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THE FIVE MENTAL HINDRANCES AND
THEIR CONQUEST
Selected Texts from the Pali Canon
and the Commentaries
Compiled and translated by
Nyanaponika Thera
BUDDHIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY
KANDY SRI LANKA
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No. 54, Sangaharaja Mawatha
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First published by the Bauddha
Sahitya
Sabha, Colombo, 1947.
First BPS edition (revised and enlarged)
published in 1961. Reprinted 1973.
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ISBN 955-24-0111-9
THE WHEEL PUBLICATION NO. 26
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