A free eBook (English & Chinese; pdf format) containing lots of material on Dhamma / Life Lessons. For us to reflect upon and actualize in our quest for mind development - to attain greater wisdom, happiness and peace of mind.

1. 3 演讲用于定期反思
OH TEIK BIN

2. CONTENTS 内容
I Selected Teachings from the Buddhist Scriptures (English & Chinese) 1
佛教经典教义精选（英文和中文）
YouTube Video (Hokkien Narration)
YouTube 视频（闽南语旁白）
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9IctjpHOeQ
II The Way to Happiness and Success (English & Chinese) 22
通往幸福和成功的道路 (英文和中文)
YouTube Video (Hokkien Narration)
YouTube 视频（闽南语旁白）
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt8wOntrrMA&t=11s
III Life’s Wise Instructions (English & Chinese) 35
生活明智的指示 (英文和中文)
YouTube Video (Hokkien Narration)
YouTube 视频（闽南语旁白）
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAGfCJq0R5A&t=5s

3. YouTube Video (Hokkien Narration) at the Link:
YouTube 视频（闽南语旁白）请点击链接
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
X9IctjpHOeQ&t=5s
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佛经选句-反思

4. 佛经选句-反思
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5. Speak harshly to none, for those thus
spoken to might retort. Indeed angry
speech hurts, and retaliation is painful.
Dhammapada 133
对任何人都不要说粗话，因为这样说话的人可能会反驳。 的确，愤怒
的言论很痛苦，报复也很痛苦。法经第 133 句
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6. Hate brings great misfortune, hate churns up
and harms the mind; this fearful danger lies
deep within, most people understand this not.
Itivuttaka 88
仇恨带来极大的不幸，仇恨搅动并伤害心灵； 这种可
怕的危险深藏在心底，大多数人不明白这一点。
Itivuttaka 88
恨
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7. Let none deceive another or despise anyone
anywhere, or through anger or irritation wish for
another to suffer.
Sutta Nipata
让任何人在任何地方都不要欺骗他人或鄙视任何人，或通过愤怒或
刺激希望另一个人受苦。
Sutta Nipata
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8. With goodwill for the entire cosmos,
cultivate a boundless heart: above, below
and all around, unobstructed, without
hostility or hate.
Sutta Nipata
怀着对整个宇宙的善意，培养一颗无边的心：
上、下、四方，无碍，无敌意，无仇恨。
Sutta Nipata
METTA Meditation
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9. If you hold yourself dear, then don’t fetter
yourself with evil, for happiness isn’t easily
gained by one who commits a wrong.
Samyutta Nikaya
如果你珍惜自己，那么不要用邪恶来束缚自己，
因为犯错的人不容易获得幸福。
Samyutta Nikaya
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10. Though one may
conquer a thousand
times a thousand men
in battle, yet he indeed
is the Noblest victor
who conquers himself.
Dhammapada 103
虽能在战斗中战胜千人千人，但他
确实是战胜自己的最高贵的胜利者。
法经第 103 句
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11. The past should not be followed after and the
future not desired; what is past is dead and
gone and the future is yet to come.
Majhima Nikaya
过去不应该被追随，未来不应该被追随；
过去的已经过去了，未来还没有到来。
Majhima Nikaya
TOMORROW X
YESTERDAY X
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12. Good it is to train the mind so swiftly moving,
grasping whatever.
Good it is to have a well-trained mind for a well-
trained mind brings ease.
Dhammapada 35
很好地训练心如此
迅速地移动，抓住
任何东西。好的是
有一个训练有素的
头脑，因为训练有
素的头脑会带来轻
松。
法经第 35 句
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13. By evil, is one defiled;
by avoiding evil, is one
cleansed.
Purity and impurity are
one’s own doing:
no one purifies another.
Dhammapada 165
以恶为污秽；避恶，即得清净。
清净与不净是自己做的：没有人
净化另一个人。
法经第 165 句
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14. “Impermanent are all phenomena.”
When one perceives this with true insight,
then one becomes detached from stress:
this is the path of purity. Dhammapada 277
“无常都是现象。” 当一个人以真正的洞察
力觉察到这一点时，他就会从压力中解脱出
来：这是清净之道。
法经第 277 句
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15. Live without covetous greed,
fill your mind with benevolence.
Be mindful and one-pointed,
inwardly stable and concentrated.
Anguttara Nikaya
生活不贪心，满心慈悲。正念专一，内心稳定而专注。
Anguttara Nikaya
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16. From craving arises grief, from craving arises fear.
For one who is free of craving there is no grief.
So how fear?
Dhammapada 215
从贪爱生悲，从
贪爱生恐惧。对
于一个没有渴望
的人来说，没有
悲伤。 那么恐惧
如何？
法经第 215 句
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17. Of all the fragrances –
sandal, tagara, blue lotus and jasmine –
the frangrance of virtue is the sweetest.
Dhammapada 55
在所有香水中——凉鞋、塔加拉、
蓝莲花和茉莉——美德的芬芳是最
甜蜜的。
法经第 55 句
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18. How ugly is the angry man?
His sleep is without peace. Despite his wealth he
is poor; filled with anger he wounds by speech
and deed.
Anguttara Nikaya
愤怒的男人有多丑？ 他的睡眠没有安宁。尽管他很富有，
但他很穷；他因言语和行为而充满愤怒。
Anguttara Nikaya
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19. According to the seed that is sown, so is the
fruit you reap there from.
The doer of good gathers good,
The doer of evil, evil.
Samyutta Nikaya
根据播下的种子，你从那里收获的果
实也是如此。
行善者聚善，作恶者，恶人。
Samyutta Nikaya
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20. Ever grows the glory of him who is energetic,
mindful and pure in conduct, discerning and
self-controlled, righteous and heedful.
Dhammapada 24
充满活力、正念、行为纯洁、明辨自律、正直谨慎的人
的荣耀永远增长。
法经第 24 句
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21. Do not be attached to one view and look down
upon the views of others as inferior. This the
wise man calls a mental hindrance.
Sutta Nipata
不要执着于一种观点，而轻视他人的观点。
智者将此称为精神障碍。 Sutta Nipata
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22. Beings fall not to unhappy states through loss
of relatives, wealth, or health.
Beings fall to unhappy states through loss of
virtue and right view. Digha Nikaya
众生不会因为失去亲人、财富
或健康而堕落到不快乐的状态。
众生因失去戒德和正见而堕落
到不快乐的状态。
Digha Nikaya
Unhappy States
HELL * ANIMAL Realm
GHOST Realm
不快乐的领域
地狱*动物领域鬼界
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23. The End
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin
当觉者的教法被聆听和实现时，真正的快乐、幸福、
和平与智慧无疑会生起。
结束
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24. The Way To Happiness and Success
通往幸福和成功的道路
YouTube Video (Hokkien Narration) at the Link:
YouTube 视频（闽南语旁白）请点击链接
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt8wOntrr
MA&t=11s 22

