mahavir jayanti celebrations

SPECIAL MESSAGE BY ACHARYA MAHAPRAGNA ON MAHAVIR JAYANTI DAY - One aspect of celebrating Mahavir Jayanti is to remember one of the greatest souls whose teachings on Non-violence, Non-possession and Anekant (a multidimensional philosophy of Non-absolutism) are unique throughout the world. Lord Mahavira observed, experienced and realized that deliberation on cause of violence is incomplete without deliberation on possession. Thinking on Non-possession is essential for thinking on Non-violence. We want to change action and outcome but with less emphasis on cause of action. Success eludes us in such attempts. Violence is an effect, its cause is possession. Violence is on increase in present day world. It's reason lies in attachment to material objects. Attachment is basic feature of possession. Lord Mahavira said “one can not absolve of attachment without relinquishing the lust for attachment and Non-Violence can not decline without relinquishing attachment.”

PRESIDENT -“On the auspicious occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, I extend my greetings and good wishes to all my countrymen. Bhagwan Mahavira preached ahimsa, truth and compassion, which is the need of the hour. Let us on this day resolve to foster the values of Ahimsa in society”. The President has sent her greetings from Mexico City.

VICE PRESIDENT - "Bhagwan Mahavir’s life and teachings are a beacon of light to guide the mankind on the path of humanism, non-violence and universal love. His teachings have the power to transform the society and free mankind from the shackles of ignorance, violence and moral decay. On this occasion, let us imbibe the enlightened teachings of Bhagwan Mahavir to usher in peaceful and harmonious society."

PRIME MINISTER -  "The ideals of Lord Mahavira inspire all to lead a life of compassion and sacrifice. May this festival strengthen in one and all the commitment to non violence, truth and harmony”.

SONIA GANDHI -  "His words can inspire us to a path based on values and principles rather than aggression and ambition, and a lifestyle driven by need rather than greed. His creed of non-violence towards all beings can also teach us how to preserve our environment and restore ecological balance at a time when  the world is filled with growing violence and materialism, Lord Mahavir's noble teachings assume even greater relevance".

MAHAVIR JAYANTI CELEBRATIONS IN PUNE
'Serving humans is serving God,' said Bhagwan Mahavir, the revered Jain Saint. Diligently following his teachings and spreading his word far and wide are thousands of followers born in a time when his wisdom is most needed. An organisation committed to spreading Mahavir's word is the Sri Jain Yuvak Sanghtana. The Sanghatna will  mark the Mahavir Jayanti celebrations  by holding a unique blood donation camp. It aims to collect 10,000 bottle of blood from all over Pune. The Sanghtana will establish 30 blood collection centres, which will collect blood between 8 am to 4 pm. "This is a first of its kind camp in Pune," states Sampat Jain, chairman of the Sanghatana. To encourage blood donation, the donors will be given a gift on behalf of builder Gulabchandji Gundesha.

PATNA, DEMAND FOR HOLIDAY MARK MAHAVIR JAYANTI - The Jain community in Patna on Friday took out a rally to mark the birth of Lord Mahavir while also pressing for their demand of declaring the Mahavir Jayanti a state holiday since Mahavir was born in the state of Bihar. Pradeep Jain, a senior office-bearer of the Jain Sangh in Patna, expressed his disappointment with the state government for not declaring Mahavir Jayanti a state holiday. "Jains have only one day in a year to celebrate their faith and that too was taken away by the state government. This is highly troubling since Bihar is the birth place of Lord Mahavir," Pradeep Jain said adding the government was clearly ignoring the religious sentiments of the Jains in Bihar.

JAINALAYA, BANGKOK THAILAND - A big procession was taken out in Bangkok on 20th April 2008 to celebrate the Mahavir Jayanti and Pratima Sthapana at the Jain temple.Courtsey  Mr. Y. Malaiya  E-mail: ymalaiya@yahoo.com

TEMPLES

UNVEILING OF LARGEST STATUE OF LORD ADINATH NEAR BILASPUR CHOWK IN GURGAON BY GOVERNOR A. R. KIDWAI Chandigarh, April 20 Governor A.R. Kidwai today said the weapon of non-violence is far more stronger than the strength of power and all countries of the world will have to adopt non-violence to save mankind from extinction. Stating this while speaking at a function of Jain Samaj after the unveiling of a statue of Lord Adinath near Bilaspur chowk in Gurgaon The Governor said Lord Adinath in pre-historic times taught mankind to grow food grains through agriculture and to progress by acquiring knowledge. This 27-feet-high statue is the highest statue of Lord Adinath in the world.

“The message of non-violence given by Lord Adinath is more relevant in today’s world filled with nuclear and chemicals weapons,” he said, adding that in our own country, Mahatma Gandhi used non-violence to get the country freed from the chains of slavery. He said the United Nations Organisations also recognised the message and last year it decided to observe October 2 as non-violence day every year. He said today many conferences were being organised to stop the race of nuclear weapons and save humanity. Now the people had started realizing that no one could win the world with violence. Kidwai said that if the present pace of progress was maintained in the country, it would be among the three major economic powers of the world by 2045.

