修身 Character Building

修身 Character Building

甲: 戒貪 Guard against greed

Asage abides in his innate virtues

and does not crave for anything beyond that.

If he craves for more,

he will end up losing all his accumulated blessings.

But if he continues with his cultivation of morality,

he will naturally attain what he hopes to achieve.

Scroll 41: Huzi nzn Zi

聖人守其所以有,不求其所未得。

求其所未得者.則所有者亡矣;

修其所有,則所欲者至矣。

(卷 四十一 淮南子)

〔白話〕

聖人安守自己本具的性德 而不貪求自己未獲得的

貪求自己未獲得的 反而已擁有的會喪失掉

(因為貪求則無福 更有甚者混貪贓枉法將福報折盡)

如果修養自己本具的性德 想的到的就自然會得到

(因為性德有無亮的智慧德能福報)

南無阿彌陀佛