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Was Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple a Buddhist Shrine?
Dear DerdriuMarriner - Thanks for your interest and many questions/points raised.
Hope I have answered them all with my understanding and knowledge of Dhamma.
WriterArtist, on 08/03/2023
The Tatton Show 2023
I'm getting quite a really entertaining laugh over your wife preferring to stay away from the Irish moonshine stall. That's probably what my reaction would be what with the frightening stories here of moonshinees dying from moonshine and of ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/03/2023
Was Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple a Buddhist Shrine?
Derdriumarriner- In modern India widows get to keep what belonged to their husbands. In olden days, the inheritance/ property could be usurped by the relatives, namely brothers of the deceased.
WriterArtist, on 08/03/2023
Snow White and Its Symbols
Ever since this wizzley's release, I've been meaning to integrate within my question the following structural question.
Is there an implied order to your questions, from most to least impactful or important or from least to most?
In other ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/03/2023
Was Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple a Buddhist Shrine?
Buddhism as I know in the original Pali teachings do not celebrate deities, customs and beliefs. According to Buddha, every living being has potential to become Deva (God) and even Bramha. The living beings can even surpass these realms and ...
WriterArtist, on 08/03/2023
Our Lady's House at Ephesus
The book, whose author and title I do not recall, from either the Salt Lake City family history library or the downtown Salt Lake City public library, likewise uniquely -- to me, at least -- described Our Lady Mary as from a cultured, educated, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/03/2023
Was Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple a Buddhist Shrine?
Hinduism borrowed many Gods from Buddhism. Indra is one example. Bramha is another. There aren’t any followers of these Gods. Hindus worship many deities. Only followers of God Shiva and God Vishnu became prominent. They were known as Shaiva and ...
WriterArtist, on 08/03/2023
Was Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple a Buddhist Shrine?
Derdriumarriner - Shankaracharya and many other Pandits who followed later tried to wipe out Buddhism. Kings following Ashoka the Great, massacred Bhikkus. Ashoka’s mother was a Brahmin and father Kshatriya. His initial steps were to expand his ...
WriterArtist, on 08/03/2023
Snow White and Its Symbols
The seventh symbol, Glass coffin, describes Snow White's Prince as "Mr. Right" and as "husband, protector, and avenger."
Did I miss it somewhere, or why does the prince not have a name?
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/03/2023
The Tatton Show 2023
I did not include wines, as it was an oversight. There was not any wine or mead available, and Maureen was not keen on the stall that was selling Irish moonshine, so we did not visit it.
Wine is difficult to obtain at the show as to sell it you ...
frankbeswick, on 08/03/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
The land was short of animals for food, but the ocean was stocked with fish that swam where they chose.
frankbeswick, on 08/03/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
The second paragraph to your first subheading, The Beginnings, considers that "The book pays serious attention to the initial stages of the peopling of the land and the establishment of its fauna. This is welcome because this issue is oft ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/02/2023
Snow White and Its Symbols
The seventh symbol, Glass coffin, intrigues me with its construction.
Glass makes me think of something elite until the Industrial Revolution invention of slums, whereby slumlords actually provided glass -- albeit breakable or broken -- ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/02/2023
The Tatton Show 2023
Your next-to-last subheading, The Marquees, adds wine to the edible list even as it is the "hardest to obtain."
Your last subheading, Edibles, conjures what is drunken, not eaten. It implies that you and your wife included no drinkables among ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/02/2023
The Tatton Show 2023
We use a variety of breads, white and Brown sliced, French bread at times.
frankbeswick, on 08/02/2023