JAIN IDOLS BELONGING TO 12TH CENTURY RECOVERED AT PUSHKAR IN RAJASTHAN
During excavation work on Savitri Marg in Pushkar near Ajmer in Rajasthan, twenty-seven rare and artistic statues of Jain Tirthankar Bhagwan Mahavir and various deities have been recovered, all in broken form at a depth of about four feet. After recovery by the workers working at the site of excavation, local municipal administration has taken the statues under its safe custody. According to the Curator of Government museum at Ajmer, these idols belong to 11th to 12th century period. Such statues of Jain Tirthankars have been recovered in the past also. It is believed that thousands of years before Pushkar was known as Padmavati Nagari, which was heavily populated by Jain community and ruled by jain kings and many Jain temples existed here. Later, most of these temples were destroyed, the idols were beheaded and buried below the earth by Hindu fanatics and diehards and the Jain idols were replaced by Hindu idols.

TEMPLE STRUCTURE FOUND IN BANGLA DESH PROBABLY BUILT BY JAINS ACCORDING TO ARCHAEOLOGISTS - Dhaka, March 29, 2008: Archaeologists in Bangladesh have found an ancient brick-built structure with floor and artifacts under the basement of the main temple at the World Heritage site Paharpur in Dinajpur. Earlier, two brick-built structures of the Gupta dynasty were found during an excavation, according to archaeologists of the Department of Archaeology. Mohammed Shafiqul Alam, director, Department of Archaeology, said the recently excavated structures were built in pre-Pal period. "Most probably the structure of temple was built by followers of Jain religion," said Mohammed Alam.

MURSHIDABAD, BANGLADESH JAIN TEMPLE TO BE RE-INSTALLED IN GUJARAT
Gandhinagar, April 18 Made of precious black touchstone, it was built by eminent jeweller Jagat Sheth Manik Chand 300 years ago. A 300-year-old Jain temple made of precious black touchstone (kasuati patthar) at Murshidabad in West Bengal will be reinstalled at the sprawling Jain Derasar campus at Borij village on April 25. Recently the community shifted the temple, built by eminent jeweller Jagat Sheth Manik Chand, to the famous Vishwa Maitri Dham on the outskirts of Gandhinagar. It will be reinstalled there along with the idol of Bhagwan Parshwanath. A four-day religious programme beginning April 22 will be held at the campus to mark the reinstallation ceremony, which will be attended by prominent Jain leaders and sadhus from across the country, including Acharya Padmasagar Surishwarji. Chief Minister Narendra Modi has also been invited to grace the religious ceremony. Acharya Padmasagar Surishwarji told reporters that the decision to shift the historical temple was taken in view of the dwindling population of the Jain community in Murshidabad. With the world-famous Akshardham standing just a few yards away from the Borij Derasar, the black touchstone temple would be an added attraction for the tourists.

ANCIENT IDOLS FOUND IN GUJARAT
The Palaviya Jain temple in the walled city here is seeing an unusual rush of devotees - and art lovers - to catch a glimpse of 35 ancient idols recovered  during the temple's reconstruction recently. The idols, said to have been crafted during the 14th century, are of the Jain deities Parshavnath, Adinath, Devendranath and other Tirthankars. Vikram Samwat 1310,1320,1330,1335 and 1340 are the inscriptions on these idols, clearly etching the years according to the Hindu calendar when they were made.  Some of the idols are of marble and black stone while a few are cast in metal. The idols offer a fascinating peep into the cultural history of ancient Gujarat. The place formed part of King Dharavarsha Parmar's kingdom of Chadaravti extending up to Mount Abu. The king and his younger brother Chandra Singh Parmar had embraced Jainism.

SAINTS

AHIMSA YATRA PROGRAM OF ACHARYA MAHAPRAGNA POSTPONED DUE TO ILL-HEALTH
In view of ill-health, the program of Ahimsa Yatra of Shwetambar Terapanth Acharya Shri Mahapragya has been changed and the Acharya, alongwith the entire accompanying saints and sadhwi have proceeded from a village, Asind, where he had stopped during his yatra for holding 'Maryada Mahotsva' to Jaipur where he is to undergo intensive check-up and treatment. A special team of doctors will attend on him while he is at Jaipur.

PRAVARTAK SHRI ROOP MUNI RETURNS TO UDAIPUR AFTER RECOUPING FROM ILLNESS AT BOMBAY HOSPITAL - Shri Roop Muni (Rajat), Pravartak and a senior saint of Shraman sangh in Shwetambar Sthanakwasi sect had to be moved Nadol, where he had stopped over during his vihar to Mumbai in the last month owing to prolonged illness. The tests had reportedly shown that he had been having deficiency of Potassium and Sodium in his body. Having recouped from illness he was released from the hospital and he has returned to Udaipur well in time to join the Akshaya Tritiya (breaking the annual fasting programme) celebrations on the 8th May, 2008 and bless the ascetics who had performed 'varshi-tap'. He is accompanied with up-pravrtak, shri Sukan Muni, shri Gautam muni and other saints and sadhwi.

