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Editors :P.L.Jain, Dr.Sulekh Jain, A. K. Jain |
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New
AdditionsPREACHING
OF JAINISM BY DR. JAY KUMAR UPADHYE IN CANADA
Dr.
Jay Kumar Upadhye, Professor of Prakrit language at the Lal Bahadur Shastri
National Sanskrit University and Chairman of Astrology and Vastu-Architecture
Department at Shri Kundkund Bharti Prakrit Research Institute, New Delhi
visited Canada on the invitation from the Jain Society of Toronto to give a
series of Lectures on Jainism and Jain Philosophy for a period of three weeks,
on the occasion of 2600th Birth Centenary Celebrations of Lord Mahavir. He was
specially honoured S.S. Jain Foundation and its President, Dr. Sulekh Chand Jain
in the presence of thousands of followers of Jain religion. He has been invited
to visit of different towns in the United States also to give lectures, present
his research papers on Prakrit and Jainism and advise Jain institutions on Vastu
in the construction of buildings and temples.
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COMMITTEE
NOMINATIONS BY ACHARYA SHRI DR. SHIV MUNI
Following
Saint of Shwetambar Sthanakwasi Jain Shraman Sangh are nominated to
working committee by Acharya Shri Dr. Shiv Muni
Acharya: Jain Dharm
Divakar, Dr. Shiv Muni
Upadhyay:
Poojya Shri Manohar Muni Ji Maharaj
Poojya Shri Vishal Muni Ji Maharaj
Poojya Shri Mool Muni Ji Maharaj
Pravartak: Poojya Shri
Umesh Muni JI Maharaj
Poojya Shri Ramesh Muni Ji Maharaj
Poojya Shri Roop Muni JI Maharaj 'Rajat'
Poojya Shri Kundan Rishi Ji Maharaj
Poojya Shri Indra Muni JI Maharaj
Maha-Mantri: Poojya Shri Saubhagya Muni Ji Maharaj
'Kumud'
Mantri:
Poojya
Shri Suman Muni Ji Maharaj
ACHARYA
HEMACHANDRASURI AWARD GIVEN TO
PT. LAXMAN BHAI BHOJAK
Acharya
Hemachandra Suri Award , instituted by Jaswanta Dharmarth Trust , of Rs.
51,000/- and golden idol of Acharya Hemachandra Suri were given to Pt.
Laxman Bhai Bhojak for the year 2000 by Dr. Balwant Jani, Vice -
Chancellor of the North Gujarat University. Pt. Laxman Bhai Bhojak is
one of the few outstanding manuscriptologist, who even at the age of 85
years is still working on the manuscripts and has already handled
approximately 5 lakh manuscripts . He has published various books and
catalogues of the manuscripts . His skill in maintaining and reading of
the manuscripts and scripts is extraordinary.
CALL
FOR PAPERS FOR FIFTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VEDIC STUDIES
The
fifth National Conference of the World Association for Vedic Studies
( WAVES) is being organised at the Holy Shrine, Srisailam in Andhara Pradesh
from December 28 to 30th, 2001 jointly with Sridevi Veda Vidyalayamu, Srisailam.
The theme of the conference is "Vedic wisdom and Global Issues".
Scholars are invited to contribute papers on the conference theme.
Abstracts of the papers may be sent before 10th September 2001 to : Dr. C. L.
Prabhakar , President , WAVES , Bangalore Chapter, 234, 11th B. Cross , 20th
Main, J.P. Nagar 11 Phase , Bangalore 560 078, Phone 080-6592489. For
Registration & other details contact :- Dr. Shashi Tiwari , Secretary ,
WAVES India Branch , 54, Saakshara Apartments , A-3, Paschim Vihar , New Delhi -
110 063, Phone 0011-5585237 , E-mail :Sushit98@yahoo.com
RALLY
AND MEMORANDUM TO PRIME MINISTER TO STOP FOETICIDE
A
huge Rally, organised by women of Delhi, consisting of a large number of
both men and women was conducted in the previous month against alarming number
of foeticide cases taking place in hospitals and nursing homes, causing
merciless killing of the embryo, prior to its taking birth. The rate of these
cases arriving at hospitals has been on a sharp increase with the recent
promulgation of new law approved by the Government of India which legalises
Sonography tests to determine the sex of babies before taking birth and abortion
thereafter, which has given a big boost to these merciless and immoral cases of
Foeticide.
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Though everyone knows that it is a heinous crime to resort to these operations,
still Doctors in private hospitals and Nursing homes are doing a roaring
business and there is no check or control to stop the menace. There are several
Nursing homes, which have cropped up these days, in every part of the country,
not only in large cities but small towns too which only indulge in the
work of abortions. They are functioning more like slaughter houses than Nursing
homes and are thriving on this inhuman, despicable, abominable and heinous
criminal business. The commercial publicity given to get Sonography test done to
determine the sex of the Embryo at the early stage of pregnancy, has reached a
tremendous proportion.
