Jain Digest 2002 12 Vol 21 No 4

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/527086/1

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6845 JAIN DIGEST A Publication by the Federation of Jain Associations in North America Winter 2002 Volume 21. No. 4 12TH BIENNIAL JAINA CONVENTION Life is about balance. Join us in celebrating Jainism- The Art of Living and find your balance CINCINNATI, OHIO - JULY 3-6, 2003 www.jainaconvention.org Circ Marciarios dimin heim For BetsBerselise lis in Education Internationa www.viainelibrary.org

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JAIN TEMPLE, WASHINGTON, DC Cardiology Vinod K. Shah, MD, FACC AAP, MD, FACC Mahesh p. 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 Kitan D. Mehta, MD, FCCP Neurology Beena A. Shah, MD Internal Medicine Bhaker A. Jhaveri, MD David M. Federle, MD Mary Kramer. MD Avani D. Shah, MD Dhiren Shah, MD Chandra B. Sajja, MD Manoy Panwala. MD Hematology/Oncology Gurdeep Chhabra, MD Harminder S. Sechi, MD Gerontology Anwar Munshi, MD, FACP Rita B. Thayeri, MD Pediatrics IL V. Shah, MD, FAAP M.EO. Lafeer. MD, FAAP Dawn Bertram Stewart, MD Beena Khetpal, MD Fahri H. Fahm MD Pediatrics/Internal Medicine James L. Harring, MD, FAAP FACP Family Practice John E Fenwick, MD J. Patrick Jarboc, MD Robert J. Bauer, MD John L Bennert. MD J. Scott Tidball, MD Roy H. Bunales, MD Radiology Halappa G. Hakkal. MD Harris E. Orzach, MD I'sychiatry Aruna A. Patil, MD Endocrinology John Tourtelo, MD JAI JINENDRA aho! aho! zrI sadaguru, karuNAsiMdhu apAra 31 T THAT, 376T! 316T! 345R (28) Thanks! the Holy True Teacher! Unfathomable ocean of compassion; I'm highly obliged; Oh! good Teacher, The Pupil poor has no expression. (124) zaM prabhacaraNakane 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 610 24035 Three Norch Road Hollywood, MD 20636 301-373-7900 Leonardtown Offices Shanti Medical Center PO Box 664 26840 Point Lookout Road, Suite 101 Leonardrown, MD 20650 301-75-5577 301-475-5524 St. Mary's Medical Arts Building PO Box 106 22650 Cedar Lane Court Leonardown, MD 20650 310-475-5021 401-475-5023 Prince Frederick Office Calvert Medical Office Building 110 Hospital Road, Suite 303 Prince Frederick, MD 20678 410-535-333 Lexington Park Office 22335 Exploration 11.Suite 1030 & 1035 Lexington Park, MD 20653 301-863-7041 301-863-9000 California Office PO Box 50 23263 By the Mill Road California, MD 20619 301863.5835 Charlotte Hall Office Charlotte Hall Medical Centre PO Box 507 2975 Three Narch Road Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 1-884-7322 301-884-7330 Mechanicsville Office Village Medical Annex 28160 Old Village Road, Suite A Mechanicsville, MD 20659 301-884-4666 Washington Area 831 University B 92 Silver Spring MD 20903 01-445430 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

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JAIN DIGEST WINTER 2002 VOL.21 NO. 4 CIRCULATION: 11000 In this issue Headquarter News................ 12th Jaina Convention........5 Conv registration form......11 Committee News................12 JD Life Members...............14 A tribute to Anandganji.....19 Affiliate News.......... Regional News....................21 Ahin, the Non violence.....25 People in News............. ..20 JAINA Financial Report....28 Matrimonials.. MIS Registration Form.......29 Young Minds.. .28 JAIN DIGEST CIRCULATION Federation of JAINA P. O. Box 700 Getzville, NY 14068-0700 .31 Moving? Receiving duplicate copies? Send your address corrections to: ..34 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Dear Dharmabandhu Jai Jinendra It is a pleasure to visit you. This Quarter we achieve some goals. Following is the progress report during this quarter. We have inserted in this issue, a copy of "JAINA at a Glance", which you can pull out and keep as a reference. You can call upon any Executive Committee member or the Head Quarter for any JAINA related need. Additionally, you can call upon any member society president when you visit in a town, and visit the temple. On line JAINA convention 2003 registration has already started. Please register before Jan 15 2003 to get early bird rates. It is $90 for each person 12 and up, and $60 for each child under 12. Please look inside for full details. Also, there is other concurrent convention; hotel rooms will be in short supply. Hence, book your rooms as early as possible. It was a great pleasure to join the Chaitya Pari party organized by Jain center of America, New York on Sept 29, 2002. 19 Buses full of members left Queens for Jain Temple near Atlantic City NJ. Mr. & Mrs. Ghelani and other members of the sangh received us and treated us tremendously well. It is an excellent example of how even a small community can serve a group of 1000 yatris. The executive committee and members of Jain Center of America, New York organized the whole event very well. Our Hearty Congratulations to Keshubhai Chandaria for receiving the Golden Jubilee Award from Government of Canada. JAINA has been invited by Institute of Jainology, to participate in a delegation to Prime Minister Shree Atal Behari Vajpayee. He will be awarded to be a Patron in Chief of the Manuscript Project. Mr. Nemu Chanderia will represent JAINA and deliver along with JAINA's letter, JAINA at a Glance and Education CD. We now have four more Jain centers as member of JAINA. Hence we now have 61 Jain Center members. The Shram Yatra organized by Mr. Ramesh Shah and YJA jointly will visit India to give a lending hand to efforts to rebuild devastated Kutch area. It is expected that 10 or more students will join to go to India. Wheels of hope and medical supplies project progressing at steady pace all throughout the year. Vardhman Nagar construction is steadily building up now. Starting Dec. we will have residents come in to stay in their houses. The dispensary work has begun. Again, as usual the Executive Committee is here to serve you, and we welcome any suggestions for our review. JAINA is working to enhance your activities at the center. Yours truly, Bipin Parikh, President JAIN DIGEST. WINTER 2002/1

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IN DIGEST A publication of the FEDERATION OF JAIN ASSOCIATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA (JAINA) EDITOR IN CHIEF Lata Champsee 21 Swiftdale Place Don Mills, ONT, Canada M3B 1M3 Phone: 416/441-2200 fax: 416/ 441-2211 email: latachampsee@usa.net COVER DESIGN Drumail Purohit email: dhrumilpurohit@mail.com REGIONAL EDITORS Canada Dr. Mahendra Mehta email: mhmehta@sympatico.ca Phone/Fax 416/241-2044 Midwest, US Manubhai Doshi email: Manudoshi@aol.com Phone: 847/735-0120 Northeast, US Dineshbhai Chheda email: dchheda@pica.army.mil Phone: 973/394-1701 Southeast, US Surendra Shah Phone: 770/422-1483 srshah@bellsouth.net Southwest, US Jadavji Kenia email: jkenia@msn.com Phone: 972/690-3593 West, US Chandrakant Parekh email: chandra.j.parckh@aero.org Phone: 562/865-1679, Fax: (562) 865-0851 engsys@aol.com ASSOCIATE EDITORS Young Minds Arpan R. Shah 646-339-7020, arpant.shah@yja.org Chirag K. Shah 262-880-6918, chirag shah@yja.org Matrimonials Hasmukh Shah 304 Tall Oak Trail Tarpon Springs, FL 34688-7711 Phone: 727-934-6141/3255 hasmukh33@yahoo.com MANAGING BOARD Lata Champsee, Chair Dilip V Shah, Marketing Director Keerti Shah, Circulation Director 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 Spring (February) January 30th. April 30 Summer (May) July 30 October 30 Fall (August) Winter (November) 2/JAIN DIGEST WINTER 2002 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 @jaina.org BOARD OF DIRECTORS All Board of Directors names were printed in the Summer 2000 issue. JAINA CHARITABLE TRUST Executive Council Chairmen - Mahendra Pandya, New York, NY Dhiraj Shah. Buffalo, 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 were 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 Rajeev 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 6077 754 6010 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 bi plani CANADA Regular Toronto Associate Edmonton Montreal Ottawa Vancouver MIDWEST Regular Chicago Cinncinati/Dayton Cleveland Columbus Detroit Lansing St. Louis Associate Kansas City Minneapolis Milwaukee Toledo NORTHEAST Regular Boston Buffalo Cherry Hill Essex Fells Hudson Valley New York Ocen Orange Philadelphia Pittsburgh Rochester Washington, DC Associate Albany Allentown Elmira Harrisburgh Hartford Syracuse AFFILIATES Brahmi Jain Society, US and Canada 1. A. A. of Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya, Rochester, NY International Mahavir Jain Mission, US and Canada Jain Adhytmic Academy of N. America, Plano, TX Jain Meditation International Center, US & Canada HEADQUARTERS PO Box 700, Getzville, NY 14068-0700 Phone/Fax: 716/636-5342 Office Hours: 2 pm - 5 pm Mon - Friday. jainahq @jaina.org 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 727/934-6141/3255 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) Ronak Shah 918-269-7665 Chintan Shah 608-217-4807 Young Jain Professional (YJP) Manav Jain 818/360-4178 SOUTHEAST Regular Atlanta Miami Associate Augusta Charlotte Ft. Meyers Jacksonville Memphis Middle Tennessee Morgantown New Orleans Orlando Panama City Beach 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: Two 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, Lata Champsee. We endeavor to publish all letters, space permitting. The JAIN DIGEST reserves the right to edit all material for clarity and/or space. All letters must include the sender's name, address and phone number to be considered for publication.

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SE UEADOWADTCDG NEWS HEADQUARTERS NEWS.... JAINA ANNUAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE & DIRECTORS MEETING SEPTEMBER 28, 2002 SIDDHACHALAM Executive Committee Members: munity services, YJA, YJP, Convention accounts, JAINA Trust, Dr. Bipin Parikh, Anop Vora, Kirit C. Daftary, Sushil Jain, Uday etc. To maintain better control it is necessary to have only one Jain and Mahendra Mehta account. He proposed the following motion on the floor for the Directors: Vinay Vakani, Sudhir M. Shah, Rajan Shah, Kirit discussion, seconded by Anop Vora: "All JAINA related finan cial transaction activities would be under direct supervision of Kapadia, Usha Maru, Manoj Dharamsi, Dilip V. Shah and Kamlesh the JAINA Treasurer. The committee functions will remain same, Amin (Executive Director) except the funds will be accounted separately Committee Chairpersons: Nirmal Dosi, Pravin C. Shah, Rajeev There was a concern that committee's funds should not be used Pandya, and Kamlesh Shah for any other purposes then what was it collected for. It was agreed YJA: Ronak Shah and Suchita Shah that there would not be any changes in the current procedures, Guests: Hans Maru, Dr. Sumti Shah, Naresh Jain, Rekha Parikh, except that all the funds would be deposited in main account and Asha Jain, Vimala V. Vakani, Kanta P. Shah, Kanta Dharamsi, the treasurer would make all disbursements. The chairman of the Pareena Shah, Mamta Shah committee if so desired by the treasurer may issue receipts. After much discussion, Executive Committee approved the motion unanimously. Meeting started with Navkar Mantra, led by Rekhaben Parikh. Anop Vora gave report on Convention activities: Minutes of July 13, 2002 meeting were approved with the Cleveland Sangh will design, build and install the temple at the following corrections: The entrance fees for the seniors were mentioned as $60/pp for the early registration should have been convention center for all pujas at a cost not to exceed $10,000. $90/pp for the early registration. To help bring awareness of the convention and raise funds for President's report: JAINA needs to collect at least $100,000 in the convention posters of the convention event would be made reserve funds to take care of emergency health care of visiting available to all JAIN Centers before Diwali functions. scholars and Jain Sadhus. A Fund raising committee needs to be in Current budget: $755,000 based on paid registration of 4,000. place ASAP Over 60% of the budget is for food, facilities and programming related. He appointed following three committees: Key note speakers: Have asked for the suggestions from various 2003 JAINA Ratna, Recognition and Ahmisa Award committee. JAINA recognizes and awards individuals based on their con centers for keynote speakers. tribution to JAIN community. The committee will evaluate names He requested all directors and regional vice presidents to get sent by all Jain centers. Committee is made up of Co Chairs - active and help raise $200,000. Anop Vora and Dr. Dilip Shah aided by Dr. Mahendra Mehta, Booths will be available to JAINA committee for their exhibits. Mr. Praveen Jain and Suchita Shah. Contact Mr. Ramesh Shah. 2003 JAINA nomination & election committee: Executive Online registration will be available first week of October. committee gets nominated and elected during convention years. We have committed 750 rooms with Crown Plaza, Hyatt and To oversee this process Dr. Vinay K. Jain: Chairperson aided by Hilton hotels at $95/room rate. Dr. Kirit Gosalia, Prem Jain, Mohanbhai Mehta and Dr. Dinesh M. Shah were appointed. Smallest room for speakers would hold 100 people. JAINA Constitutional amendments: Year 1990 was the last Amrendra Muniji: Naresh Jain reported that after spending over time when there were changes made to this. It needs to address 6 weeks at the rehab center, and now at home of Dr. Subhash Jain many issues, few of them are : Formula for directors of JAINA, he is recovering fast. Currently he is undergoing rehab training Directors' positions and their roles with JAINA, Fee structure of twice a week for 2 hours/session. This would be accelerated to various membership of JAINA. JAINA committees - Its creation thrice a week. Our current weekly rehab cost will increase from procedures, charters, missions, goals, longevity, etc., Boundaries $400 to $500. So far we have spent $9,600 at the Forest Rehab of member societies, Internet privacies. This would be a standing center. JAINA has already paid this amount with the contributions center committee, as it will have a longer longevity. Chairperson: Dr. tv Chairperson: Di from various Jain Centers and individuals. He thanked JAINA for Manibhai Mehta, aided by members Dr. Dhiraj Shah, Keshubhai taking lead in raising funds for Amrendra Muniji' medical expenses. Chanderia, Arvind Vora, Pankaj Dalal, Dr. Manoj Dharamasi and Naresh brought Muniji with him, as he wanted to meet JAINA Prem Jain executive board members and others during this annual meeting. Muniji is currently able to walk short distance with the support of Committee's separate accounts: Currently there are several com walker. The situation looks very hopeful. mittees of JAINA, have separate bank accounts like World com JAIN DIGEST- WINTER 2002/3 Jain Education Intemational

