宣公上人这次访台期间对各行各业人士，与不同的问题，都有恳切的建议，开示直指问题核心，发人深省。以下就是宣公上人访台法语的辑录：

During his visit to Taiwan this time, Venerable Master Hua gave earnest advice and suggestions to people from various professions who had different questions. His instructions always went straight to the heart of their questions, motivating them to reflect deeply.

在修行方面：

On Cultivation:

一位来自新竹的尼师问：混身病痛多，该怎么办呢？

宣公上人说：这个身体是假的，修行人不求一日无病，无病则贪欲生。

A nun from Xinju: My whole body is afflicted with illness. What should I do?

The Venerable Master: This body is false. A cultivator should not seek to be without sickness for even one day. Without sickness, one's greed and desire arise.

两位出家人问：如何消除业障？

宣公上人答：没有脾气就没有业障。

Two left-home people: How can we eradicate our karmic obstacles?

The Venerable Master: If you have no temper, you will have no karmic obstacles.

一位企业界人士问：如何能时常保持如如不动的心？

答：如者，是要如法，要依照规矩来做。不如法就是不依照规矩来做。如如就是不动，不动才能如如。若不能不动，谈不到如如。

A businessman: How can we constantly keep the mind in a state of unmoving thusness?

Answer: To be "thus" means to be in accord with the Dharma, which is to say, to do things according to the regulations. Not to be in accord with the Dharma means doing things without following the rules. Thusness is unmoving; only if we are unmoving can we reach the state of thusness. If we are not unmoving, then we can't even talk about "thusness."

一位中医师问：请师父慈悲开示。

答：多念佛！

A doctor of Chinese medicine asked: Would the Master please compassionately give us some instructions?

Answer: Recite the Buddha's name more!

问：如何拥护佛教？

答：你们拥护佛教，要静静观察。是道则进，非道则退。有时你出钱，是造了功德。有时你出钱，是造了罪业，是值得考虑的。出家人不能有钱，一有钱就不守规矩。你帮助他，他就吃喝嫖赌，钱再多，就还俗了。你不帮他，他还修行。尤其单独一个人住，够吃就够了。

How can we support and protect Buddhism?

Answer: Those of you who want to support and protect Buddhism should look into things calmly. You should proceed if it is the Way, and retreat if it is not. Sometimes you create merit and virtue by donating money, but sometimes you commit offenses by giving money. You should think it over carefully. A left-home person cannot have money. Once he has money, he will become unruly. If you "help" him [by giving him money], he will just go eat, drink, visit prostitutes, and gamble. If he gets enough money, he will go back to laylife. If you do not "help" him, he will still cultivate. This is especially true when he is staying all by himself. If he has enough food to eat, that will do.

对造庙的看法：

The Master's view on building temples:

宣公上人说：造庙不如造人，造人不如造佛。造庙如果没有人守，是浪费了。我不是反对造庙，我是说真理。你造大庙，我同意的，我不同意造小庙。我“拆小庙，造大庙”，没有庙的地方，我造庙。

The Venerable Master said: Building temples is not as good as training people. Training people is not as good as creating Buddhas. If a temple is built but there is no one to take care of it, it will be a waste. I'm not opposed to building temples, but I'm telling the truth. I approve of building big temples, but I don't approve of building small temples. I want to "tear down small temples and build big temples." Wherever there is no temple, I'll go and build one.

对企业界的建议：

Advice to entrepreneurs:

一位企业家问：您看我们在台湾做生意，政局怎么样？到大陆投资，前景如何？

答：你们在台湾做生意，应该爱国，忠于国家，以做生意的智慧帮助国家。台湾很多人很有财产，但找不出爱国的。台湾的人到大陆投资，不是为了爱国，而是投机取巧，在此非常时期，做无本求利的生意，都有血本无归的危险。因为共产党的政局也会变，一旦没有共产党，恐怕投资的人都会大失所望，因为那边朝令夕改。

An entrepreneur: We are now doing business in Taiwan; what do you think the political situation will be like? If we make investments in mainland China, what will be the outcome?

