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Oct 2014
1h 33m

Lesson 6 – Hurdles and Pitfalls

Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
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difficulties in meditation and some ways and means of overcoming them. (This compilation is transcribed in the book: Finding the Missing Peace, 2011)

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