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An old, wise master reveals his ultimate secret: "I don't mind what happens." The students miss the message because they are too busy minding what happens to them. Later, the master is swamped by his students chattering about this terrible thing and that terrible thing that has happened to them, and the master replies, "Is that so? Maybe." His refusal to stoke their egos causes them to be confused, and demand more answers, more and more and more, for the ego can never be satisfied. He simply repeats his ultimate secret, and then leaves his students to understand for themselves what he means.
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