25. The Way To Happiness and Success
通往幸福和成功的道路
幸福 = 成功
成功 = 幸福
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26. What is the Way?
It is the Noble Eightfold Path
道是什么？这是八正道
Of all the paths the Noble Eightfold Path
is the best; of all the truths the Four
Noble Truths are the best; of all things
non-craving is the best: of men the
Seeing One (the Buddha) is the best.
Dhammapada Verse 273
在所有的道路中，八正道是最好的；
的 四圣谛是最好的一切谛；
在所有事物中，无欲是最好的：男人
见者（佛）是最好的
法经第 273 句
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27. 1 正见
2正思维
3 正语 4正业
5正命6正精进
7正念 8正定
道德 3,4,5
定 6,7,8 精神净化
智慧 1,2
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28. RIGHT VIEW - 正见
This is understanding / SEEING The 4 Noble Truths
这是了解/看到四圣谛
The 4 Noble Truths
* The Truth of Suffering
* The Cause of Suffering
* The Cessation of Suffering
* The Path leading to the
Cessation of Suffering
(The Noble 8-Fold Path)
四圣谛
* 苦谛 * 苦因 * 苦灭 * 通往苦
灭之道（八正道）
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29. RIGHT THOUGHT 正思维
Right thought denotes the thoughts of
selfless renunciation or detachment, thoughts
of love (metta) and thoughts of non-
violence/non-cruelty.
正念是指无私出离或超然的念头、
爱（metta）的念头和非暴力/非残忍的念头。
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30. RIGHT SPEECH 正语
Right speech means abstention (1) from telling lies, (2) from backbiting
and slander and talk that may bring about hatred, enmity, disunity, and
disharmony among individuals or groups of people, (3) from harsh, rude,
impolite, malicious, and abusive language, and (4) from idle, useless,
and frivolous talk and gossip.
正语是指(1) 不说谎，(2) 不诽谤、诽谤和可能引起个人或群体之间仇恨、
敌意、不团结和不和谐的言论，(3) 不严厉、粗鲁、不礼貌、恶意 ，和
辱骂性的语言，以及 (4) 来自闲散、无用和轻浮的谈话和八卦。
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31. RIGHT ACTION 正业
Right action aims at promoting moral, honorable, and peaceful conduct. It
admonishes us that we should abstain from destroying life, from stealing,
from dishonest dealings, from sexual misconduct, and that we should
also help others to lead a peaceful and honorable life in the right way.
正业旨在促进道德、光荣和和平的行为。 它告诫我们，不
毁生命，不偷盗，不做不诚实的交易，不做不正当的性行
为，也应该帮助他人以正确的方式过上和平和光荣的生活。
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32. RIGHT LIVELIHOOD 正命
Right livelihood means that one should abstain from making one’s
living through a profession that brings harm to others, such as trading
in human beings, in arms and lethal weapons, intoxicating drinks or
poisons, killing animals, cheating, etc., and should live by a profession
which is honorable, blameless, and innocent of harm to others.
正命是指不从事危害他人的职业，如贩卖人口、买卖武器
和致命武器、醉酒或毒药、杀戮动物、欺骗等，并应以生
活为生。 一种光荣、无可指责、不会伤害他人的职业。
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33. RIGHT EFFORT 正精进
Right effort is the energetic will (1) to prevent evil and unwholesome states of
mind from arising, and (2) to get rid of such evil and unwholesome states that
have already arisen within a man, and also (3) to produce, to cause to arise,
good, and wholesome states of mind not yet arisen, and (4) to develop and bring
to perfection the good and wholesome states of mind already present in a man.
正精进是（1）防止邪恶和不善心的生起，以及（2）去除已经在人体内生
起的这些邪恶和不善的心，以及（3）生起、去 导致生起，尚未生起的善
与善的心境，以及 (4) 发展并完善一个人已存在的善与善的心境。
正精进
好的
坏的
避免+克服
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34. RIGHT MINDFULNESS 正念
Right mindfulness is to be diligently aware, mindful,
and attentive with regard to (1) the activities of the
body (2) sensations or feelings (3) the activities or
states of the mind and (4) the Dhamma
正念是对 (1) 身体的活动 (2) 感觉或感觉 (3) 心的活动或状
态以及 (4) 佛法勤奋地觉知、正念和专注
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35. RIGHT CONCENTRATION 正定
This is concerned with Samatha or Tranquility Meditation to attain
the 4 Jhanas ( deep mental / meditative absorption states ) where
the 5 mental hindrances do not prevail. With this calm, clear and
highly concentrated mental state, insights can arise to see things
as they truly are – the arising of wisdom.
这与止禅或静心禅修有关，以达到 4 禅那（深层心理/冥想的吸收状态），
其中 5 种心理障碍不占优势。 有了这种平静、清晰和高度专注的心理状
态，洞察力可以升起，如实看待事物——智慧的升起。
Samatha
Meditation
止禅
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36. The End 结束
“May we practice well the
Noble Eightfold Path.
This we must do diligently
and with heart.”
“愿我们修好八正道。
我们必须用心去做这件事。”
The cause of suffering is Craving or Tanha in Pali.
SEEING this we need to rid of Craving to end misery.
痛苦的原因是巴利文的贪爱或贪爱。
看到这一点，我们需要摆脱渴望结束痛苦。
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37. 生活明智的指示
YouTube Video (Hokkien Narration) at the Link:
YouTube 视频（闽南语旁白）请点击链接
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA
GfCJq0R5A&t=5s 35