UDAIPUR COURT JUSTIFIES BAL- DIKSHA IN JAIN SAMAJ
An Udaipur court in Rajasthan has ruled that bal deeksha (child sainthood) does not construe as a crime in Jain religion and dismissed the petition filed by two advocates in this regard. In his ruling, Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Brijendra Kumar Jain said that if parents send their children to Jain acharyas then it does not come under the category of orphans. A petition was recently filed in the Udaipur court by advocates Hukam Raj Singh and Kanyia Lal. The petitioners accuse the parants of four children of village Semad in the Udaipur district of leaving them (children) for deeksha to Jain acharayas on May 2, 2007. They pleaded that it was a crime in the eyes of law. The Judge said, it is not a crime if the children are left for deeksha by their parents which is fully permissible in Janism. Every citizen of India is free to adopt any religion of his or her choice, he added. The Judge said that to leave the children for deeksha has been prevalent since ages, which should not be be compared with the category of orphans. He added that it has got no relevance with the age of a person who attains it, the judge ruled. The judge made abundantly it clear that it was the moral and legal responsibilities of the petitioners, who were also advocates, to study the Jain religion prior to filing the case in the court. The judge said, "The accused made in this case by the advocates are free to proceed legality against them." Source: Hindustan Times/ Digambar Jain Online.com

SUMITRA - SADAN INAUGURATED IN THE MEMORY OF ARYIKA VISHUDDHMATI MATA JI - Aryika Ratna Pujya 105 Vishuddhmati Mataji, who had taken Sallekhana Samadhi on 22nd January 2002 at Nandanwan Dhariyavad (Rajsthan), was born at Village Rithi, District Katni, M.P. Her childhood name was SUMITRA. Her brothers Pandit Niraj Jain and Pandit Nirmal Jain of Satna have constructed a two story building SUMITRA - SADAN at Rithi Village with the help of some followers of Aryika Vishuddhmati Mataji. This building was inaugurated by Mr. Nirmal Kumar Sethi, President, All India Digamber Jain Mahasabha on 4th April 2008. Rithi Jain Samaj President Dr. Bhag chandra Bhagendu conducted the function and Mrs. Sushma Jain (Bhilai) spoke about Aryika Mataji. Pandit Nirmal Jain given vote of thanks. Sumitra Sadan is constructed in about 1500 sq. feet area having two floors with two big halls, four rooms and all the modern facilities for functions, lodging and boarding.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
ACHARYA MAHAPRAGYAJI HONORED WITH INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL INTEGRATION AWARD - The venerable Acharya Mahapragyaji, the eighty-three year old Supreme Head of the Shvetambara Terapanthi sect has received one of India's highest honours, 'the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration'. This achievement crowns a long career as a Jain muni living out the ideal of ahimsa and combining contemplation with social engagement. Acharyaji has written a plethora of books and articles on non-violence and conflict resolution. He has also been active in organising training programmes in applying the principles of Jainism - and ahimsa in particular - to social, political and economic questions.

IPS K. P. JAIN TAKES CHARGE AS T N DG POLICE
Chennai, March 31: K. P. Jain, IPS, took charge today as the new Director General of Police . Mr. Jain, who belongs to the 1971 batch of IPS officers, prior to this appointment was Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation. He started his career as Assistant Superintendent of Police (Training), Salem, and served in various capacities including SP Madurai (South and North), Vigilance and Anti-Corruption and Railways. Deputed to the Intelligence Bureau in 1983 as Assistant Director, Mr. Jain rose to the position of Joint Director in the organisation.

MAHENDRA MEHTA AND ASHA MEHTA OF MUMBAI HONOURED BY INTERNATIONAL JAIN SANGH (US), NEW JERSEY WITH AWARD OF EXCELLENCE - Mr. and Mrs. Mahendra and Asha Mehta of Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust, Mumbai received the 2008 “Award of Excellence” from International Jain Sangh (IJS) of New Jersey at the Mahavir Jayanti celebration program on April 20, 2008. Each year IJS honors an exceptionally worthy person, who has visibly and verifiably demonstrated a great service to further the teachings of Lord Mahavir including peace, nonviolence, education, and compassion either by practice or by influencing public policies, media coverage or through interfaith programs. Instituted in 2001, the former recipients of this prestigious award were Mr.Bawa Jain, Dr. Dhiraj H.Shah, Mr. Arvind Vora, Dr. Tansukh Salgia, Mr. Pravin K.Shah and Dr. Sulekh Jain.

