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The monk as totemic figure

Sunday Essay by AJITH SAMARANAYAKE

The sudden demise of Ven. Gangodawila Soma, better known as Soma Hamuduruwo, in far away St. Petersburg in Russia has sent predictable shock waves through the Buddhist community.
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