awk '/^BEGIN$/,/^END$/ {if($1 !~ /^BEGIN$/ && $1 !~ /^END$/) print}' filename
sed -e '1,/^BEGIN$/d' -e '/^END$/,$d' filename
The sed script has the flaw that there must be at least one line preceding
the BEGIN line.
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