Unfortunately, the Government also seems to be sleeping over the whole issue and
it has to be woken up from its deep slumber. In fact the Government has
encouraged this inhuman trade by passing laws which give rise to mass killings,
and that too at a time when 2600th Birth Centenary of Lord Mahavir is being
celebrated all over the country. Such a law has not only reduced but nullified
the rights of women in the country about which our law-makers have been talking
so eloquently inside and outside the Houses. Such heinous laws must be condemned
by all right-thinking citizens of the country, who believe in truth, ahimsa,
ethics and moral values. The wrong decision taken by the Government, for
whatever reasons, must be united opposed tooth and nail everywhere.
The Rally at Delhi was conducted with great passion, zeal and enthusiasm. It
ended up with the handing over of a Memorandum at the office of the Prime
Minister, Shri Atal Behari Vajpai, requesting him to immediately withdraw the
immoral law, which has been wrongly promulgated and to come out openly declaring
that Foeticide is the greatest sin, which should never be encouraged. The
participants of the rally took a solemn oath to propagate the message of
wrongful Foeticide, educate them against the despicable crime and work
sincerely to stop the merciless and criminal act.
Such rallies are being conducted in various parts of the country. One such big
rally was recently carried out with a great degree of gusto and enthusiasm at
Bhilwara in Rajasthan, in which hundreds of women took part, chanting slogans
against the heinous crime and condemning the doctors and nursing homes carrying
out this business in the town. Mrs. Manju Pokharna, an active social worker led
the entire procession, which ended up at the Collector's office and handed over
to him a Memorandum for onward transmission to the Chief Minister of the State.
DELHI
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
COMES OUT AGAINST
LEGALISATION OF
FOETICIDE
The
Delhi Medical
Association, a large
body of Allopathic
Medical Practitioners
and Surgeons from Delhi
and around, has
requested all its
members to keep away
from committing the
dreadful sin of
Foeticide in case of
girls.
Dr. Vinod Kumar Monga, President of the Association has recently issued a Statement in the Press, saying that Doctors carrying out Ultrasonic tests should rather abstain from the immoral act of Foeticide. He has also requested the members of every family, particularly, mothers and sisters not to be partners in this criminal act and to openly boycott and condemn such women who indulge themselves, or encourage such practices.
13TH
SUMMER SCHOOL ON PRAKRIT
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Bhogilal
Leherchand Institute of Indology
Delhi , conducts every year a
Summer School on Prakrit
language and literature
for three weeks . This year
students from all over India
applied for the same and twenty
five students were selected and
attended the school conducted by
the competent scholars of the
Institute and other Universities
. The valedictory certificates
were given to all the
participants by Dr. Sompal
Shashtri of the Planning
Commission.
IMPORTANT
DECISIONS TAKEN BY SHRI
BHARATVARSHIYA DIGAMBAR JAIN
MAHA-SABHA
An
important meeting of the
Executive Committee of the
Maha-sabha was held on 28th and
29th July, 2001 at Lucknow under
the Chairmanship of its national
President, Shri Nirmal Kumar
Jain. Several significant issues
of current interest were
discussed at the meeting. Some
salient points discussed and
decided included repair and
renovation of old Jain temples
and pilgrimage centers and
honoring dedicated persons of
the society.
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KOTA
OPEN UNIVERSITY RENAMED AS BHAGWAN MAHAVIR OPEN UNIVERSITY
As
already informed in the
previous issue, the Open
University at Kota has
been renamed as Bhagwan
Mahavir Open University on
the holy occasion of
2600th Birth Centenary of
Lord Mahavir. The Minister
of Urban Development, Shri
Shanti Dhariwal at a
function organised in his
honour recently at Udaipur
announced that renaming of
the Open University at
Kota has been effected.
Many roads and colonies in
different towns will be
named after Bhagwan
Mahavir and sale of meat
or wine will be totally
banned in the premises
within a range of 500
meters around any Jain
pilgrimage Centers in the
State. As informed to the
viewers earlier, approval
has been given on 21
points by the State
Government for promoting
Ahimsa and spreading the
message of Lord Mahavir.
These include putting up
hoardings depicting the
Lord's messages and naming
roads, schemes and
colonies behind his name.
ANCIENT
JAIN IDOLS STOLEN
Jain
idols worth several lakhs of
rupees in the international
market were stolen on 13th
August at the Government
Archeological museum at Dharwad,
Karnataka, India. This news was
disclosed to the press by the
Director of the museum Dr.
Raghunath Bhatt. The stolen
idols include the idols of
Goddess Jwalamalini, Bhagawan
Bahubali, Jaina Barma and idols
of Tirthankaras in the
Kayotsarga and Padmasana
postures. All these idols belong
to the 17th and 18th century.
FIRST
EVER CONVENTION OF JAIN WOMEN
FROM NORTH EASTERN REGION
A
Regional Convention of women
from Jain community belonging to
North Eastern regional states
was held on 13th, 14th &
15th July 2001, at Gowahati.
Hundreds of women from different
states took active part in the
programme. Smt. Kanchanlata
Chhabra presided over the
function. In her residential
address, she threw light on
various activities which are
being taken up on the occasion
of 2600th birth centenary of
Lord Mahavir. A Jain Quiz
programme was arranged for women
in which the participants took
active interest and won prizes.