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HEADQUARTERS NEWS. Jain Center of New Jersey sponsored the Lunch. Besides this JAINA has sponsored September month for Vaiyavach Membership committee: Mr. Kamlesh Shah, reported receiving of Sadhu and Sadhviji in India. Shri Navkar Sarvar Kendra of following applications for membership in JAINA: Ahmedabad would carry this out. We expect to serve aryuvedic medicine to over 1000 monks in Gujarat area only. Panama City, FL: They meet regularly since 1992. Currently have over 25 members but do not have temple yet. Scholar committee: Nirmal Dosi reported that scholars are not going through JAINA any more. Each of them has their own Jain Society of Lansing, MI. They have over 25 members, but do sponsors. They have been requested to bring insurance from India not have temple yet. before they leave the country. Except for few most of the scholars JAANA-Jain Adhyatma Academy of North America. Their mission are not insured. We have lined up information about insurance was to spread the word of Mahavir to all Jains and distribute Jain companies in India and US. All of this information will be sent to books and publications at no charge. all scholars through their local sponsors. The newly appointed International Jain Sangh: They have over 100 members and they insurance task force would look into covering existing conditions meet regularly, but do not have a temple yet. and evaluation of various affordable insurance policies. Anop Vora Mr. Mahendra Shah, President of Philadelphia Hindu Jain Sangh appointed Dr. Sulekh Jain, as chair this task force. Dr. Sushil Jain, Kirit C. Daftary, Nirmal Dosi and Pravin Vakani will aid him. submitted their application and the fees for JAINA membership. They will be admitted as member upon receipt of the by laws and Mr. Vakani is health insurance agent who can help us identify and evaluate various possibilities. With this information there is no charter per earlier resolution of March 2002 executive committee reason for any scholars to be under or uninsured. meeting in Chicago. Chairman assured us that he would submit guidelines and Public Policy: Dr. Sushil Jain pointed out that under new legislation, churches can now support or oppose political requirements of JAINA membership for acceptance by the executive candidates. The question remains should we speak up or remain committee. All above application were accepted unanimously. quiet? For example, IF a candidate supports display of 10 YJA report by Ronak Shah and Suchita Shah: They were able to commandments in the public building only, then we don't want accommodate only 800 youths from total application of 1,000+ , to support such candidates. We much rather support candidates youths. They had over 16 sessions, various workshops and social cial who promotes religious freedom. We could even hold fundraiser activities. At the request of JAINA executive committee their initial for candidates who believe in our issues and causes. Such practices budget of $450,000 was reduced to $325,000 without sacrificing ut sacrificing were not allowed in the past. In the same fashion, if we were to quality or the content. They felt they might have made over join political organization and if the candidate endorsed by the $90,000+ profit. This was achieved by cost cutting and aggressive organization may or may not be supporter of Jain principles and fund raising campaign. 40% of the profit will go to local New beliefs. For example promoting of slaughterhouse would be a big beliefs. For example Jersey Sanghs. They will spend the money for the youth activities. issue with us. In such a circumstances it would be difficult for YJA's goals are as follows: JAINA to misalign them selves from such organization in the Regional conferences: To increase the participation at the local middle of the game plan. Dr. Sushil Jain proposed a motion that level, and reduce the time between conventions, they would like JAINA should not become member of any political organization to hold six regional conferences. The local sanghs would have to such as NFIA and others. Anop Vora seconded this motion. The pick up part of the cost. Some shortfall may come from the vote was unanimous and the resolution was approved. Dr. Bipin convention surpluses. Parekh pointed out that our constitution does not allow us to get Veeraytan: They want to send 20 volunteers to work with Veeravtan. involved in Political activities. The total air and land cost will be about $1,000 pp. YJA will be Education Committee: The first set of 2000 CD has been willing to subsidize $200, if Jain Sangh would subsidize $600 so distributed and order of second set of 2000 copies is already in the final cost to youth will be $200. works. Their first phase of having Pathshala material is already Habitat for Humanity: They would build house with habitat for completed. They are now in their phase II. This involves adding Sutras and Stavans, curriculum enhancements and continual humanity agencies. refinement of the material. They would like to see that they add They agreed to help JAINA raise funds for their 2003 convention. teachers aid and have more of training workshops. Deadline for Temple Committee Guideline: Fourteen members were added to the phase II is currently set for September 2003. They feel that this committee with the following tasks: even though the CD have gone out, but now we have to make Teerthodhar Committee: Kirit Daftary reported collecting over them use it on a regular basis. They will also make sure that there $15,000 from various Jain Centers and JAINA trust. JAINA has are sutras of all three traditions to make sure that all benefit by its paid off $9,500 worth of bills. We are expecting additional bills of publications. at least $15,000 more from the rehab center and equipment. Minutes prepared by Kirit C. Daftary, Secretary, JAINA 4/ JAIN DIGEST. WINTER 2002

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2003 HIIMIIITY con 12th Biennial JAINA convention July 3-6, 2003, Cincinnati Hosted by: JAIN CENTER OF CINCINNATI & DAYTON Jainism...the Art of Living anlal Live and Let Live parasparopagraha jIvAnAm la iz Dear Jain Member, November 20, 2002 Jai Jinendra! The Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA) with host Jain Center of Cincinnati & Dayton is pleased to provide details on the 12ch Biennial Jaina Convention to be held at the Greater Cincinnati Convention Center from July 3-6, 2003. The theme of the convention is Jainism: the Art of Living and celebrates the religious and cultural aspects of our everyday lives. CONVENTION BOARD Convener First VP JAINA Anop Vora 585-473-9290 Co-convener Dr. Surendra Singhvi 937-885-7414 Co-convener Soha Shah 937-773-3906 Board Members JAINA President Dr. Bipin Parikh 847-699-1294 Dr. Mahesh Shah 937-836-8080 Keerti Shah 630-837-8716 Samprati Shah 847-524-0463 The preparation is underway at full speed with only months to go! Each committee is working to make this the best most memorable convention ever. The local Mahila Mandal is designing decorations to take advantage of the Cincinnati Convention Center. For the first time this year a quilt with panels from the various Jain Centers in North America will be on display. During the day, there are a variety of speakers and seminars to expound on our knowledge of Jainism and how it applies to every aspect of our daily lives, from yoga & meditation sessions to cooking to hearing from Jain entrepreneurs and educators. To balance the day, the evenings will offer a showcase of culture for all ages from garba to a variety show to professional groups from India as well as for the first time, Night Rhythms. The Youth committee has been extremely active. Another first for this convention is the service project. There will also be sessions by the youth for the youth and college related seminars to share our experiences with one another. The older youth will be able to share their experiences with the younger youth and show how the principles of Jainism can be practiced. In keeping with tradition, the temple committee will dazzle the convention attendees with a beautiful rachna (model) of Shatrunjay Tirth. The promise of mouthwatering meals will keep convention goers coming back for seconds as the food committee finalizes the preparations. To maintain the freshness and aroma, most of the food will be cooked on site daily by a team of cooks that will arrive in Cincinnati, specifically for this event. Each meal will have a choice of Indian or Western food including the availability of vegan food. JAINA Executive Committee Secretary Kirit Daftary Treasurer Girish Shah VP Canada Lata Champasee VP Southwest Udai Jain VP Midwest Ila Mehta VP West Hasendra Shah VP Southeast Mahendra Mehta VP Northeast Dr. Sushil Jain Past President Dr. Mahendra Pandya Registration information: rates and forms, for the 2003 JAINA Convention are included in this publication for convenience. Online registration is also available at www.jainaconvention.org along with many of the details of the convention. We encourage each and every one of you to take advantage of the early bird registration savings and register now! This will ensure the success of our convention. Please visit our website, www.jainaconvention.org, for up-to-date information about the convention. We are always open to the comments and suggestions to make this a "must attend" event for the whole family. Please contact any of the committee members listed in this publication. We cordially invite you all to attend ONE OF THE BEST CONVENTIONS EVER and intend to leave you with a lifetime of pleasant memories! We look forward to seeing you in Cincinnati!! Mr. Anop Vora Convener Dr. Surendra Singhvi Co-Convener Ms. Soha Shah Co-Convener Jain Education Intemational JAIN DIGEST. WINTER 2002/5

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////////////// Y= HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPCOMING CONVENTION: Programs for all ages Programs in all languages (English, Gujarati, Hindi) Sadhus, Munis, scholars and dignitaries to speak in general session, panel discussion and break out sessions. * Debates, discussions, seminars and workshops Cultural program (Group dances, group songs, Solo/Duet songs, Skits) with Jain Centers of N. America participating Professional entertainment programs and Bhavna to be performed by professional artists from India Jain Networking Forum (JNF) formerly known as MIS Alumni reunions // 12th Biennial JAINA Convention July 3-6, 2003, Cincinnati, Ch Jain art and exhibits Daily Pratikraman, Yoga and Meditation classes Businessmen's opportunities to explore Workshops on women's issues Creation of Temple Youth programs including seminars, discussions, and fun activities. Dinner Theatre for youth members. Sit back and enjoy Fresh meals cooked at convention hall daily by a team of 30 cooks who are flying in specifically for this convention. Food available all the time to maximize flexibility in family and personal schedules. Family/Group photographs/videos will be available via a professional cameraman Many exhibition & commercial booths for learning and shopping opportunities JAINA Quilt: Share the unique aspects of your JAIN Center with the attendees at the 2003 Convention. A quilt that identifies all Jain Centers around the nation will be created and displayed CME Medical Seminar Jain, Vegan, and Western Vegetarian cuisine will be served during the convention. To find out how your Jain Center can participate, contact Ranjan Punatar at punatar@hotmail.com Daily Puja // Jain EJAIN DIGEST WINTER 2002 FOR THE FIRST TIME: JAINA YOUTH 2003 JAINA Com Elegant but short opening ceremony Senior citizens to be honored at the opening ceremony Youth Service Project Senior Citizen Workshops Official breaks for all, each day with surveys and drawings Social Dinner-First day, Welcome Reception Dinner-second day, and Exhibitor's reception dinner-third day Professional Development Series, Career Fair and Personal Development workshops "Night Rhythms" for youth members. Come dance to the beat of any drummer you choose: Reggae, Hip Hop, Bhangra/Hindi or Latin/Salsa 4721 Age Specific Seminars and sessions (8-12 Years, 13-17 Years, 18 and UP) Jain Networking Forum (JNF): New and Improved, more Participant Friendly Youth Service Project Saturday morning: Volunteering at several different non-profit organizations doing a variety of things including: Stocking shelves, re-packaging food items, painting, basic construction, clean-up organization, recording children's books for the less fortunate. All transportation will be provided. Requests on what to bring will be forwarded in the future issues. Dinner Theatre: Evening dinner entertainment for youth including: Comedian, and One act plays, and more. Night Rhythms: Night of live music, dancing, and mingling on a "street" of different music genres, dancing lessons, coffee & beverage cafes, street performers and so much more. Jain Academic Bowl (JAB): Challenge your mind in the arena of Jainism. Go head to head in a non-threatening competition with teams throughout North America and the world. Professional Discoverment: Learn about the "real world." Open your mind to new and exciting careers. Brush up your interview techniques and your resumes.

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# JAINA 2003 Convention Board Convener Co-convener Co-convener Co-convener Member Member Member Member Fundraising Facility & Hospitality Registration Local Convention Committee Committee Name Finance & Accounting Vijay Doshi Sumi Chordia Dilip Punatar Program & VIP Invitation Youth Food Services Souvenir & Exhibit 12th Biennial JAINA Convention July 3-6, 2003, Cincinnati, Ch Temple Tour & Puja Publicity & Marketing CONTACT INFORMATION: Name Anop Vora Dr. Surendra Singhvi Soha Shah Dilip Punatar Dr. Bipin Parikh Keerti Shah Samprati Shah Dr. Mahesh Shah Bhavin Shah Ruchi Shah Vir Singh Jain Pravin Shah Dr. Vinod Jain Ashwin Parekh Communication & Planning Panna Chordia Gita Pancholy Harshad Shah Ad-Hoc Jayantilal Shah Damaroo Shah Vina Jhaveri Jyoti Singhvi Dr. Mahesh Shah Mahendra Vora Mayank Shah Haren Punatar Nikki Shah Vina Shah Haresh Hemani Pramod Jhaveri Prem Jain Kishor Parekh Vijay Doshi Dr. Chandra Varia Dr. Tansukh Salgia Jayshree Dutt Volunteer Coordinator Kishor Parekh Names in Bold are Contacts for each committee Jain Education Intemational Phone 585-473-9290 937-885-7414 937-773-3906 937-848-3228 847-699-1294 630-837-8716 847-524-0463 937-836-8080 Phone 513-779-2112 937-291-0909 937-848-3228 937-773-3906 937-773-3906 513-984-0637 773-288-1098 937-836-8080 513-759-5007 937-773-3906 937-848-3228 513-754-0512 513-851-3975 937-773-3906 513-769-7964 513-984-9553 937-435-9950 513-860-9839 937-291-0909 937-339-7322 513-792-9909 513-271-0383 513-671-2217 513-984-0637 937-436-2800 513-984-9739 513-779-2112 606-285-9575 614-899-2678 513-336-9909 513-984-9739 e-mail FirstVP@JAINA.org ssinghvi@yahoo.com sohashah@hotmail.com dilip_punatar@hotmail.com president@jaina.org knshah@att.net Samprati.shah@att.net mmshah@aol.com e-mail vkdoshi@fuse.net chordias@hotmail.com Punatar@hotmail.com Jkshah1918@yahoo.com damarooshah@hotmail.com Vina787@hotmail.com jyotisinghvi@yahoo.com mmshah@aol.com mvora@intelliseek.com shah@woh.rr.com harenpunatar@hotmail.com shahnikki@hotmail.com Bhavin.shah@delphiauto.com ruchis@rocketmail.com royalgems@zoomtown.com pravin@99up.com Vinod.jain@notes.udayton.edu parekhash@aol.com Jaina2003@hotmail.com gpancholy@yahoo.com Mahavir23@hotmail.com Vina727@hotmail.com 4cs@fuse.net Diamondpj007@hotmail.com premjain@aol.com ksparekh@one.net vkdoshi@fuse.net 606-285-9223 (fax) tsalgia@att.net jgdutt@hotmail.com ksparkeh@one.net JAINA 20 2003 Con 1891 4321 JAIN DIGEST WINTER 2002/7

