Healthy and Wealthy

Jing Si Aphorisms

By Master Cheng Yen

202

Do not just seek

A rich material life for your family.

It is more important for parent and child,

And husband and wife to communicate and

nurture harmonious and close relationships.

204

Birds have nests; people have homes.

If family members live far apart,

How can they have a happy family life?

206

You must be free of ego

when you are with others,

so expand your heart,

be courteous, cooperative, and loving.

208

Life is full of illness.

Disease is illness,

Family dispute is illness,

social unrest is illness.

210

To have a warm and happy family,

we should nurture a heart of joy

and shower our family with blessings.

212

Never lose courage.

Never lose faith.

Nothing in this world is impossible

when you are determined.

214

Regardless how far the

journey is or how capable we are,

we do our best to reach our goal.

This is perseverance at its best.

216

Hard work signifies

persistence and patience.

To achieve

great accomplishments, we must have a

hardworking spirit.

218

True blessings flow from our ability to love,

and be loved by others.

220

Learn to develop pure and

unconditional love;

A love that has no sense of gain or loss,

that asks for nothing in return.

In this way we can be free of worries.

222

A love with conditions

attached would never last.

Only pure, unconditional love

will last forever.

224

Love is just like a cup of tea;

when properly mixed,

it has a wonderful light aroma.

If it is too strong,

it will be too bitter to drink.

226

Every achievement grows out of

the seed of determination.

228

Don’t underestimate yourself,

for human beings have unlimited potential.

230

The journey of a thousand miles

begins with one first step.

Even the saint was once

an ordinary human being.

232

To begin is easy, to persist, difficult.

Talking abaout truth without practicing it

leads neither to enlightenment

nor realizing the Dharma.

234

We should not idle away our time,

and drift in frivolous thoughts.

It is best to nurture our innate goodness

and develop our ability to help others.

236

When we have nothing to do

and idle away our time,

our spirit becomes weak

and life seems meaningless.

238

A fulfilling life is not preoccupied

with material objects, prestige, or power.

It is a life that is filled with true frienships,

sharing, and caring for each other.

240

To not take things in life so seriously

is not a negative, resigned attitude;

it is a happy and proactive one.

It does not mean giving up hope;

it is a genuine insight

into the real purpose of life.

242

To not take things in life so seriously

does not mean being indifferent;

rather, it implies the attitude of

grasping every opportunity to do good.

It does not mean now owning anything,

but being content

with whattever you have.

244

Our accomplishments in life

are built on the words and actions

we make every day-

thus wemust be discreet in our

daily speech and behavior.

246

To give is better than

to receive

248

Give without expectation,

and give with gratitude

250

Giving is not the privilege of the rich,

it is the privilege of the sincere

Jing Si Aphorisms

To not take things in life so seriously

Does not mean being indifferent;

Rather, it implies the attitude of

Grasping every opportunity to do good.

It does not mean now owning anything,

But being content

With whatever you have.