bodh
Gaya
菩提伽耶摩诃菩提寺
有了欲望，世界就被束缚了。随着欲望的抑制，它就得到了解脱。
随着欲望的放弃，所有的束缚都被切断了。

6. 6
Having killed anger, you sleep in ease.
Having killed anger, you do not grieve.
The noble ones praise the slaying of anger
-- with its honeyed crest & poison root –
for having killed it you do not grieve.
Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.71
Sarnath, India 印度鹿野苑
Place where The Buddha Preached
The First Sermon
佛陀说法的地方
第一次讲道
消灭了愤怒之后，你就会安然入睡。
消灭了愤怒之后，你就不再悲伤了。
圣人赞颂嗔恚的杀戮——带着它的蜜冠和毒根——
杀死它你并不悲伤。

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If one sees a greater happiness in giving up the lesser happiness,
then the wise one should give up the small happiness and clearly
distinguish the great happiness.
Dhammapada 290
Sarnath, India 印度鹿野苑
Place where The Buddha Preached
The First Sermon
佛陀第一次说法的地方
若舍小乐而见大乐，则智者应舍小乐而分大乐。

8. 8
Kushinagar
Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes.
Having known these two paths of progress and decline,
let one so conduct oneself that one's wisdom may increase.
Dhammapada 20.282
Kushinagar,
India
~
The
Buddha
passed
into
Parinibbana
at
this
place.
印
度
拘
尸
那
迦
～
佛
陀
在
此
入
涅
槃
。
.
智慧源于冥想； 没有禅修，智慧就会衰退。知道了这两条进步和衰落
的道路，人要如此行事，才能增长智慧。

9. 9
One who is virtuous and wise shines forth like a blazing fire;
like a bee collecting nectar, one acquires wealth by harming none.
Dīgha Nikāya 3.265
The
Parinibbana
Stupa,
a
Buddhist
Temple
at
Kushinagar
般
涅
槃
佛
塔
，
拘
尸
那
迦
的
一
座
佛
教
寺
庙
贤德智慧的人，光芒四射，如火焰；就像蜜蜂采集花蜜一
样，一个人通过不伤害任何人来获得财富。

10. 10
Live without covetous greed, fill your mind with benevolence.
Be mindful and one-pointed, inwardly stable and concentrated.
Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.29
At
Shravasti
the
Buddha
spent
the
most
number
of
Vassas
Jetavana Monastery
in Shravasti, India
印度 Shravasti 的 Jetavana 寺
佛
陀
在
舍
卫
城
度
过
了
最
多
的
瓦
萨
生活无贪欲，心中充满仁慈。
保持正念和专一，内心稳定和集中。

11. 11
Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself.
But exceedingly difficult to do are things
that are good and beneficial.
Dhammapada 12.163
Vaishali or Vesali
in India
印度的 Vaishali 或
Vesali
One
of
The
Pilgrimage
places.
The
Buddha
preached
The
Ratana
Sutta
here.
朝
圣
地
之
一
。
佛
陀
在
此
宣
讲
《
宝
经
》
。
容易做的事，都是不好的，对自己有害的。
但善事、有益的事情却是极其困难的。

12. 12
Impermanent truly are compound things,
by nature arising and passing away.
If they arise and are extinguished,
their eradication brings happiness.
Dīgha Nikāya 2.221
Nalanda in ancient
Magadha, India
Nalanda
-
A
Renowned
Buddhist
Monastic
University
古代那烂陀印度
摩揭陀国
那
烂
陀
-
著
名
的
佛
教
寺
院
大
学
复合事物确实是无常的，自然地生起和灭去。如果它们生起又
灭去，它们的消灭就会带来快乐。

13. 13
If you fear pain, if you dislike pain,
don't do an evil deed in open or secret.
If you're doing or will do an evil deed, you won't escape pain:
it will catch you even as you run away.
Udāna 5.44
Sankasha or Sankissa, India
It was at Sankissa that
(according to the
commentaries) the
Buddha returned to
earth, after preaching the
Abhidhamma Pitaka in
Tavatimsa Heaven.
（根据注释）佛陀在桑吉
萨返回地球，于娑婆天国
宣讲阿毗达磨藏后。
如果你害怕痛苦，如果你厌恶痛苦，就不要明目张胆地做恶事。如果你正
在做或将要做恶事，你将无法逃脱痛苦：即使你逃跑它也会抓住你。

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The Buddha’s Last Words… From Digha Nikaya 16
Reflecting most constantly on the Words of The Buddha,
may we soon be liberated from all forms of Dukkha.
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin
The End 结束
“一切有为法的事物都会腐朽。 努力奋斗吧。”
佛陀的遗言......来自《Digha Nikaya》16
时常思惟佛陀的教言，
愿我们早日从一切苦中解脱出来。