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200 12th Biennial JAINA Convention July 3-6, 2003, Cincinnati, Ch FUND RAISING Show Your Generosity and Love to Jainism. We cannot charge exorbitant fees and turn away a large segment of our Jain population and youth, we depend upon your donation. Help us to keep the tradition of Jainism through generations. See our newly created Temple at site. All Sanghpati, Grand Patrons, Patron, Grand Benefactors, Benefactors and Sponsors will receive special preference in Seating, Registration & Accommodation OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS: SANGHPATI $50,000 (Usually 1, unless multiple families decide to share) Sponsors for Events $25.000 Leading the Opening Procession Seating with dignitaries on a stage in the opening ceremony Short speech to audience Recognition in the Opening and Closing sessions Special badges/Gold Sash/Gold Lapel Pin Picture and message (letter) in the Souvenir Book Jain Centers or individual donors will be recognized by a banner at the event hall, in opening ceremony, and in the souvenir book Sponsors for Scholars $1,000 Recognition in Souvenir Friends $500 Recognition in Souvenir $15 GRAND PATRONS $15,000 One morning session, seating with dignitaries on a stage Recognition in morning session on the stage Special badges/Silver Sash/Gold Lapel Pin Picture in the Souvenir Book Temple opening Ceremony and Aarti $15000 24 Deri Divo and Aarti $500 each Each Pooja Kumarpal Aarti and Procession Ghee Boli. $125 PHYSICIANS CME CONFERENCE PATRONS $10,000 (Swamivachhal Jaman) Banner on a dinning hall recognizing the patron for the donation Recognition in morning session on the stage Special badges/Silver Sash/Gold Lapel Pin Picture in the Souvenir Book "Physicians-Good News. There will be CME (continuing medical education) for physicians and health care professionals. Please fill registration form for CME. For more information call Dr. Hemant Shah 937-885-1842 or Dr. Mahesh Shah 937-836-8080 Grand Benefactors $5,000 Recognition in morning session Special badges/Gold Lapel Pin Picture in the Souvenir Book Registration form is available on www.jainaconvention.org Benefactors $2,000 Recognition in morning session Special badges, Picture in the Souvenir Book Mail To: Hemant Shah MD, CME, Coordinator 10607 Chestnut Hill Lane, Dayton, OH 45458 Phone: 937-885-1842 FAX: 937-439-3786 EMAIL: HEMANTSHAHMD@YAHOO.COM Sponsors_$1,000 Recognition in morning session Picture in the Souvenir Book Jain EdB/JAIN DIGEST WINTER 2002

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12th Biennial JAINA Convention July 3-6, 2003, Cincinnati, Ch HOSPITALITY 1. Hotels listed and the convention center are located within 20 minutes of the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport. 2. Please mention, "The JAINA Convention" when making reservations to receive the reduced rate at the hotels listed based on availability. 3. The hotels are all connected to the convention center via the Skywalk. CONVENTION CENTRE: Cincinnati Convention Center 525 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 Tel: 513.352.3750, Fax: 513.352.6226 HILTON CINCINNATI NETHERLAND PLAZA AAA rating: 4 Star 35 W. 5th Street Cincinnati, OH 45202 Rate : $95+tax, Upto 4 people per room Ph: (513)-421-9100, Toll Free: 1-800-445-8667 HOTEL INFORMATION: HYATT REGENCY AAA Rating: 4 Star 151 W. Fifth St., Cincinnati, OH 45202 Rate : $95+tax, Upto 4 people per room Ph: (513)-579-1234, Toll Free: 1-800-233-1234 * A small portion of hotel rate may benefit JAINA Convention CROWNE PLAZA AAA Rating : 3 Star 15 W. Sixth St., Cincinnati, OH 45202 Rate : $89 + tax, Upto 4 people per room Ph: (513)-381-4000, Toll Free: 1-888-279-8260 INVITATION TO RENT A BOOTH At the Convention, we are planning to have an exhibition dealing with different products. The number of exhibitors associated with a specific type of product will be limited. We will serve snacks in the exhibition hall twice a day to increase traffic in the hall. Rates for booths will be as follows: . You can not display any products or conduct business at the booth, which violates the basic principles of Jainism. The selection committee will use its judgment and may reject the application. * A formal contract shall be sent to you, which will include rules, regulations, terms, and conditions, and application form for additional furniture, janitorial services and power supply requirements. Corner booth $1250 (not available to non-profit organizations) Other than corner booths: $1000 Non-profit organizations: $550 (Non-Jains) Non-profit organizations: $300 (Jains only) * All booths and locations will be allotted on a first-come-first- serve basis. * Floor plan is available. * Registration to the convention is mandatory for all exhibitors. Complimentary registration for two persons will be provided for all reservations received before January 31, 2003, after which registration, @ $90.00/person, to the convention will be the responsibility of the exhibitor. * All the booths will include the following in the basic price: (1) 10 x 10 ft booth space, (2) one 8 ft skirted table, (3) two Chairs, and (4) Organization name. Name of Organization Contact Phone No: Fax: E-mail Nature of Business Summary of merchandise to be displayed and sold__ _Booth Preferences: Choice 1 ) Choice 2 (Choice 3() Number of persons registering for the convention Make the check payable to JAINA Convention 2003 Please send this form along with your check to: Vinod K. Jain, 1045 Hyde Park Dr., Dayton, OH 45429-5851 Ph:(937) 435-9950, E-mail: vinod.jain@notes.udayton.edu Jain Education Intemational JAIN DIGEST- WINTER 2002/9

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12th Biennial JAINA Convention July 3-6, 2003, Cincinnati, Ch Tuot SOUVENIR BOOK The theme of the Convention is Jainism: the Art of Living. We are planning to publish a Souvenir book, consisting of articles on various aspects of Jainism. We invite you to submit an article, no longer than 1500 words, in English, Hindi, or Gujarati some of the suggested topics are listed below. For complete list of topics and other relevant information on submitting article and to place an advertisement please log on to www.jainaconvention.org SOLICITATION FOR AN AD LIST OF SUGGESTED TOPICS: We request you to submit an advertisement for this Souvenir 1. Jainism from Lord Rishabhadev to Lord Mahavir book. The following rates apply for placing an advertisement: 2. Development of Jain Literature 3. Jainism and World Peace Back page (color only) = $ 4500.00 4. Jainism and the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inside covers = $ 3500 (color only) 5. Do Plants have Souls - Why do Jains eat vegetables? Full page = $ 1500 for color Why should Jainism be designated a Minority Religion in India - Historical Facts and Fallacies Full page = $ 1000 for B&W The Role of Jain Elders in Modern Society Half page = $ 600 Can Ahinsa bring peace in a world plagued by terrorism? Quarter page = $ 400 Should Jain faith participate in interfaith dialogues? What are the pros, Business card = $ 250 cons, and the proper approach whereby Jains can respect all faiths while standing for Jain principles? We would appreciate your support and promote your business 10. What are the common elements that bring all religious faiths together? among our community by placing an ad. Please send your 11. Love and compassion for animals - why do people eat non-vege food? Camera Ready Copy of the Advertisement along with check 12. Jainism and Ecology payable to Jaina Convention 2003 to Dr. Vinod K. Jain 13. To be or not to be a nonviolent person. Cause and effect. 14. Role of women in Jain households and Jain society. Deadline: January 31, 2003 15. What can we learn from our religious moral stories? 16. Jain stories for young children. "Chalo Palitana (Cincinnati) Jaiye" 17. Anekantavad, Syadvad, and Nayavad. 18. Jain arts, music and architecture. For Jains, Palitana Tirth has unparalleled attraction for num19. History of Jainism in North America ber of reasons: 20. Concept of soul in Jainism 21. Jain theory of karma-how is it different from other concepts of "destiny"? *First Tirthankar Rishabhadev visited this place 99 times. 22. Jain ethical values. Except Neminath other 23 Tirthankars delivered their 23. Importance of yoga and meditation from the Jain point of view. first Sermon at this place. 24. The Anuvratas: how casy to practice and benefit to the society at large. *It is considered "Siddhashetra' of all times by Agamas. 25. Is there is salvation of woman in Jainism, why or why not? 26. What is required in general for a female to lead the Jain community? It has nine hill- tops and consists of 108 large temples 27. Understanding and respecting the various sects of Jainism. and 872 small shrines, with some 7000 images of Shri Jina, 28. How good affects human behavior from food we eat. all temples consisting of such lovely architecture. 29. Jain cosmology and cosmography - What validity, in the space age? Jain Society of Greater Cleveland has started to create 30. Is there a hell and a heaven? Can we prove it with the help of astronomy? 31. What are the role, duties and responsibilities of Jain monks and nuns the Mountain of Shatrunjaya at the convention. More than in the western world? 30 volunteers have started working on this project. 32. Jainism and Investing in Unethical and Socially Irresponsible business? You will see the beauty of the mountain, trees, and shrub33. Courage to be different, to be Jain, to remain Jain in Western culture. bery in the backdrop of blue skies. Also you will hear the 34. Developing inner power from Jainism to cope with lures and deceits music of water streams running down the mountain. With in modern age. Send your aricle and or ad to Dr. Vinod K. Jain, 1045 creative lighting, ambiance created will arouse the feelings of holiness and reverence. Just sit quietly in the front of this Hyde Park Dr, Dayton, OH 45429-5851 Tirth Model and you can sing "Stavans", do "Chaityavandan", Phone: (937) 435-9950 E-mail: meditate or whatever your heart desires! vinod.jain@notes.udayton.edu Jain ECHOFUAIN DIGEST WINTER 2002

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JULY 3-6, 2003 Home Phone STEP 1: CONTACT INFORMATION: This information must be completed in order to receive your registration confirmation. Address: Street/ Apt# State/Province Postal Zip Code City Last Name First Name JAINISM: THE ART OF LIVING 12TH BIENNIAL JAINA CONVENTION Fax JAINA CONVENTION 2003 PO BOX 778 MASON, OH 45040-0778 STEP 2: PRIMARY AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS: For all members including primary individual, please specify the activity preferred and the Total Fees per person in the far right column. Date of birth is MANDATORY. INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION Date of Birth FEES MM/DD/YYYY from chart in Step 3 JAIN NETWORKING FORUM ($55/Person) SERVICE PROJECT (Age 13-35) (FREE) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Day Care needed Yes No TOTAL REGISTRATION FORM: Register online at www.jainaconvention.org Sex M/F Please make your check (US$) payable to: JAINA CONVENTION 2003. Mail registration form and check to: EMAIL: registration@jainaconvention.org PHONE: 937-848-3228 Number of attendees requesting VEGAN food for all four days APR 16 to JUN 15th JUN 16th to JUL 06th STEP 3: INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION FEES: Please choose the correct fee amount from the chart below. EARLY BIRD JAN 16th to JAN 15th FREE US $60.00 US $90.00 CHILDREN (UP TO AGE 5) YOUTH (AGE 6 UP TO AGE 17) APR 15th FREE FREE FREE US $80.00 US $100.00 US $120.00 ADULTS (AGE 18 & UP) US $110.00 US $130.00 US $150.00 Cancellation charges based on $50.00 or 25% NO REFUND TOTAL FEES per person from STEP 2. (whichever is higher) Postmark of registration form will determine applicable registration fees Email CINCINNATI, OHIO Country/Region Post Mark Date: Amount: ALL YOUTH ACTIVITIES (Age 13-35) ($45/Person) Yes Yes STEP 4: SIGNATURE: Primary registrant must sign and date below. * On site registration begins at 12:30pm on Thursday, July 3rd, 2003. CASH, CHECKS and CREDIT CARDS will be accepted during onsite registration. Most programs will be at the Cincinnati Convention Center. Check No: TOTAL REGISTRATION FEES FROM STEP 2 DONATION TOTAL AMOUNT (US $) TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED FROM STEP 3: Charge my: Master Card Visa Card #: ttttILILIL Discover ######||__ *CVV Code:L Name of Cardholder: Signature: Exp. Date: *CVV Code is the last three numbers on back of credit card. * Those members planning to attend the JNF activities must complete the attached JNF Registration Form and mail with Convention Registration Form. * Tickets for Service Project are FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. Deadline for registering: April 30th, 2003. Liability waivers must be signed at the convention center by all participants. Parent or legal guardian must sign liability waiver if participant is under 18 years of age. * Youth activities include Dinner Theater, Night Rhythms and Service Project. TOTAL FEES ($/person) Receipt of confirmed registration will be mailed or emailed to you. Registration payment receipt will be mailed by December 2003. Registrant must bring confirmation letter and picture ID to registration desk to collect registration material. * * Bounced checks will incur a $25.00 additional fee. All credit card transactions will be done online by Registration Committee. ABSOLUTELY NO REFUNDS will be given after June 15, 2003 or at the Convention for registration charges. ABSOLUTELY NO REFUNDS will be given for JNF and Youth activities * JAINA and the Jain Center of Cincinnati-Dayton are not responsible for loss, injury or damage of any kind to registrants and or guests. SIGNATURE OF PRIMARY REGISTRANT: DATE: Would you like to receive the monthly email concerning information about the 2003 Convention and future conventions? Registration ID: Updated DB: Checked By: Official Use Only: JAIN DIGEST. WINTER 2002/11

