Jain Digest 2001 07 Vol 19 No 03

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/527082/1

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The Magazine of the Federation of Jain Associations in North America JAIN DIGEST Fall 2001 Volume 19 No 3 REPLICA OF JAL MANDIR JAINA CONVENTION 2001 AS WE PRAY Jain Education intematona 2010UZ For Privae & Personal use only Www.janelorally.org

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JAIN TEMPLE, WASHINGTON, DC Cardiology Vinod K. Shah, MD, FACC A. A. Pail, MD, FACC Mahesh Shah MD.FACC Anil K. Shah, MD, FACC Anantha Rao, MD, FACC Gastroenterology Umed K. Shah. MD, FACG Arul R. Shah, MD, FACG Nayan R. Shah, MD, FACG Sreenivas Mannam MD Pulmonology Kiran D. Mehta, MD, FCCP Neurology Beena A. Shah, MD Internal Medicine Blusker A Jhaveri, MD David M. Federle, MD Mary Kramer, MD Ayani D. Shah, MD Dhiren Shah, MD Chandra B. Sajja, MD Manoj Panwala, MD Hematology/Oncology Gurdeep Chhabr. MD Harminder S. Sethi, MD Gerontology Anwar T. Munshi, MD, FACP Rita B. Jhaveri, MD Pediatrics Ila V. Shah, MD, FAAP M.EO. Lafer, MD, FAAP Dawn Bertram-Stewart, MD Beena Khetpal, MD Fahmi H. Fahmi MD Pediatrics/Internal Medicine James Harring, MD, FAAR FACP Family Practice John E Fenwick, MD J. Patrick Jarbor, MD Robert Bauer, MD John L. Bennett, MD J. Scott Tidbull. MD Roy H. Bunales, MD Radiology Halappa G. Hakkal, MD Harris E. Orzach, MD Psychiatry Aruna A. Paril. MD Endocrinology John Tourselor, MD JAI JINENDRA aha! aho! zrI sadaguru, karuNAsiMdhu apAra 341 477 R TY chelt, 3HET! 3TET! 345R (828) Thanks! the Holy True Teacher! Unfathomable ocean of compassion; I'm highly obliged; Oh! good Teacher, The Pupil poor has no expression. (124) zu prabhucaraNakane dharUM? AtmAthI saha hIna, te to prabhuo Apiyo, vartu caraNAdhina (125) What should I offer to you, Lord? In soul-comparison all is trifle; The soul is gifted by the Lord, I wish to act to your oracle. (125) - Shri Atmasiddhi Shastra, Srimad Rajchandra - Hollywood Office Philip J. Bean Medical Center PO Box 640 24035 Three Notch Road Hollywood, MD 20656 901-373-7900 Leonardtown Offices Shanti Medical Center PO Box 661 26840 Point Lookout Road, Suite 101 Leonardtown, MD 20650 301-475-5577 301-475-5524 St. Mary's Medical Arts Building PO Box 306 22650 Cedar Lane Court Leonardtown, MD 20650 310-475-5021 301-75-5023 Prince Frederick Office Calvert Medical Office Building 110 Hospital Road, Suite 303 Prince Frederick, MD 20678 410-535-4333 Lexington Park Office 22335 Exploration II Suite 1030 & 1035 Lexington Park, MD 20653 301-863-7041 M1-863-9000 California Office PO Box 540 23263 By the Mill Road California, MD 20619 301-863-5835 Charlotte Hall Office Charlotte Hall Medical Centre PO Box 507 29795 Three Nosch Road Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 301-884-7322 301-884-7330 Mechanicsville Office Village Medical Anne 28160 Old Village Road, Suite A Mechanicsville, MD 20659 301-884-4666 Washington Area 831 University Blvd. #32 Silver Spring MD 20903 301-445-4430 We dedicate ourselves to ceaseless efforts of Acharya Sushil Kumarji and Gurudev Chitrabhanuji, in spreading the principles of Jainism among all the Jains settled in North America. We congratulate the Executive Committee for their devoted service to JAINA. SHAH ASSOCIATES, M.D., L.L.C. Shanti Medical Center, P.O. Box 664, Leonardtown, MD 20650 Phone: 301-475-5579 Metro 301-870-2049 Fax 301-884-7419 Jain Education Intemational 2010_02

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JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001 VOL.18 NO. 3 CIRCULATION: 7500 In this issue Meet the past presidents and the Executive Committee....3. Headquarter News......... Committee News...6 Spirtiual Pursuits of Mahavir and his misssion.. Mahavir's Gandhar's and Jain Masters..... Daslaxna Parva............. Affiliate News...... Regional News...... 11th Convention Report....17 Statement... Matrimonials.. .8 10 ..12 Changing view on Jainism..24 Life Members Update........25 JAINA Current Financial ..13 JAIN DIGEST CIRCULATION Federation of JAINA P. O. Box 700 Getzville, NY 14068-0700 Book Review.... JAINA Book Store.... MIS Registration Form......28. 22 .25 Moving? Receiving duplicate copies? Send your address corrections to: ..27 2010_02 26 .30 Young Minds.... Young Jian Professionals....36 34 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Thanks to all for giving me the opportunity to serve as President of JAINA. I consider it to be a great honor, and I will do my best to further the JAINA cause. First, I would like to congratulate all of the past presidents for making JAINA a truly world-renowned organization. They have done a great job in promoting JAINA, such that it is now recognized by world-leading organizations such as the United Nations, World Religion Council, and the US and Indian governments. * Dear Fellow Jains, I would like to share with you some ideas I have for JAINA for the upcoming years. In general, I wish to further JAINA in the following areas: Jain Knowledge Sharing / pathshala, universities Participation in all geographic, demographic areas (even in smaller Jain communities) Representation of all Jain sects Providing quality speakers to many centers. * Jai Jinendra! With each issue of the Jain Digest, I would like to elaborate on one of these goals, and report progress on programs and activities that we have already initiated. For this issue, I would like to focus on specific goals we have towards Jain Knowledge Sharing. . I want to take up Jain knowledge sharing in this issue. * We are at the final stage of pathshala course work. We have currently levels 1 through 4 available. With some modifications in the level 1&2 books we will have very appropriate books for young minds. Additionally, the pathshala teachers' conference at least once a year will create an atmosphere of mutual understanding and improvement across North America. We seek to create Jainism Chairs at as many Universities as possible. Thus we will spread the knowledge to Jains and Non-Jains. Advance study programs will be encouraged. The JAINA Library is being automated at Jain Society of Southern California at Los Angeles. The books will available through your Jain Centers. We have begun exploring and organizing regular Jain Scholars' Lectures from all over the world. We plan to do that by use of Internet and commercial TV broadcast. Horrific events of September 11 in NY, Washington DC and Pennsylvania resulting in loss of thousands of lives is not just an American national tragedy, it is a black day for all of humanity. We mourn for those lost and send our condolences to those affected by these events. We pray for the souls that were lost and empathize with all who have suffered from this immense tragedy as we recognize that all lives are interdependent. JAINA has started the "World Trade Center Victim's relief fund" and stands ready to help in anyway it can. Please contribute generously to the fund. Finally, I encourage all fellow Jains to provide feedback and constructive criticism regarding JAINA activities and future plans. Furthermore, if anyone has creative ideas or suggestions that allow us to fulfill specific goals, please write to us. We believe, communication is the key to uniting all Jains in North America, and, in addition to leading, we would like to listen and learn from all fellow Jains. Please send by e-mail to me at dmdmrch@core.com. Yours truly BRB214 Bipin D. Parikh, JAINA President JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2001/1

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JAIN DIGEST A publication of the FEDERATION OF JAIN ASSOCIATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA (JAINA) EDITOR IN CHIEF Lata Champsee 21 Swiftdale Place Don Mills, ONT M3B 1M3 Canada Phone: 416/441-2200 416/441-2211 latachampsee@usa.net Fax: REGIONAL EDITORS Canada Dr.Mahendra Mehta. 26 Vancho Cres Islington, Ont M9A 422 Phone/Fax 416/241-2044 Midwest, US Manubhai Doshi 931 Golden Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 Phone: 847/735-0120 Northeast, US Dineshbhai Chheda 9 Johnson Ave West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Phone: 973/394-1701 Southeast, US Surendra Shah 1465 Sumter Drive Marietta, GA 30064-2920 Phone: 770/422-1483 Southwest, US Jadavji Kenia (jkenia@iname.com) 1819 Plymouth Rock Drive Richardson, TX 75081-3942 Phone: 972/690-3593 West, US Chandrakant Parekh 12914 Wolverton Lane Cerritos, CA 90703-7265. Phone: 562/865-1679, Fax: (562) 865-0851. engsys@aol.com ASSOCIATE EDITORS Young Minds Reshma Modi 248/ 851-3965, reshmamodi@mail.com Mansi Shah 562-404-2851, MansiShah@aol.com Matrimoniali Hasmukh Shah 8721 Scrimshaw Drive New Port Richey, FL. 34653-6623 Phone: 727/376-7989 MANAGING BOARD Lata Champsce, Editor in chief Dilip V Shah, Marketing Manager Keerti Shah, Circulation Manager The Managing Editorial Board will endeavor to publish all material submitted but reserves the right to edit and/or reformat for clarity and space restrictions. The views expressed in the articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Managing Editorial Board of JAIN DIGEST. PUBLICATION DATES AND DEADLINES February 15 May 15 August 15 November 15 Spring (March) Summer (June) Fall (September) Winter (December) 2/ JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001 2010_02 Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA) JAINA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Bipin D. Parikh Phone: 847/699-1294, Fax: 312/726-4274 First Vice President Anop R. Vora Phone: 716/473-9290, Fax: 716/473-9450 Regional Vice Presidents Lata Champsee, Canada Phone: 416/441-2200, Fax: 416/441-2211 Ila G. Mehta, Midwest US Phone: 419/865-2727, Fax: 419/868-7476 Sushil Jain, Northeast US Phone/ 301/670-0519 Fax:301/670-3937 Mahendra Mehta, Southeast US Phone: 941/561-273, Fax: 941-275-4432 Hasendra Shah, West US Phone: 562/404-2851, Fax: 562/597-0648 Udai Jain, Southwest US Phone: 281-980-0741, Fax: 281/980-2924 Secretary Kirit C. Daftary Phone: 254/776-4209, Fax: 254/753-1411 Treasurer Girish P. Shah Phone: 408/378-8765. Fax: 650/694-6961 Immediate Past President Mahendra K. Pandya Phone: 718/816-0083, Fax: 212/319-6781 SPECIAL OFFICE BEARER Executive Director of JAINA Kamalesh Amin Phone/Fax: 716/636-5342 jainahq@aol.com BOARD OF DIRECTORS All Board of Directors names were printed in the Summer 2000 issue. JAINA CHARITABLE TRUST Executive Council Chairmen - Dhiraj Shah, Buffalo, NY Mahendra Pandya, New York, NY Comptroller Jagat Jain, Buffalo, NY Secretary General - Kirit Kapadia, New York, NY Members-at-Large Rajen Jaswa, Saratoga, CA Bipin Parikh, Chicago, IL Bhupendra Tolia, Norwood, NJ. Trustees All Trustees names and photos to be printed in the Fall 2000 issue. JAINA ON THE INTERNET JAINA Jain BBS http://www.jaina.org/ http://www.jainism.org/ Young Jains of America http://www.yja.org/ JAINA COMMITTEES Ahimsa Day Celebration Surendra Singhvi 937/885-7414 Calendar Committee Rajiv Pandya 212/319-8291 Community Leadership Council Ramesh Shah 440/442-4596 Environment and Ecology Nancy Jain 416/447-1650 Essay Competition Chhaya Kapadia 516/829-3316 JAINA Book Store Rohit H. Doshi 607/ 754 60101 JAINA Convention Board Bipin Parkih 847/669-1294 Govt & International Organizations Relations Dhiraj H. Shah 716/773-1314 Interfaith Activities! World Council of Jains Manoj Dharamsi 703/620-9837 Rashmi Gardi 847/428-4298 Jain Poojas Naresh Shah 516/741-9269 Arhant Jain 905/827-7494 JAIN DIGEST Membership Keerti Shah 630/837-8716 JAINA Education Committee Pravin K. Shah 919/859-4994 JAINA Temple Guidelines Jagat Jain 716/688-0104 Jiv Daya Ratibhai Shah 817/430-8081 JAINA Library Committee Virendra Shah 310/326-5685 JAINA Publication Committee Prem Gada 806/794-4777 CANADA Regular Toronto. Associate Edmonton Montreal Ortawa Vancouver MIDWEST Regular Chicago Cinncinati/Dayton Cleveland Columbus Detroit St. Louis Associate Kansas City Minneapolis Milwaukee Toledo NORTHEAST Regular Boston Buffalo Cherry Hill Essex Fells Hudson Valley New York Orange Philadelphia Pittsburgh Rochester Washington, DC Associate Albany Allentown Elmira Harrisburgh Hartford Syracuse AFFILIATES Brahmi Jain Society, US and Canada International Alumni Association of Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya, Rochester, NY International Mahavir Jain Mission, US and Canada Jain Meditation International Center, US & Canada HEADQUARTERS PO Box 700, Getzville, NY 14068-0700 Phone/Fax: 716/636-5342 Telephone Hours: Monday - Friday. 2 PM-5 PM EST JAINA Website Committee Girish P. Shah 408/378-8765 Long Term Planning Prabodh Vaidya 630/985-9144 Mahavir Memorial Dr. Manoj Dharamsi 703/620-9837 Marriage Information Service Hasmukh Shah 727/376-7989 Media Watch/Public Relations Sushil Jain 301/670-0519 Membership Kamlesh Shah 301/838-9778 N. American Jain Families Assitance Program Ila Mehta 419/865-2727 Pilgrimage Dilip V. Shah 215/561-0581 Senior Citizens Kantilal Shah 949/831-8687 Scholar Visitation Nirmal Dosi 732/390-0296 Tirthodhdhar Kirit Daftary 254/776-4209 V. R. Gandhi Scholarship Fund Pravin C. Shah 516/248-8265 World Community Service Bachubhai Ajmera 301/924-8070 Bhadresh Dhila 301/589-4610 Prakash Mehta 703/318-8252 Young Jains of America (YJA) Birud Jhaveri 503/292-1965 Chintan Shah 608/264-0050 Young Jain Professional (YJP) Sanjay Mehta 718/347-3083 SOUTHEAST Regular Atlanta Miami Associate Augusta Charlotte Fr. Meyers Jacksonville Memphis Middle Tenness Morgantown New Orleans Orlando Palm Beach Raleigh Tampa SOUTHWEST Regular Dallas Houston Phoenix Associate Tulsa Lubbock Colorado WEST Regular Los Angles San Francisco Associate Portland Sacramento San Diego MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS Regular: Twe directors on JAINA'S Board (over 50 families). Associate. One director on JAINA's Board (up to 50 families). Jain Social Group, LA and Toronto Kutchhi Gurjar Jain Society, Grand Island, NY Kutchhi Oswal Jain Association of North America(KOJAIN Shri Mahavir Jain Foundation, Santa Ana, CA Jain Academic Foundation of N. America, Lubbock, TX LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OF JAIN DIGEST We encourage our readers to send their questions, comments or views on current issues or concerns facing the Jain community of North America to the Editor in Chief, Lara Champsee. We endeavor to publish all letters, space permitting. The JAIN DIGEST reserves the right to edit all material for clarity and/or space. 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FROM EDITOR IN CHIEF: CONGRATULATIONS... Jai Jinendra! JAIN DIGEST congratulates the Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago for hosting the 11th JAINA Convention this past July. We acknowledge the thousands of hours spent by the volunteers in making it a grand success. It takes a great deal of time and money to produce and distribute JAIN DIGEST to over 7500 families. You can help by becoming a JAINA Patron. Please inform about any change of address and for adding new members to its mailing list at jainahq@aol.com We would like to hear from you, share your insights through letters to Editor. Feel free to send in any articles, information you may wish to share it with community at large. Last but not the least, JAIN DIGEST would like to congratulate the new Executive Committee and wish them very best. Lata Champsee DIPAK C. JAIN: DEAN, KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Dipak.C.Jain, associate dean for academic affairs of Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a professor of marketing, has been named dean of the school, effective July 1. The succession was far from automatic. The school undertook what it called an "exhaustive national search" with the help of the executive head hunting firm. It examined some 120 candidates before narrowing it down to Jain. One of Kellogg's most popular professors, in addition to his teaching at Kellogg, he has served as a visiting professor at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Nijenrode University, Koblenz and IIT Delhi, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Tel Aviv University. Jain, who is only 43, lives in Evanston suburb close to the Kellogg School with his wife Sushant, and three children Dhwani, Kalash, and Muskaan. Past Presidents of JAINA - Federation of Jain Associations in North America 1981-83 1987.93 1983 - 85 Manoj Dharamshi 1985 - 87 Tansukh Salgia Sulekh Jain 1993-95 Jagat Jain 1995 - 97 Manibhai Mehta 1997- 99 Dhiraj Shah Lalit Shah Meet Your Executive Committee for the 2001 - 2003 term President Bipin D. Parikh First Vice President Anop R. Vora Canada Lata Champsee Northeast US Sushil Jain Southeast US Mahendra V. Mehta Regional Vice Presidents: Secretary Kirit C. Daftary Treasurer Girish P. Shah Immediate Past President Mahendra K. Pandya Southwest US Udai Jain West US Hasendra Shah Midwest US Ila G. Shah www.jamelibrary.org

