[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [明覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996) › 4.20 # 明覺禪師語錄 4.20 明覺禪師語錄 4.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.20) 有時云：「悔不慎當初。」便下座，却問僧：「他後作麼生舉？」代云：「好事不如無。」 > At times he would say: "'I regret not having been cautious at the beginning.'" Then he stepped down from his seat and asked a monk: "Later on, how will you bring this up?" Speaking on their behalf, he said: "A good thing is not as good as nothing." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.19) - [Next: 4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.21) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996~en-mt.4.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.20) · Pramāṇa