38. When speaking,
be polite.
You know,
this is so right!
请
谢谢
你好吗？
说话的时候，
要有礼貌。
你知道，
这太对了！
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39. To Forgive
is Divine.
This is good
for the Mind.
原谅是神圣的。
这对心灵
有好处。
原谅你自己
和别的。
没关系
You are Forgiven!
今天是个好日子
原谅自己！ 37

40. To others spread
Loving-kindness.
This will give you
much Happiness.
对别人做你希
望别人对你做
什么。
向他人传播慈
爱。这会给你
带来很多快乐。
善待他人
你希望如何被对待。 38

41. Keep a tight rein on
your temper.
Anger destroys
mental peace.
Conquer it
with Love
for Bliss.
小心控制你
的脾气。
愤怒会破坏心灵
的平静。
用对幸福的爱来
征服它。
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42. No one’s perfect,
that is a fact.
Learn and
improve on what
you lack.
承认你的
错误
没有人是完美的，这是事实。
学习和改进你缺乏的东西。
Admit our mistakes
and learn from them. 我们都会犯
错。 承认他
们。从我们
的错误中学
习。
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43. Bear no ill-will
to anybody.
Resentment puts
you in misery.
不对任何人怀有恶意。
怨恨使你陷入痛苦。
不要
携带记仇。
人生苦
短，
不能记
仇。
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44. Ill-mannered ones are
disliked by many.
Good manners bring much gain
you will soon see.
有无可挑剔
的举止。
许多人不喜欢不礼貌的人。
良好的举止带来很大的收获你
很快就会看到。
人们会永远记住你的举止。
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45. Be diligent to develop
your mind for the better.
It’s important coz this is what
finally will matter.
永远不要低估你的
力量改变自己。
努力让自己的头脑变得更好。
这很重要，
因为这最终会很重要。
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46. Develop wisdom and
compassion.
This will lead us to liberation.
练习同理心。站在
别人的角度看事情。
培养智慧和慈悲。这将引
导我们获得解脱。
Meditate
To be still
and gain
Wisdom.
静心静心并获得智慧。
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47. The power of silent
stillness is truly great.
It will help check our anger
and hate.
知道什么时候
保持沉默。
寂静的力量真的很大。这将有
助于检查我们的愤怒和仇恨。
沉默
是金。
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48. Beware of the danger of
attachment. Do practice
Letting Go and contentment.
不要让你
的财物
占有你。
谨防依恋的危险。
练习“放手”和满足。
Contented
and Happy
满足
和开心
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49. There is much we can learn
from humor if we clearly
reflect and ponder.
如果我们清楚地反思和思考，
我们可以从幽默中学到很多东西。
笑死了。良
好的幽默感
可以克服很
多生活中的
问题
笑是最
好的良
药！
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50. 当我们有意识地遵循生命的明智法则时，
我们可以幸福而和平地生活。
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin
The
End
结
束
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