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HEADQUARTERS NEWS.... JAINA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS IN CHICAGO JAINA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING IN CHICAGO Newly elected Executive Committee of JAINA held its first Board of Directors of JAINA met in Chicago on July 6th.Dr. meeting on July 7, 2001 at Chicago, Il. The following are the Mahendra Pandya, the president of JAINA opened the meeting highlights of the subjects that were discussed: Meeting was started with recital of Navkar Mantra. with recital of Navkar Mantra. The common themes of discussions were as follows: It was decided by everyone to put their e-mail addresses on Financial Condition of JAINA: the JAINA letterhead for the case of communication. Mr. Anop Vora presented very bleak picture of JAINA's treaMr. Girish Shah, will setup Yahoo e-mail group for the execu sury. At present we have only $1,200 in checking account. tive committee for ease of sending messages to all executive com Surendra Singhvi stated that the number of patrons has de mittee members. Mr. Bipin Parikh was going to request CISCO clined from 200+ to 87 patrons. Patrons need to renew their memto donate router to JAINA for use by JAINA's teleconference. JSMC bership and recruit new patrons to support JAINA. JAINA should will maintain the line and the router for the use of JAINA, in charge yearly subscription of $10 for JAIN Digest so it becomes exchange for the use of router by JSMC. We will have teleconfer self-sufficient. (This had overwhelming support from the floor) ence every month among executive committee. Prem Jain: Jains have enough funds to support JAINA and its JAINA committees: Set up policies for formation of new com activities. But we have not been able to put forward our need to mittees. All committees chairmen need to define their functions, our society at large. Jains have been contributing at other places, objectives and their goals- short and long terms. Chairman of each but due to poor communication and marketing efforts we have committee must send out reports by e-mail. not been able to divert funds for our own activities. Temple Guideline Committee: They should stay out of each Satish Nayak stated that every center is very rich. Members individual Jain Centers affairs. TGC should work on such things pay for the dues because they belong. We need centers to feel the as getting deities, etc. It should be more of a resource center for ownership in JAINA. In the past JAINA had Dignitaries programs Jain centers building new temples or expanding their facilities. which was supported both financially and functionally by JAINA. When we have yearly directors meetings, we should offer mini Dignitaries were a major link between JAINA and the Jain cenworkshops for temple building, etc. This could be attended by ters. Create a link between JAINA and Jain Centers, and money centers expanding their temples, etc. will flow. Anop Vora proposed a following resolution seconded by Girish Bipin Parikh said JAINA is a very important franchise. We Shah for the discussion: have lot of products to market. The new executive committee will JAINA should join World Jain Confederation as institutional take up the marketing of JAINA. We should make JAINA as housefoundation member. International relations committee would pay hold word with the help of directors and local Centers. its fees of $625. Awareness of Jainism, Principles and its Practices: Finance: JAINA don't have enough cash on the hand to print Surendra Singhvi, Dayton, OH: Suggested that for the last next issue of Jain Digest. We need $10,000 for the next issue of 10 years Ahmisa Day is observed on 1" Sunday in October. Jain JAIN Digest. Mr. Bipin Parikh suggested that we need a market centers should continue this practice by holding essay competiing man to market all the products of JAINA to the corporate tion, holding prayers, etc. world. He would speak to someone about marketing position on an honorary basis. There was a discussion on advertisement rates 2. Awareness of Jain Principles: Meat and alcohol was served in Jain Digest. in Jain parties and weddings. Even eggs were consumed in many Jain households under the pretense of vegetarianism. It was sug. Regional vice president will request local Jain Centers presi gested that we need to create awareness of Jain principles and it's dents to give us their latest membership list. This would help us meaning, so such practices could be reduced and eventually abolensure that we will get the current addresses for the mailing of ished. JAIN Digest. Dr. Dhiraj Shah was spending his personal funds to send out 300 copies of JAIN Digest to dignitaries and other orga 3. With the help of Jain Centers, get good count of JAIN nizations in India. He asked if JAINA would like to take over this. population in USA. This will help us get political clout. Pop Due to the lack of finance and lukewarm response from recipients 4. Make Samvatsari Pratikramn available in English. in India, it was decided to discontinue this practice. Dipika Dalal, urged (JAINA) to create better educational and Meeting was adjourned with Khamemi Save Jiva. informational material. This will help in promoting awareness 47 JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2001 Jain Education Interational 2010_02

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HEADQUARTERS NEWS.... about Jainism, its practices and also help acceptance by new gen- timely fashion. He has to wait as long as 6-9 months before he eration. collects all yearly dues Temple Guidelines: Khasgiwala, Many new Jain centers are being formulated on very regular basis. How can JAINA help implement non-sectarian formats and practices? Jagat Jain stated that JAINA adopted its first temple format in 1991 held at San Francisco convention. Since then we have revised our formats as follows: 1. On one continuous bedi there will be one idol of each Shwetambar and Digambar Sect and Navkar Mantra (for all non murti pujaks) in the center of bedi. Navkar mantra will be a cohesive factor for all three sects, as it is universal and acceptable to all three sects. 2. Equal number of idols for each sect, could be three or five and Navkar Mantra (for all non murti pujaks) in the center. The point is to keep the entire community together. Dallas sangh was the first one to follow JAINA format. Many other centers have followed the tradition since then such as Buffalo, NY, Edmonton, Canada and Hartford, Conn. Girish Shah- stated temple guidelines are only guidelines. It should not become a reason for the disunity. Each center has its own unique facility requirements. Communications: Prem Jain observed, though JAINA started 20 years ago; we still have not overcome the problems of proper infrastructure to allow the communication with the Jain centers. We need to get Jain Centers involved and participate in JAINA.Ask each director to come up with list of top 10 problems they have been facing with JAINA, local centers, etc. Kirit Gosalia, remarked that external communication is very important. JAINA should make press releases available for major ceremonies and events. Each Jain Center should be sent out on a regular basis upcoming events such as 2600th birth anniversary of Mahavir Bhagwan. If you let enough people know about Jainism, vegetarianism, etc. then you would be noticed. Sudhir Shah said JAINA should survey Jain Centers to find out its expectations of JAINA. JAINA should become resource center for many issues faced by Jain centers, such as education, temple guidelines, etc. Sharad Shah suggested JAINA should have leadership conference at the national level to create harmony. Jagat Jain: Each Jain Center's president should become JAINA's director to facilitate better communication. Kamlesh Shah said that each Jain Center needs to update the list of its President and directors ASAP, and send yearly dues in Surendra Singhvi: Define jobs of regional vice presidents. Once every two years there should be a JAINA day in each Jain Center. Regional vice president along with JAINA executive committee members should attend this. This will make JAIN centers Jain Education Intemational 2010_02 aware of JAINA activities. It would be also a good opportunity to renew and make new patron members of JAINA. Ila Mehta felt that there was a lack of link between directors and regional vice presidents. Directors were not responsive for/to their centers. She suggested having teleconference between vice presidents and directors on a quarterly basis. Focus your energy on youth. You need to cultivate youth to get them active in JAINA. When your generation burns out from He further suggested that we should put JAINA and other the current executive committee who are you going to look at to activities on Internet. Take advantage of the technology. replace you? Youth would not have time to participate in JAINA they are made available to you. So you need to start looking at till their family is raised and gone. That will be a long time before youth NOW. It was felt that Pathshala books were not widely available, though Dr. Gada's education committee carried out substantial work. Birud Zaveri, suggested that these Pathshala books should be put on the net. This way it can be printed out on as needed basis. Convention:Chandrakant Shah suggested that there was not enough time to attend all the lectures. We should offer extra days of daylong workshops prior to the beginning of the convention. Need to get bigger rooms for lectures. Some of the lectures rooms were overcrowded. Some felt that Keynote and opening ceremonies were too long. It was suggested that in the future, we should limit the speeches and the opening ceremony. YJA Nirav Shah, All YJA wants to do is convention. He wanted JAINA to be available to them as their resources. Incoming President, Dr. Bipin Parikh presented his and his incoming executive committees' vision as follows: JAINA should become a household name. JAINA will become financially independent, so JAINA can support many of its own worthwhile activities and help centers. He wants to establish better communication with JAIN centers. And last but not the least, he wants JAINA to become a unifying force for JAINS all over the world. Kirit C. Daftary and Vinay Vakani adjourned meeting with Khamemi Save Jiva. Kirit C. Daftary, Regional Vice President - JAINA JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001/5

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TRAINING LETTER TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSHA September 12, 2001 Honorable George W. Bush President of United States of America White House, Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Bush, Yesterday's tragic terrorist attack on the World Trade Center of New York, a symbol of our prosperity and attack on the Pentagon in Washington, a symbol of our strength are unquestionably the most horrifying act in the American history We, the Jains, followers of Non-Violence strongly condemn the audacious attack on the innocent citizens of our great country. This is a day of national sorrow that has left an indelible mark on the character of our country. We, the Jains, are holding prayer meetings at all our 57 Chapters and pray for the safety and well being of all Americans. We would like to express our deepest sympathy for the victims and their families. Sincerely, Datadil Dr. Bipin Parikh President, JAINA Dr. Dhiraj Shah Chairman, Govt. & International Organizations Relations JAINA CALENDAR COMMITTEE (JCC) JAINA EDUCATION COMMITTEE The Pathshala teachers meeting during the 11th Biennial JAINA Convention was organized by Pravin Shah, and coordiJCC is happy to have about 1000 (One Thousand) sets of nated by Sailes Jain, Pradip Shah, and Darshana Shah. Approxithree following books mailed to all the JAINA Presidents, Execu mately 60 - 70 teachers and coordinators attended this meeting. tive Members, Sponsor of the Calendar, Trustees , Patrons, and all The objectives of this session were to know and understand the responders for Jaina Calendar with a contribution of $50 or concerns, ideas and views from all with regard to Jain Education more. JCC is planning to have these sets of books for the JAINA in the US. The foremost concern was identified as the necessity to Mini Library available to all the remaining 4000 Jain households develop educational materials and to have them available to all in North America with an estimated cost of $250,000, before we Pathshalas. Other concerns which were discussed included attenconclude our year long celebration of 2600 Janm Kalyanak of dance, parental involvement, curriculum changes and preparing Bhagwan Mahavir by April 2002. Books selected by calendar re- the teachers. sponders are Jainism, A Pictorial Guide to the Religion of Non For developing material, 20 volunteers agreed to review and Violence (Kurt Teitz), Jaina, Religion and Philosophy (Nagin Shah), edit the existing material. Dr. Manibhai Mehta assured that fundAspect of Jain Religion (Vilas Sangave). A generous contribution ing would be available for this project. For JAINA Education from all is requested. Please send your tax deductible contribution material, teachers and coordinators would be organizing efforts to check made to JAINA to Rajeev Pandya, 73 Beebe Street, Staten review the material. Island ,NY 10301, for further information please contact on If interested, please contact Pravin Shah at 212.319.8291. pkshah1@attglobal.net or 919-859-4994. Rajeev Pandya, Chairman 6/JAIN DIGEST- FALL 2001 Jain Education Intemational 2010_02

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COMMITTEE NEWS.... WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICES : GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE AND JAINA As you know from the summer Jain Digest issue, JAINA was library. Community hall and First aid health care center are sponin forefront helping the earthquake victims by providing them sored by Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago. Construction of basic necessities of life. JAINA also sponnsered a school at Vardhmannagar will begin on 26th. October, 2001 on auspicious Samkhiali, near Bhachau, built by Bhartiya Jain Sanghatana. JAINA day of Vijayadashami. If you or your Sangh has not forwarded also donated 10 computers for students, victims of earthquake at your contribution to JAINA, please send your tax deductible conVeerayatan Vidhyapeeth, Bhuj. JAINA sent large supplies of medi- tribution, payable to JAINA and mail it to; Prakash Mehta cine and wheelchairs to Bidada Sarvodaya Trust Hospital, near 2960 motherwell court, Oak Hill, VA 20171 Bhuj, to help sick and amputees. Now JAINA is embarking on a AINA intends to publish names of all the donors in next jain major project, construction of new village, 6.3 KM. away from digest if you want to remain annonymous, please inform Prakash Bhuj , near village Bhujodi. It willbe named 'VARDHAMAN Mehta. For further information and suggestions please contact NAGAR' to commomrrate 2600th birthday celebration of lord any one of following JAINA representatives: Mahavir. Marble plaque in front of Vardhmanagar will inscribe name of The federation of Jain Associations in North America, Dr Dhiraj H. Shah Project Manager B.S. Ajmera Jain Center Of America, Newyork, NY. and India Earthquake Earthquake Victims Relief Chairman, WCS Relief Organization Of Michigan. Primary school is sponsored by 716-773-1314 301-431-2525 Jain Society of Toronto. Middle school is sponsored by Jain Sangh Bhadresh Dhilla Prakash Mehta of Tulsa, OK. High school is sponsored by Jain Center Of Greater Co-Chairman ,WCS Co-Chairman, WCS Boston. A community from Binghamton, NY has sponsored a 301-570-1117 703-352-8340 "Pancha Dhama" Shrama-Yatra (Pilgrimage of 5 Tirths with Labor of Love) Because of such devastating, horrible and tragic earthquake . Return train fare from Bombay to Gandhidham, Kutch (I class) in Gujarat and Kutch, haven't you thought of being more helpful . 7 days Lodging and Boarding (3 meals included) and supportive in rehabilitation efforts? Haven't you thought about Bus transportation to and from Work Site and "TIRTHS" doing MORE than just DONATE MONEY to the CAUSE? * Visits in Kutch of various projects and Bidada Hospital "What Can I Do More for those victims being here in USA" is it * Work on Houses/Schools for Four(4) days your feeling? Have your adult children ask that they would like to help our mother country in its time of greatest need? * Tour of 5 TIRTHS' - Naliya, Kothara, Tera, Bhadreshwara and 72-Jinalaya JAINA World Community Services- has designed a unique program "Shrama-Yatra" from January 2 through January 8,2002 * One Night of Kutchi Culture entertainment (Pilgrimage with Labor of Love) to any one who wants to help. * Stavans and Bhavana Program, This program unites the 'Bhakti' aspect of Pilgrimage with 'Karma - Home Going Gift Yoga' aspect of 'Labor of Love' as evidence in world renowned * This entire package costs ONLY $ 121 per person. The accomHabitat of Humanity project of Millard Fuller. Here is your chance modation is for 70 persons only: your chance modation is for 70 persons only; so hurry up for your reservation to put Lord Mahavira's message of "Service to the poor is Service prior to October 15. Camp is from January 2 to January 8,2002 to me" in action. You will be doing YATRA of 5 TIRTHS' along with working on Houses, Schools and/or Community Center with For more information, please call: Ramesh P. Shah coyour hands. And it is a FULL GROUND PACKAGE. ordinator 440-442-4596 and mail your checks of $121/for ground * Make your own travel arrangements to India or contact: Jaya package payable to: JAINA-World Community Services (memo: Travels of Detroit at 248-358-9100) Shrama Yatra) clo Ramesh P. Shah, 6737 Wildwood Trail, Mayfield The Entire GROUND PACKAGE includes following: Village, Ohio 44143 e-mail: jshah6138@aol.com Jain Education Interational 2010_02 JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2001/7

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SPIRITUAL PURSUIT OF LORD MAHAVEER AND HIS MISSION Manu Doshi, Chicago, IL Pranihanti Kshanardhen Samyamalambya Karma Tat head. The Lord used to stay so much absorbed in contemplating Yanna Hanyannarastivratapasa Janmakotibhihi about the soul that he did not remain aware of other aspects incluHemchandracharya sive of the need for food and sleep or of the pain inflicted upon him. His concentration was thus more awe-inspiring than any other aspect. That concentration & meditation helped him in overcom(Karmas, which cannot be destroyed by intense austerities for mil ing all the defilements and ultimately led to the Self-realization. lions of lives, can be instantly destroyed by resorting to equanimity.) The principal purpose of spiritual pursuit is to learn how to Even a casual reader of Lord Mahaveer's life can notice that he remain unimpassioned spectator of whatever happens. For this had to face terrific pain and affliction during his spiritual pursuit. purpose the Lord has laid down the Tripadi of Utpad, Vyaya and During that period of twelve and a half year, he took food only on Dhrouvya. It states that every matter, while maintaining its own 349 days, the remaining days he fasted. Once, he stayed without nature, continually undergoes changes in its states. One state disfood for almost six months. We marvel at the capacity to remain appears and another state arises. In other words, every state of the without food so long. Some people find it hard to believe that one matter is impermanent. Meditation helps in realizing the impercan survive so long without food. It is, however, a fact that during manence of every situation. One can actually experience that there 98-99 Sahajmuni fasted for one year at Bangalore. If he could do is nothing, except the soul, which stays unaltered. Thereby he reit, there can not be any doubt about the ability of the Lord in alizes the futility of indulging in craving or aversion towards any observing long fasts. situation and learns to remain merely a spectator. This helps in The Lord could also overcome the need for sleep. Most of the maintaining equanimity in all the circumstances. time he did not sleep at all. Moreover he used to adopt very tough Situations of happiness or unhappiness, prosperity or poverty, postures during his spiritual pursuit. We are awed by his capacity City respect or disrespect arise as consequences of one's Karma. The to stay steadfast in such postures. There are other more significant essence of spiritual pursuit lies in passing through such dualities aspects that go unnoticed. Do we ever try to understand what was without any complaint or grumbling and in peacefully accepting the source of his capability and what he was doing during the what happens from time to time. Acceptance of every situation fasts, particularly when he was avoiding sleep? Did he keep lying with an unimpassioned mind without indulging in attachment or down during the fasts? Actually, he stayed alert and vigilant and aversion is the Tap that effectively eradicates the bondage of Karma. used to meditate during that time. In other words, he was observ It is the quickest way of gaining Nirjara. The Lord was observing ing Kausagga most of the time. that Tap during the period of his spiritual pursuit. During that By Kausagga we generally understand reciting the required num- time he came across many occasions of adversities and affliction, ber of Navakarmantra or Logassa Sutra as fast as we can and then but he never tried to resist them. On the contrary, when Indra terminating it by uttering Namo Arihantanam. That is not the himself offered to protect him from the anticipated atrocities, the real implication of Kausagga. It actually requires giving up all the Lord declined to accept that offer. He knew that whatever was activities of the body as well as the mind and to contemplate about going to come was the result of his own Karma and he alone had the Self. We happen to have forgotten our true nature and the to bear the same. purpose of spiritual pursuit is to know the Self by resorting to resorting to Two Two other aspects of the Lord's life that should attract our atmeditation. The importance of meditation seems to have been tention are the fearlessness and the absence of desire. When he lost in Jain tradition and emphasis is mostly laid on fasts as a mode renounced the worldly life, he not only gave up all the possessions of observing Tap. It should, however, be remembered that and worldly connections, but also abjured every sort of desire. He Swadhyay, Dhyan and Kausagga are the highest types of Tap. Thatd did not even care for the safety or the well being of the body. He Tap helps in making the aspirant aware of the self. One's weak could therefore go to the woodland where the poisonous nesses and drawbacks get exposed in the light of awareness. As Chandakaushik had his abode and was not scared or perturbed, they cannot bear such exposure, they start giving way. As such, the even when the snake bit him. As such, it would not be hard to aspirant feels physically as well as mentally lightened and experi understand how he could stay care free about the primary needs of ences the peace that arises from within. The Lord was observing ving the body like food or sleep. His only aspiration was to seek Selfthat Tap during his spiritual pursuit. realization and the body was merely an instrument to reach that Meditation involves concentration of mind. It is known that obiective. when one concentrates his mind on any matter, he does not re Another important aspect of his life pertains to his staying unmain conscious of other events and happenings. 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SPIRITUAL PURSUIT OF LORD MAHAVEER AND HIS MISSION (Cont..) Acharang Sutra, the first and the foremost Shwetambar Agam, clearly states that the cloth, which was put on his shoulder by Indra at the time of renunciation, was discarded after one year. It means that the Lord did not put on any cloth during the remain ing 41 years of his life. Thus the difference between Shwetambar and Digambar concepts is narrowed down to his remaining unclad for 41 years or 42 years. The question that arises is why did he decide to go unclad. It needs to be remembered that spiritual pursuit is not meant to gain anything from outside. All the required attributes are inherent within the soul. They are not to be gained; they are simply to be manifested. That can be done by getting rid of all the internal as well as external aspects that obscure the true nature of soul. The spiritual pursuit involves divesting of every thing unrelated to soul. The Lord's uncladness was a part of that divesting process. At the end of his spiritual pursuit when the Lord realized the Self, he gained thorough insight and could see the truth in all its perspectives. He therefore wanted to set up the truth as the essence of spiritualism. During his time there were many thinkers who advocated futility of the spiritual activities. The Lord wanted to counter such thinking and to establish truth as the foundation of spiritual endeavor. For him truth and liberation were indivisible. He therefore laid down that false beliefs and wrong thinking are the source of the misery and evils. He was, however, aware that the people tend to resort to such beliefs and thinking out of ignorance and wrong perception. He therefore laid down the attainment of right perception as the basis of spiritual development. In Jain tradition, right perception is known as Samyaktva. That can arise either by destruction or pacification of the long lasting defilements. The former is known as Kshayik Samyaktva and the latter as Aupashamic. In either of the cases, the defilements are not in the operative stage. In the latter case, however, the defilements are not destroyed. They stay settled down and can arise again whenever opportunity occurs. As such, the spiritual aspirant going ahead with the Aupashamic Samyaktva is liable to fall. The Lord therefore insisted on gaining Kshayik Samyaktva. Whatever exists in the universe can either be animate or inanimate. The most significant category of the inanimate matters is termed as Pudgal. In a way that term is unique to Jainism. It literally means that which continues to gain and lose and that is exactly the property of Pudgal. The worldly life arises on account of interaction of Pudgal on the soul. Prior to the birth of science, the Lord could state about the existence of subatomic particles of Pudgal which are known as Paramanu. The primary concern of the Lord, however, was regarding soul that abides in every living being. That is the only matter, which has the capability to experience the pleasure and pain. The Lord has stipulated that every being wants to live happily and no one is therefore entitled to hurt or inflict pain to other beings. He called 2010_02 for reverence for every living being and raised his hand against hurting other beings on any ground. He therefore laid down nonviolence as the basic tenet. He exhorted his followers to behave in a way that would make others happy and urged them to sacrifice their own comforts and convenience for the sake of others. This involves adoption of restraints and of an austere mode of living. Therefore, nonviolence, restraint and austerity constitute the anchor sheets of his teaching. The Lord's main emphasis was on realizing the true nature of soul. He knew that truth is inherent within every matter. He therefore defined religion as Vatthu Sahavo Dhammo. It means that religion is the nature of matter. Every soul is imbibed with infinite knowledge, perception, happiness and vigor. These attributes are not manifest at present, because worldly souls are under the impact of undesirable instincts. Those instincts are the outcome of Karma acquired by indulging in likes and dislikes. If one overcomes his likes and dislikes and stays equanimous in every situation, he would not acquire new Karma. Since old Karmas give way after bearing the consequences, such person can attain the Karmaless state. That is the state of liberation and everlasting happiness, which can be attained by every soul. This shows the thoroughly democratic approach of Jainism. No other religion stipulates such potentialities for every one. Another important aspect of Lord's teaching that has not received proper attention pertains to tolerance. It is noticed that distrust, discords and disputes are the source of the strife and unrest. They arise from the intolerance of differing views. The Lord has said that every view can have some element of truth. His teaching urges respect for even the partial truth of every one. This is known as Syadvad. It calls for tolerating the differing views and thus strikes at the root of all discords. If his teaching is properly heeded to, all unnecessary quarrels and disputes would come to the end and an era of lasting peace can prevail. By propounding Syadvad, the Lord has presented the most ef fective method to end all disputes. He laid down that all the view points are subjective and every one of them is likely to have some validity. If we examine others' views from their standpoints and accept the element of truth therein, they would feel at ease and may be inclined to examine our view. In that case it becomes easier to get to the real truth which can be a synthesis of the partial and relative truths. As followers of Lord Mahaveer, it is our duty to study and comprehend the concepts of truth, tolerance and temperance. They can also be termed as Satya, Syadvad and Sanyam. If we take them beyond the narrow confines of Jainism, that would do much good to the world at large and that would be the best thing that we can do as the follower of the Lord's tenets. This message needs to be adopted particularly in this year of 26th centenary of Lord's birth. JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001/9