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COMMITTEE NEWS..... TEERTHODHAR COMMITTEE Teerthodhar Committee was the sole sponsor for the entire month of September 2002 for the Sadhu Vaiyavach activity. Shri Navkar Sarvar Kendra visited Shankeshwar, Patan, Mehsana, Khambat, Limbdi, Surat, Rajkot, Ratanpur, Vadhwan and surrounding areas with their Vaidraj and Hadvaidya. Here is the overview of number of Sadhu-Sadhviji who received various medical treatments: Aryuvedic Medicine: Orthopedic Treatment: Eye Camp: 460 + 150+ 128 Sadhu-Sadhviji's received eye treatment and prescription glasses. Items Donated to Sadhu Sadhviji: Hot water begs, water bag, Kneecap, mosquito net, Almond oil, Balm, and wheel chairs. REIKIE CAMP: "Reikie" is very important for Sadhu Sadhviji who may be traveling or are in small towns where there is no medical facility. "Reikie" is the best help during such times. Two days each of first and second degree Reikie "Atmik Shakti" kiran chikitsa camp was attended by 60 Sadhu-Sadhviji. They felt that this would help them and others for the healing purpose. AMENDER MUNIJI: As you know Muniji suffered quite a serious stroke around June 25, 2002. With the blessings and support of good souls, we have been able to pull him out from the danger. He is recovering very well but not yet ready for his preaching routine. JAINA has paid for his medical expenses of $9,600. International Jain Sangh has played very important role in looking after his health. They are paying for their rehab equipment, therapy and medicines. For more information please contact Kirit C.Daftary, @254-776-4209 or netrat@att.net Vardhman Nagar Progress Report: Below is latest status of our project in Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat 8 units 108 units 39 units Finish work in progress Completed up to slab level Completed up to lintel level Completed up to sill level Completed up to coping Completed up to plinth 59 units 36 units units Total SAMET SIKHARJI PILGRIMAGE JANUARY 18 - FEBRUARY 2, 2003 JAINA is very happy to announce once again a pilgrimage to Samet Sikhar and nearby Tirths. This 16 day Yatra of many holly places is in cooperation with Veerayatan. Samet Sikhar is where 20 Tirthankars of Vartman Chauvisi attained Salvation (Nirvana). Traveling through Bihar has always been considered a difficult endeavor and a Sangh Yatra is the only real choice for most people. 12/JAIN DIGEST WINTER 2002 For those of us living in North America this is a rare opportunity to join a Sangh to Samet Sikharji and other nearby Tirths. We also plan to visit Temples of Delhi, Shouryapuri (Agra). Aligadh (KanjiSwami Ashram), Ayodhya, Banaras, Rajgir, Guniyaji, Pawapuri, Kundalpur. Lachhwad (Kshatriyakund), Champapuri and Bodhigaya. Registration will be will be first come first served basis. We expect that Yatra will be fully subscribed. Many of you have inquired if a relative or friend living in India could join our Yatra. Our planned capacity for this Yatra is 160. We will be happy to include your relatives, if we have any space. In addition to the above-mentioned temples, we will be spending 2 nights at Veerayatan. At Veerayatan, Yatris will get a chance to see "Compassion in Action" - message of Mahavir put in practice by Acharya Chandanaji and others. Sadhvijis of Veerayatan are in the poorest region of the country. In Lachhwad, we will be visiting school built with donations from JAINA Yatris of 2001 and is being managed by Veerayatan. Our tentative date for starting of the yatra from Delhi is January 18. Our Yatra will end in Patna on the evening of February 2. We will be traveling by Air-conditioned train and we hope to charter a special train if we have sufficient number of Yatris. The cost of the land portion of the pilgrimage within India is US$990. This includes all traveling within India by bus or train, accommodation in hotels or Dharmsala, tips, $30 registration fee and all the meals. $100.00 of the $990 will be earmarked for "Yatra Fund". The Yatra Fund will be used for donations to temples and institutions we visit. METRO TRAVEL of Iselin, NJ has offered a special airfare from New York, Newark or Chicago on Air India of $890 including taxes. Call Kalpana at METRO TRAVEL 732-283-0200. or meet us in New Delhi on the morning of the 18th January. For further information please call Anil Shah, 18 Stout Ct., East Brunswick, NJ 08816, Telephone: (732) 651-8734 6 Please do not purchase air tickets until you receive a written confirmation from JAINA that you have been booked for the Yatra. 250 They are planning for construction of dispensary and school You must check with your travel agent regarding refund policy for building in 3rd or 4th week of Nov. 2002. the airfare. Dilip V Shah, Philadelphia, PA R. C. Shah, Secretary, Vardhman Nagar Owners' Association

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BIDADA SARVODAYA TRUST COMMITTEE NEWS... WHY SHOULD YOU BECOME A LIFE MEMBER OF JAIN DIGEST Bidada Sarvodaya Trust in BIDADA, Kutch (Gujarat) is a success story of unparalleled magnitude. Twenty-eight camps have been completed successfully so far. Over 2.0 million patients have been treated at NO COST to them at these ANNUAL camps. The camp attracts patients from over 900 villages in Kutch; patients come to these camps from villages as far as 50 miles away. In the past more than 80 doctors and volunteers from USA and over 200 doctors and volunteers from Bombay have come together and donated their time, talents and their expertise to these camps. "Wheels of Hope"- A JAINA Medical Equipment and Supplies program provides Surgical, Laboratory, and Operating room supplies. This program has also provided beds, mattresses, wheel chairs, walkers and crutches for the disabled and the handicapped. What are the reasons for tremendous success of this camp? Vijay Chheda, their US based trustee summarizes it below: * Professional environment and plenty of help from Paramedical, Lab technicians, and Nurses Loyalty from a number of doctors from USA; some of them have been attending the camp for the last 10 years. Patients requiring major surgeries are transferred to Mumbai. The trust provides all treatments free of charge including surgeries in Mumbai. Patients treated at the camp are given regular follow-up examinations even after completion of the camp. Tremendous facilities provided for the Doctors, Volunteers, and the patients Results and success stories from the camp are communicated to over 2000 people!! The 29th Medical and Dental camp starting January 2nd through January 18th, 2003, will cover 22 medical specialties. It is estimated to serve more than 18,000 patients and perform over 700 surgeries. This year there is a special focus and concentration on children's problems and diseases. We encourage you strongly to experience this camp in person by visiting this professional facility once while visiting India. You will be very happy, richly rewarded and blessed by donating your talents, expertise and a bit of your time to help the poor, the sick and the disabled! For further information please contact: Dr. Manibhai Mehta (714) 898-3156 manilal.b. Mehta@kp.org Vijay Chheda (714) 573-1324 vijaychheda@hotmail.com Dr. Shanti Kenia (413) 562-7737 kenial@aol.com Dr. Dhiraj Shah (716) 773-1314 Dr. Jaya Shah (440) 442-4596 Dr. Chandra Haria (330) 225-2923 Jain digest a quarterly magazine of the Jain community of North America is a lifeline to Jains living in North America It reaches to every Jain in North America free of charge since 1985. It provides the news about activities of all 61 Jain Centers of North America and their members. It educates us in the field of religion by publishing religious articles. It provides us the news about the activities of our youth. It also brings together Jain Youth of marriage age by publishing a matrimonial column. It publishes news about Jains living in other parts of world and particularly in India. The most important task of Jain Digest is to provide identity to Jains. Each issue of JAIN DIGEST is a result of love for scores of volunteers. The editor in chier is assisted by regional edito associate editors, regular and guest columnist all living in different part of continent. They all work by fax, phones and E-mail to put together a snapshot of our community in timely fashion producing the most visible evidence of unity among Jains of North America. Without pining monetary value on time and efforts of the volunteers, it costs about $40,000 per year to publish four issues of Jain Digest and send to every family in North America and Jain Sanghs abroad free of charge. The JAINA has created endowment fund for this purpose. So far $75,000 has been collected in this fund from Jain families who have contributed by becoming a life member of Jain Digest. The principle of endowment fund is never used to support Jain Digest, only the interest income is taken out every year to support Jain Digest. At the moment it amounts to about $4000 per year. Advertisement brings about another $6000 per year leaving $30,000 deficit per year. JAINA is committed to continue quarterly publication of Jain Digest free of charge by raising funds from generous donors. We don't know how long these donors will continue to subsidize Jain Digest. Therefore it is essential for all of us to become a life member of Jain Digest, by contributing tax deductible donation of $151.00. It will assure all of us and our future generations to continue to receive Jain Digest and help us and our youth to maintain our Jain identity and to be proud Jain. Please fill out the Jain Digest Membership Form and mail it along with $151.00 check to Keerti Shah, at 842, Lakeside Drive, Bartlett, Illinois 601034718, Tel. 630-837-8716. Keerti Shah Membership Director, Jain Digest Jain Education Intemational JAIN DIGEST. WINTER 2002/13

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ORAVA JAINA DIGEST LIFE MEMBERSHIP LIST.... This is a list of new Jain Digest life mem- bers whose dues were received up to October 31, 20002 1 Adani, Bhavesh & Malini Edison, NJ 2 Amin, Sudhir & Taru Aurora, IL 3 Anagol, Shrikant & Manjari Glendale, CA 4 Bafna, Mohan & Kamala Morel& Hills, OH 5 Baid, Kushal & Jyoti Concord, OH 6 Bapna, Chhagan & Indu Solon, OH 7 Bavishi, Sevanti & Hasumati Naperville, IL 8 Bedmutha, Shanti & Sobha East Amherst, NY 9 Bhachawat, Virendra & Sushila Canton, OH 10 Bhaiji, Kushal & Piyush North Royalton, OH 11 Bhakta, Dinkar & Manjula Muleshoe, TX 12 Bhakta, Hasmukh & Sarla Lubbock, TX 13 Bhakta, Rambhai Odem, TX 14 Bhalgat, Kanaiyalal & Leela Flint, MI 15 Bh&ari, Devendra & Madhu Sugar L&, TX 16 Bh&ari, Ramesh & Shukriya Vestal, NY 17 Bh&ari, Vijay & Trinidad Williamsville, NY 18 Bh&ari, Y & Jyotsna Shorthills, NJ 19 Bh&ari, Yash & Sunayana Olathe, KS 20 Bhansali, Parag & Saloni Pt. Verda Beach, FL 21 Bhavsar, Indravadan & Saroj Lawrenville, GA 22 Bhavsar, Rajeev & Falguni Dublin, CA 23 Bhayani, Bipin & Bharti Bourbonnais, IL 24 Bhayani, Chandra & Kiran Salt Lake City, UT 25 Bhayani, Hemant & Hansa Lockport, NY 26 Bhimani, Nitin & Indira Caledonia, MI 27 Bhuta, Ishwar & Usha Montgomery, AL 28 Bohra, Bahadur & Leela Dearborn, MI 29 Chhadva, Pradip & Rashmi Weston, FL 30 Chheda, Girish & Kokila East Amherst, NY 31 Chheda, Vasant & Shobha Effingham, IL 32 Chheda, Vijay & Madhu Tustin, CA 33 Chikani, Kishor & Varsha Niles, IL 34 Choksi, Ashok & Urmila Baton Rouge, LA 35 Choksi, Pravin & Kalpanasi Livonia, MI 36 Daftary, Ashok & Usha Plano, TX 37 Daftary, Guatam & Sweta Dallas, TX 38 Daftary, Kirit & Pramila Waco, TX 39 Daga, Rajeev & Nita Sugarl&, TX 40 Dalal, Ashok & Deepika Cooper City, FL 41 Dalal, Bipin J. & Anjana Fairfield, CT 42 Dalal, Fakirch& & Manju Lanham, MD 43 D&, Shantu D. Big Bear City, CA 44 D'archehengelo, John & Smita Buffalo, NY 45 Daulat, Bhalch&ra & Veena Dallas, TX 46 Dedhia, Harakh & Anuja Morgantown, WV 47 Dedhia, Harakh & Jayawanti New Orleans LA 48 Dedhia, Harilal & Ranjan Anaheim, CA 49 Dedhia, Navin S. San Jose, CA 50 Deliwala, Bhupendra & Pallavi Oviedo, FL 51 Desai, Anil & Meera Fort Myers, FL 52 Desai, Jawahar & Renuka Roseville, CA 53 Desai, Kantilal & Nilam Dallas, TX 54 Desai, Rajesh & Nita Houston, TX 55 Desai, Ramesh & Anupama Schaumburg, IL 56 Dharamsi, Manoj & Kanta Reston, VA 57 Dharod , Mukesh Lenexa, KS 58 Dhokalia, Jitendra & Saroj Cerritos, CA 59 Dodhia, Ratilal & Indira Lincoln, RI 60 Doshi, Ashok & Megha Lake Forest, IL 61 Doshi, Bharat & Padmaja Utica, MI 62 Doshi, Bhogilal C. Bloomfield Hills, MI 63 Doshi, Harshad & Prafula Whittier, CA 64 Doshi, Hasmukh & Chandrika Katy, TX 65 Doshi, Hasu & Subhi Shawnee Mission, KS 66 Doshi, Kanti & Shridevi Overl& Park, KS 67 Doshi, Mahendra Alpharetta, GA 68 Doshi, Mahendra R & Indira Rochester HillsMI 69 Doshi, Mahesh & Sarla Rosemead, CA 70 Doshi, Mayur & Nina Brooklyn, NY 71 Doshi, Mukesh & Usha Schaumburg, IL 72 Doshi, Nikhil & Rupa Mansfield, OH 73 Doshi, Nirmal & Snehlata East Brunswick, NJ 74 Doshi, Prakash & Ila Walnut, CA 75 Doshi, Raj & Daya San Jose, CA 76 Doshi, Rajni & Sudha Park Ridge, IL 77 Doshi, Rajnikant & Damayanti Milford, CT 78 Doshi, Ramesh & Bharati San Gabriel, CA 79 Doshi, Ramesh & Bharti Newark, DE 80 Doshi, Ramnikant & Rasila Springfield, PA 81 Doshi, Satish & Arati Rochester Hills, MI 82 Doshi, Satish & Smita Concord, CA 83 Doshi, Vijay & Nalini Charlotte, NC 84 Dragan, A. Eugene, OR 85 Dunung, Praful & Vaijanti Des Plaines, IL 86 Gada, Premch& & Bhagawati Lubbock, TX 87 Gada, Ram & Neena St. Paul, MN 88 Gajarawala, Hemant & Purnima Missourcity, TX 89 Gajarwala, Mahendra & Usha Pittsburg, PA 90 Gala, Mahen & Revanti Barrington, NJ 91 Gala, Shanti & Geeta Katy, TX 92 Gala, Talaksi & Mayasundari Owensboro, KY 93 Gandhi, Arun & Pratima Mequon, WI 94 Gandhi, Deepak & Usha Hoboken, NJ 95 Gandhi, Harish & Pratibha Morgantown, WV 96 Gandhi, Harshad & Ramila Mableton, GA 97 Gandhi, Nikhil & Rajul Naperville, IL 98 Gandhi, Rajnikant & Jyoti Williston Park, NY 99 Gandhi, Ramesh & Rekha Morton Grove, IL 100 Gandhi, Vasant & Chanda Oak Brook, IL 101 Gangar, Kantilal & Meeta Silver Spring, MD 102 Gangar, Navin & Divya Orange, CA 103 Gardi, Rashmi & Chandrika S.Barrington, IL 104 Ghelani, Jitendra & Daksha Richardson, TX 105 Ghelani, Shirish & Sunanada St. Louis, MO 106 Gogri, Laxmich& & Hemlata Renton, WA 107 Gohel, Pravin & Jyotsna Lewes, DE 108 Gokaldas, Ramesh & Nayna Whittier, CA 109 Gosalia, Jaisukh Tallassee, AL 110 Gosalia, Kirit P & Vibhuti Phoenix, AZ 111 Gosalia, Sharad & Bhanu Kansas City, Mo 112 Gujar, Ajit & Nima Fremont, CA 113 Halditch, Jeffery & Anita New York, NY 114 Harde, Hasmukh C. Hudson, NY 115 Hemani, Suresh & Gita Cincinati, OH 116 Humad, Satyen & Rekha Lake Forest, IL 117 Jain, Ajay & Madhu Houston, TX 118 Jain, Ajay Garland, TX 119 Jain, Anil & Mohini Davis, CA 120 Jain, Anilkumar & Alka Desplaines, IL 121 Jain, Arun & Jean Williamsville, NY 122 Jain, Ashok & Asha W.Bloomfield, MI 123 Jain, Ashokkumar & Sushma Pittsburgh, PA 124 Jain, Braj & Chnader Wheaton, IL 125 Jain, Chaman & Usha Flushing, NY 126 Jain, Dilip &Hemlata Americus, GA 127 Jain, Dr Anudeep & Aarthi Houston, TX 128 Jain, Dr. Manju Rani Fairfax, VA 129 Jain, Ghevarchand & Kamal Houston, TX 130 Jain, Girish & Juhi Freehold, NJ 131 Jain, Jagat & Urmila Williamsville, NY 132 Jain, Jagjit & Rani Oak Park, IL 133 Jain, Jiya & Shubhi Fort Wayne, IN 134 Jain, Kasturilal Everett, WA 135 Jain, Kewel & Usha Williamsville, NY 136 Jain, Lalit & Abha Batavia, NY 137 Jain, Mahendra & Indu Milpitas, CA 138 Jain, Mohan & Mohini Allentown, PA 139 Jain, Mohan & Sevanti Painsville, OH 140 Jain, Munish Campbell, CA 141 Jain, Narendra & Subhadra Hicksville, NY 142 Jain, Narendra & Sushila Fairfax, VA 143 Jain, Naresh & Sarla Rutherford, NJ 144 Jain, Nemich& & Hema Charlotte, NC 145 Jain, Nikhil K. Manalapan, NJ 146 Jain, Piyare Lal & Priti Williamsville, NY 147 Jain, Prakash & Bimla Sacramento, CA 148 Jain, Prakash & Sudha Troy, MI 149 Jain, Prem & Lata Dayton, OH 150 Jain, Pukhraj & Manju Springfield , IL 151 Jain, Raj &Duru San Ramon, CA 152 Jain, Rajendra & Meera Manhasset, NY 153 Jain, Rajendra & Neelu Columbus, OH Jain 14/JAIN DIGEST. WINTER 2002

