{"id":10785,"date":"2016-08-29T20:26:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T00:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baus.org\/en\/?p=10785"},"modified":"2017-07-28T01:20:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T05:20:34","slug":"the-four-protective-meditations-with-ven-bhikkhu-bodhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baus.org\/en\/the-four-protective-meditations-with-ven-bhikkhu-bodhi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Four Protective Meditations with Ven. 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