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LORD MAHAVIR'S GANDHARAS AND JAIN MASTERS Dr. Pravin L. Shah, Reading, PA This year we are celebrating the 2600th Janmakalyanak of Jambu Swami was the last Kevali who attained omniscient Lord Mahavir. As we rejoice Mahavir's centennial celebrations knowledge from the teachings of his Master Sudhrama Swami. all over the world, let us go though some of great Jain Masters Bhadrabau Swami was the last "Shrut Kevali" who composed very that have followed the footsteps of Lord Mahavir and have given popular Sutra we recite every day : Uvasagharam Sutra, and many us the divine knowdlege in form of invaluable Jain Texts describ- other texts. Up to the time of Bhadrabahu Swami, Jain Masters ing Lord's Teachings based on their own self realization knowl- of his caliber were able to memorize all the Agam texts including edge. Without these priceless scriptures prepared by these great the fourteen Purvas. Today we can not even recite our Chaitya Jain Masters over the last 2000 years, we would be without any Vandan Sutras properly, let alone understand the meaning of each documented Teachings of Lord Mahavir at the present time. Sutra!! With passing of time, capacity of the Jain Masters de creased to memorize all the Purvas which lead the eminent GAUTAM SWAMI - FIRST GANDHAR (500 B.C.) Acharyas to compose new scriptures starting with the first and foremost masterpiece listed below by Umaswati Acharya Lord Mahavir attained omniscient knowledge (Kevalgnan) at age 42 and He established Jain Tirtha consisting of four-fold ACHARYA UMASWATI ( 100 B.C.) Sangh comprised of Sadhus, Sadhvijis, Shravaks, and Shravikas. Lord Mahavir gave his sermons for thirty years until he attained in Christian religion the most popular book is Bible, in HinMoxa at age 72. During these thirty years, Lord's teachings were duism it is Gita, and in Jainism the most popular and respected compiled primarily by most revered Gandhar, Gautam Swamiji. text is Tatvarth Sutra composed by Acharya Umaswati some two His real name was Indrabhuti and he came from a Brahmin thousand years ago. Acharya Haribhadra and Yasovijayji have family and considered himself as the best scholar of divine knowl- said often that Acharya Umaswati must be a "Shrut kevali" to edge of the Vedas. When Indrabhuti was invited to have a dia- compose such epic as Tatvarthsutra which represents a condensed logue with Shri Mahavir, he thought it will be so easy to defeat nectar of all Agam Sutras and a complete thesis on Jain MetaShri Mahavir in matter of minutes. He accepted the challenge physics in a scientific way. It is the first text in Sanskrit in Jain of the debate with Mahavir Swami on the condition that if he literature dating back 2000 years ago. lost the debate, he will become Mahavir's disciple. To illustrate the uniqueness and importance of this great text, As soon as Indrabhuti along with his many Vedanta disciples one needs to examine the commentaries written on Tatvarthsutra met Lord Mahavir their ego melted away and bowed down to by the most eminent Acharyas, including a detailed commenthe Lord and created a well known prayer "Namuthunam". He tary known as "Sarvarthsiddhi" by Acharya Pujyapad, had doubts about Atman but Lord Mahavir gave him the divine "Gandhahasti" by Samatbhadra Acharya, and two other comvision and Gautam Swami attained Samkit at the very moment mentaries by Aklankdev and Prabahchandra Acharyas. Scholars, and became the first Gandhar of Lord Mahavir and attained four Pundits still cannot comprehend the depth of Tatvarthsutra. It fold Knowledge (Mati, Shrut, Avadhi and Man Pryava knowl- is said that only Umaswati could compose such a text, no one else edge). Gautam Swami composed our twelve Agam Texts includ- could do it! He also composed ten other texts of great imporing the fourteen Purvas which contain millions of verses. Every tance including Prashamrati. All the Jain masters have frequently Jain disciple worships Gautam Swami with utmost respect and quoted Sutras from Tatvarthsutra as an authoritative reference reverence. Gautam swami attained omniscient knowledge the material next only to the Agam Sutras. same day Lord Mahavir attained Moxa. ACHARYA KUNDKUND ( 50 B.C. - 50 A.D) SUDHARAMA SWAMI & JAMBU SWAMI (500-400 B.C.) Acharya Kundkund was from South Indian town Kondkonda Sudharama Swami was the fifth Gandhara of the Lord who and he took Digambar Dixa at age 11 to become the most reattained omniscient knowledge after Gautam Swamiji. Sudharama vered and authoritative Jain Master after Lord Mahavir. He Swami composed the most revered Jain text "Utradhyayan Sutra" composed ninety great scriptures in his life time of ninety two commonly known as the Last Sermon Of Lord Mahavir. Jains years. Five of his scriptures are worshiped today as Agam texts by consider this text as the most authoritative text as it contains the all Jain followers and are considerd complete and most compredialogue berween the Lord and Gautam Swami narrated by Shri hensive texts of Dravyanuyog : (1) Samayasar, (2) Pravachansar, Sudharama Swami. The thirty six chapters of Utradhyayan Sutra (3) Niyamsar, (4) Pancahstikay, and (5) Ashta Pahud. No other condense the entire philosophy in Q and A format. Jain text is equal to these five masterpieces in Jain metaphysics 10/JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2001 2010_02

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LORD MAHAVIR'S GANDHARAS...... (Cont..) of soul and matter. Numerous prominent authors have gener- astonishing and perhaps best in Jain literature. He also wrote a ously used these texts as reference material in their epic works commentry on Pravachansar and Panchastikay, the two other including great masters like Pujyapad, Yasovijayji, and Shrimad master pieces of Acharya Kundkund. When one studies these Rajchandraji. It is said that he was able to personally visit and commentaries, one gets amazed at the depth of the knowledge of meet Lord Simandhar swami for eight days after which he returned Amratchandra Acharya on the Dravyanuyoga (Jain metaphysics). to India and composed these five great texts. In fact he composed his own texts known as Purusarthsiddhi Upay and Tatvanushashan which are great epics. It can be said ACHARYA PUJYAPADSWAMI (150 A.D.) that if it was not for these commentaries of Amratchandra, we would have never been able to comprehend the real meaning of Pujyapad Swami accepted Digambar Dixa at age 15 and lived Samaysar and other master texts. to be seventy three. During his lifetime, he made major contributions to Jain literature by composing such great epics as Samadhi ACAHRAY HEMCHANDRA (1200 A.D) Shatak, Ishtopadesh, and Sarvarthsiddhi (most comprehensive commentary on Tatvarth sutra). His most memorable work After Acharya Haribhadra, Jainism began to be divided into Samadhi Shatak, is regarded as Jain Gita and it is a must for a many sects and dogmas and the followers began to drift into serious disciple to study for self realization. Pujyapad Acharya rituals and blind faith. Need for a revolutionary Master was at had tremendous spiritual powers to condense the nectar of its peak when Acharya Hemchandra came into rescuing the fourteen Purvas in one text like Samadhi Shatak and its contri- breakdown of the Jain religion. He is given the credit for revivbutions to the spiritual world are priceless. ing the true Jain philosophy laid by Lord Mahavir and Hemchandra's brilliance and yogic powers revitalized the spirit ACAHRYA HARIBHADRA ( 700 A.D.) of true Jain philosophy and worship. His time is considered as a golden period for Jainism as Hemchandra helped many great I might say that Acharya Haribhadra Suri can be called the kings follow non violence in day to day life. King Kumarpal of Bhisma Pitamah of Jain literature. He composed 1,444 scrip- Gujarat accepted Hemchandra as his Kulguru. Hemchadndra tures in his life time of ninety years. No other Jain Master has composed many great epics like Yogshastra, Syadvadmanjari and made such monumental contribution to our scriptures since the Hem Vyakaran. Like Haribhadra, Hemchandra was also a great time of Lord Mahavir. At present we have approximately eighty writer and was very fluent in Sanskrit and Prakrit and he is five texts of Haribhadra Suri available for our study. The other given the credit for establishing the grammar and composition books have been lost over time. He was not only a great self for the Gujarati language. realized Yogi of highest caliber, but also had enormous divine powers and mastery over Sanskrit and Prakrit to compose such YOGIRAJ ANANDGHANJI ( 1700 A.D.) eternal epics as : (1) Yog Drasti Samuchaaya, (2) Yog Bindu, (3) Dharma Bindu, (4) Lalit Vistara, (5) Yog Shatak, (6) Shodshak, After Hemchandra's great efforts to unify Jain community, (7) Shata Darshan Samuchaya, (8) Yog Vishinka, etc. Acharya things went from bad to worse in a few hundred years. Need for Haribhadara is the most authoritative and perhaps the most another revolutionary Master was very crucial. Fortunately with eminent Yogi in Jain history. Pundit Sukhlalji called him God's grace, we are gifted by two eminent Acharya's of this time. "Samdrasta Haribhadra" meaning a great yogi with equal re- Andanganji (and Yasovijayji) was a great Yogi and a highly self spect for all saints of all faiths and walks. Haribhadra Acharya realized saint who made major efforts to unify the Jains all over was a real example of a Sthitapragna Muni described by Lord the country. Unfortunately the blind ritualistic practice of worKrishna in the second chapter of Bhagavad Gita ship was so deep-rooted that even Anandganji was unable to break this wrong following. Nevertheless, he composed imACHARYA AMRATCHANDRA ( 1000 A.D.) mortal Stavans (songs) in Gujarati and Hindi which are revered today by all spiritual followers with great interest. His Tirthankar Acharya Kundkund's Samayasar is considered as a real epic of Chovisi is most well known and is studied at various levels in our time. It is with pride to say that it was the genius of Acharya temples and Jain schools. Amrat Chadnra who composed such a brilliant and lucid commentary on Samaysar known as Atmakhyati that gave Samaysar a new dimension to comprehend the depth of the original text. Acharya Amrat Chandra's mastery over Sanskrit is absolutely JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2001/11 Jain Education Interational 2010_02

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LORD MAHAVIR'S GANDHARAS...(Cont..) YASOVIJAYJI UPADHYAY (1700 A.D.) Yasovijayji Updhayay is a contemporary of Yogi Aandganji and in fact Yasovijayji considered Anadganji as his true spiritual master. Today we take great pride in linking Yasovijayji's name with other Jain Master Haribhadra in terms of his contribution and depth of Jain philosophy. Yasovijayji took Dixa at age 5 and went to Kashi to study Sanskrit and Prakrit. There he became a great scholar of these languages and studied all Jain Agam texts at very young age. He composed more than one hundred (100) scriptures in his life time. Some of his masterpieces include Adhyatmasar, Gnansar, Adhyatmaupnishad, Updesh Rahasya, etc. Like Andaganji, Yaosvijayji also made a major effort to steer the crowd mentality from blind following of rituals to true spiritual pursuits by his immortal Stavans and songs. It is accurate to say that in Lord Mahavir's following, Yasovijayji has been the last eminent Upadhyay to give us the precious gift of so many epic scriptures equal to Agam texts in value. SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRA (1868-1901) Shrimad Rajchandra, a great seer and highly self realized Master was born only 100 years ago in Gujarat in 1868. At age seven, Shrimad attained Atma-samadhi and was able to "see" his 900 past lives. Shrimad says in his own words," I was a disciple of Lord Mahavir in the previous life". At age 13 Shrimad had studied all the Agam texts in full and began composing his own spiritual writings of great merit. At age 16 he wrote his first great text Moxmala which is considered as modern age's Utradhyayan Sutra. Shrimad attained Xayic Samkit at age 23 and composed his immortal epic Atamsiddhi Shastra after attaining fullest form of pure consciousness. His biggest contribution to the Jain literature is in the form of more than 900 letters written to his disciples and this work is collected in a text known popularly as Vachanamrut. In his epic work Atmasiddhi Shrimad has condensed the essence of 14 Purvas in 142 verses only. Nevertheless, this epic provides a complete workbook for a disciple where the pitfalls are in spiritual Sadhana. In his short life span of 33 years, Shrimadji has made monumental contribution to Jain literature and his life itself is an everlasting light to provide guidance and inspiration to each student of spiritual quest. Let us offer our humble tribute to our Lord on this 2600th Janma Kalyanak and our deep respect to all the great Jain Masters that have followed His great footsteps and have given us invaluable scriptures to pursue the original path of self realization prescribed by Lord Mahavir to find eternal bliss and liberation from the cycle of pain, misery, birth and death. Namoloe Savva Sahunam. 12 / JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001 2010_02 AFFILIATE NEWS... INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF SHRI MAHAVIR JAIN VIDYALAYA The International Alumni Association of Shri Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya (IAAMJV) held its biennial general body meeting on July 8, 2001 during the JAINA Convention in Chicago. The meeting began with a presentation by Anop Vora describing the progress that the association has made to date. Highlights of this discussion included a review of the tremendous growth of the association and the activities and achievements made over the last 10 years. One example of these achievements was the new branch of Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya that was inaugurated on February 12 in Udaipur (Rajasthan State). The association credited Dr. Mohan Jain (Allentown, Pa) and his team for their superb dedication in bringing this project to reality. The success of IAAMJV is based on the support from the community. In recognition of this fact, the following people were recognized for their generous contributions: Dr. Mohanlal and Mrs. Kamla Bafna, Mr. Dinesh and Mrs. Sangita Bafna, Dr. Kala and Dr. Nikhil (Bafna) Amesur, Mr. Suresh and Mrs. Gunvanti Bafna, Mr. Pravin and Mrs. Harsha Shah, Mr. Chhaganlal and Mrs. Induben Bapna, Drs. Mahesh and Indu Varia, Dr. Babubhai and Nangnooch Pragani, Dr. Chandrakant and Mrs. Devyani Shah, and Mr. Babulal and Mrs. Mangla Bafna. The Constitution of IAAMJV requires the election of the Executive Committee members for a two-year term. The following were declared elected for the coming term (2001-2003): Rajnikant T. Shah Warrenville, IL President Anop Vora Rochester, NY Rasik Shah Elk Grove, IL Ramesh Fofaria Garner, NC Mahendra C. Shah MapleGrove, MN Ramesh Fofaria presented the financial report of the association. Dr. Dinesh Shah outlined the progress of the USA scholarship program. In addition, Mr. Dipchand Gardi and Dr. Mohan Jain addressed the meeting. Questions from attendees and a proposal to begin membership fees were also discussed. Rasik Shah closed the meeting with a vote of thanks. Communication Vice President General Secretary Treasurer Submitted by Rajnikant T. Shah

