孙果秀注释

Explained by Jennifer Lin

 
  《弟子规》系根据《论语》中的道理，从日常起居中订出切实可行的生活规范。本书采“三字一句、两句一韵”的形式编写，极适合儿童朗读背诵。而这些文浅义深的规范，亦可说是成人修身立德的指南。

《弟子规》与《三字经》的中英版本，是万佛圣城育良小学学生必读的教材。该校义务老师孙果秀居士，引用许多有趣又发人深省的小故事，深入浅出地注解《弟子规》一书，并由《金刚菩提海月刊》英译刊出，使令中西方人士都有机会阅读，获益良多。
 
 
 
"Standards for Students" is a compilation based on Confucian Analects. It contains practical lifestyle rules extracted from daily life. This book uses the format of "three words for one sentence, two sentences for one rhyme," thus it is very suitable for children to read and recite. Because of these simple, yet thought-provoking examples, it is a guideline for adults to cultivate and self-improve in today's society.

The Chinese and English versions of "Standards for Students" and the "Three Character Classic" are required reading materials for students at Goodness Instilling Elementary School in the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, CA. Many interesting, yet profound short stories are used by the school's volunteer teacher, Jennifer Lin, to annotate "Standards for Students" and it has been translated into English in the Vajra Bodhi Sea Monthly Journal. We hope all disciples and students from the East and West will have the opportunity to read and benefit from this book.