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JAINA DIGEST LIFE MEMBERSHIP LIST.... 154 Jain, Rajshree & Sushilkumar Akron, OH 155 Jain, Ranjit & Renu Las Vegas, NV 156 Jain, Ravi & Kamal Loiusville, KY 157 Jain, Ravindra & Usha Bedford, TX 158 Jain, Sailesh & Sachi Brea, CA 159 Jain, Sandieep & Charu Plantation, FL 160 Jain, Sevantilal & Bindu Edison, NJ 161 Jain, Subodh & Saroj Davis, CA 162 Jain, Sulekh & Ravi Sugarland, TX 163 Jain, Suman Scarsdale, AZ 164 Jain, Surender & Parvesh Athens, OH 165 Jain, Surendra & Sneha Bluefield, VA 166 Jain, Sushil Bryan, OH 167 Jain, Udai & Sushila Sugar Land, TX 168 Jain, Uttam & Anita Woodale, IL 169 Jain, Vidya Brooklyn, NY 170 Jain, Vijay & Kanta Buffo, NY 171 Jain, Vijay & Alka San Antonio, TX 172 Jain, Vinaykumar & Laxmi Wellesley, MA 173 Jain, Vir Singh & Chanchal Cincinnati, OH 174 Jain, Yogesh C Merrick, NY 175 Jain Center of Minnesota, St. PAUL, MN 176 Jain Society of Charitable Fund, N.Caldwell, NJ 177 Jhaveri, Dipak & Vishakha Skokie, IL 178 Jhaveri, M.G. Long Island, NY 179 Jhaveri, Pramod & Vina Cincinnati, OH 180 Jobalia, Deepak & Ami Ormond Beach, FL 181 Jogani, Shashi & Renuka Glendale, CA 182 Jogani, Tarun F. Hacienda Hts., CA 183 Kamdar, Deval & Rakesh Melrose, MA 184 Kamdar, Vikram & Anjana Santa Monica, CA 185 Kamdar, Yogesh & Nila Louisville, KY 186 Kamdar. Bhavesh & Panna Buffalo, NY 187 Kanjolia, Anand & Shailja South Hadley, MA 188 Kapacia, Prakash Flushing, NY 189 Kapadia, Deepak & Milan Chesterfield, MO 190 Kapadia, Deepak & Rashmika Hillard, OH 191 Kapadia, Dipak & Priti Oakbrook, IL 192 Kapadia, Mahendra & Linda W.Bloomfield, MI 193 Kapadia, Pravin & Tarla S. Pasadena, CA 194 Kapasi, Sanjay H. Austin, TX 195 Katwala, Pravin & Daxa Roselle, IL 196 Khamsera, Daulat & Manorama Dallas, TX 197 Khandar, Mahendra & Veena Cypress, CA 198 Khandwala, Narendra & Bela ElkGrove Villa, IL 199 Khasgiwala, Chandra & Asha andover, MA 200 Khamsara, Virendra & Prem Sugarland, TX 201 Khona, Rick & Tracy Jacksonville, FL 202 Kobawala, Ravindra & Pallavi Naperville, IL 203 Kokoshis, Nicholas Rockville, MD 204 Kothari, Arun & Deviyani Englewood CliffsNJ 205 Kothari, Ashok & Anju Burr Ridge, IL 206 Kothari, Dalsukh & Kanak Cedar Park, TX 207 Kothari, Dr Alka & Ramesh Fullerton, CA 208 Kothari, Gulabchand & Movan Kansas City, MO 209 Kothari, Harshad & Niharika La Habra, CA 210 Kothari, Kiran & Mita Goshen, NY 211 Kothari, Mayur & Purnima Roslyn, NY 212 Kothari, Parimal Miami, FL 213 Kothari, Pravin & Chandrika PoughkeepsieNY 214 Kothari, Rita M Des Moines, IA 215 Kothari, Santosh & Sarala Roswell, GA 216 Kothari, Sushil & Lata Williamsville, NY 217 Kuvadia, Kishor & Trupti S. Barrington, IL 218 Lakdawala, Sailesh & Maya Aledo, TX 219 Lakhani, P. R. Canfield, OH 220 Lakhia, Dinesh & Ragini Sugarl&, TX 221 Lal, Dr Shobhan Smithtown, NY 222 Lapsia, Prakash & Jyoti Norwalk, CT 223 Larson, Tony Racine, WI 224 Lodha, Suresh & Vimla Santa Maria, CA 225 Malde, Chandrakant & Madhu Flint, MI 226 Maniar, Deepak & Aruna Penfield, NY 227 Maniar, Dilip & Smita Mentor, OH 228 Maru, Dhiraj & Niru Farmington Hills, MI 229 Maru, Hansraj & Usha Brookfield, CT 230 Maru, Hiranya Syosset, NY 231 Maru, Mahendra & Prabha Littleton, CO 232 Mehta, Arun & Jashu Fremont, CA 233 Mehta, Ashish & Asha Anaheim, CA 234 Mehta, Bansidhar & Sushila Gloversville, NY 235 Mehta, Chandrakant & Lata Naperville, IL 236 Mehta, Darshan & Swati Chicago, IL 237 Mehta, Dhirendra & Aruna Valrico, FL 238 Mehta, Dhirendra & Priti Fort Myers, FL 239 Mehta, Dinesh & Shobhana Terre Haute, IN 240 Mehta, Dr Jagat & Manjula Pittsford, NY 241 Mehta, Ghanshyam & Susmita Bolingbrook, IL 242 Mehta, Gunvant & Ila Maumee, OH 243 Mehta, Hemendra & Ch&rika Naperville, IL 244 Mehta, Hemendra & Meena Elyria, OH 245 Mehta, Jagdish & Renuka Schaumburg, IL 246 Mehta, Jay & Suman Horseheads, NY 247 Mehta, Jitendra & Indira La Verne, CA 2 48 Mehta, Jitendra & Jyoti Lexington, SC 249 Mehta, Kal & Malti Coral Gable, FL 250 Mehta, Kiran & Dipti Jersey City, NJ 251 Mehta, Kishor & Indira Barrington, IL 252 Mehta, Madhuker & Gita Durham, NC 253 Mehta, Mahendra & Deena Fort Myers, FL 254 Mehta, Mahendra & Pushpa Mission Veij CA 255 Mehta, Manilal & Savita Cypress, CA 256 Mehta, Mukul & Gargi Agoura Hills, CA 257 Mehta, Mukund & Dhira Stoughton, MA 258 Mehta, Narendra & Ila Charlotte, NC 259 Mehta, Nikhilesh & N. Manahawkin, NJ 260 Mehta, Nikin & Ranjan Dallas, TX 261 Mehta, Nitin & Parul Mt Laurel, NJ 262 Mehta, Prabodh & Sheela Houston, TX 263 Mehta, Pravin & Madhukanta Clarksville, TN 264 Mehta, Pravin & Malini Getzville, NY 265 Mehta, Pravin & Pratibha WillowghbyHillsOH 266 Mehta, Rajen & Saroj Schaumburg, IL 267 Mehta, Rajesh & Ashis Houston, TX 268 Mehta, Rajesh & Meena Pittsburg, PA 269 Mehta, Sandhya & Amit Waynesboro, VA 270 Mehta, Saurin & Priti New York, NY 271 Mehta, Shantilal & Indupsi Fayettville, NC 272 Mehta, Shrikant & Neena Bloomfield Hills, MI 273 Mehta, Subodh & Sadhana East Haven, CT 274 Mehta, Sudhir & Sadhna Plano, TX 275 Mehta, Sukh & Kalyan Redles, CA 276 Mehta, Vijay & Nayna Kalamazoo, MI 277 Mehta, Vinod & Jyotsna Los Angeles, CA 278 Mehta, Vinod & Saroj Hemet, CA 279 Mehta, Vinod San Jose, CA 280 Mepani, Bhupendra & Smita Lewiston, NY 281 Mepani, Rupal Columbus, OH 282 Mithani, Navnit & Varsha Philadelphia, PA 283 Modi, Rajiv & Sonal Demarest, NJ 284 Mody, Sanjay & Nina Closter, NJ 285 Mohnot, D. C. Mohnot New Orleans, LA 286 Momaya, Hamendra & Hansa Elgin, IL 287 Multani, Girish & Lina Parki& , FL 288 Nagda, Rasik & Harsha Ocala, FL 289 Nanavati, Mahendra & Jyoti Rochester, NY 290 Nanavati, Shailesh & Harsha Westlake, OH 291 Pahade, Ravi & Pramod Getzville, NY 292 Paige, Glenn D. Honolulu, HI 293 Pancholy. Gita Troy, OH 294 Panday, Prakash & Rashmi Holbkus, NJ 295 Pandya, Anjana Dublin, GA 296 Pandya, Mahendra K. Staten Island, NY 297 Parekh, Ashok & Amit Columbus, IN 298 Parekh, Ashok & Nutan Lawrenceville, GA 299 Parekh, Chandrakant & Hasmita Cerritos, CA 300 Parekh, Charu & Ashvin Bloomfield Hills, MI 301 Parekh, Mahendra & Kalpana Baton Rouge, LA 302 Parekh, Manhar & Mukta Atlanta, GA 303 Parekh, Parimal & Dharmishtha Freeport, IL 304 Parekh, Ramesh & Surekha Orl& Park, IL 305 Parekh, Sharad & Jayshree Dallas, TX 306 Parikh, Arun & Asmita Wayne, NJ 307 Parikh, Bipin & Rekha Des Plaines, IL 308 Parikh, Chirantan V. 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JAINA DIGEST LIFE MEMBERSHIP LIST.... 310 Parikh, Jitendra & Nayana Northville, MI 311 Parikh, Kishor & Kokila Kendall Park, NJ 312 Parikh, Sailesh & Sonal Reynoldsburg, OH 313 Parikh, Shirish & Chhaya Safety Harbor, FL 314 Patadia, Bipin & Harsha Patadia Upland, CA 315 Patel, Amitabh, Arati & Parul Manchester,CT 316 Patel, Dhiru & Tara Charlotte, NC 317 Patel, Dinesh & Hemlata Rockville, MD 318 Patel, Gordhan & Saroj La Mirada, CA 319 Patel, Hemendra & Daksha Livingston, NJ 320 Patel, Jayesh & Namita Chicago, IL 321 Patel, Kanubhai & Bhadra Piscataway, NJ 322 Patel, Rajesh & Kaushika Garden City Park, NY 323 Patel, Rajni Kant & Neelam Orchard ParkNY 324 Patel, Ramanbhai & Kailash Chicago, IL 325 Patel, Raman & Vimuben Fayetteville, NC 326 Patel, Rasil & Manorama San Marino, CA 327 Patel, Shirish & Ramila Corona, CA 328 Payen, Arthur Kerrville, TX 329 Peer, Devendra & Meeta Philadelphia, PA 330 Poddar, Shrikumar & Mayurika E.Lansing, MI 331 Porwal, Mahendra & Saroj Rochester, MI 332 Pragani, Babulal Martingsburg, WV 333 Prasad, Jwala & Aruna Cincinnati, OH 334 Punatar, Dilip & Ranjan Bellbrook, OH 335 Purohit, Bhavarbhai & Gitaben Houston, TX 336 Rambhia, Navin & Leena Dayton, OH 337 Ranavat, Amritial & Prema La Flintridge, CA 338 Ravani, Jitendra & Aruna Plano, TX 339 Ravani, Kanti & Vina Schaumburg, IL 340 Royack, Joseph Shamokin, PA 341 Saklecha, Ashok & Yeshvant LosAngeles, CA 342 Salgia, Surendra & Jyotsna Wheaton, IL 343 Salgia, Tansukh & Bharti Columbus, OH 344 Sanghani, Kamal & Jyoti Herndon, VA 345 Sanghavi, Kishore & Kavita Corona, CA 346 Sanghrajka, Nimish & Niti Gwynedd, PA 347 Sanghvi, Alpa J. Hicksville, NY 348 Sanghvi, Amit & Ushma Hicksville, NY 349 Sanghvi, Jayantilal & Jyotsna Naples, FL 350 Sanghvi, Vipul & Sangeeta Hicksville, NY 351 Sata, Jim & Kundan Romulus, MI 352 Satra, Shanti & Hema Crete, IL 353 Savla, Ashok & Harshana Temple City, CA 354 Sejpal, Vasant & Prabha Burlington, NC 355 Seth, Shirish & Padma Anaheim, CA 356 Sethi, Surendra & Hira Butler, PA 357 Shah, Ajay & Harsha Danbury, CT 358 Shah, Ajay & Nia Elk Grove Village, IL 359 Shah, Ajay & Punita Stanford, CT 360 Shah, Amishi & Rupal Cayce, SC 361 Shah, Amrut & Chandra Fullerton, CA 362 Shah, Anil & Bharti Burr Ridge, IL 363 Shah, Anil & Hemlata East Brunswick, NJ 364 Shah, Anil & Ranjan Chicago, IL 365 Shah, Anil Memphis, TN 366 Shah, Anonymous New York, NY 367 Shah, Anoop K. Allentown, PA 368 Shah, Anop & Rekha Houston, TX 369 Shah, Arun & Rita Lansdale, PA 370 Shah, Arvind & Chandrika Bridgewater, NJ 371 Shah, Arvind & Kalavati Wappingers FallsNY 372 Shah, Arvind & Kalpana Desplaines, IL 373 Shah, Arvind & Kusum Hopewill Juction, NY 374 Shah, Arvind & Ramila Troy, MI 375 Shah, Arvind & Smita Hightstown, NJ 376 Shah, Arvind V & Jaya Troy, MI 377 Shah, Ashok & Nirmala Morton Grove, IL 378 Shah, Ashok & Usha Naperville, IL 379 Shah, Ashvin & Usha Racine, WI 380 Shah, Ashwin & Bharti Hanover Park, IL 381 Shah, Ashwin & Kirtibala Lombard, IL 382 Shah, Bhailil & Sumitra Allentown, PA 383 Shah, Bharat & Panna Sugar Land, TX 384 Shah, Bharat & Veena Princeton Juction, NJ 385 Shah, Bharat C & Dipti Sterling Heights, MI 386 Shah, Bhupendra & Neena Northville, MI 387 Shah, Bina Houston, TX 388 Shah, Bipin & Kashmira Delray Beach, FL 389 Shah, Bipin & Ketki Fort Myers, FL 390 Shah, Bipin & Nutan Melrose Park, IL 391 Shah, Bipin & Rekha Saratoga, CA 392 Shah, Bipin & Sohini Farmington Hills, MI 393 Shah, C.S. & Reena Athens, GA 394 Shah, Chandrakant A. & Gita Pittsburg, PA 395 Shah, Chandrakant & Aruna Brooklyn, NY 396 Shah, Chandrakant & Bharti Edison, NJ 397 Shah, Chandrakant & Ila Beckly, WV 398 Shah, Chandrakant, Shobhna Jefferson St, NY 399 Shah, Chandrakant & Sudha Dublin, GA 400 Shah, Chandrakant R Glen Oaks, NY 401 Shah, Chandravadan & Hansa Millington, NJ 402 Shah, Chinu G New York, NY 403 Shah, Damroo & Jyoti Piqua, OH 404 Shah, Deepak & Ujwala Williston Park, NY 405 Shah, Devendra & Bindu Hoffman Estate, IL 406 Shah, Dhiraj & Pratima Grand Island, NY 407 Shah, Dhiren & Raksha Elmhurst, IL 408 Shah, Dhiren L. & Susham Dallas, TX 409 Shah, Dhruv & Bharti Hightstown, NJ 410 Shah, Dilip & Bhavna Oakbrook, IL 411 Shah, Dilip & Sarla Philadelphia, PA 412 Shah, Dinesh & Anila Fairfield, CT 413 Shah, Dinesh & Jyoti Stone Mountain, GA 414 Shah, Dinesh & Muktida S. Pasadena, CA 415 Shah, Dinesh & Panna Monitowoc, WI 416 Shah, Dinesh & Surbhi Clifton, NJ 417 Shah, Dipak & Jyoti Glenview, IL 418 Shah, Mahipal & Meena Diamond Bar, CA 419 Shah, Durgesh & Alpa Lake Zurich, IL 420 Shah, Girish & Dutta Campbell, CA 421 Shah, Girish & Pravina Diamond Bar, CA 422 Shah, Gunvant & Rekha Oaklawn, IL 423 Shah, Harilal & Jyoti Fremont, CA 424 Shah, Harish & Neela Munster, IN 425 Shah, Harshad & Annaprrna Streamwood, IL 426 Shah, Harshad & Bharti Buffalo, NY 427 Shah, Harshad & Jyotsna Morgantown, NC 428 Shah, Hasendra & Bina Cerritos, CA 429 Shah, Hasmukh & Mina Spring, TX 430 Shah, Hasmukh & Nalini NewPhiladelphia, OH 431 Shah, Hasmukh & Bharti Cleveland, OH 432 Shah, Hemang & Darshana Olney, IL 433 Shah, Hemant & Taru Canton, OH 434 Shah, Hemant B & Tarulata Canton, MI 435 Shah, Hemendra & Alka Schaumburg, IL 436 Shah, Hemendra & Kiran NewHyde Park, NY 437 Shah, Hemendra & Shraddha Sunnyvale, CA 438 Shah, Himesh & Alpa Plano, TX 439 Shah, Hitesh & Rupal Mount Prospect, IL 440 Shah, Hitesh & Usha Schaumburg, IL 441 Shah, Indrajit & Alka Elk Grove Village, IL 442 Shah, Jagadish & Sheela Lombard, IL 443 Shah, Jagadish Lawrence, MA 444 Shah, Jagat & Rita Bloomingdale, IL 445 Shah, Jagdish & Urvashi Bloomingdale, IL 446 Shah, Jasvantrai & Nalini Richardson, TX 447 Shah, Jaswant & Kalpana Darien, IL 448 Shah, Jaswant & Saroj North Bergen, NJ 449 Shah, Jatin & Geeta Milledgeville, GA 450 Shah, Jayant & Bhanu Richardson, TX 451 Shah, Jayanti & Heena Troy, MI 452 Shah, Jayshree South Barrington, IL 453 Shah, Jaysukhlal & Usha Holiday, FL 454 Shah, Jaysukhlal Manilal New Port Richey, FL 455 Shah, Jigney Rochester Hills, MI 456 Shah, Jindas & Manda La Habra, CA 457 Shah, Jiten & Chandan Northbrook, IL 458 Shah, Jitendra & Panna Port Jefferson, NY 459 Shah, Jutu & Usha Cleveland, OH 460 Shah, K.M. Patchogue, NY 461 Shah, Kamlesh & Bela Elk Grove Village, IL 462 Shah, Kamlesh & Dipti East Brunswick, NJ Jain Ed16/MAIN DIGEST: WINTER 2002

