雲門匡真禪師廣錄 2.75

2.75

He brought up: "The National Teacher called his attendant three times, and the attendant responded three times. The National Teacher said: 'I thought I had failed you, but unexpectedly you have failed me.'" The Master said, "Where is it that 'I failed you'? If you understand, it is also without cause." He also said, "Where is it that the attendant failed the National Teacher?" The Master said, "Even smashing his bones and crushing his body could not repay it."