Based on the principle "speaking of worldly things with a transcendent mind," Master Cheng Yen's meditations are not a concentrated version of abstruse Buddhist doctrines, but rather are vignettes from life. They cover every sort of topic, from romance to relations between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, from thoughts on what kind of clothes to wear to "what to do if your child behaves poorly and does not study hard."
所謂「以出世之心，談入世之事」，證嚴法師的靜思語集中不見高深的佛理，有的只是生活中的點點滴滴，從感情問題、婆媳相處之道、穿衣哲學到「孩子不乖，不讀書怎麼辦？」完全不拘形式，隨機隨緣。