In their acceptance speech, Mr. and Mrs. Mehta shared experiences about their humanitarian projects for the poor in India and Africa including fitment of artificial limbs and calipers; distribution of wheelchairs, crutches, and hearing aids; daily distribution of food to the needy children; networking with other NGOs; and their inspiration from the teachings of Lord Mahavir. Mr. Naresh Jain, IJS Vice-President, JAINA Interfaith Co-Chair, and Finance & Administration Chair of the Parliament of World’s Religions, Chicago; introduced Mr. and Mrs. Mehta to the several hundred people and dignitaries gathered in this 2607th anniversary celebration. According to Mr. Jain, this award had become now truly international as the Mehtas reside in Mumbai while the former recipients were from USA; and also a woman had entered the Excellence Club. IJS had also displayed several posters and showed clips of their humanitarian projects during this event. Courtesy: Dr. Sulekh Jain. E-Mail :scjain@earthlink.net

JAS KARAN CHOPRA OF SURAT ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF ALL INDIA TERAPANTHI MAHASABHA - Shri Jas Karan Chopra was unanimously elected as chairman of All India Terapanthi Mahasabha, held recently at Asind, where the Maryada Mahotsava, an annual feature of Terapanth sect, was held. Shri Chopa has been an ardent follower and devotee of Terapanth sect and a permanent trustee of Jay Tulsi Foundation. He has also been the chief trustee of Terapanth Mahasabha.

CONFERENCES & CEREMONIES
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL FOR JAIN ACADEMIC STUDIES (ISSJS)
A brief progress report - Starting in 2005 and with 7 participants only, the ISSJS has grown to 36 participants in 2008. So far, ISSJS has graduated 53 scholars and after the completion of ISSJS 2008 at end of July, 2008, we will have graduated nearly 90 scholars from this school. These scholars come from more than 20 universities in USA, Canada, Russia, Thailand, Cambodia, Cuba and Philippines. Class of 2008 will consist of 36 scholars from 4 countries and nearly 16 top notch universities such as Harvard, Northwestern, U of Chicago, George Washington University, University of Toronto, Concordia University, and Loyola Marymount University etc. As a result of ISSJS programs, nearly 700-800 students are now regularly attending classes in Jainism at several North American universities and colleges.

A few of the ISSJS scholars are now are going to be enrolled in PhD programs with major emphasis on Jainism. As a result of the feedback, beginning with 2008 session, we are introducing two separate parallel ISSJS programs; One month program an introduction to Jainism for undergraduate students (to make them interested early in Jainism to pursue graduate studies) and our regular Two month advanced study program for faculty and Grad students. In addition, we will be offering classes in Prakrit, Hindi and Gujarati languages as well to some interested scholars. For the first time 3 stand alone sessions on Jainism were presented at AAR (American Academy of Religions) Conference in San Diego, California in November 2007 and from now onwards, Jainism will be included in AAR and DANAM conference programs. Some of the papers from AAR conference are going to be published in couple of magazines such as Arhat Vacan etc.

Tim Helton; an ISSJS alumni of 2005 and now doing PhD at Drew University has published several scholarly papers on Pratikraman and on What is common between 3 As (Ahimsa, Anekantavada and Aprigraha) and 3 Ms (Mahavir, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King) etc. Some of ISSJS alumni are now in the process of writing books. Sarah Hadmack (ISSJS Class 2005 and an instructor at Windward Community College in Honolulu, Hawaii) is in the process of writing a college level text book on Jainism and also a Travelogue book on her travels to India for ISSJS in 2005 and in 2007. In addition, Dr. Shugan Jain, ISSJS India Director has been collaborating with several international Academics to write chapters on Jainism.

ISSJS joined hands with Harvard University Pluralism Project, University of Ottawa, Indo Canadian Shastri Institute, and Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute to promote this program and to make use of their resources of facilities and faculty. The ISSJS web site has been updated (visit www.jainstudies.org). A set of very scholarly written 66 lecture notes (about 550 pages) on many topics of Jainism have been uploaded on ISJS web site. These are now a must reading for all scholars prior to their coming to ISSJS classes.

PROGRESS IN THAILAND; Since 2006, ISJS New Delhi and Mr. Pramod Jain of Bangkok, Thailand have been working very diligently to publicize this program, enroll scholars from Far Eastern Universities and arrange or participate in interfaith academic programs and conferences at universities there. Pramod bhai has been sending Scholars to ISSJS from Thailand, Cambodia and Philippines regularly. As a result of the many contacts there that Pramod ji has developed, ISJS is planning a specifically designed an additional Second School in April-May 2009 in Thailand also. Also ISJS has sent a set of 10 books each to fifteen universities of Thailand. For the first time, a few scholars in ISSJS Class 2008 are interested to study Jainism and its applicability to medical, bio, Pubic health ethics and issues, Jain art, paintings, carvings, sculptors and music etc. In not too distant a future, we will be looking at implementing e-Distant learning so that the whole world becomes a class room 24 hours a day 7 days a week for Jain studies. Prepared March 27, 2008.

