Venerable Ru Jun shares Master Ri-Chang’s 4 considerations to making a decision:
(from 10:58 min mark)
眼前好 将来也很好 这个要做
眼前好像不错 将来不好的 那这个不要做
眼前虽然不好 但是将来很好的 那这个要做
眼前又不好 将来又不好 那当然不要做
My understanding:
- something good for the present and for the future, we should do
- something that seems good for the present but not good for the future, we should not do
- something that doesn’t seem good for the present but is very good for the future, we should do
- something that doesn’t seem good for the present and is also not good for the future, we definitely should not do
such simple and elegant logic!