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JAINA DIGEST LIFE MEMBERSHIP LIST.... 463 Shah, Kanti & Palavi North Bergen, NJ 464 Shah, Kanti & Pushpa Ada, OH 465 Shah, Kanti Monroe, MI 466 Shah, Kantilal & Jyotsna Bloomfield Hills, MI 467 Shah, Kantilal & Madhu Houston, TX 468 Shah, Kantital & Madhu Houston, TX 469 Shah, Kaushik & Geeta Orchard Park, NY 470 Shah, Keerti & Hansa Bartlett, IL 471 Shah, Keshrich& & Bhanu Des Plaines, IL 472 Shah, Kevin K. Santamonica, CA 473 Shah, kiran & Hansa La Palma, CA 474 Shah, kiran J Los Angeles, CA 475 Shah, Kiran K. Milpitas, CA 476 Shah, Kiran Arcadia, CA 477 Shah, kirit & Jyoti Flushing, NY 478 Shah, Kirit & Sudha Torrance, CA 479 Shah, kirit & Vasanti Houston, TX 480 Shah, kirti A. Charlotte, NC 481 Shah, kirti & Hansa Charlotte, NC 482 Shah, kirti & Nayana La Palma, CA 483 Shah, Kishor & Bharti Munster, IN 484 Shah, Kishor & Priti Lansdale, PA 485 Shah, Kishor & Rashmi Roselle, IL 486 Shah, Kishor & Sohini Humble, TX 487 Shah, Lalit & Niru Sugarland, TX 488 Shah, Lax & Kirtida Pembroke Pines, FL 489 Shah, Madhukar & Divya Toledo, OH 490 Shah, Mahavir & Padma Paintsville, KY 491 Shah, Mahavir N. Pentsville, KY 492 Shah, Mahendra ad Hansa Newtown, PA 493 Shah, Mahendra & Saroj Canton, MI 494 Shah, Mahendra Miami, FL 495 Shah, Mahesh & Chandrika Dayton, OH 496 Shah, Manhar & Ramila North Bergen, NJ 497 Shah, Manoj & Rupali Hoffman Estate, IL 498 Shah, Manoj Houston, TX 499 Shah, Mansukh & Indira Liverpool, NY 500 Shah, Mukund and Hansa Parkersburg, WV 501 Shah, Mansukhlal & Niru Hanover, MD 502 Shah, Manu R. & Chinta Cherry Hill, NJ 503 Shah, Manu Colonia, NJ 504 Shah, Manubhai & lla Oak Brook, IL 505 Shah, Mayank & Smita Tellahassee, FL 506 Shah, Mukesh & Parin Pittsburgh, PA 507 Shah, Mukesh & Vibha Trumbull, CT 508 Shah, Mukund & Hansa Parkersburg, WV 509 Shah, Mukundray & Nalini Irvine, CA 510 Shah, Nagin & Shakuntala Penfield, NY 511 Shah, Naimish & Minal Schaumburg, IL 512 Shah, Nalin & Jyoti Greenwood, IN 513 Shah, Narendra & Hansa Athens, GA 514 Shah, Naresh & Minaxi New Hyde Park, NY 515 Shah, Natvar & Usha Richardson, TX 516 Shah, Natwar & Manjula Warren, MI 517 Shah, Navin & Kokila Houston, TX 518 Shah, Navin & Renuka Elizabethtown.KY 519 Shah, Navnit & Manjula Stone Mountain, GA 520 Shah, Nilesh & Indira Nitro, WV 521 Shah, Nilesh & Manna Burtonsville, MD 522 Shah, Nimish & Sejal Lake Zurich, IL 523 Shah, Niranjan Schaumburg, IL 524 Shah, Nitin La Mirada, CA 525 Shah, Parag & Jayshree Schaumburg, IL 526 Shah, Pinakin & Pallavi Mount Prospect, IL 527 Shah, Pradip & Ajita Bakersfield, CA 528 Shah, Pradip & Bina Dallas, TX 529 Shah, Pradip & Chandrika Norridge, IL 530 Shah, Pradip & Darshna Bourbonnais, IL 531 Shah, Pradip & Hardika La Mirada, CA 532 Shah, Pradip & Jyoti Schaumburg, IL 533 Shah, Praful & Pratima West Bloomfield, MI 534 Shah, Pramod & Ushaben Skokie, IL 535 Shah, Prashant & Dharmi Diamond Bar, CA 536 Shah, Pravin & Arti Cary, NC 537 Shah, Pravin & Dina Wyomissing, PA 538 Shah, Pravin & Harsha Canton, OH 539 Shah, Pravin & Jyoti Troy, MI 540 Shah, Pravin & Jyotsna Palinfield, IL 541 Shah, Pravin & Kanta New Hyde Park, NY 542 Shah, Pravin & Kiran Naperville, IL 543 Shah, Pravin & Surbhi Canton, MI 544 Shah, Priti B. Edison, NJ 545 Shah, Rahul K. New York, NY 546 Shah, Rajnikant & Chandan Warrenville, IL 547 Shah, Rajnikant & Vina Cincinnati, OH 548 Shah, Rajula N. Lynchburg, VA 549 Shah, Ramesh & Indu Missouri City, TX 550 Shah, Ramesh & Jaya Clevel&, OH 551 Shah, Ramesh & Jyoti Wilkes Barre, PA 552 Shah, Ramesh & Lata Glen Oaks, NY 553 Shah, Ramesh & Manjula Dyer, IN 554 Shah, Ramesh & Minaxi Beckley, WV 555 Shah, Ramesh & Naina Diamond Bar, CA 556 Shah, Ramesh & Prafulla Chino Hills, CA 557 Shah, Ramesh & Ramila Des Plaines, IL 558 Shah, Ramesh & Rashmi Houston, TX 559 Shah, Ramesh & Rasmika North Bergen, NJ 560 Shah, Ramesh & Rekha East Amherst, NY 561 Shah, Ramesh & Virsha Newark, DE 562 Shah, Ramnik & Hansa Wilmington, DE 563 Shah, Rashmi & Kusum Verdes Peninsula, CA 564 Shah, Rashmi & Smita Schaumburg, IL 565 Shah, Rasik & Leela Elk Grove Village, IL 566 Shah, Rasik & Ranjan Des Plaines, IL 567 Shah, Rina Hacienda Hts., CA 568 Shah, Rohit M & Harsha R Fontana, CA 569 Shah, Samir & Aruna Skokie, IL 570 Shah, Samprati & Hansa Elk Grove Village, IL 571 Shah, Sanjay & Bela Troy, MI 572 Shah, Sanjay & Purvy Desplaines, IL 573 Shah, Santosh & Bhakti Gretna, LA 574 Shah, Satish & Kinna South Barrington, IL 575 Shah, Satish & Surya Plano, TX 576 Shah, Seventilal & Seresha Phoenix, AZ 577 Shah, Shanti Lal & Minaxi Plano, TX 578 Shah, Sharad & Ketki Paramus, NJ 579 Shah, Sharad & Nalini Taylor, MI 580 Shah, Sharad R. Troy, MI 581 Shah, Shashin & Rekha Marietta, GA 582 Shah, Shashin Glendale, CA 583 Shah, Shirish & Jyoti Pittsburg, PA 584 Shah, Subash Winston Salem, NC 585 Shah, Sudhir & Bindu Hoffman Estate, IL 586 Shah, Sujal & Rajul Harleysville, PA 587 Shah, Suketu & Sheetal Forest Hills, NY 588 Shah, Sumati C. Cerritos, CA 589 Shah, Surendra & Bharti Schererville, IN 590 Shah, Surendra & Shila Desplaines, IL 591 Shah, Surendra & Vasanti Naperville, IL 592 Shah, Surendra Manilal Inverness, FL 593 Shah, Suresh & Asmita Streamwood, IL 594 Shah, Suresh & Meena Lockport, NY 595 Shah, Suresh & Nita Friendswood, TX 596 Shah, Suresh M. & Dina W Hartford, CT 597 Shah, Umesh & Harsha Lexington, NC 598 Shah, Upesh & Nimisha Zion, IL 599 Shah, Vastupal & Varsha Sterling Heights, MI 600 Shah, Vijay & Paresha Rockford, IL 601 Shah, Vinay & Sneha Troy, MI 602 Shah, Vinod & Anila Burnsville, MN 603 Shah, Virendra & Kalpana Dayton, NJ 604 Shah, Vivek & Alka Austin, TX 605 Shah, Yashwant Shakuntala Mount Prospect, IL 606 Shah, Yogesh & Kashmira Zion, IL 607 Sheth, Bharat & Pramila Or& Park, IL 608 Sheth, Bhupendra & Priti Missouri City, TX 609 Sheth, Dinesh & Reena Inverness, IL 610 Sheth, Gaurang & Ashwina Williamsville, NY 611 Sheth, Janak K. Metaitrie, LA 612 Sheth, Mayur & Shashi Lynn Wood, WA 613 Sheth, Narendra & Sonal San Diego, CA 614 Sheth, Natavar & Devila Ashland, OH 615 Sheth, Natin & Anjana New City, NY Jain Education Intemational JAIN DIGEST- WINTER 2002 / 17