Miscellaneous
WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT ACCORDS MINORITY STATUS TO JAIN SAMAJ
The Government of West Bengal has finally accorded the minority status to Jain community vide its gazette notification dated, the 18h February, 2008. Seven other states in the country have already granted this status to Jain community earlier, namely, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. West Bengal, thus becomes eighth state in the country to accept Jain community as minority. Jain community in Delhi demands minority status. The Jain community in the capital is raising the pitch for minority status on par with the Buddhists, Christians, Sikhs, Muslims and Parsis, listed as notified minority groups under the Delhi Minorities. “We do not believe in Jagatguru Shankaracharya, we have our own spiritual identity”.

SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DECISION OF AHMEDABAD CORPORATION TO CLOSE SLAUGHTER HOUSES FOR NINE DAYS DURING PARYUSHAN PARVA - New Delhi, March 15, 2008: The Supreme Court has deprecated the growing intolerance of exhibition of certain films or paintings and said such dangerous tendencies must be put down with an iron hand. The court made these observations while upholding the action of the Ahmedabad Corporation in closing down slaughter houses in the city for nine days during the period of the Jain festival Paryushan. The Bench, consisting of Justices H. K. Sema and Markandey Katju, said the closure was a reasonable restriction and would not violate Article 19 1 (g) of the Constitution. The Bench said: “Since India is a country of great diversity, it is absolutely essential, if we wish to keep our country united, to have tolerance and respect for all communities and sects. It was due to the wisdom of our founding fathers that we have a Constitution which is secular in character and which caters to the tremendous diversity in our country.” In the instant case, the Bench said: “One should not be touchy about a short restriction when it is being done out of respect for the sentiments of a particular section of society. The great Emperor Akbar himself used to remain a vegetarian for a few days every week out of respect for the vegetarian section of Indian society and out of respect for his Hindu wife. We too should have a similar respect for the sentiments for others, even if they are a minority sect.”  The Bench allowed the appeals against a judgment of the Gujarat High Court, which quashed the order of closure of slaughter houses.

BHAGWAN MAHAVIR STATUE DIS-FIGURED IN GOA
Miscreants reportedly belonging to Vishva Hindu Parishad disfigured the 2 Meters High, black marble statue of Bhagwan  Mahavir situated at the Bhagwan Mahavir Wild Life Sanctuary in Mollem. The news of this incident was suppressed by some national newspapers and TV channels. The miscreants failed to get the results as some Jain officers in Government handled the situation wisely. The Chief Minister Mr Digambar Kamat assured the community leaders that a new statue will be erected within three months and the offenders will be detained soon and will be punished. The news about this incident was published by Tarun Bharat, a Marathi newspaper from Belgaum and Navhind Times, an English Newspaper from Goa.  Courtesy: Mahavir Sanglikar www.jainsamachar.blogspot.com

INCURABLE DISEASES NOW BEING CURED SUCCESSFULLY BY SPIRITUAL TREATMENT - Spiritualism has been used for obtaining mental peace and tranquility, preventing evil thoughts and ensuring healthy life. Spiritual practices, yoga and meditation are now being increasingly accepted as techniques for preventing physical illnesses and for leading tension-free and healthy life. The universally accepted "Navakar Mantra" itself has been used as a powerful tool for eradicating all types of ailments, worries and tension from the mind. "Aiso panch namukkaro, Savv Paav Panasano", meaning that these above-mentioned five entities, if recited with full concentration and faith would enable one to get rid of all the sins committed by him, which could be the cause of diseases.

One of the highly dedicated devotee, Shri Labh Chand Jain, residing in Jodhpur and just about to reach 60 years, is a brilliant example of a spiritualist, who has been able to invoke the Almighty and draw strength (energy) from Him in order to pass it on to the suffering patients and cure them from their sufferings. He He had drawn the inspiration and guidance for carrying out spiritual endeavors from two Jain saints, who were disciples of Acharya Shri Jai Mal Ji maharaj. They inspired him to take up the true path of spiritualism, studied various scriptures, under the guidance of both the saints and then started practising, what he had acquired to heal all types of patients, suffering from incurable diseases, often in advanced stages, such as Cancer, Diabetes, Fits, Convulsions, Paralysis, Cardiac problems, Kidney problems, cerebral problems, diseases of knee joints, lumber pains and others. He has been practicing spiritualism at Jodhpur for the last 25 years, with high degree of success. Hundreds of persons have been benefited by his miraculous therapy, which needs no medicines, no expenses and no precautions, except that he has to lead simple life, observe self control (Sayyam) and take vegetarian meals.

