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Ikkyu mocked fake practitioners with relentless sarcasm

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Disgusted by hypocritical monks, he paraded around with a large wooden sword to show that their spiritual authority was utterly fake. He spent his life aggressively trolling the elite and hanging out in highly disreputable taverns.

Ikkyu mocked fake practitioners with relentless sarcasm
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