{"id":154685,"date":"2026-02-12T17:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=154685"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:50:21","slug":"this-country-is-suffering-from-inner-poverty-bhikkhu-bodhis-powerful-d-c-peace-speech-ak1e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/02\/12\/this-country-is-suffering-from-inner-poverty-bhikkhu-bodhis-powerful-d-c-peace-speech-ak1e\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThis Country Is Suffering from Inner Poverty\u201d \u2014 Bhikkhu Bodhi&#8217;s\u00a0 Powerful D.C. 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