我們立志要讓自己做一個好人，

不要做一個品行不好的人。

Let us make a resolution to be a good person,

not to be a person with bad character.

我們做的好，不用父母操心；

做不好，是不是讓父母難過？

If we behave well, our parents will not worry about us.

If we misbehave, do we make our parents sad?

所以我們今天修道，一定要把自己修好，

少去跟別人計較，少發脾氣，不要說人家是非，

So today, as cultivators, we have to cultivate ourselves well,

and be capacious, have good temper, and do not speak ill of others.

每一個人把自己的本分做好。

Everyone should fulfill his or her own duties.

該上班的時候努力賺錢，

有錢的時候，不是趕快去花錢，

When it is time to work, just work hard.

When you have money, do not spend money immediately.

首先要把家庭顧好，再有多餘的錢，多做一點善事，

Take care of your family, and use the rest of it to do some good deeds.

上天無形中幫我們撥轉，是不是更好？ 

Heaven will help us secretly, is it better? 

不要有錢光自己享受，

這樣賺錢就沒有什麼意思。

Do not only enjoy money by yourself,

and that will be meaningless to make money.

仲由夫子慈悲囑語 The Holy Teachings of Venerable Zhong-You

November 27, 2003