[Hope·Embark] Maintaining Ethical Discipline Is The Deepest Repayment 持戒是最深的回馈

There are many types of virtues in the world, but one type of virtue is the virtue of precepts. The precept recipient obtains the essence of precepts from his Excellent Teacher delivering the precepts, turns the ‘delusion’ in beginingless cyclic existence to ‘enlightenment’, turns from harming others to benefiting others, and constantly thinking of maintaining ethical discipline to dedicate to this world. That precisely is the most magnificent virtuous merits, and is the deepest gratitude and repayment to this world.

世上有很多善，但有一种善叫戒善。 受者戒从传戒的善知识得到戒体，翻无始轮回的「迷」为「觉」，翻害人为利人，心心念念只要持戒回向这个世界，那就是最宏伟的资粮善，是对这个世界深深的报恩与回馈。

《希望·新生》【四季法语】夏 #141 Summer · Four Seasons Words of Wisdom [Hope·Embark]