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Retiring Carolina Engineer Built Amida into A Major Lighting Firm.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 7/20/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...officially hung up his hat as chairman of Amida Industries, the country's largest industrial...supplier. Plowden's 25-plus years with Amida tells a rags-to-riches story. Although...engineer at Celanese by the time he started Amida, Plowden literally began at the ground...
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The Other Buddhism: Amida Comes West.(Shorter Notices)(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Middle Way; 2/1/2009; 517 words
; THE OTHER BUDDHISM: Amida Comes West, by Caroline Brazier, O Books...this is another recent publication of the Amida Trust. Caroline Brazier is a practising...psychotherapist and a senior ordained member of the Amida Order, a Pure Land Buddhist community...
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Interpreting Amida: History and Orientalism in the Study of Pure Land Buddhism.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Interpreting Amida: History and Orientalism in the Study...Galen Amstutz' argument in Interpreting Amida: History and Orientalism in the Study...scholars of Japan and Buddhism, Interpreting Amida may be read with profit by those interested...
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Rock Hill, S.C., Amida Bond Plan Wins First Vote.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 5/19/1998; ; 639 words
; ...Business News May 19--Rock Hill's Amida Industries Inc. is in growth mode. The...of itself is dramatic," Plowden said. Amida, pronounced "A-me-da," plans to...use at construction sites and in mines. Amida also builds flashing arrow boards used...
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Le Sutra D'Amida Preche Par Le Buddha.(Review)
Magazine article from: Buddhist-Christian Studies; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; LE SUTRA D'AMIDA PRECHE PAR LE BUDDHA. By Jerome Ducor. Schweizer Asiatische Studien...this traditional use of the sutras and includes a discussion on "The Amida Sutra in Liturgical Practice" (pp. 131-137). He cites Gyoyo, writing...
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Spa report; Amida Spa, Hampton.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 1/24/2005; 641 words
; Amida Spa, Hampton The Racquets and Fitness Spa, Staines Road, Twickenham, Middlesex...020 8662 6161. www.amidaclubs.com LUXURY FOR MONEY JUST one year old, Amida is super-modern and has a space-age feel. The large and airy gym has...
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Terex-Amida AL4000.(Products for Pros)
Magazine article from: Public Works; 5/15/2004; 357 words
; The Terex-Amida AL4000 Automatic Light Tower boasts an automatic start/stop feature that allows the owner to circumvent the labor-intensive...
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Two ways to signal safety. (Addco Manufacturing Co. and Amida Industries Inc. introduce new portable traffic signal devices)
Magazine article from: Construction Equipment; 6/15/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...options. Solar detour light Another state-of-the-art signal device, the solar powered Solarrow Detour-Lite, from Amida eliminates the engine. Solar panels charge three, 12-volt batteries that are specifically designed for solar energy applications...
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Terex-amida.(Light Towers)
Magazine article from: Construction Equipment; 9/1/2004; ; 381 words
; The AL4000 automatic portable floodlight system has an optional automatic start/stop feature that can be set with a timer or used with a photocell. The tower reaches 30 feet, rotates 360 degrees, and has a spring-loaded pin to automatically lock the tower in place. Light fixtures plug into a
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Terex-Amida AL4000.(World of Concrete with World of Masonry)
Magazine article from: Equipment Today Magazine; 1/1/2005; 369 words
; The AL4000 automatic portable light tower is available with an optional automatic portable floodlight control system with three operating modes. * Timer, photocell and first source setting modes * 30-ft. reach at full extension * Raised and lowered by an ergonomically positioned winch handle * Full
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Amida
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Amida or Amita . In Far Eastern Buddhism the name of the principal...Tibetan tradition, regarded by the Japanese as synonyms for Amida. The invocation ( nembutsu ) to Amida is namu Amida butsu , ‘veneration to the Buddha Amida...
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Namu Amida Butsu
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Namu Amida Butsu. The Japanese pronunciation of the ‘six-character form’ of the nembutsu , or oral invocation of...
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Aëtius of Amida
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
A ë tius of Amida ( b . Amida, Mesopotamia [now Diyarbakir, Turkey], fl, ca . a.d. 540) medicine. A ë tius had the title comes obsequii , which indicates that he had a relatively high rank, possibly of a military nature...
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Shinran
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...He is said to have turned to belief in Amida as the result of a dream in which he was...oneself completely at the mercy of the Buddha Amida as Honen required. He further wished to...meant consigning oneself completely to Amida's grace other religious practices were...
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Honen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Collection of Passages on the Original Vow of Amida, in Which the Nembutsu Is Chosen above...clear that the nembutsu, or the calling of Amida's name for his aid, was superior to...mercy of another (tariki ), that is, Amida. Traditional methods of salvation relied...
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