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The Welsh Marches
When a contract for public works is awarded there is a statutory obligation upon the companies performing the digging to perform an archaeological investigation. I do not know of any surreptitious digs happening.
frankbeswick, on 06/16/2023
Facing Chronic Illness in a Christian Way
Frank,
A technique from energy medicine practitioner Donna Eden has helped me to relax and to feel better almost immediately when I experience symptoms of some health issues. I presently do not have access to her book Energy medicine: Balancing ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/16/2023
Facing Chronic Illness in a Christian Way
WriterArtist,
I'm sending prayers for your father's well-being and for appreciation of your care of him.
You noted: "When you are praying, pray for others, pray for the entire living beings in universe." Your words remind me of the Buddhist ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/16/2023
Is Buddhism older than Hinduism?
Pali sources identify the 29th Buddha as Metteyya (Maitreya in Sanskrit), child of Subrahma and Brahmavati in Ketumatī.
Online sources link the name with an earthly, legendary paradise. Some mention it as in actuality Banaras, Uttar Pradesh; or ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/16/2023
The Welsh Marches
The United States controls digging around utilities, be they telephone poles, traffic lights, transformers, etc. That ends up perhaps more enforceable than digging around, into, under historical sites just because of the formers' visibility ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/16/2023
Facing Chronic Illness in a Christian Way
Thanks.
frankbeswick, on 06/16/2023
Facing Chronic Illness in a Christian Way
Prayers assured Writer Artist...
Veronica, on 06/15/2023
Blarney Castle and Gardens, County Cork
Bsg . Good comment as always.
Cork is in Southern Ireland so is not part of Great Britain. They have the Irish flag but N. Ireland can fly the Union Jack or Irish flag. You would never see the Union Jack in the South.
Veronica, on 06/15/2023
Frances Brundage, an artist of picture books and postcards
The features of the girls appear quite similar. The features of the boys and men appear a bit more varied.
I can see how the man carrying the other man in The Old Man of the Sea somewhat resembles the build and the face in the one photograph ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/15/2023
Was Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple a Buddhist Shrine?
Pali sources give the birthplaces of the 28 whom we already know and of the 29th whom a future generation will know.
Wouldn't it be interesting to see if there are old Buddhist shrines in Anupamanagara, Arunavattinagara, Bandhuvatinagara, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/15/2023
Was Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple a Buddhist Shrine?
Your next-recentest comment considers that in modern India widows may remarry.
What would happen to the dead husband's inheritance that would have been taken from her -- and given to whom? -- in previous times?
Would a widow nowadays be able ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/15/2023
Blarney Castle and Gardens, County Cork
Just got to visit the article and its images. I thought it would have not have a Scottish appearance in any part, but the image clearly shows the house does. One observation, with all the spires I see no Union Jack flying, a nice touch. Was ...
blackspanielgallery, on 06/15/2023
Is Buddhism older than Hinduism?
The computer crashed before I could add an additional part to my question in the comment box below.
Is it not perhaps likewise indicative of an old religion, an old spirituality that we thereby know the incarnation of Gautama Buddha at the time ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/15/2023
Is Buddhism older than Hinduism?
Pali sources from Sri Lanka identify 29 named Buddhas, of whom Gautama Buddha the 28th and Maitrya the 29th.
Is it not perhaps indicative of an old religion, an old spirituality that we thereby know the birthplaces, the enlightenment trees, the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/15/2023
The Welsh Marches
The ancient fords have been replaced by modern bridges.
frankbeswick, on 06/15/2023