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M REGIONAL NEWS.... CANADA Dr. Mahendra Mehta, Regional Editor The 'Daslaxana' celebrations was carried we have ever had from this area. During on by a dedicated members. They per this summer we had many dignitaries startformed puja, swadhyay and Pravachan ev ing with Shri Niraj Jain in June who exTORONTO, ONT ery day. Pandit Dhirubhai gave talk on plained the Samyak Darshan in great detail the importance of Das Laxana. mainly in a Q&A form. Dr. Bharill visited The Toronto Jain Sangh celebrated 2001 us in July after the JAINA Convention and Paryushan Parva in greater number this year Our next visitor to Toronto was Panditji covered a chapter from the Samaysar. Pandit and best so far. The Executive Committee Dhirubhai Mehta. Panditji continued with Dhirajbhai Mehta came during the Das of the Jain Centre organized the whole Parva Anandganji's poetry celebrating twenty-four Laxan days and covered the ten types of Yati exceedingly well with facilities for Tapasvis Tirthanakars. Bhartiben Ghatalia sang the Dharma in Hindi in his very simplistic style. to sleep over at the Centre, three fresh meals stanzas in appropriate raga and Panditji ex He also introduced the Eight Drushtis provided everyday to anyone who came to plained in detail the meaning of each line. Sajjay which will be covered in future. the Centre and a full day's program every- There was a very good attendance for this Sunandaben Vohra came in early Septemday. One mother of two said when our presentation.Panditji also continued with ber and covered reasons and ways to keep Centre provided such facilities as it did, her Tattvarth Sutra, again started 3 years ago on attaining Sadgati and avoid Durgati. eight fasts became possible. There were and completed last two chapters this time. Paryushan Parva celebration with daily eight individuals who performed "Athai Before Paryushan, we also had a week Pratikraman and Tapasya for eight days Tap" and one lady did 'Kheer Samudra' or end visit from Samanijis Akshay Prajna and leading to the Das Laxan Parva and confifteen day fast. Many more tapsvis did six, Sanamati Prajna during July 20-22. tinued through September 1st with Pujas three, one fast. Samanijis presentation on Relaxation Tech and Swadhyay sessions. Swapna darshan We were fortunate to have Dr. Jitendra niques and Preksha Dhyana Meditation was ceremony started with Snatra Puja and Shah, M.A., Ph.D., Acharya, Jain Darshan well attended and much appreciated. usual Ghee bolis.Samvatsari Pratikraman during Paryushan Parva. Dr. Shah is the was held at two places on August 22nd. youngest Director of L.D. Institute of EDMONTON, ALBERTA Pratikraman in English (for the benefit of Indology in Ahmedabad, an institute that At the Interfaith Prayer service to welcome our youth) was conducted on su has spearheaded searching, collecting, pre- the athletes for the 2001 World Games held gust 5, 2001. Das Laxan Pratikraman was serving, deciphering and cataloguing Jain in Edmonton, J.V.Mehta represented on September 1 and Kshmavani Puja on and other manuscripts and now has an in- Albertajains. Sep. 3rd. Besides 11 upvas by Ami valuable collection of 75,000 different The funds raised for Gujarat Earthquake Lakdawala and 9 upvas by Damjibhai Shah manuscripts. Relief Funds in Edmonton, $15,000 was there were 10 Atthais and various other The morning started with Snatra Puja approved to be channelled through JAINA Tapasya. Swami Vatsalya is scheduled for followed by the Kalpa Sutra reading then and $25,000 was sent to the Anarde Foun- Sep. 16.JSNT contact is our current presion to lunch. In the afternoon Jitendrabhai dation of the Chandaria Family. More funds dent Swatee Kalamkar at 972-530-7356. began 2-hour lucid explanation of are expected from other sources. Jitendra JSNT web site is DFWJains.org. SNT web Yashovijayji's Adhyatmasar. This treatise & Neeta Koticha hosted the Savantsari written some 300 years ago contains 933 Pratikraman on August 22. Ashvin & slokas in Sanskrit and difficult to under- Jayshree Shah distributed a CD titled PHOENIX, AZ stand for mere mortals. But Jitendrabhai Prabhu Pooja as Prabhavana for the occa Jain Center of Greater Phoenix observed made it interesting and understandable. sion. Paryushan Parva Bharatbhai Shah, a Jain In the evening after light supper and scholar from Ghatkopar - Mumbai, gave Pratikraman talks on varied subjects such SOUTHWEST Pravachans after the daily Pratikraman. as Great Acharyas of Jainism, Tools of Self Mahavir Janma and Sapna darshan took Jadavji Kenia, Regional Editor realisation, Rules for the Sravak and many place on Sunday and over 125 people parmore interesting topics. ticipated in it. Samvatsari Pratikramans The Swapana Darshan was so well at were held in Gujarati and in English for tended that many had to congregate out- NORTH TEXAS (DALLAS AREA) children. Parna ceremony was held on Auside the Jain centre. The funds raised dur- This year the Jain Society of North Texas gust 23rd followed by Dash-Laxana Parva ing the afternoon, highest so far, reflected was represented by as many as 60 people at During Paryushan there were three Atthais the excitement of all the participants. the JAINA Convention which is the most JAIN DIGESTFALL 2001 / 13 Jain Education Interational 2010_02

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REGIONAL NEWS (continued) including and one by a child plus there were on August 22 in English and Gujarati. More In July there were series of discourses by many other tapasyas. The Swamivatsalya than 1200 people participated. Sunandaben Vohra and Kiranbhai Parekh, and young tapasvis' bahuman will be hosted Many people observed various austeri- that focused on the enhancement of spirion September 23rd. Other activities ties on the occasion of Paryushan. 43 per- tual knowledge. planned in near future are Guru Jayanti sons with 8 fast or more, 4 persons with 7 Paryushana Parva was celebrated. celebration and the Annual Jain Camp.For fasts, one Akshaynidhi Tap and one Varshi Rafiqbhai and Fakirbhai of Kutch provided other details, visit www.azindia.com > Jain Tap. 43 three days' fast and 29 children Bhakti-sangeet on that occasion. Center Of Greater Phoenix web page. under the age 11 observed one day's fast. The installation ceremony of 24 Contact for JCGP is Mehul Rajparia, email: All of them were honored on September 2. Tirthankars on the periphery of the temple's jain_phoenix@hotmail.com. Dashlaxana Parva was celebrated from sanctum is being planned during the sum August 23 to September 1 under the guid- mer of 2002. The information about the MIDWEST ance of Anupam Shah. 26 August was temple and the Society is available on the Manubhai Doshi, Regional Editor marked by a talk on Jainsm by Acharya Website www.jaintemple-detroit.com Chandanaji. There was an attendance of about 100 families on the last day. ST. LOUIS Pratikraman was performed on that day. CHICAGO,IL The Paryushan Parva was celebrated from August 15 to August 22 under the able The drive for collecting usable clothes guidance of Roopchandji Maharaj. His disfor distribution in India was very successDETROIT, MI courses on the occasion were thought proful this year. 397 packages of the clothes were sent to Bachubhai Ajmera Maryland The past three months in Detroit had voking and knowledgeable. for forwarding to India. Niranjan Shah, been very eventful. Over 100 students put Dilip and Nalini Shah were very helpful in on a program called "Bhagavan Mahavir 2600 Years Back In Time". The program preparing the packages. The cost of domes WEST consisted of different plays, stories, and tic transport, was paid by Indira Mansukhlal Chandrakant Parekh, Regional Editor Doshi Memorial Trust. dances displaying the life of Lord Mahavir during the last 27 lives. The trophies were The 8th Pratishtha anniversary celebra awarded to the participants. tion of our temple was organized during the last weekend of June. 18 anointing cer On June 1, there was a fundraising event LOS ANGELES, CA emonies were performed on that occasion called "Bhakti Sandhya". Purushottamdas Jain Center of Southern California Jalota played the music for the evening. (JCSC) celebrated the 12th anniversary of under the guidance of Babubhai Kadiwala. More than 500 people attended the event the inauguration of the Jain Bhavan with To encourage the study and awareness to hear him and to donate for the temple. shikhar dhawjas changing ceremony and an of Jainism, an open book test and Jain Aca The Father's Day picnic was held at Adhar Abhishek Pujan performed by Pandit demic Bowl were conducted (see detailed re Camp Dearborn. Many members ioined Nirmalbhai Doshi on July 1. In recogniport on Page 18.) in fun filled day at the park. tion of the 26th centennial birth anniverAnnual picnic was held on August 5 at sary of Lord Mahavir, Pujya Nirmalbhai The June 29 weekend witnessed the celCook County Forest Preserve about 250 ebration of the third Pratishtha anniversary. gave a lecture on the life of the 24th people participated. Shri Babubhai Kadiwala and his two grand Tirthankar. Pandit Dhirajlal Mehta, a popuParyushan Parva was celebrated in the sons assisted in performing Siddhachakra lar visitor, gave lectures on Pandit presence of Shreyans Shah of Bombay. He Pujan, 108 Arhant Abhishek Mahapujan, Yashovijayji Vicharit Gyansar Ashtak from gave talks every day. Moreover, programs & Dhwaja ceremonies. The Swamivatsalya July 10-21. Shri Rajendrabhai Dalal confor youth were conducted by Pravin Shah ducted the 24 Tirthankar Maha Pujan on of N. Carolina. Swarkinnari group was indinner was prepared by the youths. July 15. Dr. Jitendrabhai Shah, Director of vited to conduct Bhavna during the Parva. The members of the Jain society joined L. D. Institute of Indology, delivered There was a record attendance on the occathe Indian Detroit community in an orga pravachans from Aug 1-4. Shri Manojbhai sion of Lord Mahavir's Janma-vanchan on nization called India Earthquake Relief Or Haran conducted a bhavana on Aug 7. August 15. The enthusiasm raised for herganization of Michigan. That organization Paryushan Parva was celebrated under alding the birth of Lord Mahavir was notecollected more than $500,000 to be distrib the direction of Sunandaben Vohra, She worthy. The Samvatsari Pratikraman was uca to the people in need presented discourses on different aspects of 14/JAIN DIGEST-FALL 2001 2010_02

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AIR REGIONAL NEWS (continued) Jainism. A program of lectures and direction of Acharya Chandanji and Sadhvi SEATTLE, WA Samvatsari Pratikraman in English was con- Sampragya and Bhavna were presented by Paryshan parva was celebrated with a ducted. Mangalam, an accomplished clas- Vasanthai Khokhani. Dr. Jaykumar program of snatra pooja, a children's prosical music artist, presented a bhavana on Upadhye presented religious discourses gram, swapna darshan, lecture by Mr. Aug 18. Shri Shekharchandra Jain, pub- during the celebration of Das Lakshana. Prakash Jain, aarti, mangal divo, shanti lisher of Tirthankar Vani, led the celebra- Information about forthcoming pro- kalash and a fellowship dinner. Pratikaman tion of Das Lakshana Maha Parva. grams and regular activities are posted on was organized at three places and included Tapascharya included 1 varsiptap, 1 16- JCNC's website at www.jcnc.org. For addi- one in English. Monthly pathshala has an upvas, 3 11-upvas, 3 9-upvas, and 26 adults tional information, please contact Jay enrolment of 14 students and is directed and 20 children observed athai (8-upvas). Itchhaporia, JCNC President, at 408/263- by Alina Shah. During Diwali, the students Following several months of intensive ef- 8739 or e-mail: Itchhaporia@yahoo.com. will present a play titled, "The Moral Stoforts by the Architect, the consultants, the ries of Bhagvan Mahavir" which was Building Committee and various sub-com scripted by Alina. Parent volunteers are mittees, a design package for Phase 1 of the SACRAMENTO, CA helping to produce the scenery, costumes, project was submitted for approval to the and props. For more information, please City of Buena Park in May 2001. Also, Jain Center of Greater Sacramento contact Alina at 206/236-0170 or e-mail: the Architect is designing Phase 2 of the (JCGS) organizes a number of activities, (mithi_rajkumari@hotmail.com). For adproject, which focuses on the renovation of religious celebrations, and lectures by visit ditional information, please contact ing dignitaries. Samaniji Mangalpragyaji the existing building, and the Derasar. The Mukesh Jain at 425558-1949 or email: renovation of the Post Office building will and Samaniji Vineetpragyaji gave mukeshj@microsoft.com. be addressed in future as Phase 3. pravachans on Aug 1-3. Samaniji Charitrapragyaji and Samaniji Information on any activities are posted Shardapragya have arrived for a one-month on JCSC's website at www.jaincenter.net. visit and will present a series of lectures. CINCINNATI & DAYTON, OH or contact Sumatibhai Shah, President, at They led the Paryushan Maha Parva cel- Jain Center of Cincinnati & Dayton 562/926-4075 or: sumatil@hotmail.com ebrations. For additional information, had following activities during summer 01. please contact Manoj Desai at 916/791- 1.Center organized a special dinner pro 4111 or e-mail: mira_family@yahoo.com. gram and raised over $35,000 to help the SAN FRANCISCO, CA victims of earthquake in Gujarat. Jain Center of Northern California 2. The Center organized the Snatra Puja (JCNC) celebrated the first anniversary of SAN DIEGO, CA by youths with the help of Mr. Ashok the Jain Bhawan with a two-day program Jain Society of San Diego (JSSD) was Sanghavi of Indiana. He explained it in on August 4-5. Nearly 1,500 people paraddressed by Saman Shrutpragyaji, Pujya English to youths and adults. ticipated in the prayer ceremonies and pujas Manekmuni and Pandit Dhirajlal Mehta 3. The Cincinnati Art Museum has conducted in all the major Jain traditions. during May-July. A replica of Pavapuri Jal acquired a statue of Bhagwan Parasnath for International Jain Vidhikar Shashan Ratna Mandir made by Nipul Shah was presented the first time in its history. Manojkumar B. Haran of Margoa, India at the JAINA convention in Chicago. Also, 4. About 40 individuals from our Cenconducted some of the pujas and was ac Dr. Kokila Doshi organized four sessions ter attended the JAINA Convention. companied by Shri Mohan Gulecha from at the convention, two for the YJA and two 5.Samanji Sthitpragya and Shrutpragya Chenia, India, who sang bhakti songs. for the adults, on such topics such as - gave discourses during Paryushan. On Samaniji Mangalpragyaji, Samaniji Comparision between Jainism and Hindu- Samvatsari Day, we conducted Pratikraman Vineetpragyaji, and Sunandaben Vohra ism, and A Jain Model of Liberation. Regu- graced the auspicious event, which also in in English and regular Pratikraman. lar activities organized by JSSD include - a cluded changing of Shikhar Dhawjas, a 6.TheCenter performed Anant Chatur monthly Jainshala for children, adult classes, Varghodo around the temple, and a Ras dashi puja on 10th day of Das Laxna. This swadhyay by Girishbhai Shah, and a weekly Garba program. The entire program was , and a weekly al also coincides with the 6th anniversary of pooja every Saturday at Shri Mandir. For our t webcast live on the Internet. our temple's pratistha. additional information, please contact Shri Manojbhai Haran performed the 7.Our center has submitted a letter of Kokilaben Doshi at 858/679-7645 ore 108 Parshvanath Pujan on August 12. intent to JAINA to host the next convenmail: kdoshi@acusd.edu. Paryushan Parva was celebrated under the tion in July 2003 in Cincinnati, Ohio. JAIN DIGEST- FALL 2001 / 15 Jain Education Interational 2010_02

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REGIONAL NEWS (continued) NORTHEAST Dinesh Chheda, Regional Editor BOSTON, MA Jain Center of Greater Boston is getting ready for Pratistha/Murti Sthapan in spring 2002 at Jain temple in Norwood Massachusetts. Further details of Pratishtha will be made available in the next issue.Many other Activities Paryushan/Dashlaxan Parva were celebrated for eighteen days. Daily discourses by Muni Roopchandji, and Dr. Shekharchandji of Ahmedabad were well attended. After the eighteen days of celebrations, Kshamapana, the day of forgiveness was celebrated on September 3rd. Dr. Bharat Shah of New York was the chief guest. The program was followed by swami vatsalya. As in previous conventions, JCGB played an active role and participated in Jaina Convention in Chicago, Level 4 &5, Pathshala students presented a game show Tic- tack -toe: Three Jewels in a Row. The intent of this show was to demonstrate that practices of Jainism in every day life are not difficult. The format of this show was based on the hit TV game show 'Hollywood Squares'. 27 children and adults took the open book exam and our participation was placed 2nd among all Jain centers. Level 6 Pathshala adult students presented the program, 'Comparative Study of Religions' viz. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism via interactive slide show, dialogue and discussions in a drama like fashion. Jain Center has joined with JAINA in the project Vardhaman Nagar' at Kutch, Gujarat. JCGB has sponsored a high school at Vardhaman Niagar. A donation of $30,000 has been pledged to JAINA for this project. Members of JCGB donated very generously for this cause .Ahimsa, a documentary by Michael Tobias was exhibited by Boston Vegetarian Society on August 19. This hour long movie shows the Jain way of life in great details. After the movie, the 16/JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2001 2010_02 eager audience asked many questions which support from the members. Monthly JCGB members replied. Samuh Samayik, Pathshala, bi-weekly Swadhaya classes have started after the summer vacation. If you would like to visit desarar or attend a program, please call Diwakar Shah at 908-754-0891. We always look forward to new ideas in promoting Jain principles. For additional information please visit our web site www.jcgb.org . For participating in any of the activities of the Jain Center, please contact President Mr. Suren Shah at 508-949-3914, or Vice President Dilip Gandhi at 508-872-6979. ESSEX FELLS, NY Sangh members were fortunate to hear the lectures given by Shri Jinchandraji Maharaj, Kumarpalbhai Desai and by Kiranbhai Parekh andDhirajbhai Mehta. Students of Pathshala were awarded certificates for completing / graduating a year and also had their annual summer picnic. More than 185 students attend Pathshala classes on a regular basis. Paryushna parva was celebrated with vigor and enthusiasm under the auspicious presence of Gurudev Chitrabhanuji and Pramodaben. Pramodaben gave lectures on MINNESOTA, MN the Life of Mahavirswami according to Kalpasutra and Gurudev Chitrabhanuji spoke on different subjects relating to Jain philosophy. Arvindbhai Bhandari again volunteered to be a speaker for youth. There were more than 75 Tapasvies who did 8 or more Upvas. Tapasvies were felicitated at the Derasar. Snatra Pooja was performed ev-7 years old. This program was attended by eryday during Paryushna by Virendra Shah with the help from others. about 350 people in the Hindu Mandir in Minneapolis. In addition, we participated contributed $4000 for this cause. Samanjis actively in Gujarat Relief Fund activity and Shrutpragya and Shitpragya visited MN in May and their lectures and prayers were YJA Convention in 2002 will be hosted by youth of Essex Fells Centre. More than 95 members of the Jain Center took part in Chaitya Paripaty trip to Siddhachalam, Allentown, PA temple, Samarpan Temple in Philadelphia, and Pennsauken (Cherry Hill), NJ Dehrasar. Jain Center had pleasure in welcoming members of the Washington, D. C. Jain Sangh during their Chaitya Paripaty. The fund raising drive for the Franklin Township site has started and getting good WASHINGTON, DC Paryushan Parva was celebrated with Pravachan in the morning and evening by Diptiben Shah, a Jain scholar from Mumbai. Swapna darshan ceremony held on August 18 was recorded by PBS TV station, and a 4-minute summary was broadcasted throughout the nation on September 26. Fifteen persons along with Diptiben Shah stayed at the Jain temple throughout the Paryushan Parva. Ramnikbhai Savla gave pravachans during Das Lakshan Parva. A series of Pravachans by Pundit Dhirajlal Mehta will be held on Sept 21-23.1 JAIN CENTER OF MINNESOTA celebrated 2600th Janmakalyanak of Bhagwan Mahavir with a skit on Abhay Kumar, bhajans, speeches by young children and Namokar Mantras by children under held at various homes and at the Univer sity of MN. We also celebrated Paryushan and Daslakshan parva and forgiveness day. Kapila Bobra is the President of Jain Center of Minnesota (JCM).