Answer: Those of you who do business in Taiwan should love your country and be loyal to your country. Use the wisdom that you have in doing business to help your country. There are many people in Taiwan with tremendous fortunes, but none of them really love their country. The people of Taiwan are making investments in mainland China not out of a sense of patriotism, but as a means of exploiting the opportunity to make more profit. During this unusual time, those who think they can make a profit without putting in any capital risk the danger of getting nothing at all in return. The political situation of the Communists will also change. Once the Communist Party is gone, the investors may end up greatly disappointed, because the inconsistent policies there are such that "orders issued in the morning are often changed by the evening."

现在台湾有累卵之势，像很多鸡蛋堆在一起，一倒都碰坏。你们商人应该关心自己的国家。到大陆做生意，不错，最初是赚钱，但到最后都是血本无归，不要把力量都放到大陆上。共产国家我们要救济他，但朝令夕改，百姓惶惶然。

Right now, Taiwan's situation can be compared to a precarious heap of eggs. When it collapses, all the eggs will be broken. You businessmen should be concerned about your own country. If you go to the mainland to do business, you will make money in the beginning, but eventually you will lose everything. So you shouldn't put all your efforts into doing business in the mainland. Since it is Communist country, we should try to help it out. Its inconsistent policies have kept the people in a state of fear.

对政局的看法：

The Master's view of the political situation:

问：您为什么说台湾像南宋临安时期？

答：临安那时就是将相不和，所以导致国家灭亡。现在在这个小地方两党相争，上下交征利。民进党和国民党互争长短，打架很野蛮，上有好之者，下必有甚焉。打架得来的，将来也会打架失去的。国民党内部也有问题，都是互相倾轧，争权夺利，水火不分。如果不改，绝对不会有光明的前途。现在台湾最大失败之处就是不团结，将来两败俱伤，渔翁得利。这渔翁指的不光是共产党，也包括外国人。总之，一胡闹，人家唾手而得。

Q: Why do you say that Taiwan's situation now is like that of the Southern Song dynasty in Ling An?

A: During the Ling An period, the generals and ministers didn't get along well, so eventually the country fell apart. Now, in this small place, two parties are vying for power and profit. The Progessive Party and the Nationalist Party are fighting with each other and contending in a very rude way. If the people in high position like to fight, the people below will be even worse. In fact, anything gained by fighting will be lost in the same way. Even within the Nationalist Party, people are as antagonistic as fire and water, mutually trying to subvert each other, usurping power for themselves, and depriving others of their rights. If they do not change their attitudes, they will not have any bright future to speak of. Taiwan's greatest failure right now is that the people cannot cooperate with each other. In the future, they will cause their own ruin, and the bystanders will take advantage of them. These bystanders are not referring only to the Communists, but also to foreigners as well. In general, if they start quarrelling recklessly, the bystanders will easily come down on them.

问：为今之计应该怎么办？

答：应该有德行，“不争、不贪、不求、不自私、不自利、不妄语”，这是做人的根本、修行的基础、政治的磐石。若能这样，不用一枪一炮就可以对付共产党。共产党成功就是利用人的贪心，号称没贫没富，但是现在特权阶级富可敌国，名实不符。现在共产党里边是贪污、腐败、官倒、向钱看、走后门，人人都要三十六条腿，人的贪心、争心比谁都大。

Q: Then for now, how should we solve this problem?

A: We should conduct ourselves with virtue by not fighting, not being greedy, not seeking, not being selfish, not pursuing personal advantage, and not lying. These guidelines are the basis for being a human being. They are the foundation for cultivating the Way, and a standard for government. If we can follow them, we will be able to overthrow the Communist Party without using a single gun or cannon. The Communists have won their success by exploiting people's greed. They claim that they do not discriminate between the rich and the poor, but this is in name only. In reality, those in the positions of authority are so rich that their wealth is comparable to that of the national treasury. Right now, within the Communist Party, there are avaricious and corrupt officials who resort to underhanded tactics to get money in any way they can. It is as if they have thirty-six legs and more greed and aggressiveness than anyone else.