His procedure for healing consists of recitation of navakar mantra and performing ‘dhyan’ in order to draw energy in the form of electro-magnetic waves or spiritual vibrations and store them in his body. Then he starts healing each patient one by one, disbursing the stored energy by way of messaging with pure butter oil (ghee) and wrapping the affected part with cotton and bandage. For patients staying far away, he calls them for a few days and then subsequently, the energy in the form of spiritual vibrations is transmitted to the patient, wherever he is. The entire process of spiritual treatment, as developed by him, is a combination of reiki, telepathy, 'nadi vigyan' and meditation.. He would be happy to attend to any queries or enquiries.  (Mobile No. 093142 13109)

ADITYA VORA CHOSEN FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO GREET POPE
March 16, 2008: A Haverford College student who follows the Jain religion has been picked to greet Pope Benedict XVI during the pontiff's first trip to the United States. Aditya Vora, 21, a senior from Kings Park, N.Y., is among five young adults chosen from around the world for the honor. Others will represent the Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu, and Islamic traditions. The pope will be in the States from April 15 to 20. The meeting, set for April 17 in Washington, is meant to embody the pope's belief that religions must unite to achieve peace. On April 15, the pontiff will arrive in Washington. Afterward, he will welcome 10 prominent religious figures, including Vora's father, Arvind, a member of the Federation of Jain Associations in North America.  At the April 17 meeting, Vora will shake the pope's hand and give him a small metal cube, according to the Rev. James Massa, who helped organize the event. The cube represents the Jain principles of nonviolence, truthfulness, tolerance of others' views, and never stealing or being swayed by materialism, Vora said. The ceremony is expected to last 10 to 15 minutes. Jains believe that their religion, centered in India, had no beginning, Vora said. Instead, 24 teachers, or tirthankaras, guided its formation by achieving, then teaching, the path to salvation.

JAIN COMMUNITY IN DELHI DEMANDS MINORITY STATUS FROM CM
The Jain community in the capital is raising the pitch for minority status on par with the Buddhists, Christians, Sikhs, Muslims and Parsis, listed as notified minority groups under the Delhi Minorities Commission Act, 1999. Members of the community want to incorporate Jainism, the religion of the community, as a subject in Jain schools. The capital and its adjoining areas have eight Jain schools. They are not being able teach Jainism to their children because most of the Jain schools in Delhi are partially funded by the government, which doesn't allow the teaching of any particular religion at schools unless it is a minority community. 'The government is ignoring the community. We want minority status as enshrined (under Article 25) in the Indian Constitution, which empowers the government to accord minority status to six marginal ethno-religious groups, so that we can teach Jainism to our children in schools run by us. We don't want reservations in jobs or in education,' Chakresh Jain, head of the Delhi Jain Samaj.

Members of the Jain Samaj had assembled at Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's home to celebrate Mahavir Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Lord Mahavira. Chakresh Jain said children of the community here were losing touch with their traditional culture because they were not being taught Jainism in schools. Underscoring the need for minority status, Chakresh Jain said Jains were included in the list of minorities in seven states across the country - Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal  According to 2001 Census, the Jain community forms .45 percent of the population.

CHATTAR SINGH JAIN & OTHERS ARRESTED FOR ABDUCTION AND MURDER
NEW DELHI: A businessman and two of his associates have been arrested for the abduction and murder of  chairman of MBD Model School, a private school in Dwarka. A ransom demand for Rs 1 crore had been made from the victim's family. Those arrested include businessman Chattar Singh Jain (46), driver Manoj Kumar (31) and alleged hired killer Miraj Hussain Khan (29). The victim, Balbir Singh, was reportedly missing since March 23 and his body was found near Rohtak in Haryana on April 20. The accused engineered the abduction as they were in dire need of money. In fact, Jain had plans to kidnap other wealthy friends, a transporter from Rajasthan and another property dealer from Janakpuri, but the plan had failed, added the police. Jain owned a sweet shop Rameshwar Sweets in Janakpuri district centre.

NRI, ANAND JAIN & OTHERS CONVICTED OF RS 2,300 CRORE FRAUD IN UK
LONDON, April 24: Three Indian-origin businessmen who swindled banks in Britain and the United States of more than  Rs 2,300 crore  by pretending to run a worldwide metal trading empire have been found guilty and face a long term in jail.

Anand Jain (43), Virendra Rastogi (39),  and Gautam Majumdar (57), ex-directors of metal trading business RBG Resources, were convicted at London’s Southwark Crown Court of conspiracy to defraud and remanded to custody this week. Judge James Wadsworth told the three they could expect “long prison terms” when he sentences them on June 5. The conviction came at the end of a long drawn out international investigation. When investigators from the Serious Fraud Office  swooped on Rastogi in his Mayfair apartment here in 2002, he was found shredding wads of documents.

MEAT SELLERS PROTEST ABATTOIR SHUTDOWN DURING JAIN FESTIVAL
Mumbai, April 15 The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s decision to shut down all city slaughterhouses during the Jain festival of Paryushan has run into opposition from meat sellers. The Brihanmumbai Hindu Khatik Samaj Sanghatna, an association of meat sellers, has decided to observe a dharna  at Azad Maidan. The Paryushan will be observed between August 27 and September 3 this year. Those participating in the dharna will have their mouths taped and hands tied. The BMC, at a general body meeting of the elected representatives on April 7, decided shut down all abattoirs during the nine-day Jain festival. According to the protestors, the worst hit will be the owners and the workers of the slaughterhouses. Dilip Patel, the BJP corporator who initiated the proposal to keep slaughterhouses closed during the nine-day period, said: “We have always respected and cared for the sentiments of the minorities and Jains are a minority. We have just passed a resolution as per Supreme Court order to close slaughterhouse during the period.”