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JAINA DIGEST LIFE MEMBERSHIP LIST.... 616 Sheth, P.R. & Suman 617 Sheth, Pankaj & Avani 618 Sheth, Pravin & Kunjlata Hales Corners, WI 619 Sheth, Sobhan & Chandra Charleston, SC 620 Sheth, Sunil & Devyani Arlington, TX 621 Shial, Ramesh & Kusum Midlothian, VA 622 Shinghvi, Ashok & Ujwala Houston, TX 623 Singhavi, Surendra & Sushil Dayton, OH 624 Singhvi, Ajeet & Bina Hemet, CA 625 Sutaria, Vinod & Hansa Cleveland, OH 626 Takas, Patricia Cleveland, OH 627 Talsania, Kirti & Urmila Woodridge, IL 628 Tejani, Mahendra & Panna Indio, CA 629 Thakkar, Jyotsna Thakkar Irvine, CA 630 Thomas, Barry & Sallye Clute, TX 631 Timbadia, Mansukhlal Hightstown, NJ 632 Tolia, Bharat & Geeta W Bloomfield, MI 633 Tolia, Bhupendra & Chandrika Norwood, NJ 634 Tolia, Jitendra & Priti Searingtown, NY 635 Tolia, Ketan & Nilipa Southfield, MI 636 Tolia, Kirit & Vasu Bloomfield Hills, MI 637 Tolia, Nalin & Kamal Odessa, TX 638 Turakhia, Gopaldas & Sudha Fairport, NY 639 Turakhia, Jitendra & Manda Liverpool, NY 640 Turakhia, Mukesh & Nimmi Sugarland, TX 641 Udani, Ashish & Rupa Brookfield, WI 642 Ujla, Dilip & Rekha Westlake, OH 643 Vadecha, Vipin & Jyoti Diamond Bar, CA 644 Vaidya, Prabodh & Lata Bolingbrook, IL 645 Vakani, Pravin & Bhavin Williston Park, NY 646 Vakharia, Pankaj & Nalini Swartz, MI 647 Vakharia, Vijay & Pratibha Reedsville, PA 648 Vakharia, Vinod & Suman Grosse lle, MI 649 Vakil, Bharat & Lata Carol Spring, FL 650 Varia, Mahesh & Indu Chapel Hill, NC 651 Varia, P.A. & Hansa Richardson, TX 652 Vasa, Dhirendra Plano, TX Chestnut Ridge, NY Edmond, OK 653 Vasha, Bhavik P. Newbury Park, CA 654 Vira, Khim N. & Sheela K. Fairhope, AL 655 Vora, Anop R. Rochester, NY 656 Vora, Arvind & lla Kings Park, NY 657 Vora, Bhavi & Anju Silver Spring, MD 658 Vora, Bipin & Kalpana Naperville, IL 659 Vora, Jayendra & Nalini Granger, IN 660 Vora, Mahendra & Charu Pittsford, NY 661 Vora, Mahendra & Jayshree Edison, NJ 662 Vora, Ramnik & lla Pittsford, NY 663 Vora, Rashmikant & Tarulata Oakbrook, IL 664 Vora, Rohak & Swati San Diego, CA 665 Vora, Vasant & Shaila Yardley, PA 666 Walker, Brigitte M. St. Pittersburg, FL 667 Yagalla, Mamata New York, NY Jain E18 JAIN DIGEST WINTER 2002 668 Zaveri, Kiran & Dimple Kenner, LA 669 Zaveri, Praduman & Dhanlaxmi Plano, TX 670 Zaveri, Shailesh & Mayuri Matton, IL 671 Zaveri, Shrenik Freemont, CA 672. Bankimchandra and Ila Dalal CANADA 1 Arya, Amit Coquiltom, BC 2 Champsee, Moti & Lata Toronto, ONT 3 Chandaria, Keshav & Manu North York, ONT 4 Desai, Niranjan & Anjali Ancaster, ONT 5 Dhami, Manish S. 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JAINA At A Glance 2001-2003 Live and Let Live parasparopagraho jIvAnAm All Life Is Bound Together By Mutual Support and Interdependence Federation of Jain Associations in North America Founded 1981 A Non-Profit Tax Exempt Religious Organization, IRS Code Section 501 (c) (3) EI # 54-1280028 JAINA Headquarters: P.O. Box 700, Getzville, NY 14068-0700 Phone/Fax: (716) 636-5342 E-mail: jainahq@jaina.org

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THE JAIN TEACHINGS 1. Ahimsa (non-violence) The Jain ecological philosophy is virtually synonymous with the principle of ahimsa (non-violence), which runs through the Jain tradition like a golden thread. "Ahimsa parmo dharmah" (Non-violence is the supreme religion) Mahavira; the 24th and last Tirthankara (Path-finder) of this era, who lived 2500 years ago in north India consolidated the basic Jain teachings of peace, harmony and renunciation taught two centuries earlier by the Tirthankara Parshva, and for thousands of years previously by the 22 other Tirthankaras of this era, beginning with Adinath Rishabha. Mahavira threw new light on the perennial quest of the soul with the truth and discipline of ahimsa. He said: "There is nothing so small and subtle as the atom nor any element so vast as space. Similarly, there Is no quality of soul more subtle than non-violence and no virtue of spirit greater than reverence for life" Ahimsa is a principle that Jains teach and practice not only towards human beings but towards all nature. It is an unequivocal teaching that is at once ancient and contemporary. The scriptures tells us: "All the Arhats (Venerable Ones) of the past, present and future discourse, counsel, proclaim, propound and prescribe thus in unison: Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment, torture or kill any creature or living being." In this strife-torn world of hatred and hostilities, aggression and aggrandisement, and of unscrupulous and unbridled exploitation and consumerism, the Jain perspective finds the evil of violence writ large. The teaching of ahimsa refers not only to wars and visible physical acts of violence but to violence in the hearts and minds of the human beings, their lack of concern and compassion for their fellow humans and for the natural world. Ancient Jain texts explain that violence (himsa) is not defined by actual harm, for this may be unintentional. It is the intention to harm, the absence of compassion that makes action violent. Without violent thought there could be no violent actions. When violence enters our thoughts, we remember Tirthankara Mahavira's words: "You are that which you intend to hit, injure, insult, torment, persecute, torture, enslave or kill." 2. Parasparopagraho jivanam (Interdependence) Mahavira proclaimed a profound truth for all times to come when he said: "One who neglects or disregards the existence of earth, air, fire, water and vegetation disregards his own existence which is entwined with them" Jain cosmology recognizes the fundamental natural phenomenon of symbiosis or natural dependence, which forms the basis of the modern-day science of ecology. It is relevant to recall that the term 'ecology' was coined in the latter half of the nineteenth century from the Greek word oikos, meaning 'home' a place to which one returns. Ecology is the branch of biology, which deals with the relationships of organisms to their surroundings and to other organisms. The ancient Jain scriptural aphorism Parasparopagraho jivanam (All life is bound together by natural support and interdependence) is refreshingly contemporary in its premise and perspective. It defines the scope of modern ecology while extending it further to a more spacious 'home'. It means that all aspects of nature belong together and are bound in a physical as well as metaphysical relationship. Life is viewed as gift of togetherness, accommodation and assistance in a universe teeming with interdependent constituents. 3. Anekantavada (the doctrine of manifold aspects) The concept of universal interdependence underpins the Jain theory of knowledge, known as anekantavada or the doctrine of manifolds aspects. Anekantavada describes the world as a multifaceted, ever-changing reality with infinity of viewpoints depending on the time, place, nature and state of the one who is the viewer and that which is viewed. This leads to the doctrine of syadvada or relativity, which states that truth is relative to different viewpoints (nayas). What is true from one point of view is open to question from another. Absolute truth cannot be grasped from any particular viewpoint alone and because absolute truth is the sum total of all the different viewpoints that make up the universe. Because it is rooted in the doctrines of anekantavada and syadvada, Jainism does not look upon the universe from the anthropocentric, ethnocentric or egocentric viewpoint. It takes into account the viewpoints of other species, other communities and nations and other human beings. Samyaktva (equanimity) 4. The discipline of non-violence, the recognition of universal interdependence and the logic of the doctrine of manifold aspects, leads inexorably to the avoidance of dogmatic, intolerant, inflexible, aggressive, harmful and unilateral attitudes towards the world around. It inspires the personal quest of every Jain for Samyaktva (equanimity) towards both jiva (animate beings) and ajiva (inanimate substance and objects). It encourages an attitude of give and take of live and let live. It offers a pragmatic peace plan based, not on the domination of nature, nations or other people, but on equanimity of mind devoted to the preservation of the balance of the universe. 5. Jiva-daya (compassion, empathy and charity) All though the term "ahimsa is stated in the negative (a-non, himsa-violence), it rooted in the host of the positive aims and actions which have great relevance to contemporary environmental concerns. Ahimsa is an aspect of daya (compassion, empathy and charity), describe by a great Jain teacher as "the beneficent mother of all beings" and "the elixir for those who wonder in suffering through the ocean of successive rebirths". Jiva-daya means caring for and sharing with all living beings, tending, protecting and serving them. It entails universal friendliness (maitri), universal forgiveness (kshama) and universal fearlessness (abhaya). Jains, whether monks, nuns or householders, therefore, affirm prayerfully and sincerely, that their heart is filled with forgiveness for all living beings and that they have sought and received the forgiveness for all beings, that they crave the friendship of all beings, that all beings give them their friendship and that there is not the slightest feeling of alienation or enmity in their heart for anyone or anything. They also pray that forgiveness and friendliness may reign throughout the world and that all living beings may cherish each other. (Continued outside back cover) 2

