Shame on You

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The Master asked a monk, "How old are you?"

The monk replied, "Thirty-One."

The Master said, :At twenty-nine, the Buddha had already realised enlightenment, and here you are showing the same old face."

The monk asked, "How old is Your Reverence?"

The Master replied," Over eighty."

"Shame on you!" the monk scolded him.

The Master made a low bow.

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