以海阔天空之量容纳一切事
[109] With Measure Of [The] Ocean’s Width [And The] Sky’s Spaciousness Accommodate All Matters
所言瞋心，乃宿世习性。今既知有损无益，宜一切事当前，皆以海阔天空之量容纳之。
That said anger’s mind, [is] thus past lives’ habitual nature. Now since knowing [it] has harms without benefits, [there] should [be], when before all matters, all with [the] measure of [the] ocean’s width [and the] sky’s spaciousness accommodating them.
[Note 1: Anger can hurt people, mess up matters and even damage things. With whatever happening, always have a big heart and mind, that is able to remain open. This is the very opposite of pettiness and small-mindedness.]
则现在之宽宏习性，即可转变宿生之褊窄习性。
Then, [the] present habitual nature [of] magnanimity, immediately can transform past lives’ habitual nature [of] narrow-mindedness.
[Note 2: The way to transform a negative habit, no matter how strongly ingrained, is to create a positive habit, no matter how weak, to replace it, and to reinforce it with practice each and every time an opportunity arises. This is how the negative habit will diminish and disappear eventually.]
倘不加对治，则瞋习愈增，其害非浅。
If not adding [a] remedy, then [will] anger’s habit increase even more, [and] these harms [will not be] not shallow.
[Note 3: The spiritual sickness of anger, if not treated, is likely to grow to further harm oneself and others. Even if it does not grow much, it will still continue to harm. In the worst-case scenario, it can even lead to the creating of evil karma that leads to hell, through serious breaking of the precepts, by hateful killing, suicide and such.]
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
《印光法师文钞》（正编）：复裘佩卿书一；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (First Compilation): First Reply Letter [To] Qiú Pèiqīng;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第一百零九则）：三、示修持方法：丙、明对治习气（第十六则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (109th Short Section): 3rd [Chapter]: Guidance [On] Practice Methods: Fifth, Clear Remedies [For] Habitual Tendencies: (16th Short Section)
[Ref: #109 / 3.3.16]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
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《印光大师文钞菁华录》
Record Of Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence
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