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Jan 2024
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Guided Meditation | Ajahn Brahm | 27 Jan...

BUDDHIST SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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Ajahn Brahm explains how our desires to want something or to get rid of something are a major cause for our sloth and torpor during meditation.

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