A cultural programme was also
arranged one evening. A family
Directory of all Digamber Jain
community named "Kul Vatika"
in the entire region was
released on the occasion. The
programme was a great successful
event.
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BHAGWAN
PARSHWA NATH MOKSHA
KALYANAK
The
Moksha Kalyanak of Lord Parshwa
Nath was celebrated in the holy
presence of Shri 105 Dhyan
Sagarji Maharaj at Siddhkshetra
Muttagiri on 26th July 2001. It
was organised by the Vidarvbha
Maha Sabha of Digamber sect. A
large number of Jain devotees
took part in the worshipping
celebrations.
LORD
MAHAVIR BIRTH CENTENARY
COMMITTEE IN JHARKHAND
A
high-powered committee, headed
by Shri Babulal Marandi, Chief
Minister of Jharkhand state was
constituted to celebrate 2600th
birth centenary celebrations for
the whole year in the state and
to spread the message of Lord
Mahavir amongst all the people.
The members of the committee
included Shri Sahu Ramesh Chand
Jain (Delhi), Shri Nirmal
Kumar Sethi (Jaipur), Shri
Basant Bhai Doshi (Bombay), Shri
J. D. Jain (Delhi), Shri D. K.
Jain (Delhi), Shri Ratnesh Kumar
Jain, Shri Rajendra Saraogi and
Shri Raj Kumar Jain (Daltonganj),
Shri Dharam Chand (Ranchi), Shri
Ashok Kumar Pandya (Girdih), Smt.
Rekha Jain (Ranchi), Shri Sampat
Rampuria (Ranchi), Shri Sidh Raj
Singhi (Ranchi) and others.
PASSING AWAY THROUGH SAMADHI MARAN
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Kshullika Shri Antim Mati Ji, disciple of Acharya Shri Bharat Sagarji Maharaj took Samadhi at Sammet Shikharji, and breathed her last at the age of 68 years. She belonged to Godha family of Nawa, District Nagaur in Rajasthan.
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Shri Bhanwar Lal Ji Dharmavat belonging to Bhinder town in Udaipur Division of Rajasthan took Samadhi and left for his heavenly abode at the age of 86 years. He accepted "Sallekhana" vow for taking "Samadhi" by Muni Shri Vinishchaya Sagarji Maharaj.
DIKSHA
CEREMONY
Km.
Maya Devi of Porsa village,
Distt Murena (M.P.) was accepted
to holy order as Aryika in the
Digambar sect by revered saint
Ganini, 105 Shri Vishudh Matiji
Maharaj on 5th August, 2001.
DIGAMBER
JAINS CELEBRATE DASLAKSHANA
PARVA
The
Jain community belonging to
Digamber sect observed
Daslakshana Parva with austerity
on 2nd September at the end of
ten days period of Paryushana
Parva. The Kshamapana Diwas was
observed at community level all
over the country to beg apology
from all living beings for any
deeds, performed knowingly or
unknowingly, voluntarily or
involuntarily during the past
year.
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VOW
TO SAVE ECOLOGY IN THE HIMALAYAS
The
members of Chipko Movement in
Tehri Garhwal region of
Himalayas took a vow to save the
trees and local flora and fauna
from destruction at any cost,
what so ever and resist any move
by the Government to establish a
16 lakh kw Power plant there
covering an area of 85sq. km.
LECTURE
ON JAINISM AT LONDON UNIVERSITY
The
3rd Annual WCJA Lecture on
Jainism will be delivered by Dr.
John Cort on 14th March 2002 at
the School of Oriental and
African Studies (SOAS) ,
University of London . The 4th
Annual Jain Research Workshop
will then be held on the 15th
March 2002 at SOAS .Those
interested may contact:
Department of the Study of
Religions, School of Oriental
and African Studies , University
of London , Thronhaugh Street ,
Russell Square , London WCIH OXG
, Tel. + 44 ( 0 )20-7898 4760 ,
Fax : +44( 0 )20-7898-4789 ,
Email : religions@soas.as.uk
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LISTING
OF VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT
AROUND THE WORLD
Ahimsa
Foundation has compiled a
list of vegetarian
restaurants around the
world along with
their addresses ,
telephone numbers
etc. for the benefit of
international travelers
who wish with to eat
vegetarian food but find
it hard to reach the
right place. The List will
be continuously updated
from time to time
depending on availability
of information.
To
view
the list please
Click Here
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Bhanwarlal Chhalani , Swetambar , Diyatra , West Bengal , India
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Deepak Jain , Swetambar , Delhi , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
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Ketan Shah , Swetambar , Umeta , Vadodaara , Gujarat , India
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Manish Gandhi , Digambar , Gulbarga , Mumbai , Maharastra , India
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Manish Jain , Digambar , Ajmer , Jodhpur , Rajasthan , India
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Parveen Maghelal , Swetambar , Phalodi , Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
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Sunil Chopra , Sthankwasi , Parlu , Jodhpur , Rajasthan , India
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Virendra Kothari , Swetambar , Gwalior , Kolkata , West Bengal , India
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Yogesh Jain , Swetambar , Sheoganj , Sirohi , Rajasthan , India
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