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JAINA RATNA AWARD Dr. Manibhai Mehta, Cypress, CA HIGHLIGHTS OF CONVENTION 2001 PRESIDENTIAL AWARD Jyoti K. Doshi Washington, DC Karishma Shah Torrence, CA Dr. Sushil Jain Washington, DC 2010_02 Naishadh Shah New Jersey, NY Dr. Manilal B. Mehta after completing M.B.B.S and M.S. moved to USA in 1968. He did his Urology in Philadelphia and moved to California in 1973. Manibhai is one of the pioneers of Jain Center of S.California. He has served the Society in various capacities including as President from 1986-1989 during which time the present Jain Bhavan was built. Manibhai helped formation of JAINA. He has held different positions in JAINA including President during 1995-1997. Indu Jain is serenity personified. The housewife, who took over as the Chairperson of The Times of India Group, after the death of her husband Ashok Jain, could well be the a beacon of inspiration for women. The petite lady in white, reflecting a spiritual sanctity within, wants women and the world at large to realise that divinity is not manifest only in idols and in temples but also in oneself. Spiritual salvation is the path to success, whatever one's role in life. Mrs Indu Jain once said that education should result in wisdom, which should ultimately lead to freedom and fulfilment. The Times Foundation has taken strides in furthering the cause of making education accessible. Smt. Indu Jain at a UNO Millennium World Peace Summit Besides JAINA Manibhai is involved in many other community activities. His pet project is Bidada Sarvodaya Trust in Kutch. He helps to raise funds, coordinates services of professionals, gets pharmaceutical and equipment companies to donate medicines and equipment for Bidada Hospital. Manibhai has a big heart and donates generously for various causes. In academics he received "Physician of the Year" award from Kaiser Permanente Medical Group in 1995. JAINA RECOGNITION AWARDS Jagdish Sheth Atlanta, GA Madhu Sheth Atlanta, GA JAINA YOUTH AWARDS Tanvi Vyas Walnut, CA Rina Laxmi Shah West Virginia Niranjan Shah Chicago, IL Biren Mehta Huntington Beach, CA CAMERA SHY Prema Gandhi Shirish Gandhi Alpharatta, GA Rashmi N. Shah Palos Verdes, CA Vasantben Shah Irvine, CA JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001/17

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AIN 11th Biennial JAINA Convention held during July 5-8 in Chicago at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center was a highly So successful event. 6,000 attendees Welcome from all corners of North America gathered to celebrate their faith, renew friendships and make new friends. There were scores of invited monks, scholars and dignitaries who had come especially from India for this convention. A very colorful souvenir was issued for the occasion and was included in the registration package along with books and CDs in a customized shoulder bag that people carried about all three days. ONVENOR HIGHLIGHTS OF CONVENTION 2001 The icebreaker on the first evening on July 5 was supposed to be a low-key get-together but turned out to be a fabulous event beyond any one's imagination. Young adults dressed in their best and wearing widest smiles were all over. Dandia Raas program was a sight to behold. At mid night, they ran out of drinking water but the music and the dancing would not stop. Everyone was looking forward to meet again in the morning for the opening session. A very colorful procession around the convention hall on early morning of July 6 with tall flags and JAINA banners proceeded the opening session. The crowd very well received a ten-minute video presentation on large video screens about JAINA and all the past conventions. Since Gurudev Shri Chitrabhanu could not attend due to ill health, his prerecorded keynote speech was presented to the fully packed convention hall. He made an impassionate speech on the need for the Jains of the North America to stay united. Other scholars and monks throughout the convention echoed his message. 18/JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001 2010_02 The most colorful event followed the opening session in the adjoining hall was opening of the replica of Pawapuri Mandir specially built for this convention. This opening was also the JAINA's launching of the yearlong celebration of Lord Mahavir's 2600th birth anniversary. 26 families lighted a lamp to mark the 2600th Anniversary. The opening ceremony also served as a major fund raiser for the convention. The temple was another master piece creation of Dr.Nipul Shah of San Diego, CA and his team of 35 volunteers. The temple surrounded with a lake and fountains was an emotional nourishment for all the attendees. Many attendees visited the temple 2 or 3 times a day. SEX? All throughout the convention, there were so many things happening simultaneously at different locations that for the people attending the convention. It was like being a kid in the candy store. Every one was walking around with updated "Schedule of events" and pondering where to go next. There were yoga demonstrations, meditations, Bhakti geets and Pratikamans in the mornings and scores of seminars all day into late nights. There were separate youth programs, programs for women, gatherings of affiliated organizations or interest groups like the alumni of Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya, KOJAIN, Pathshala teachers etc. Dilip V. Shab Philadelphia Dr. Manibhai Mehta, Past President of JAINA was awarded JAINA RATNA award and the Presidential Award was given to Induben Jain of the Times of India group of companies. JAINA Recognition awards and Youth awards were also given to 14 individuals. Bipin Parikh was elected as the President for the next two years. The other members of his executive committee who were elected to serve with him were: Anop Vora (Rochestern NY) the first Vice President, Kirit Daftary (Waco, TX) as the Secretary, Girish Shah of Campbell, CA as the Treasurer, and Sushil Jain, Lata Champsee, Ila Mehta, Mahendra Mehta, Uday Jain and Hasendra Shah as regional Vice Presidents. The seminars and panel discussions headed by the scholars throughout the convention were the crown jewels of the four-day WELCOME TO Bil C001

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HIGHLIGHTS OF CONVENTION 2001 gathering. Mr. Girish Shah of California ran two sessions on Jain Society interactions for the officers and volunteers of all the Jain centers to learn from each other about running pathshalas, fund raising, publishing of newsletters etc. The spirit of growing by sharing and learning was so evident that this new feature will be feature will be the permanent feature of the future conventions. Dr. Mahendra Mehta of Canada held a panel discussion on "Are we (Jains) going on the right Path? Another panel discussion headed by Pravin Shah of North Carolina on Jain Unity with many important speakers like Dr. N. P. Jain, Sadhvi Shilapiji, Deepchand Gardi, Dr. Mahendra Pandya, Dr. Dhiraj Shah illustrated very vividly why we were all here. He issued a call for one single agenda - a plan of action-behind which Jains around the world can unite and result in the unity everyone is looking for. Unity was the theme that ran throughout the convention. Friday night was the musical evening. Bhanu Vora and Trupti Chhaya group provided a relaxing mix of devotional and folk songs. Saturday night was for cultural programs by various Jain Societies. This is one chance for our young ones to present themselves to the national audience and it was a fun filled evening. Plenty of programs were planned for the Youth. As if this convention was a carefully planned mixture of two conventions one for the adults and one for the youth. There was a cruise the most popular event with young adults. Jain Network Forum (formerly known as Marriage Information Service) was organized very well by Vijay Mehta. The other attractions for the youth were : The Jain Academic Bowl, and of course dancing. Young Jain Professionals organized several well-attended sessions. Twilight Zone pondered philosophical questions in the realm of the unknown. Jain Ethics and Social Activism raised the issue of applying Jain teachings by helping create a better world for everyone. Jain CEO's - The Secret of their Success - discussed the professional, ethical, and social struggles encountered by a panel of CEO's. Evolving Role of Jain Men and Women created a dialogue about the changing of women's roles to personal and financial independence in addition to the traditional role of wife, mother, and homemaker, the impact this change has on women, and the subsequent impact this has on men. Finally, the YJP Leadership Session gave an overview of YJP's activities from its inception and highlighted executive board positions available. Anop Vora of Rochester gave a slide presentation on the meaning of the Samvatsari Pratikaman that was very well received. JAINA Education Committee organized a pathshala teachers' meeting. About 60 to 70 teachers and coordinators attended the meeting arranged by Pravin Shah, Sailesh Jain, Pradip Shah and Darshna Shah. They discussed making educational materials available to pathshalas. 20 volunteers agreed to review and edit the existing material. Dr. Manibhai Mehta assured that the funding would be available for this project. All the events ran smoothly and no problems were reported. There were many meetings for helping the earthquake relief There wer operations in Kutch. Ramesh Shah of Cleveland introduced "Wheels of Hope" program wherein working with American Red Cross he obtains hundreds of wheel chairs, fixes them and sends them to India for the earthquake victims. The International Alumni Association of Shri Mahavir Jain Vidyalay (IAAMJV) held its Biennial General Body meeting on the 8th at the convention. They elected the new executive committee for two year term with Rajnikant T. Shah of Warrenville, Il as new President. The crowds gathered around many exhibit booths between the lectures. There were many booths offering religious books, tapes, CDs. There were many kinds of booths-informational, charitable causes and commercial ventures. The Jivdaya booth offered a unique mix of information. Vegetarian Resource Group's dedicated volunteers displayed their popular guides to ingredients and vegetarian food available in fast food restaurants. The booth also highlighted the work of the Jivdaya Committee, headed by Rati and Bonny Shah of Texas, with pictures and handouts depicting their work with animals and people affected by the earthquake in Kutch, India, as well as their efforts to spay animals in the US to prevent animal overpopulation and the suffering that follows. Sangeeta Kumar, a young activist who Jain Education Interational 2010_02 JAIN DIGEST- FALL 2001/19

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HIGHLIGHTS OF CONVENTION 2001 spoke at a session on Compassionate Living, was also present as a resource person at the booth. Elsewhere in the exhibit hall, Jains were able to sample soap that did not contain animal fat. They could also view pictures of a panjra-pol called Girivihar near Palitana, and get more information on supporting those efforts. Thus even within the small area of the exhibit hall, North American Jains were offered a variety of ways to apply non-violence to their lives. The Young Jains of America, Young Jain Professionals, and Jain Spirit booths highlighted the innovative resources and activities developed and supported by the young Jains of the 21st century. Many people stopped by the Young Jains of America and Young Jain Professionals booths to become a part of these dynamic organizations. The Jain Center of Connecticut offered a unique transcription of Jain songs into Western musical notation. Booth that drew the most attention was from "WORLD JAIN CONFEDERATION" a newly launched organization in India whose charter was inaugurated in April at the 2600th anniversary of Lord Mahavir by the Prime Minister Shri Vajpayee. Hundreds of attendees signed up to support their goal of Jain unity. Father Valles delivered the keynote speech on Saturday. His 90 minute speech was tour de force and was listened to by the hushed crowd that was interrupted by numerous bursts of laughter as he described the unique and most important Jain concept "14 Gunsthanaks" - fourteen steps to attain higher state of being. He also spoke separately to the youth and he is undoubtedly becoming the most eagerly awaited speaker by both the young and the adults at the JAINA Conventions. Breakout sessions organized for the scholars were a big hit! Most of the sessions were jam packed. Many attendees had to sit on the floor or stand along the walls. JAINA intends to keep this growing community need, this hunger for the knowledge in mind while organizing the next convention. Scholars like Jin Chandraji, Shekhar Chand Jain, Manek Muni, Amrendra Muni, Babubhai Kadiwala, Dr. Bharil, Dr. Sneh Rani Jain, Prakash Jain, Prof. Yashvant Malyia, Herrman Kuhn, Bob Arnet, Kiranbhai Parekh, Chandrakant Mehta, Rajni Shah, Dulichand Jain,. John Robbins, Dr. Neal Barnard, and Satish Kumar, Dr. Kokila Doshi gave speeches and interacted with the audience in a manner that made the convention what it is supposed to be, a joyous, learning and 20/JAIN DIGEST-FALL 2001 2010_02 growing event for the Jains in this adopted land to come together, celebrate their faith and pass on their beliefs and cultural heritage to the next generation. The seasoned team of volunteers from Chicago did an excellent job of putting the convention together; running the entire operation smoothly, every last detail was carefully looked after. Online registration was very successful and we will see more of that in the future. The team of Convention Convener Dr. Bipin Parikh and Co-conveners Kishore Shah and Prabodh Vaidya all of Chicago Jain Sangh orchestrated flawless and they deserve countless kudos. The convention center was an excellent choice of venue because it was large enough facility but everything was so close by no long walks and no rushed participants. Also Hyatt Hotel where most of the out of town guests stayed was within 5 minutes of walking distance. The food - arrangements could not be better. Serving three meals a day for 6,000 without any complications. There were no long lines, special food for children and some for vegans- were available. Scholars were served separately. And food was delicious! After 20 years of existence, this was the first convention that was actually developed and managed by JAINA. The timing of this convention, very auspicious days as it turned out, conflicted with many weddings in our community resulting in shortfall of attendance. The economic conditions, depressed stock market, Gujarat earthquake fund raisings effected donations to the convention. In spite of all this, JAINA will have no financial liability resulting from Convention. The new format of organizing JAINA convention wherein the sitting Vice President is the convener of the convention, the convention Board is made-up of equal number of members from the host Sangh and seasoned JAINA volunteers named by JAINA Executive Committee. JAINA is on the path of making the conventions self-sufficient and a day may come when professionals in a vacation city may organize the future conventions with guidelines from JAINA. 11th Bienniel JAINA convention photo album $25 for 20 pictures. and $20 for edited 30-35 minute Video. It contains opening presentation video and edited cultural program. Send you cheque to JAINA HQ, PO Box 700, Getzville, NY 14068-0700 or at jainahq@aol.com

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OPEN BOOK EXAM The JAINA Education Committee organized the 1st Open Book Exam based on Jain texts. The goal was to increase awareness of Jain philosophy and practice. The Gujarati exam was based on Jain Tattva Prakash by Pt. Dhirajlal Mehta, and the English exam was based on Essence of Jainism and Spiritual Codes And Restraints by Manubhai Doshi. There were a total of 103 participants in the Gujarati exam, and 50 in the English exam, including 15 youth in the English exam. The winners are: 1 Place: 2nd Place: 3rd Place: Hon. Mention: 3rd Place: ENGLISH ADULT GROUP 1 Place: 2nd Place: Hon. Mention GUJARATI EXAM Neha Jain Columbus Ohio Boston, MA Kusum Mehta Pallavi Mehta Manhar Parekh Atlanta, GA Houston, TX Manorama Shah Boston, MA Pittsburgh, PA Chicago, IL Chicago, IL New Jersey Charlotte, NC 3rd Place: HIGHLIGHTS OF CONVENTION 2001 Dipen Shah Minaben Shah Yashomati Shah Hemlata Shah Vijay Doshi ENGLISH YOUTH GROUP 1st Place: 2nd Place: Susheela Singavi Chicago, IL Shantilal MohnotPittsburgh, PA Rashmi Vora Chicago, IL Nirmala Shah Chicago, IL Hemlata Shah New Jersey Coloumbus Ohio Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Jain Education Intemational 2010_02 Rakesh Jain Gita Shah Mamta Doshi Shibani Shah Chicago, IL Kunal Rambhia Pittsburgh, PA Shital Shah Parinda Shah Ravi Mehta Shardule Shah Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Pittsburgh, PA Boston, MA Hon. Mention The youngest participants included Rishi Mohnot and Hemali Shah, both 11 years old, and the oldest one was 75 years old. Congratulations to all winners and paricipants. The judges were Dr. Chandrakant Shah, Dr. Pravin Shah, Manubhai Doshi, Dr. Pradip Shah, and Darshana Shah. The total amount of the prizes came to $ 930/-, which was donated by Indira Mansukhlal Doshi Memorial Trust. 5TH JAINA ACADEMIC BOWL The 5th Jaina Academic Bowl (JAB) was held at the Eleventh Biennial Convention of JAINA in Chicago, IL. This year's tournament was as exciting as ever, combining competitiveness, knowledge and friendly interaction from a number of young Jains. Six excellent teams participated; they represented Jain centers from Boston, Chicago A, Chicago B, Houston, Milwaukee, and Pitts burgh. The final match featured the Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago A and the Jain Society of Pittsburgh And the winner was...the Jain Society of Chicago A. The Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago, coached by Mr.Pramod Shah (team members: Sameer Shah - Captain, Shibani Shah, Parinda Shah, Sheetal Shah, Neil Mashruwala, received a large "1" Place" team trophy for their Jain Center and individual 1" place trophy. Team members of the Jain Society of Pittusburg; coached by Mr. Shantilal Mohnot (team members; Kunal Rambhia, Girish Jain, Ravi Mehta,Ravi R Mehta, Rishi Mohnot and Neha Mehta,) also received individual 2nd place trophies and team trophy to be placed at their Jain Center. Shree Manubhai Doshi conferred the trophies at the Awards Ceremony after final JAB game. The Indira Memorial Trust sponsored the trophies and prizes. The JAB is an academic competition, modeled after the high school "It's Academic" and college-level "College Bowl" activities of today's educational institutions. It is based on an appreciation of knowledge of Jainism, the ability for quick response, and a friendly yet competitive spirit. The overall hope is to encourage an even greater interest in the study of Jainism. This year, the JAB was jointly sponsored JAINA Youth Committee and Indira Memorial Trust. Many thanks to the numerous people who assisted in planning and execution of the JAB The principal organizers were Darshana Shah, Pradip Shah and Alap Shah. Special thanks to Shailee Mashruwala and Alap Shah for conducting and moderating all JAB games. Spread the word so we can see bigger and better "JABS" at future conventions! The other team members and coaches were: 1 Boston: Coach, Shardule Shah members: Pankaj Shah Niyati Mehta, Amisha Singhvi, Neepa Vagadia Tanmay Gosalia 2. Milwaukee: Coach, Chintan Shah members: Hemant Jain Chirag Shah, Roshni Jain, Dipali Jain, Sonia Jain, Sanjay Jain 3 Houston: Coach: Aditi Sheth Members: Jitu Shah Arpan Shah, Amit Shah, Payal Kapadia, Shilpi Desai 4.Chicago B: Coach: Rushi Parikh Members: Pravin Shah Hetal Shah, Palak Shah, Rushabh Shah JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001/21

