动机决定一切 Intention Determines Everything

• 中文

  动机决定一切你所造业的善恶。

  至极简单，也至极深奥！

  你所有的行为背后都有一个动机作前导车。这个动机是自利损他的？或是帮助他人的？

  若我们要生活在一起，要一起学习，要一起成长，或是一起分享，利他的精神是大家共同的基准。如果不是以这样的动机，所做所想的一切都没办法促成团体的成功。

  各人有各人习惯性的行为，甚至内心的动念，如贪心、瞋心、慢心、骄心、疑心……这些想法很多是从小就跟随而到现在，如果往前想，可能也是宿世带来的。你要轻易地把它拿掉是不容易的。

  但问题就是，当你的这类行为或念头出现时，你有记住你的利他宗旨吗？如果你忘记了宗旨，那就什么都不用谈了。因为那只是再重复以前的错误而已。

  有了良善的动机，产生良善利他的行为，别人将因你而得到利益。而你的生命品质也就朝向崇高，道德增长。

  有德的人，就有福，有福的人，就能在亲友中获得尊重，在社会上自会获得成功。

• English (Translated by our Students)

  Intention determines the nature of all your actions—whether they are wholesome or unwholesome.

  Simple, yet profoundly deep.

  Behind every action lies an intention leading the way. Is it self-serving and harmful to others, or is it meant to benefit them?

  If we are to live, learn, and grow together, the spirit of benefiting others must be our shared foundation. Without this, nothing we do can truly contribute to collective success.

  Each of us carries habitual tendencies—greed, anger, pride, doubt… Many of these have followed us since childhood, perhaps even from past lives. Removing them is not easy.

  But when such thoughts arise, do you remember your intention to benefit others? If you forget this, then everything simply becomes a repetition of past mistakes.

  With a good intention comes good action. Others benefit from you, and your own life is elevated—your virtue grows.

  With virtue comes blessings. With blessings comes respect—from loved ones and from society. And naturally, success follows.