The second point is that this self-awareness coexists with the realization that all beings are enabled to attain birth in the Pure Land through Amida's Vow.
Since in the sutra beings attain birth regardless of their particular level or kind of practice, it is not that those practices are being prescribed; rather, the sutra intends to show that the actual cause of birth lies not in any such practices, but solely in Amida's vow.
These powers may have been attained at birth (because of one's previous karma), by chemical means, by the power of words, or through concentration.
PMRs are potentially reduced by attaining the ideal birth weight and GA.
Bug, German by birth, attained this canonical status through the sheer will of groove and melody, and his debut MIXED BY makes it look easy.
Janaka, a ksatriya by birth, attained the rank of a brahmin by virtue of his ripe wisdom and saintly character and is considered a rajarishi (king-sage).
Linear analyses were performed for parity, duration of breastfeeding and age at menopause within broad categories defined by attained age and birth cohort.
Mothers completed the mother section of the SDQ which captured information on nine variables: age, marital status, highest level of education attained, country of birth, language spoken at home, employment status, number of working hours/week (if working outside the home), cigarette and alcohol use.
Results: In the control patients, serum trypsinogen showed little variation with age, whereas serum isoamylase values rose from birth on, attaining adult values by 3 years.
Discussing the new children's rights movement, it stated that "child citizens" were "powerless individuals" and argued that children should not be considered equally incompetent from birth to attaining legal age, but that instead courts should presume competence except when there is evidence otherwise, on a case-by-case basis.
