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Chronic Pain, Ego and Liberation, by Ajahn Sumedho.

By Buddhism Now on 15 October 2025 • ( 0 )

Buddhist video (33 minutes) by Ajahn Sumedho, filmed at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery on 11 October 2015.


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