# Quotable Quotes That Have Inspired You, like 人无远虑，必有近忧

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**Category:** Miscellaneous | 其他\
**Created:** [December 7, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/t/quotable-quotes-that-have-inspired-you-like/396 "2017-12-07T23:18:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/t/quotable-quotes-that-have-inspired-you-like/396/21 "2018-07-17T22:00:11Z")

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another of Master Ri-Chang’s often used exhortation:

> **我是来学佛，还是来学我？**  
> Am I trying to learn from Buddha or am I trying to learn on my terms?

Taken from Master’s [Lamrim Commentary Track 86A](https://bwmonastery.org.sg/lr86a):

> 这个“学”常常记住：我是来学佛，还是来学我？如果学我，对的，那“我觉得这个事情这样的，我觉得这个事情这样的。”你做对了，因为你本来就学我嘛，对吧！当然“你觉得、你觉得”没有错。现在呢，不是，要跟他学。如果要跟他学的话，当他这个概念跟你不相应的时候，你立刻检点了：“对了，对了，那他是这么说的，我是这么想的，问题来了。”然后呢，你仔细地要把他佛三宝说的话认识，他的内容什么？我为什么做不到？这个一个一个找出来。

This reminds me to be mindful not to wilfully interpret Buddha’s teachings based on my own preference and for my own liking.

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/t/quotable-quotes-that-have-inspired-you-like/396/22 "2018-07-22T22:07:36Z")

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An often heard battlecry from Master Ri-Chang:

> **跟烦恼斗！**

Referencing the [Lamrim Commentary Track 86B](https://bwmonastery.org.sg/lr86b)

> 【烦恼稍出，即应用矛数数击刺，此复自心随何烦恼生己无间，视如怨敌与之斗战。】  
> Further, you must see any affliction as an enemy and attack it as soon as it arises in your mind.  
> 【若不尔者，初起忍受非理作意，令其资养成无可敌，唯随彼行。】  
> Otherwise, if you acquiesce when it first appears, and then nurture it with improper thoughts, you will have no way to delete it, and it will conquer you in the end.

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**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.bwmonastery.org.sg/t/quotable-quotes-that-have-inspired-you-like/396/23 "2019-08-28T10:57:10Z")

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**\> 信为欲依，欲为勤依**

My rough translation:  
desire is built on faith, diligence is then built on this desire (the desire here refers to the desire for the Teachings)

Master Ri-Chang explains it here:

> 你要努力去做！可是要努力去做要什么？要信心，有了信心你就生起这个欲，“信为欲依，欲为勤依”。你有了正确的了解，那个时候才启发信心，有了信心这个善法欲就起 (p99) 来了，有了善法欲就精进就起来了。那么“了解”哪来的？听闻，依靠善知识。  
> [BW Monastery 吉祥宝聚寺 — 第51卷B面](https://bwmonastery.org.sg/lr51b)

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