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DASLAKSHANA PARVA by Sbital Shab Daslakshan Parva (Festival of the Ten Virtues) is the Paryushan is only by achieving Samyak Dharshan that the soul ceases to infestival as celebrated by the Digambar Jains. The full title is flict pain on itself and attains supreme happiness. Paryushan Parvathiraj, the 'king of festivals' because 'Parva' means 2) Uttam Mardav or Supreme Modesty/ Humility: festival of auspicious time and thiraj' means 'the king of'. a) Vyavahar Uttam Mardav: Wealth, good looks, reputable family During Paryushan Jains practice penances, vows, fast and study. or intelligence often leads to pride. Pride means to believe one to If not fasting, they refrain from eating green vegetables. Paryushan les. Paryushan be cune be superior to others and to look down on others. By being proud is the time to celebrate the natural qualities of the soul. Just as the you are measuring your worth by temporary material objects. These soul does not have a beginning or an end, Paryushan does not have objects will either leave you or you will be forced to leave them a beginning or an end. (when you die). These eventualities will cause you unhappiness as Before we discuss the ten Dharmas, it is important to under- a result of the dent' caused to your self-worth. Being humble will stand two common viewpoints found in our scriptures. Vyavahar prevent this. Pride also leads to the influx of the bad deed or paap view, in crude terms, helps you to live more easily and peacefully karmas. with the outside world. It also builds up your reserve of good b) Nischay Uttam Mardav: All souls are equal, none being sudeeds (punya karmas). The Nischay view helps to enhance and perior or inferior to another. In the words of Srimad Rajchandra: blossom the soul's natural qualities. In Jainism the Vyavahar view Sarva Jeev Che Sidh Sum, le Samje Te Thai - All souls are akin to is always considered to be 'by the by'. The Nischay view is consid the Sidh; those who understand this principle will achieve that ered to be the most important as it leads to contemplation and state'. The Nischay view encourages you to understand your true understanding of the true nature of the soul with the aim of its nature. All souls have the potential to be Sidh Bhagvan (liberated natu purification, the ultimate goal of practising Paryushan. Merely soul). The only difference between the liberated souls and those in practising the Vyavahar dharmas may bind punya karmas, leading bondage is that the former have attained liberation as a result of to material gain in this life and the next; but this will not help their effort'. With effort, even the later can achieve liberation. bring an end to the cycle of the births, lives and deaths. 3) Uttam Arjav or Supreme Straight Forwardness : The Dharmas are all prefixed by the word 'Uttam (Supreme) to a) Vyavahar Uttam Arjav: The action of a deceitful person is to signify that they are practised at the highest level by the Jain monks. think one thing, speak something else and do something entirely The householder practises them to a lesser extent. It lasts over a different. There is no harmony in his thought, speech and acperiod of 10 days, each day being dedicated to one of the ten tions. Such a person loses credibility very quickly and lives in Dharmas. constant anxiety and fear of his deception being exposed. Being 1) Uttam Kshama or Supreme Forgiveness: straightforward or honest oils the wheel of life. You will be seen to a) Vyavahar Kshama Dharma: We forgive those who have be reliable and trustworthy. Deceitful actions lead to the influx of wronged us and seek forgiveness from those we have wronged. paap karmas. Forgiveness is sought not just from human colleagues, but from b) Nischay Uttam Arjav: Delusion about one's identity is the all living beings ranging from one sensed to five sensed. If we do root cause of unhappiness. Be straightforward to yourself and not forgive or seek forgiveness, and instead harbour resentment, recognise your true nature. The soul is made up of countless qualiwe bring misery and unhappiness on ourselves and in the process ties like knowledge, happiness, effort, faith, and conduct. It has shatter our peace of mind and make enemies. Forgiving and seek the potential to achieve 'Keval Gran' (omniscience) and reach a ing forgiveness oils the wheel of life allowing us to live in harmony state of supreme bliss. Again, the body, karmas, thoughts, and all with our fellow beings. It also attracts punya karma. the emotions are separate from the true nature of the soul. Only b)Nischay Kshma Dharma: Forgiveness here is directed to one- by practising Nischay Arjav Dharma will one taste the true happiself. The soul, in a state of mistaken identity or false belief, as- ness that comes from within. sumes that it consists of the body, the karmas and the emotions 4) Uttam Sauch or Supreme Contentment: e.g. like, dislike, anger, pride etc. As a result of this incorrect belief a) Vyavahar Uttam Sauch: Be content with the material gains it inflicts pain upon itself and is thus the cause of its own misery. that you have accomplished thus far - striving for greater material Nischay Kshama Dharma teaches the soul to correctly identify it wealth and pleasure will not, contrary to popular belief, lead to self by encouraging the soul to contemplate in its true nature and happiness. Desire for more is a sign that we do not have all that hence achieve the state of correct belief or 'Samyak Dharshan'. It we want. Reducing this desire and being content with what you have leads to satisfaction. Accumulating material objects merely fuels the fire of desire. 22 / JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2001 2010_02

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Daslakshana Parva (cont..) b) Nischay Uttam Sauch: Contentment or happiness, derived from material objects, is only perceived to be so by a soul in a state of false belief. The fact is that material objects do not have a quality of happiness and therefore happiness cannot be obtained from them! The perception of 'enjoying' material objects is indeed only that - a perception! This perception rewards the soul with only misery and nothing else. Real happiness comes from within, as it is the soul that possesses the quality of happiness. 5) Uttam Satya Dharma or Supreme Truth: a) Vyavahar Satya Dharma: If talking is not required, then do not talk. If it is required then only use the minimum of words, which must all be absolutely true. Talking disturbs the stillness of the mind. Lying leads to an influx of paap karma. b) Nischay Satya Dharma: 'Satya' comes from the word 'Sat', which means existence. Existence is a quality of the soul. Recognising the soul's true nature as it really exists and taking shelter in the soul is practising Nischay Satya Dharma. 6) Uttam Sayam or Supreme Self-Restraint: a) Vyavahar Uttam Sayam: Subdivided into 2: i) Restraining from injury to life - Jains go to the great lengths to protect life. This encompasses all living beings, from one-sensed onwards. The purpose of not cating root vegetables is that they contain countless one-sensed beings termed 'nigod'. During Paryushan the Jains also do not eat green vegetables to reduce harm to the lower sensed beings. b) Nischay Uttam Sayam - Subdivided into 2: i) Restraining injury to the self- This has been elaborated upon in Nischay Kshma Dharma. ii) Self restraint from desires or passions - Emotions, e.g. likes, dislikes, anger etc. lead to misery and need to be eradicated. They are not part of the true nature of the soul and only arise when the soul is in a state of false belief. The only method to free oneself from these is to contemplate on the true nature of the soul and in the process commence the journey to Moksha or liberation. 7) Uttam Tap or Supreme Penance a) Vyavahar Uttam Tap: This does not only mean fasting but also includes a reduced diet, restriction of certain types of foods, avoiding tasty foods etc. The purpose of penance is to keep desires and passions in control. Penance leads to an influx of punya karmas. b) Nischay Uttam Tap: Meditation prevents the rise of desires and passions in the soul. In a deep state of meditation the desire to intake food does not arise. 8) Uttam Tyag or Supreme Renunciation a) Vyavahar Uttam Tyag: Contrary to popular belief, renouncing worldly possessions leads to a life of contentment and assists in keeping desires in check. Controlling desires lead to an influx of punya karma. Renunciation is done at the highest level by our monks who renounce not only the household but also their clothes. A person's strength is measured not by the amount of wealth he accumulates but by the amount of wealth he renounces and by this measure our monks are the richest. a) Vyavahar Uttam Brahmacharya: This means not only refrainii) Self-restraint from desires or passions - These lead to pain and ing from sexual intercourse but also includes all pleasures associare therefore to be avoided. ated with the sense of touch e.g. a cool breeze on a hot summers day or using a cushion for a hard surface. Again this dharma is practised to keep our desires in check. The monks practise this to the highest degree with all their body, speech and mine. The house holder refrains from sexual intercourse with anyone except his or her spouse. the work 'Brama' - Soul and 'charya' - to dwell. Nischay b) Nischay Uttam Bramcharya:_Brahmacharya is derived from Brahmacharya means to dwell in your soul. Only by residing in the soul are you the master of the Universe. Residing outside your soul makes you a slave to desires. 2010_02 b) Nischay Uttam Tyag: Renouncing the emotions, root cause of misery, is Nischay Uttam Tyag, which is only possible by contemplating on the true nature of the soul. 2) Uttam Akinchan or Supreme Non Attachment a) Vyavahar Uttam Akinchan: This assists us in detaching from external possessions. Historically ten possessions listed in our scriptures, land, house, silver, gold, wealth, grain, female servants, male servants, garments and utensils. Remaining unattached from these helps control our desires and leads to an influx of punya karmas. b) Nischay Uttam Akinchan: This assists us in being unattached from our internal attachments, of which fourteen listed in our scriptures are, false belief, anger, pride, deceit, greed, laughter, liking, disliking, lamentation, fear, disgust, male sexual desire, female sexual desire and hybrid sexual desire. Ridding the soul of these leads to the soul's purification. 10) Uttam Brahmacharya or Supreme Celibacy Kshma Vani Parva: This is celebrated on the day following the Das Lakshan Parva and is also celebrated three times a year. With proper practice of the Das Lakshan Parva our hearts should be overflowing with forgiveness and hence the celebration of this festival on the following day. Kshampanab It is only as a result of the preachings of his Holiness Kanjiswami that we have come to understand the real meaning and purpose of celebrating Daslakshan Paryushan Parva. If I have misinterpreted this great festival in any way then I crave for his forgiveness. JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001/23

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CHANGING VIEW ON JAINISM by: Vinit M. Doshi When I was a child, I often heard Jainism proudly referred to as understand or approve of. I understood Bhakti to be vaguely asa uniquely scientific religion, different from all other faith-driven sociated with singing Stavans and Bhajans, something I didn't unand prophet-led religions. Jainism was portrayed to some extent derstand or enjoy much. I never really understood the power of as transcending mere religion into something superior. I imag- Bhakti as a life-giving force. ined Jainism to be some precise science, like physics, but only more My understanding of Jainism is different today. Understandcomplex, and that all of the tenets of Jainism would be proven ing more of the history of mankind, of wars and great achievetrue someday by scientists. I predicted that science would dis- ments, and nature, has convinced me that there is a soul, a spirit cover karma particles and souls, find irrefutable evidence of rein- inside. I have felt that there is a force that makes life distinctly carnation and archaeological evidence of arohs and avrohs. higher than the mere series of biochemical reactions that sustains When I reflect on this today, I find that Science never validated our bodies. It is a worthwhile and stirring moment when we first Jainism to the degree I needed to convince myself. Maybe it will "feel" such a connection with God and spirit. What Bhakti I could someday, and maybe not. At this point in my life though, I'm not not find in singing Bhajans, I found in devotion to mathematics, interested in validating Jainism scientifically. It is immensely ap- in music, and sometimes in meditation on words, all serving as pealing regardless. means of identifying with God. It is difficult to explain well. Instead, I see the role that Faith (Shraddha) and Bhakti have The point is that many others find their own way, that it took played is far more powerful a force than any science has ever been me years to find one way, and it may take many more years to go in my life. I regret now that my value system had shunned the deeper. But, where I found faith, others may not, and how I pracrole of Faith and Bhakti in practicing Jainism, and instead tried to tice Bhakti, others may find in their own way. Be optimistic that substitute them with facts and logic. I used to look down on Faith we will discover more to life tomorrow than we have to date, if we as necessarily being blind, confusing it with superstition, and hold- are open to God. ing Faith responsible for all the things that elders did that I didn't Happy Diwali JAINS...CLICK HERE! The World's First Matrimonial Site for Jains. A Prosperous Featuring Jains from New Year !! North America & the UK JainConnections.com For Jains... By Jains! 24 / JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2001 2010_02

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RO BO JAINA DIGEST LIFE MEMBERS UPDATE JAINA CURRENT FINANCIAL STATEMENT JAINA FINANCIAL STATEMENT AS OF 01/07/01 $3,855.53 6060 Hemang & Darshana Shah, Olney, IL 607U Dr. Mahipal & Meena Shah Diamond Bar, CA 608U Amishi & Rupal Shah Cayce, SC 609U Shirish & Chhaya Parikh Safety Harbor FL 6100 Girish and Lina Multani Parkland FL 6110 Lax & Kirtida Shah Pembroke PinesFL 612U Bharat & Lata Vakil Carol SpringFL 613U Kal & Malti Mehta Coral GableFL 6140 Damroo & Jyoti Shah PiquaOH 615U Shirish & Sunanda Ghelani St. LouisMO 616U Shashin & Rekha Shah MariettaGA 617U Mukesh Dharod LenexaKS 6180 Mahendra & Deena Mehta Fort Myers FL 6190 Harakh & Anuja Dedhia Morgantown WV 6200 Raman & Vimu Patel FayettvilleNC 6210 Pradip & Rashmi Chhadva WestonFL JAINA General Fund After accts payable of $ 7,457.77) Various sub-committee balances: Education Committee Jiv Daya Committee World Community Service Temple Guideline YJA Virchand R. Gandhi Fund Mahavir Memorial Committee N. American Jain Family Assistance Program Tirthoddhar Committee Pilgrimage Committee JAINA Book Source Committee $9,528.92 426.16 5,163.20 1,401.00 32,295.11 9,308.00 1,573.41 5,484.00 53,485.55 1,020.40 15,909.59 COMMITTEES TOTAL $135,568.34 Money Market fund for JD Endowment CD for JAIN Digest Endowment Fund JAINA Charitable Trust as of 3/13/00 as per information supplied by Jagat Jain WCS Gujarat Earthquake Fund as of 7/1/01 $18,400.91 $58,869.60 $176,785.23 $331,713.83 GRAND TOTAL $725,193.44 Please send your $101.00 Jain Digest life membership dues to Keerti Shah, 842 Lakeside Drive, Bartlett Illinois 60103, Phone: 630-837-8716. submitted by Anop R. Vora, Treasurer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FEDERATION OF JAIN ASSOCIATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA APPEAL I want to help retaining Jain identity and culture by supporting JAINA and I want to be a proud Jain! Please fill out this form and support JAINA. - - - Mail this completed form and your financial contribution to: JAINA Headquarters PO Box 700 Getzville, NY 14068 - - - - I I want to be a Trustee of JAINA Charitable Trust and will Name donate $500 every year Address l want to be a JAINA Patron and will donate $251 every year I want to be a Life Member of JAIN DIGEST and will donate $101 I want to subscribe to JAIN DIGEST for one year (Winter 2001 Phone () to Fall 2002) for $11 Email other amount: $100 $250 $500 Please make checks payable to JAINA. Your donation is tax-deductible. Please advise if you wish to remain anonymous. 950 Jain families have already done so, would you not do so? If not for you, do it for your children and grandchildren. - - - - - - - - - | - LP Jain Education Interational 2010_02 JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001/25

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BOOK REVIEW... - Dilip V. Shah Philadelphia RATIONAL EXUBERANCE * The Key to the Center of the Universe * KARMA - The Mechanism * A two-book set on Tattvarthasutra by Herman Kuhn, Crosswind publishing Nevada Jains of all traditions agree on one thing - Tattvarthasutra that he prefers Jain answers to many imponderables. One only has is the essence of Jainism. There are many scholarly works (Pandit to hear him recite the Navkar Mantra to realize his deep belief in Sukhlaji's being inost known) describing it but easy reading it is all that he is presenting. not. Herman Kuhn, a German scholar, co-founder and president The second book-" KARMA - The Mechanism" is his of the Jain Association of Germany for many years and invited interpretation of chapters 6 through 10 of the Tattvarthsutra. Here speaker at the JAINA Convention has made a valiant effort to Herman Kuhn dissects all western understanding of KARMA and simplify this highly complex text and brings the central message logically steers the readers to a Jain point of view. He tells over of Tattvarthasutra to the western world in plain English and over again that there is nothing mysterious about Karma. For commensurate with our worldly experiences. each sutra he devotes about two pages as he explains how we attract The first book -"Key to the center of the Universe" Karmic matters to our consciousness, how our consciousness and presents the Tattvarthasutra as a blueprint of how to access deeper karmic matter interact with each other, why karmic matters attach functions of our consciousness. The original Sanskrit text is (bandha) and how to dissolve our Karma. He repeats his essay on faithfully reproduced Sutra by Sutra and many complex Jain 14 Gunasthanas here and why he has chosen to do that is not clear terminologies have been given insightful English translation (for to me. At the end of the book is a "To Do" list and a checklist example, he refers to jiva as consciousness and naya as partial sight). that will help reader progress on the path of self-realization. The second part of the book describes 14 Gunasthanas. He terms It is Herman Kuhn's exuberance in presenting his central them as "application of the sutras in daily life. Kuhn compares theme - that Tattvarth is the key to uncovering the hidden ascendance from fourth Gunasthana to Fifth Gunasthana to knowledge we are all endowed with, which makes reading his works recognizing the need to undertake daily jogging and actually doing a sheer joy. The two-book set is a great introduction to the ancient it. This analogy is carried further by comparing the benefits of a text for the novice and full of new insight for someone who has few weeks of regular jogging to the conscious channeling of our vague notions of Jainism. Scholars of Jainism may debate usefulness action towards ultimate freedom. The stunningly detailed diagram of western interpretations of our sacred text but any student of showing all 14 stages of development is very interesting as it answers Jainism should not overlook Herman Kuhn's work. From this many of our questions visually. Near the very end, he has coined a German Scholar who has developed series of advanced management phrase "Five freedoms" for Panch Mahavrats. His interpretation courses based on Jain knowledge for European companies and has differs significantly from craditional meaning of "vows". He made his life mission to spread message of Jainism this practicable challenges the notion that adoption of 5 vows automatically lands translation of Acharya Umaswami's work is a Gift to the western you to the fifth Gunasthana. Give him credit that as he presents world. his arguments, he presents both the traditional view and his own The two-book set is available through JAINA BOOK interpretation. He also challenges many western ideas. It is clear STORE for $30.00 (Postage included) SAMANS SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF ABROAD In celebration of the 26 centennial anniversary of the birth of Lord Mahavir, Saman Niyojak Shrutpragyaji and Schitpragyaji, disciples of Anuvrat Anushashta Acharyashri Mahapragya, are touring Malaysia and United States. The main focus of their tour is to give lectures about Mahavira's teachings, Mahavira's practice of meditation, nonviolence, non-possession, and Anekant, to inspire people to read Mahavira's literature, and to arrange workshops on Preksha meditation at various universities and Jain Centers. The Samans arrived in Malaysia on April 5, 2001. After participating in the Mahavir Jyanti program, they left for a four-month tour of eleven states including California, Arizona, and Kentucky. The Samans also gave lectures at the Western Kentucky University, University of Arizona, University of Minnesota and Marshall University. During their tour the Samans taught Jains, Indians, and Americans about Anuvrat, Preksha meditation, the science of living and Jain philosophy. They celebrated the anniversary of the birth of his holiness Acharya Mahapragya at Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Samans will travel back to India via Malaysia in September 2001. 26/JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2001 Jain Education Intemational 2010_02