3,000 TREES CUT AT PUNE ZOO: VINOD JAIN, ACTIVIST
PUNE: A city-based activist, Vinod Jain, has alleged that over 3,000 trees have been hacked at the Rajiv Gandhi zoological park at Katraj by Pune Municipal Corporation authorities over the past seven to eight months. In his complaint lodged at the Bharati Vidyapeeth police chowky, Jain has charged that while the department of social forestry had planted thousands of trees at the zoo premises around 20 years back, many of them have gone missing of late. Neither PMC's chief garden superintendent Yashwant Khaire, nor tree officer B. V. Jagtap were available for their comments despite repeated attempts made by TOI to contact them on their mobile phones.

Citing the rules of the Maharashtra Tree Act, Jain said that permission from the Tree Authority has to be obtained before the cutting or transplantation of any tree. An official docket is prepared and the Tree Authority takes a decision after hearing the objections, if any. The applicant is also required to pay a deposit of Rs 10,000 per tree that is to be cut. Jain charged that PMC undertook several development works such as construction of cages, boundary walls and pits for animals at the zoo over the past three to four years. But permission for cutting of trees was sought only in just two or three instances. In his complaint, Jain also wanted to know if the PMC had paid any deposit amount for cutting the trees. He appealed to the police to take cognisance of the cutting of trees and said that PMC should put numbers on all trees that it plans to cut.

JAIN LITERATURE
THE LIFE AND STORIES OF THE JAINA SAVIOUR PARSHVANATHA - An English translation of Acharya Bhavadeva's PARSHVANATHACARITRAM, By Prof Maurice Bloomfield ( Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 15, First published in 1919), Second Edition 2008 230 x 145 mm 264 pp, Hardcover Rs. 700. The book can be obtained from Hindi Granth Karyalaya, 9 Hirabaug, C P Tank, Mumbai 400 004,  Email: gommateshvara@gmail.com

JAINS TODAY IN THE WORLD by Piere Amiel - The book was released on the 18th April, 2008, on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti by Acharya Pravara Param Pujya Dr. Shivmuniji Maharaj . This grand function of the book release was held at Ludhiana, Punjab under the blessings of Acharya Shiv Muniji, Shri Ratan Muniji and other saints and sadhwis of Shramana Sangh in which more than eight thousand Jains along with prominent industrialists and representatives of Sthanak-Vasi Jain Sabha took part. Dr. S. P. Pandey from Shri Parshwa nath Vidyapeeth, Varanasi addressed the august gathering of the guests giving a brief Introduction of the author and the book. In his introduction, Dr. Pandey, also told about other prominent translation works carried out by Mr. Pierre Amiel and his inclination and dedication towards the Jain Religion and it's philosophy. He further narrated how this publication was conceptualized and later entrusted to Parshwanath Vidyapeeth for publication. Shri Indrabhooti Barar, Jt. Secretary, Parshwanath Vidyapeeth expressed his sincere thanks to all the persons involved in publication of this great project. He especially thanked Dr. Sulekh Jain without whose help and tireless efforts this work could not have seen the light of the day. The Contributions of Prof. Sagarmal Jain and those of Dr S. P. Pandey were also acknowledged. Sh. Dharam Dev Jain, was the Chief Guest at the function. In his address Acharya Shri appreciated the massive efforts of Sh Pierre Amiel who took pains to give a detailed account of the history, culture and way of life of the Jains living in India and abroad. He expressed his deep appreciation of the work and blessed the work. He especially signed a personal copy for Shri Amiel and wished him all success. Courtesy: Indrabhooti Barar, E-mail :ibarar@nuchem.com

CONTRIBUTION OF PURSHOTTAM JAIN & RAVINDER JAIN TO JAIN LITERATURE
Inspired by Late Jain Nun "Upp Pariwartni Shree Swaran Kanta Ji Maharaj"  Purshottam Jain & Ravinder Jain  brothers have jointly presented number of books on Jain Religion.  ( Ravinder Jain, E-Mail : ravinderjain@india.com ).

Translation from Ardh Magdhi Prakrit into Punjabi (Gurumukhi Script) - Shwetamber Text
1. Shree Utradhyan Sutra
2. Shree Sutrakritang Sutra
3. Shree Upasak Dashang Sutra
4. Saman Sutra
5. Gyata Dharam Kathang
6. Dashve Kalik Sutra
7. Bhagwan Mahavir De Chonve Updesh
8. Updesh Rattan Kosh.
9. Nirevalika Sutra (5 Upanga)
10. Devendra Satva

Translation from Hindi (Devnagri) into Punjabi (Gurumukhi Script)
1. Bhagwan Mahavir - Sidhant Te Updesh
Writer : Upadhya Shri Amar Muni Ji Maharaj
2. Jain Dharam Darshan
Writer : Acharya Shri Devinder Muni Ji Maharaj
3. Mahavir De Panj Sidhant
Writer : Shri Gyan Muni Ji Maharaj