总之，合则双美，毁则两伤。民进党要把国民党打倒了，民进党也就没了。他们不懂这一点。这些政争的人是“有福不会享，没事找事干。”现在吵着要独立，这叫窝里反，自残骨肉。不能搞分裂，若团结、安定、合作，这是国之福。如果不能这样，想洁身自爱，就是临阵脱逃。自己的安危不要计较，为国牺牲是应该的。

In general, if the two parties [of Taiwan] can learn to cooperate and work together, it will be good for both of them. If they continue to deprecate each other, they will just be hurting themselves. If the Progressive Party overthrows the Nationalist Party, the Progessive Party will not last long either. Unfortunately, they do not understand this. Those who fight for political reasons are just "people who have blessings but do not know how to enjoy them and who are looking for trouble where there is none." Now they are clamoring for independence [from the mainland], but this amounts to stirring rebellion in the nest and killing one's own kin. We shouldn't create divisions. If we can unite in harmony and work together in peace, then we will bring blessings to our country. If we cannot be this way and just want to protect ourselves, then we are just trying to run away from the crisis. We should not calculate for our own safety. Rather, we should be willing to sacrifice ourselves for the sake of the country.

上人对自己的看法：

The Master's view of himself:

问：一般人都说您有好几通？

答：我不承认的，都是偶而碰巧的。应该不会死的，求我也不会死；应该死的，求我也不会活，这你们懂吗？

Q: People generally think that you have several kinds of spiritual powers...

A: I don't acknowledge that. Things have always happened by chance. If someone is not supposed to die and he prays to me, he will not die. If someone is supposed to die, then even if he prays to me he will not live. Do you understand this?

问：有人说法师是“出家人干政”？

答：我看台湾有累卵之势，可是一般人还不觉悟。我是中国人，不能不管这个事。我想说的话，有势力的人也不能让我不说。像这次我说“现在台湾和南宋一样”，大家都是只看脚下，不看眼前。

Q: Some people say that the Master is "a monk who interferes in politics…"

A: I see that Taiwan is in great danger, like a heap of eggs about to topple over, but the people are still not aware of it. I'm a Chinese, and so I cannot help but be concerned about this matter. Even the authorities cannot stop me from saying what I want to say. This time I am saying that the situation in Taiwan is similar to that of the Southern Song dynasty; people just see what's under their feet rather than looking at what's really in front of them.

问：老和尚的愿力？

答：中国的佛教一般都保守，我愿意把佛教的经典译成英文。天主教、耶苏教为什么这么普遍？就因为他们把圣经翻译成各国语文。佛教如果把经典都翻译成外国语文，也不会输于天主教、耶苏教。在万佛城，我愿意把各种宗教融合在一起，我预备所造的庙宇，每个宗教都可以来举行他自己的宗教仪式。我相信把他们包容下来，互相的门户之见会少一点。

Q: What is the Master's vow?

A: Buddhism in China has always been very conservative. However, I want to translate the Buddhist canon into English. Why are Catholicism and Protestantism so widespread? It's because the Bible has been translated into the languages of different countries. If all the Buddhist Sutras are translated into foreign languages, Buddhism will not fall behind Catholicism and Protestantism. At the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, I hope to bring all religions together in harmony, and allow each of them to hold their religious ceremonies in the temple. I believe that if we can encompass and accept them all, it will lessen the biases and discrimination among them.

对台湾的期望：

The Master's hopes for Taiwan:

我希望台湾的人，无论信什么宗教，要本着自己的宗教来做人，每个人要爱身，身不可以犯法；爱家，家不可以破碎；爱国，国家当局者都尽忠为国，要为国牺牲，而不是为国打架。

I hope that the people of Taiwan, regardless of what religion they believe in, will base themselves upon the principles of their respective religions and learn to be good people. Everyone should cherish himself and refrain from breaking the laws. One should cherish one's family and not allow it to break up. Those who work in government should be loyal to their country and be willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of their country. However, this does not mean fighting in the name of the country.