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JAINA BOOK STORE: Bhaktamara Stotra Is A Magic To Miracle (Illustrated Tirthankar Lord Mahavir ((Illustrated Small Book Plus Small Book Plus VCD & CD) - Price US$20.00 VCD or CD) - Price US$20.00 Salutations to Lord Adinath broke the chains of iron of The whole life of Lord Mahavir - Due to years of great efforts Mantungsuri and Bhaktamara was composed. The chain of iron of Acharya Shrimadvijay Yashodevsurishwarji Maharaj, an easy will also remove fetters of Sanskaras, Egoism, Egotism, and Karma. to handle, a collection of the main episodes of the 24th Tirthankara Spiritual practice requires to feel it's efficacy. Guidelines for wor- of this era, Lord Mahavir has been published. This superbly unique shippers is presented to help spiritual practitioners by Acharya publication was wholeheartedly welcomed in the whole world with Rajyashsuriji Maharaj in the Bhaktamar Darshan Granth great reverence. This pictorial collection is in three languages - Bhaktamara Stotra illustrated is available in in three languages, Gujarati, Hindi and English on the 2600th Birth Anniversary of Gujarati, Hindi and English. For the benefit of all those who want Lord Mahavir. VCD or computer and have audio-visual delight to have a look at Audio-Visual, we are giving VCD and CD-Rom we are also giving a CD-Rom as a gift. For the benefit of all those as compliment to the privileged purchasers. who want to have a look at Audio-Visual, we are giving VCD or CD-Rom as a compliment to the privileged purchasers. Bhaktamara Stotra - A Magic To Miracle (Big Book) - Price US$45.00 Barsasutra / Kalpasutra - Price US$45.00 The Bhaktamara Stotra is such a great work that it attracts all, high and low, rich and poor, learned and illiterate. This Mantra provides essence to live life meaningfully. There is something unique in Bhaktamar Darshan, it presents deep study of the meditation techniques and significance of Chitra Darshan, Gatha Darshan, Yantra Darshan, Aradhana Darshan, Rahasya Darshan, Pathantar, and Gatha of the propitious Mantra in three languages - Gujarati-Hindi-English. This is one of the best books available in the field of literature and stotra. Rajyashsuriji Maharaj and Ben Maharaj Saheb have created handy Bhaktamara Stotra illustrated in three languages, Gujarati, Hindi and English. For the benefit of all those who want to have a look at AudioVisual, we are giving VCD and CD-Rom as compliment to the privileged purchasers. It has been observed that, a Jain Aagam called Kalpasutra is being written in black ink for over 500 years. Within the Jain sect this Sutra is considered to be extremely faithworthy, reverential and acclaimed Aagam. Every Jain goes to listen Barsasutra during the Paryushan. It is believed that having Kalpasutra at home, will help in eradicating many afflictions. Overall domestic happiness and peace is achieved. The creators of the Kalpasutra are highly enlightened and learned persons that their divine words endow human beings with divine luminance, peace, contentment and fulfillment. Every Jain should have such Kalpasutra / Barasasutra in their household. Barasasutra / Kalpasutra: 1) In Gold Ink 2) In Black Ink 3) In White Ink 4) Gujarati translation Send your order to: ROHIT DOSHI, JAINA BOOK STORE, 505 AFRICAN ROAD, VESTAL NY 13850 Bhaktamara Stotra (Illus. Sm Book - G,H,E) + CD & VCD Tirthankara Bhagawan Mahavira (Illus. Sm. Book-G,H,E) +CD Tirthankara Bhagawan Mahavira (Illus Sm.Book-G,H,E) +VCD Bhaktamara Darshan (Chitra, Rahasya, Aradhana Darshan) G,H,E Shri Kalpasutra (Shri Barasasutra) Jain Symbols $20 $20 $20 $45 $45 $ 5 Languages: H= Hindi, G =Gujarati, E=English Please make Check Payable to: JAINA BOOK STORE Minimum Order $10, No cash please, Price includes S&H Please include your phone email address along with your shipping address. JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001/27 Jain Education Interational 2010_02

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MIS REGISTRATION FORM - PAGE 1 Send this completed form, a check in the amount of $25 and a recent, full-length photograph of yourself with your name printed on the back to: Hasmukh M. Shah, 8721 Scrimshaw Drive, New Port Richey, FL 34653-6623 Phone: 727/376-7989 hasmukh33@yahoo.com ZIP MONTH/YEAR Name (please print): LAST FIRST MIDDLE Address: STREET CITY STATE Phone: () Fax: () _ Email: Date of Birth: Height: - _Weight: Are you a vegetarian? YES NO Do you smoke? YES NO Do you drink? YES NO Have you been married before? YES NO If yes, indicate the name of your divorced spouse. Your visa status in the USA/Canada? When did you enter the USA/Canada? What languages do you speak? ____ What is your religion? What languages do you read? What languages do you write? Education: DEGREE YEAR RECEIVED MAJOR NAME OF UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE Work experience: COMPANY'S NAME POSITION DURATION Father's Name: Occupation: Mother's Name: - Occupation: ______ Brother(s) and/or Sister(s) NAME(S) AGE(S) EDUCATION OCCUPATION Do you have other relatives living in the North America? NAME RELATIONSHIP OCCUPATION ADDRESS Other relevant information (use additional paper if necessary): Candidate's signature: _ Date: Important Considerations: It is important to remember that the MIS is a non-for-profit, voluntary community service. The MIS and JAINA assume no respon-sibility or liability for the accuracy or authenticity of the information furnished in the ads or any consequences resulting thereof. The entire responsibility rests with the candidates themselves. All information furnished to the MIS is confidential. Only those who are sincerely interested in looking for a Jain life partner should send a Registration Form. While matching, photographs will not be passed on to the candidates by the MIS. Parents/guardians should communicate with the candidate before placing ad and assist them in making a final decision. 28/JAIN DIGEST-FALL 2001 Jain Education Interational 2010_02

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SA 22 MIS REGISTRATION FORM - PAGE 2 MIS INFORMATION: THIS IS HOW IT WORKS 1. Two references who are members of the Jain Community or other Indian organizations. A. Name: Address: Phone: - Member of: Our world is shrinking and we are a global village and life is not always easy. However, we can carry our philosophy and our value system that is very worth while, with us. Accept the challenge and make your choice be a worth while one. Placing an Ad and Registration with MIS ORGANIZATION'S NAME B. Name: Address: Phone: Member of: Anyone wishing to place an ad and register with the MIS must follow these instructions care-fully: 1. Fill out the attached Registration Form Page 1 and Page 2,. The registrant must fill out this form. Do not leave anything blank. 2. Mail the the completed form + a check in the amount of $25 pay. able to Hasmukh M. Shah. Leave the Memo or For column blank. 3. a recent, full-length photo of yourself with your name printed on the back. 4.Upon receipt of this information the MIS will draft an ad for you and it will appear in the JAIN DIGEST-but only once. Remember, JAIN DIGEST is a quarterly publication. ORGANIZATION'S NAME Placing an Ad Only and 2. Indicate your personal preference of these criteria for the match. Age: Between the ages of __ and or open. Height: Between the height of and or open. Weight: Between the weight of or open. Education: Bachelor Masters Degree Docher Major: Vegetarian: YES NO Work experience: YES NO Residence: (state) Visa Status: Length of time in North America: __ years. Language. English: YES NO Other (specify): If you do not wish to register with the MIS and wish to draft an ad yourself, you may do so in 30 words of less. Remember that the MIS reserve the right to edit all such ads. Follow step 2 above, but submit your own ad with phone number instead of a completed form and photo, Full Name, Address, Phone number of the candidate must be furnished with the ads for MIS records, without which MIS will not be able to process the ad for publication. Responding to an Ad (only if contact info isn't available). Congratulations! If the phone number or address is not given in the ad, then you must contact the candidate through MIS. Follow these step-by-step instructions. Place your bio-data and a recent photograph of yourself in a sealed, stamped envelope with your return address in the upper left-hand corner and the MIS ad reference number in the lower lefthand corner of the envelope. Leave space on the envelope for an address. Place this envelope in another envelope with your return address in the upper left-hand corner and mail it to Hasmukh M. Shah. Upon receipt of these responses the MIS will place the ad holders address on the inner envelope and mail it. Remember, MIS is not responsible for responses that do not conform to these instructions. Female: 122, Male: 111 (Married / Engaged) JAINA would like to congratulate all couples who have come together with the help of the services of the MIS. JAINA wishes to thank them for their generous donation. More and more Jains around the world are not only appreciating this much needed service, but are also taking advantage of it. Simulta-neously, the flow of ads in JAIN DIGEST is gradually increasing Please notify the MIS Guideline to all perspective participants Be positive, constructive, creative and friendly! No match is going to be "perfect." Complement and support each other practicing respect,sharing, acquire knowledge and maintaining your uniqueness while keeping an open mind. These are the qualities that make for human perfection. Please notify the MIS when an engagement or marriage has been announced. This helps us to know if this community service is working to help maintain our traditions. Please note that if a successful alliance has taken place, both parties will agree to donate what ever amount they wish to JAINA to help defray the cost of publication. Jain Education Interational 2010_02 JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2001/29

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MATRIMONOIALS - MALE M345: Proposals invited for handsome, brilliant, successful, dynamic, well settled, vegetarian Gujarati boy, born Nov 71, 5'8", 140 lb, BS, studied computer science, very well positioned, from cultured, educated girls. Call: 301/431-2525. Email: NKM7@hotmail.com M450: Physician, MD (emergency medicine), handsome, vegetarian, athletic, US born son, Oct 73, 6'3", 175 lb. Jain parents invite proposals from good natured, educated, vegetarian girls. Mail biodata / photo to: Dr. R. Kothari, 8551 Holmes Rd., #73, Kansas City, MO 64131. M657: Correspondence invited for handsome, smart, intelligent, vegetarian, Gujarati boy, born Oct 69, 5'11", BS (comp science: from UNY), well established self employed as IT software consultant, from cultured, educated, Gujarati girls. Call: 732/ 821-2055.Email: vshah@infolinkusa.com M776: Alliance invited for handsome, brilliant, highly successful, vegetarian, US citizen son, born Jan 73.5'7", 155 lb, MBA /MIS, BS Eng., well positioned in a reputed co., from cultured, educated, vegetarian girls. Call: 732/549-8684. M864: Gujarati parents invite responses for very handsome, fair, brilliant, vegetarian, Vivacious, US born son, Oct 76, 5'11", BS (civil engg), well employed as Quality Engineer, from cultured, educated, pretty girls. Call: 334/283-5340. Email: jaygosalia@hotmail.com M865: Gujarati, very handsome, accomplished, vegetarian, non smoker, non drinker, spiritual, US born boy, May 73, 6'0", MD, currently doing MBA, from Ivy league university, seeks alliance from well educated family oriented, religious Jain / Hindu girls. Please send bio / photo. Call: 856/435-9148. 30/JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001 2010_02 M866: Correspondence invited for Jain, US raised, well educated, vegetarian boy, born Aug 75, 5'5", 110 lb, BS & MS in Biomedical Engg from prestigious US Universities, well employed for last three years, from Jain, US born, wee educated, professional girls. Please email: mjain@alumni.duke.edu M867: Attorney, handsome, 29 / 6'4", vegetarian son. We prefer vegetarian tall Jain professional girl. Send photo and biodata. Santosh Kothari, 775 Aran Dr, Roswell, Georgia 30076. Ph: 770/992-0105. Email: skothari@bellsouth.net M868: Alliance invited by Gujarati parents for handsome, brilliant, accomplished, US born son, July 73, 5'7", 150 lb, PhD, well employed as Research scientist, from cultured, educated girls. Call: 219/2720125. Email: gvora@microbio.umass.edu M872: Alliance invited for brilliant, handsome, vegetarian, Gujarati boy, born July 75, 5'6", 140 lb, MS from reputed Uni, well employed as senior software Eng., from cultured, vegetarian, educated girls. Call: 510/502-6972.Email: bhautik@yahoo.com M873: Proposals invited for handsome, vegetarian, US Citizen, Gujarati boy, born Sept 73, 5'11", 160 lb, BS (accounting), applying for CPA, well employed as St. Accountant, from cultured, educated girls. Call: 201/222-3584 or 609/7999594.Email: devang111@yahoo.com M877: Alliance invited by Gujarati parents for handsome, fair, talented, vegetarian, US born son, Nov 73, 5'11", MS (Comp Engg) from Texas Uni. Austin, well employed as Sr. Software Engineer in Silicon Valley. Please send biodata / photo.Email: shah0811@hotmail.com M881: Proposals invited for very handsome, accomplished, talented, amiable, vegetarian, US citizen Gujarati boy, born May 72, 5'9", 150 lb, MD, currently doing 2nd year fellowship in Nephrology at prominent US Uni. from well educated, pretty, cultured, family oriented girls. Call: 352/332-6403. Email: paragshah@hotmail.com M882: Gujarati family invite responses for very handsome, vivacious, talented, successful professional, vegetarian boy, born May 77, 6'0", 145 lb, BS Software professional, from cultured, educated, vegetarian girls. Call: 631/423-9647.Email: jdoshi@reliablegroup.com M883: 27 yr / 6'2"/175 Gujarati Jain boy, very handsome, MS, MBA from top school, US citizen, highly successful in Silicon Valley, seeks career oriented, intelligent, attractive girl.Send bio and photo to: kmg4@hotmail.com M886: Gujarati parents invite proposals for very handsome, very fair, accomplished, vegetarian son, born March 77, 5'11", 175 lb, MS (Comp Sc) from Florida Tech., well positioned with GE, from cultured, professional, pretty, vegetarian Gujarati girls. Call: 321/752-5885. Email: sshah1977@hotmail.com M887: Proposals invited with biodata / photo for handsome, very successful, talented, vegetarian Gujarati boy, born May 70, 5'9", MD, doing residency in Surgery in NJ, from well educated, slim, pretty, caring, vegetarian, Gujarati, cultured girls. Call: Email: 732/728-0166. rajivshah70@msn.com M888: Alliance invited for good-looking, intelligent, vegetarian, Gujarati boy, born July 73, 5'10", 122 lb, Bcom, working with international co., from cultured, educated girls. Call: 905/294-1374. Email: h_shah_2001@yahoo.com

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MATRIMONOIALS - MALE M889: Gujarati parents invite responses for handsome, intelligent, vegetarian, US born son, July 76, 5'7", 145 lb, MBA, pursuing carrier in investment banking, from educated, professional, cultured girls. Call: 412/780-6051. ams323@columbia.edu M890: Physician uncle invite responses for very handsome, fair, tall, talented, vegetarian Gujarati nephew, born June 79, 6'1", 170 lb, BS Comp Sc., well employed in India and willing to settle in USA, from cultured, educated girls. Call: 813/9689698.Email: anhah@pol.net M892: Jain parents invite correspondence with biodata / photo from professional, vegetarian girls, for very fair / handsome, Canadian born (Toronto) son, 27, 5'10", MD (Fifth year resident specialist) Email: sandyjain99@hotmail.com M893: Gujarati Family invites biodata / photo for very handsome, fair, brilliant, US born son, Feb 75, 5'10", 155 lb, BS (mgmt IS), well employed with top 5 firm in Chicago as IS consultant. Call: 262/242-1581. M894: Jain parents invite proposals for handsome, athletic, vegetarian, US citizen son, born Feb 71, 5'8", 150 lb, BS (Fin), well employed with reputed co., from cultured, vegetarian, kutchi / Gujarati girls. Call:301/890-4385. Email: agangar@hotmail.com AM184: Alliance invited for very successful, very handsome, cultured, vegetarian, never married Gujarati boy, born Oct 65, 5'8", 145 lb, BS, working for further study, very well established in own business, from cultured, good looking girls, Call: 423/6140084.Email: mnsheth@hotmail.com AM320: 26/6'2", MIS-Computer, handsome, vegetarian son. We prefer vegetarian tall Jain professional girl. Photo / bio-data a must. Sanjay Kothari, 157 Gilmer St, Athens, GA 30606. Email: sjay309@msn.com 2010_02 AM321: Alliance invited for talented, handsome, successful, vegetarian, US born boy, March 68, 5'10", 140 lb, BS, working MBA, Own / managing three gift shops, from cultured, educated, US born / raised girls. Call: 301/577-8459.Email: ans27@aol.com AM322: Uncle invite responses invited for very handsome, talented, vegetarian, Gujarati nephew, born Dec 78, 6'0", BS, MS (Electronics), from cultured, educated girls. Currently he is in India and willing to settle in USA. Call: 813/932-4446. Email: nmandaliya@pol.net AM325: Alliance invited for handsome, intelligent, Gujarati boy, born March 75,5'9", MS EE, well employed with multinational co., as Electrical Engineer, from cultured, caring, educated girls. Call: 561/740-0536. Email: parimal_mehta@hotmail.com AM329: Correspondence invited with biodata / photo by Gujarati Physician for handsome, fair, talented, US raised son, born Oct 74, 5'7", BS, pursuing Master, Software Consultant, from cultured, educated, caring, professional girls. Call: 713/383-7280. AM330: 26/5'11", 160, Gujarati boy, fun loving, easygoing, handsome, MS in MIS from US, Computer programmer. Looking for someone with good mix of east and west. Reply with biodata / photo at: young_nice_man@hotmail.com AM 331: Gujarati parents invite responses for handsome, highly accomplished, vegetarian, US raised son, born Dec 68, 5'11", 180 lb, BS (Finance), Vice President in a family owned huge nationwide organization, innocently divorced from a never consummated very brief marriage, from suitable cultured educated match. Call: 847/724-5376. Email: Nilesh $25@aol.com AM337: Gujarati sister invite proposals for handsome, intelligent, vegetarian brother, born Sept 74, 5'6", 125 lb, BE comp eng, MS comp sc, well employed in IT industry in California, from cultured, educated girls. Call: 831/479-8287 or 805/5608533.Email: hetanss@hotmail.com AM338: We are interested in having our son get to know open minded and outgoing girls. He is handsome, vegetarian, well employed Software Engineer, born Nov 73, 5'7", 130 lb. Please contact us at: mkshah@enteract.com AM339: Gujarati Physician invite proposals for his handsome, vivacious, talented, amiable, social, vegetarian, US born son, Nov 75, 5'9", BS (speech & hearing sc), MS (audiology), (2001 end), planning to begin private practice after finishing MS, from cultured, pretty, educated girls. Call: 602/863-1073. Email: amitg1@aol.com AM340: Alliance invited for Gujarati Jain Professional Accountant, cultured, vegetarian, US citizen, issueless innocent divorcee, 46, 5'5", from cultured, educated females. Email:bcshah@lycos.com or mail to: 94 Purcell street, # 2, Staten Island, NY 10310. AM341: Family members invite proposals for recently widowed educated, Gujarati Jain, 48, 5'6", (one 8 yr son), planning to relocate from Bombay to USA, from cultured, educated females. Email: bcshah@lycos.com or mail to: 94 Purcell street, #2, Staten Island, NY 10310. ARE YOU MOVING? Please send your change of address to JAINA HEADQUARTER PO Box 700, Getzville, NY 14068-0700 Phone/Fax: 716/636-5342 or email: jainahq@aol.com JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001/31