Translation from Sanskrit into Punjabi (Gurumukhi Script)
1. Bhaktamar Stotra (Purshottam Pragya Vol. III)
2. Kalyan Mandir Satotra
3. Sindhur Prakaran
4. Prashanoter Rattan Malika
5. Ath Prashanotra Rattan Malika

Punjabi Jain Literature (Gurumukhi Script)
1. Bhagwan Mahavira : A Biography of Lord Mahavira
2. Jain Dharma : Ek Sankhep Jankari (Jainism : A Brief Introduction)
3. Puratan Punjab Vich Jain Dharma (Jainism in Ancient Punjab)
4. Jain Sahit Te Sanskriti Di Ruprekha (An Outline of Jain Literature & Culture)
5. Jain Agam Ek Jankari (Jain Agams : An Introduction)
6. Bharti Sahit Vich Bhagwan Mahavira (Lord Mahavira in Indian Literature)
7. Jain Dharam De Itihasak Mahapurakh (Historical Personalities of Jainism)
8. Bodh Sahit Vich Bhagwan Mahavir (Lord Mahavira in Budhist Literature)
9. Gandharwad

Books in Hindi Written by Purshottam Jain (Edited by : Ravinder Jain)
1. Aastha Ki Oar Badhte Kadam
2. Anjane Rishte
3. Smarpit Jiwan (Biography of Ravinder Jain)

Books in Hindi Written by Ravinder Jain.
1. Shramnopasak

Edited Books :
1. Aasthanjli (Abhinandan Granth of Acharya Shri Vimal Muni Ji Maharaj)
2. Maha Shramni Abhinandan Granth (Abhinandan Granth of Sadhvi Shri Swaran Kanta Ji Maharaj)
3. Nirewalika Sutra

Books written in Hindi
1. Sahcitra Bhagwan Mahavir Jiwan Charitra.
2. Maha Shramni (Life Sketch of Sadhvi Shri Swaran Kanta Ji Maharaj in Hindi)

Samanasuttam -is  brief compilation of the essential principles of Jaina’s religion and philosophy. In the book,  there are four parts and forty four sections in the book. There are 756 verses altogether. The book has been composed  with verses in Prakrit which can be sung and are fit for regular recitation. The Jaina Acharyas have called prakrit verses as sutras. The prakrit word sutta means sutra, sukta or also sruta. The word sutra is popular in the Jaina tradition. hence the book has been given the title of samanasuttam (sramanasuttam). The collection of the verses has been made ordinarily from the ancient texts. Hence this samanasutam is itself as valid as the scriptures. It can be said that the four parts or the 756 verses contain an all-sided and brief account of the Jaina religion, an exposition of its principles and ethical code of conduct. This is a representative book acceptable to all for the purpose of having a general acquaintance with the doctrines of the jaina religion, its code of ethics and the process of gradual spiritual advancement of life, in a tradition but devotional manner. Victory shall there be to the Jaina doctrine. The book is compiled by Sri Jinendra Varni and edited by Prof. Sagarmal Jain. The book can be obtained from the publishers, Bhagwan Mahavir Memorial Samiti, Bhagwan Mahavir Kendra, (near south campus, Delhi university), Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi-110021.

DEVLOK GAMAN
1. Three Jain Sadhwi Killed in Road Accident near Udapur - Three Jain sadhwi, belonging to Shwetambar Sthanakwasi Shraman Sangh, Mahasati Shri Siddh Kunwar ji, alongwith Sadhwi Shri Vinay Prabha ji and sadhwi Divya Prabha Ji from amongst a group of eight sadhwi were hit by a fast-moving jeep on the Udaipur-Ahmedabad highway while moving on their Vihar towards Udaipur in the morning of 16th April to participate in the programmes on the Mahavir Jayanti day. Two other sadhwi (one of them was Sayyam Prabha Ji) were seriously injured and were rushed to a near-by hospital. They were later been reported to be out of danger. The other three sadhwi were saved as they were not hit. The bodies of three sadhwi, who had left for their heavenly abode, were brought to Bhilwara and kept for darshan by the devotees. They were later cremated on the 17th April there. The driver of the vehicle was later arrested. The entire Jain community has been heavily shocked by the sad news and condolence meetings were held at different places in Rajasthan and elsewhere to mourn the untimely death. The elderly sadhwi, Shri Siddh Kunwar Ji is the sister of Pravartini sadhwi Shri Yash Kunwar ji, from whom she had accepted diksha and who is having her stay at Shahpura, near Bhilwara. She was born in Begu village near Chittore and was just 64 years old.

2. Sadhwi Shri Svyam Prabha ji, Anuvrat anushasta and disciple of Acharya Shri Mahapragna, belonging to Shwetambar Terapanth sect left for her heavenly abode at Hissar in Haryana on the 11th February, 2008 after a short period of illness. She had earlier completed her chaturmas at Sirsa. Thousands of devotees from all over Haryana, Punjab and Delhi paid their tributes and had joined the funeral procession.

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