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MATRIMONIALS - FEMALE F337: Physician, MD (Internal Medicine), slim, virtuous, vegetarian, 30 yrs, 5'4", 115 lb, Jain daughter. Parents invite biodata / photo from vegetarian educated boys. Mail to:13660 Fairhill Road, Apt #308, Shaker Heights, OH 44120. F355: Alliance invited for beautiful, talented, Gujarati, E / W blend, North American born daughter, Dec 71, BA (economics & psychology), BAS (accounting), pursuing CPA, employed with CPA firm in USA, as an accountant, from Gujarati professionals. Call: 312/3359376. Cell: 416/618-6485. Email: diamonds4ever11@hotmail.com F454: Gujarati parents invite correspondence for beautiful, charming, accomplished, vegetarian, US raised daughter, born Aug 70, 5'5", 120 lb, MBA, well positioned with Arthur Anderson, from well educated, cultured, boys. Call: 716/242-8586. Email: hjmithani@hotmail.com F581: Gujarati parents invite responses for beautiful, talented, cultured daughter, born Dec 73, 5'1", 110 lb, BS (molecular biology), biotech / software professional in Silicon Valley, CA, from well educated, Gujarati professionals. Call: 408/272-6833. F621: Gujarati parents invite responses for beautiful, talented, vegetarian, US born daughter, Dec 73, 5'7", MD, 1st year resident in Internal Medicine, from, vegetarian MD boys. Call: 407/366-8810. F628: Correspondence invited by Gujarati Jain family for very beautiful, slim, charming, vegetarian, US citizen daughter, born April 74, 5'3", MS (Mgmt), BS comp science, well employed, blend of east /west, family values, from cultured well educated vegetarian boys. Call: 732/549-8684. F782: Gujarati parents invite proposals for beautiful, attractive, slim, vegetarian daughter, born Oct 76, 5'4", 110 lb, RN, well employed as RN at EMH, from cultured, educated boys. Call: 440/284 3947. Email: shahres@msn.com 32/JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001 2010_02 F821: Jain parents from NY invite responses for very beautiful, fair, talented, charming, vegetarian daughter, born Oct 76, 5'4", 125 lb, AA, pursuing dip. Web designing, working in a family business, from well educated, cultured, vegetarian boys. Call: 718/897-4692. F834: Gujarati parents invite correspondence with biodata / photo for US born, beautiful, charming, cultured, virtuous, daughter, Nov 73, 5'6", 118 lb, MD, doing 3rd year residency in OB/GYN, from educated, vegetarian boys. Call: 513/ 563-5013. Email: Mehta@fuse.net F863: Gujarati parents invite proposals for beautiful, fair, slim, talented, virtuous, vegetarian, US born daughter, Oct 75, 5'2", 105 lb, BS (Fin/ MIS), well positioned in a reputed co., from well educated, cultured boys. Call: 334/283-5340. Email: guni3@yahoo.com F869: Gujarati parents invite proposals for beautiful, fair, talented, vegetarian, US citizen daughter, born Aug 77, 5'9", 140 lb, OPTOMETRY student, from well educated, professional, cultured boys. Email: sshah@pco.edu F870: Jain parents invite proposals for slim, attractive, talented, vegetarian, daughter, born June 79, 5'2", 103 lb, BS comp. Sc. USA, Software engr (Bay Area), from welleducated boys. Call: 925/872-2618. Email: masteyr@hotmail.com F871: US born / raised, consultant for prestigious global firm, lively and loving, beautiful, fair, family oriented daughter with Indian values. Good dancer and highly ambitious, 5'2", 27. Gujarati family invites responses from cultured, educated boys. Ph:727/786-4074. neki@tempabay.rr.com F874: Gujarati sister invite proposals for beautiful, talented, successful, vegetarian sister, born Aug 71, 5'0", 110 lb, BCom, DFM, DHR, well employed as Manager in Bombay, India and willing to settle in USA. Call: 203/854-5496. Email: manisha_sheth@yahoo.com F875: Alliance invited by Gujarati parents for pretty, charming, vegetarian, US raised daughter, born Nov 72, 5'1", 105 lb, BS (Accounting), well employed as Accountant, divorcee with 3-year-old son, from suitable cultured match. Call: 203/ 933-8067. F876: Parents invite correspondence for 4th year US Medical student, fair, charming, slim, beautiful, musically talented, vegetarian, family oriented daughter, born Nov 76, 5'3", from US MD, cultured boys. Call: 281/491-0792. shardaagrawal@yahoo.com Email: F878: Alliance invited by Gujarati parents for beautiful, fair, slim, talented, US born daughter, March 75, 5'7", MD, doing second year residency in internal medicine, from professionally qualified boys. Please send biodata and photo.Email: shah3003@hotmail.com F879: Gujarati parents invite proposals for pretty, talented, caring, vegetarian daughter, born Dec 74, 5'5", 117 lb, BA (business management), well employed, from cultured, educated boys. Call: 914/3767085. Email: rimpleshah@hotmail.com F880: Gujarati parents invite responses for pretty, slim, cultured, vegetarian, virtuous daughter, born Feb 75, 5'1", 100 lb, BS EE (Johns Hopkins Uni), well employed with reputed co., from cultured, educated boys. Call: 410/551-9098. Email: sq22181@yahoo.com F884: Gujarati parents invite proposals for pretty, intelligent, caring, vegetarian daughter, born Nov 76, 5'4", 125 lb, BS (comp science), well employed, from educated, cultured, vegetarian boys. Call: 718/468-1426. F885: Gujarati sisters invite responses from cultured, educated boys for beautiful, talented, vegetarian sister, born May 75, 5'1", BA(Eco), Post Graduate: Mass communication, well employed in Bombay willing to settle in USA. Ph: 703/920-1461 or 703/892-355 dkalpesh@hotmail.com

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. MATRIMONIALS - FEMALE F891: Jain parents invite responses for AF318: Alliance invited for pretty, AF332: Alliance invited for outgoing, pretty, tall, fair & slim, 5'7", 26 years old intelligent, vegetarian, Gujarati, US born caring, US born, Punjabi Jain daughter, 29, 116 lb, BS(Hons), loving with a good sense girl, Dec 77, 5'4", 110, BSBA, well 5'3", MS Physical Therapy. Enjoys reading, of humor, working for a major US employed as Fin analyst with Proctor working out, arts & spending time with corporation in North East, belonging to a Gamble, from well educated, professional friends and family. Seeking US born very well settled professional Jain family in boys. Call: 937/836-8080. professionals, Punjabi, 29-34, blend of east/ USA. Call: 704/541-8659. west values, prefer West coast / Seattle area. AF319: Gujarati parents invite Email: jain0404@yahoo.com or call: 206/ F895: Gujarati parents invite responses for correspondence for slim, beautiful, US born 525-4710. attractive, beautiful, caring vegetarian, US daughter, July 73, 5'8", 115 lb, MD, born daughter, June 76, 5'4", 110 lb, BS completed residency, doing Cardiology AF334: Correspondence invited by (biology), 5th year pharmacy student fellowship, from professional boys. Call: Gujarati Jain family for their beautiful, pursuing PharmD, from well educated, 856/751-2808. talented, caring, vegetarian, US citizen vegetarian, Gujarati professionals. Call: daughter w/ family values, Feb 74, 5'2", 518/756-3181.Email: sweetes21@aol.com AF323: Proposals invited by North Indian BS & MS (Comp Ene) from well educated. parents for their pretty, talented, slim, handsome,cultured, vegetarian, professional F896: Gujarati parents invite proposals for affectionate, active & outgoing US citizen boys. Email: nisha623@yahoo.com beautiful, charming, slim, intelligent, daughter, born Aug 73, 5'3", MBA, well vegetarian, US born daughter, Dec 76,5'3", employed, from cultured, educated, AF335: Jain parents invite proposals for 4th Year Medical Student, MD (May 2002), professional boys. Call: 713/849- their beautiful, intelligent, amiable, from well educated, cultured, vegetarian 5892. Email: Rita Alok@aol.com vegetarian, US citizen daughter, Nov 76, boys. Call: 706/855-7045. 5'1", BS (Chem. Eng), MS (Comp Sci), AF324: Alliance invited for charming, from well educated, handsome, professional AF129: Gujarati parents invite beautiful, intelligent, US citizen female, candidates. Email: jigsha7@yahoo.com correspondence for beautiful, charming, born June 67, 5'3", 115 lb, BA, well highly accomplished, vegetarian, US raised employed with Airlines, widow with AF336: Sister invite responses for attractive, daughter, born April 69, 5'3", MD. In a daughter (5 yr), son (3 yr), from suitable pretty, caring sister, born Oct 72, 5'4", BS, group practice with leading hospital of match. Call: 813/932-4446. Email: post graduate diploma, Comp graphic USA, from well educated, professional boys. vibhuti 2000@hotmail.com designer, pursuing software programming, Call: 410/882-9697. innocently divorcee of two months marriage AF326: Gujarati parents invite proposals (no issue), from suitable match. She is in AF171: Alliance invited with biodata / with biodata / photo for beautiful, India and willing to settle in USA, Call: photo by Gujarati Physician, for beautiful, charming, talented, cultured daughter, born 831/479-8287 or 805/560-8533. Email: fair, attractive, US raised daughter, born 72, Oct 59, 5'6", 140 lb, PhD (Chemistry), s_k_shah@hotmail.com 5'5", MD, finishing OB/GY residency in from cultural, educated, handsome, Jain June 2002, from well educated, professional boys. Call: 909/927-7580. Email: AF342: Correspondence invited by boys including MD. Call: 419/868-7476. cvmehta@hotmail.com Gujarati Jain family, for beautiful, caring, never married US citizen daughter, 44, 5'4", AF237: Gujarati parents invite AF327: Proposals with biodata/photo AF327: Proposals with biodata / photo BA, from cultured, educated, vegetarian correspondence for US citizen, vegetarian, invited by Gujarati parents for beautiful, males. Email:bcshah@lycos.com or mail to: fair, pretty daughter, born March 76, 5'0", attractive, virtuous daughter, born May 73, 94 Purcell street, #2, Staten Island, NY BS Healthcare administration and Comp. 5'3", 125 lb, Final year in Nursing, from 10310. Science, well employed, from educated, educated, cultured, handsome, Jain boys. vegetarian Jain boys. Call: 732/721-5481. Call: 909/927-7580. Email: AF343: Alliance invited for beautiful, cvmehta@hotmail.com caring, vegetarian, talented, Gujarati girl, AF307: Responses invited for Gujarati born Dec 76, 5'0", 100 lb, MS vegetarian, fair, pretty, talented girl, born AF328: Alliance invited for pretty, caring, (Microbiology), well employed as Scientist Jan 76,5'5", MBA (Finance), working with highly accomplished, convent educated, in R & D of reputed pharmaceutical co., Fortune 500 Co., in a senior position. Call: never married Gujarati girl, born July 63, from cultured, well educated, vegetarian, 610/317-8027 or Fax: 610/419-1248. 5'1", MS, well positioned as consultant to Gujaratiboys. Email: shreya_shah40@ entrepreneurs, from suitable match. hotmail.com Phone: 816/671-0546. Currently she is in India and willing to settle in USA. India ph: 91-281-237773. Email: tuprisshah@yahoo.com JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2001/33 Jain Education Interational 2010_02

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YOUNG JAINS OF AMERICA Federation of Jain Associations in North America A Non-Profit Tax Exempt Religious Organization. IRS Code Section 501(c)(3) EV #54-1280028 yja-exec@egroups.com http://www.yja.org/ patrakomA jIvAnAma September 10, 2001 CHAIRS Birud Shaveri (503) 292-1965 birudjhaveri@mail.com Chintan Shah 608-217-4807 chintan.shah@yia.org Jai Jinendra YJA has just completed a successful year which consisted of several great accomplishments. The earthquake relief effort was a great success and aided thousands of people in India, thanks to all the great efforts of youth and adults in the US, collecting and shipping medicine and supplies. Similarly, Mahavir Jayanti celebrations across the US, in over 15 cities, performed the 27 Past Lives of Bhagawan Mahavir play, produced by YJA. Organized by Pavan Zaveri, the 'play in a box' was a fantastic success nationwide, allowing hundreds of youth to participate in the performances. DIRECTORS Education Shayna Parekh 562-865-1679 shayna parekh@yja.org Events Shamna Khandwala 847-985-6858 shamakhandwala@mail.com Finance/Fundraising Mintu Shah 708-275-1070 mintushah@mail.com Information Technology Bcencet Kothari 631-586-1579 becncetkothari@mail.com Fundraising Vishal Jhaveri 503-292-1965 vishalihaveri @vin.org Publications Mansi Shah 858-722-1100 mansi shah@yia.org Public Relations Kunal Shah 562-417-2700 kunal shah@yja.org In addition, three regional conferences were held in the West, South, and Southeast regions. Finally, YJA made a strong presence at the JAINA convention in Chicago this past 4th of July weekend. From selling newly designed YJA t-shirts to creating six youth sessions, YJA made a strong impact on all the youth that attended the convention. Through this successful, active year, YJA will springboard the enthusiasm from its members into the upcoming year. As the summer months wind down and school once again resumes, YJA is kicked into high gear once again. During our executive board meeting in early August, we planned several exciting projects for this upcoming year, in addition to the grand New Jersey 2002 Convention. In order to allow our members to remain dynamic, we will be actively pursuing a grass roots approach with all our projects. In our desire to promote Jain values and ideals, YJA will support and initiate several volunteering activities, highlighted mainly by our collaboration with Habitat for Humanities. We plan to lead small groups of youth into underprivileged neighborhoods to help build and reconstruct homes. Our Foster Focus program, citing several cities across the country, will help to activate and elevate youth involvement on a local level. Please be on the lookout for YJA in your neighborhood and contact your Regional Coordinator for more information. Please mark your calendars! The YJA 2002 Convention will be held in New Jersey from July 4th to 7th, 2002. For details and registration information, see our web page at www.yja.org REGIONAL COORDINATORS Mid Atlantic Neel Shetti 646-215-8913 neel shetti@via.org Midwest Suchita Shah 734-764-9770 suchita.shah@yja.org Northeast Dhrumil Purohit 302-832-0361 dhrumil purohit via.org South Ronak Shah 918-299-2873 ronak shah@yurg Southeast Shalin Jain 219-315-1335 shalinjain@yja.org West Karishma Shah 510-664-0383 karishma shah@vja.org Chintan Shah & Birud Jhaveri Co-Chairs, YJA 2001-2002 www.yja.org Young Jains of America (YJA) is the umbrella youth organization of the Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA). The mission of YJA is to be recognized nationally and internationally as an umbrella youth organization for establishing a network to share Jain heritage and religion through youth. 34 / JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2001 Jain Education Interational 2010_02

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YOUNG JAINS OF AMERICA: YJA Teams up with H4H In cities all across America, YJA will help host a group of kids for a week to assist Habitat 4 Humanities' cause of helping those less fortunate. H4H is an organization that builds houses in underpriviledged neighborhoods nationwide. Registration for this phenomenal volunteering effort starts at the end of September and YJA starts building houses beginning in early spring. Last year, over 11,000 kids participated with Habitat for Humanity. Space is very limited, so sign up with the closest location.Contact Neel Shetti at Neel.shetti@yja.org for more information. YOUNG JAINS OF AMERICA A FIRST TIME EVENT FOR THE EAST COAST! New Jersey Walking the Path of Jainism: Today's Youth, Tomorrow's Future... July 4th July 7th, 2002 www.yja.org MIDWEST JATRA The Midwest region of Young Jains of America will be embarking on a Jatra throughout the Midwest region during the Thanksgiving Holiday (November 22nd to the 25th). A bus full of enthusiastic young Jains will begin in Detroit, Michigan and head towards Chicago, Illinois. After one night in Detroit, and one in Chicago, the bus will travel north to visit the newly built beautiful temple in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The participants will return for one final night in Chicago, filled with social and religious activities. At each temple, youth will be able to participate in Chatyavandan, Pujas, slokas, meditation, and bhajans. The goal of this journey is to teach youth about Darasars and their decorum in the temple. The bus will return to Detroit on Sunday afternoon, the 25th of November. Please sign up early for this fabulous event. For more information, e-mail the Midwest Regional Coordinator, Suchita Shah, at suchita.shah@yja.org. 2010_02 YJA EXECUTIVE MEETS IN WASHINGTON By Suchita Shah During the weekend of August 9th, 2001, 13 of the current executive YJA board members with 2 former board members gathered in Washington D.C. for a four day meeting. Although flights were delayed, we finally joined late Thursday Night. We got to know each other through games and activities. These 14 other people would become an integral part of our lives in the next year. Early next day, we started our meeting by first reflecting on the past events and what we could learn from them. It was long and tedious, yet in the end gave each of us a clearer image of what we wished to accomplish in the next year. Next, we held our internal elections. Each of us found our positions among the board and began to work towards our personal goals. After a long successful day, a formal dinner and driving tour of the D.C. landmarks. Saturday, we arose tired, but ready to make decisions and brainstorm. We first met with JAINA representatives, in person and on the phone. We discussed their goals, and our goals, and worked on ways to strengthen our communication. Following long discussions, we decided on our two unified projects. We got to work on each of our committees, either Habitat for Humanities or Foster Focus. These two projects were geared towards developing smaller Jain groups, and reestablishing stronger groups. That night, we spent getting to know the New Jersey Convention Committee, who came down especially to meet with us. Next morning with virtually no sleep, we woke up to meet more with the New Jersey board. They gave us updates, and developed their ideas further, making each of us excited for what would come out of this. We said some more goodbyes and then headed to a combined YJA/NJCC lunch. Finally, following the meal, the last of us left, sad to say goodbye, but happy at the amount of work that we had accomplished. The meeting laid out foundations for YJA this year, now we steer ahead hoping to make this the best year yet. STRONGER JAINA-YJA IN THE FUTURE: YJA board met with Girish Shah and Sushil Jain of the JAINA board, while teleconferencing Prem Jain and Bipin Parikh. The future between YJA and JAINA was discussed, as well as technological future. JAIN DIGEST. FALL 2001/35

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YOUNG JAINS OF AMERICA: Young Jains Conference to be held in Pittsburgh Thanksgiving Weekend The Young Jains of Pittsburgh, along with YJA, are proud to host the Pittsburgh Young Jain's Convention which will occur from November 22nd to the 25th, 2001 (Thanksgiving weekend). The convention will be held at the Carnegie-Mellon University and attendees will stay at the Residence Inn. The total cost for food and housing is $100. We are expecting close to 100 attendees. We anticipate a nice blend between religious and social events to help youth acquire more awareness regarding Jainism and how to maintain our culture not only in a western society, but also into the new millennium. We are aiming for the youth to develop friendships with other from various societies. Past regional conventions have been remarkable and rewarding and we look forward to welcoming all of you. Look for our website coming soon at: http://www.yja.org/pittsburghconference TENTATIVE SCHEDULE Thursday, November 22: 2-4:30pm Check-In 5pm "Get Acquainted" Ice Breakers 5:15pm Opening/Namokar Mantra Dinner 7pm Small Group Ice Breakers DJ/Dance bpm Saturday, November 24: 8am Breakfast 9am Yoga 10:15am Group Session 11:45 am Temple Trip (w/ lunch at 1pm and Pratikra man in English at 1:40pm) 3:30pm Session 6:30pm Night Outing (choose from activities, like sports game, movies, or ice skating) 8:30pm Friday, November 23: 8am Breakfast 9am Yoga 10:15am Group Session 11:15pm Small Breakout Sessions 12pm Lunch 1pm Real World Session 2:30pm Sports/Activities 5pm Dinner 8pm Cultural Show and Garba/Bhangra Sunday, November 28: 8am Breakfast 9am Yoga 10am Small Group Session llam Closing Ceremonies YOUNG JAIN PROFESSIONALS (YJP) Support your own community Meet, interact, network people from your age group . Coming Soon.. The Brand New Young Jain Professionals (YJP) R Stay tuned for more info.. For more info contact Mihir Shah ar Mihirshah@hotmail.com 36 /JAIN DIGEST FALL 2001 2010 02

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