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Dear Fellow Jains, Jai Jinendra! 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. Your JAINA is working very hard to facilitate your Jain living needs. It is indeed a pleasure and a privilege to watch so many JAINA volunteers selflessly promoting various JAINA activities. Let me mention just a few: * * * Pathshala teacher's conference was held in Los Angeles with the support of the Jain Center of Southern California, Los Angeles. 26 North American Jain Centers' teachers attended the conference. Celebration of Ahimsa Varsh: Started with Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's ahimsa conference in Edison, N.J. on March 13-14 2002. United Nations Celebration of Mahavir's Message meeting. 165 members participated of which at least 40 Non-Jain members were present and shared their views on Ahimsa. Thanks to Arvind Vora and the Jain Center of America, New York for organizing this program successfully. The first nationwide video JAINA broadcast presentation on TV Asia was on March 28, 2002. The theme was Mahavir's message and the broadcast was graced by the messages from Gurudev Shri Chitrabhanuji and Dr N.P. Jain. Beginning the JAINA Day Program at the Jain Center of Chicago in the form of a town hall meeting was on March 31$ 2002. Mr. Dilip V. Shah is planning more meetings nationwide. Mr. Ramesh Shah's "efforts for hospital supplies to India" was very much appreciated by members of local center. The Pratishtha mahotsav at Boston was a great success. Also the Pratishtha mahotsav in Detroit temple for 24 tirthankars in Bhoomti went very well as planned. World Community Service of JAINA has joined hands with World Medical Relief, Inc of Detroit and SloanKettering cancer research center of NY and obtained medical equipments and supplies worth one million dollars for the Ujjain Charitable Trust Hospital. The container full of life saving materials for the poor and the needy is already on its way to India. A Jain school built in Lachhwad (Bihar) from the donations collected jointly by the Tirthodhdhar Committee and the Pilgrimage Committee is fully functional - Thanks largely due to efforts and guidance of Acharya Shri Chandanaji of Veerayatan. I call upon all of you to sponsor a child's education cost of $250 for five years in the land where our Lord Mahavir was born and where today Jainism is almost extinct. Please contact Kirit Daftary or Dilip V Shah if you would like to sponsor a child. YJA Convention 2002 was a grand success. Every participant was happy that they could attend the convention in Mahwah NJ. Soon after that, the YJA members selected the new executive board. The Co-chairs are: Ronak Shah and Suchita Shah. They have many new activities planned around the Internet and many regional conferences. Let us applaud a great job done by previous exec. Committee led by Chintan, Birud and Ronak. Congratulations to Pravin Shah of JAINA Education Committee for releasing JAIN Education CD containing 2,000 files, which contain 10,000 pages of, printed material covering variety information on Jainism in English. The cost of each CD is only $5.00 including postage. Dr. Pradip and Darshana Shah are coordinating the distribution of the CD. Email - Pradoks1@aol.com if you wish to get one. Our World Community Services projects are progressing at designed pace. "Varthaman Nagar" near Bhuj has already started construction of houses and school plans are completed. The medical assistance program has shipped many containers full of hospital supplies to designated hospitals in India. JAINA started the "World Trade Center Victim's Relief Fund" and stand ready to help in anyway it can. JAINA has already contributed $13,000 to the victims to Fireman's Fund. * Jain Education Intemational

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In the same venue, Veerayatan's Acharya Chandanaji's organization has set up 23 regular and vocational teaching institutes in Kutch and Saurashtra. Some of our young adults, Shayana Parekh and Kimberly Parekh, are going there to teach vocational education for one or more years. Please browse on the website jaina.org and examine a variety of items available to you like JNF and JAINA Focus. The JNF-MIS (Jain Network Forum-Marriage Information Services) participation activity, which was started online during the last convention, has been continued. We have created the JAINA Focus newsletter on the same website. This newsletter is intended to get to you timely information with convenient access via the Internet. I urge all Jains to inform Mr. Samprati Shah for publication requests of any reportable achievement, which he and his committee will then evaluate for, need to include in JAINA Focus. To facilitate your donations activities we at JAINA have established credit card acceptance services. Please contact our treasurer Girish Shah for details. * In new topics, We are working on ways in which all member societies can have access to highly acclaimed scholars from all over the world. I have requested all the presidents of larger Jain Centers to provide some portion of the time for scholars to lecture at smaller centers in the surrounding areas. YJP has planned their Fifth annual convention on October 12-14 in Montreal, Quebec. Please contact Sanjay Shah or their website. * Planning for the YATRA 2003 of Sameet Sikhar and nearby Tirths covering 87 Kalyanak bhoomis is well underway. Anyone interested should register soon as number of seats is limited and strictly on first come first served basis. Contact Dilip V. Shah at dilipvshah@aol.com for details. * 12th Biennial JAINA Convention is planned for July 3-6 2003 at Cincinnati. Under leadership of Anop Vora, Dr. Surendra Singhvi and Soha Shah with Convention Board and many committees, all activities are progressing at full force. Don't forget to register early in early bird phase starting Oct 15 2002. Our plans are underway to broadcast via Internet on topics like "Let's visit Delwada Temples" or "The lecture series for Paryushan parva" or "How similar is Jainism and modern science" etc. JAINA has decided to work on another milestone in instilling Jain Sanskar into our children at a very early age. The JAINA Publication Committee (JPC) has started an ambitious project of publishing a series of Jain Sanskar Animated Stories on CDs or VHS tapes for Children. Contact Dr. Premchand Gada at gadapb9jafna@pol.net for details. Again, I thank you very much to let us (the Executive committee) serve you. And with your support, we plan to do much more. I want to build many sadhermic bhavans near our Jain Centers. Thank you, and Jai Jinendra. - Dr. Bipin Parikh - President, JAINA THE JAINA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 2001-2003 # TITLE NAME CITY ST. TEL. E-MAIL 1 President Dr. Bipin D. Parikh Des Plains 847-699-1294 president@jaina.org 2 Frist V.P. Mr. Anop R. Vora Rochester 585-473-9290 firstvp@jaina.org 3 Secretary Mr. Kirit C. Daftary Waco TX 254-776-4209 secretary@jaina.org 4 Treasurer Mr. Girish P. Shah Campbell CA 408-378-8765 treasurer@jaina.org 5 V.P. - Canada Mrs. Lata Champsee Toronto ONT 416-441-2200 latachampsee@usa.net 6 V.P. - West Mr. Hasendra Shah Cerritos CA 562-404-2851 hasendra@aol.com 7 V.P. - Southwest Mr. Udai Jain Sugar Land TX 281-980-0741 jainudail@aol.com 8 V.P. - Southeast Mr. Mahendra Mehta Fort Myers 941-561-2731 mmehta77@hotmail.com 9 V.P. - Midwest Mrs. Ila G. Mehta Maumee 419-865-2727 gmehta@glasscity.net 10 V.P. - Northeast Dr. Sushil Jain Gaithersburg MD 301-670-0519 Sushiljain@aol.com 11 Past President Dr. Mahendra K. Pandya Staten Island NY 718-816-0083 mkpandya@hotmail.com ON Jain Education Intemational

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JAINA AT A GLANCE FOUNDING SPIRITUAL LEADERS Gurudev Chitrabhanu Ji Acharya Sushil kumar Ji The Federation of JAINA is the umbrella organization of local Jain Associations (Sanghs) in U.S.A. and Canada. Other Jain organizations established for specific purpose are also affiliated member of JAINA. The purpose of the organization is to preserve, practice and promote Jainism. ORIGIN: An Umbrella organization for all Jain organizations (not individuals) in North America was initiated at the first Jain Convention held in Los Angeles in 1981. At the second Jain Convention in New York in 1983, JAINA was established and formally constituted. JAINA is the only organization representing all the JAINS living in U.S. and Canada without bias classification based on sect, language, or region. It has provided a forum to foster friendship and unity among various Jain communities of North America. OBJECTIVES 1. To promote religious and educational activities related to Jain religion and to promote study and understanding of Jain religion. 2. To assist existing Jain associations and promote the formation of new Jain associations throughout North America. 3. To provide and promote academic and cultural interchanges and cooperation among Jains in North America, India and other countries. 4. To assist and to promote charitable and humanitarian community service activities in North America, India, and other countries. 5. To promote vegetarianism and non-violence. 6. To assist in the establishment of Jain Temples, Sthanaks, Pathshalas and other facilitiesfor carrying on Jain activities. 7. To establish liaison with governmental and other agencies in pursuance of the above objectives. ORGANIZATION The JAINA organization functions through its many units. Over 300 volunteers are involved in efficiently running this organization. They include: The Board of Directors Directors-at-Large The Executive Committee Committee Chair & Co-Chairpersons Jain Digest, Editorial and Managing Editor Board JAINA Charitable Trust Member Organization's Presidents 2003 Convention: Convention Board 2003 Convention: Activity & Advisory Board 13 or more A large number of volunteers serve as members of various committees Jain Education Intemational

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PAST PRESIDENTS OF JAINA # TERM NAME 1 81-83 Mr. Lalit Shah 2 83-85 Dr. Manoj Dharamsi 3 85-89 Dr. Tansukh Salgia 4 89-93 Dr. Sulekh Jain 5 93-95 Dr. Jagat Jain 6 95-97 Dr. Manibhai Mehta 7 97-99 Dr. Dhiraj Shah 8 99-01 Dr. Mahendra Pandya CITY Ahmedabad Reston Columbus Sugarland Williamsville Cypress Grand Island Staten Island ST TEL. # GUJ 011-9179-642-3939 VA 703-620-9837 OH 614-899-2678 TX 281-494-7656 NY 716-688-0104 CA 714-898-3156 NY 716-773-1314 NY 718-816-0083 DIRECTORS AT LARGE ST NY ONT # NAME 1 Mrs. Pramodaben Chitrabhanu 2 Mr. Shantibhai Shah - (Resigned) 3 Mr. Virendra Shah 4 Mr. Samprati J. Shah 5 Dr. Sumati Shah 6 Mr. Sobhagya Khamesra 7 Mr. Atul Khara CITY New York Thornhill Torrance Elk Grove Vlg. Searingtown Mississauga Plano TEL. # 212-534-6090 905-881-9390 310-326-5685 847-524-0463 516-625-8617 905-274-6464 972-867-6535 IL NY ONT TX DIRECTORS OF JAIN CENTERS ST # ST TAV 2 AZ 3 AZ 4 B.C. 5 CA CA CA CA CA CA AB AZ AZ B.C. CA CA CA CA SA CA CO CO ORGANIZATION Jain Society of Alberta Jain Center of Greater Phoenix Jain Center of Greater Phoenix Jain Center of British Columbia Jain Center of Northern California Jain Center of Northern California Jain Center of S. California-Los Angeles Jain Center of S. California-Los Angeles Jain Society of Greater Sacramento Jain Society of San Diego Jain Society of Colorado Jain Center of Connecticut Jain Center of Connecticut Jain Center of Greater Hartford Jain Assoc.of Palm Beach & Treasure Cst Jain Assoc. of Northeast Florida Jain Center of South Florida Jain Center of South Florida Jain Center of Ft. Myers Jain Society of Tampa Bay Jain Society of Central Florida, Inc. Shri Dharmvihar Upashrya Augusta Jain Community NAME Mr. Jasvant Mehta Dr. Kirit Gosalia Mr. Jayantilal Savla Mrs. Hira Shah Mr. Jay Itchhaporia Mr. Girish Shah Dr. Manibhai Mehta Mr. Hasendra Shah Mr. Manoj Desai Ms. Kokila Doshi Mr. Gautam Doshi Mrs. Usha Maru Mr. Sudhir Shah Dr. Prem Godha Mr. Dilip Mehta Mr. Bhupendra Vira Ms. Bhavna Shah Ms. Deepikaben Dalal Mr. Mahendra Mehta Mr. Hasmukh M. Shah Mr. Rajendra Mehta Mr. Rajendra Shah Mr. Navnit Shah CITY Edmonton Phoenix Paradise Valley Burnaby Milpitas Campbell Cypress Cerritos Granite Bay Poway Denver Brookfield Woodbridge S. Glastnbury Wellington Jacksonville Coral Gables Cooper City Fort Meyers Tarpon Springs Longwood Panama City Beach Martinez CT TEL. # 780-435-9070 602-863-1073 480-443-4072 604-438-2243 408-263-8739 408-378-8765 714-898-3156 562-404-2851 916-791-4111 858-679-7645 303-300-6646 203-775-1906 203-397-5086 860-657-2284 561-793-3564 904-262-1243 305-662-8406 954-431-5957 941-561-2731 727-934-6141 407-260-6459 850-234-6247 706-863-6976 st st ST 15 FL 16 FL 17 FL 18 FL 19 FL FL 21 FL 22 FL 23 GA CT FL FL FL FL FL FL GA Jain Education Intemational

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IL KS LA MA MA MD VA MI MI MI MN MO MO NC NC 24 GA 25 GA 26 IL 27 IL 28 KS 29 LA 30 MA 31 MA 32 MD 33 VA 34 MI 35 MI 36 MI 37 MN 38 MO 39 MO 40 NC 41 NC 42 NJ 43 NJ 44 NJ 45 PA 46 NJ 47 NJ 48 NY 49 NY 50 NY 51 NY 52 NY 53 NY 54 NY 55 NY 56 NY 57 OH 58 OH 59 OH 60 OH 61 OH 62 OH 63 OH 64 OK 65 ONT NJ PA NY Jain Society of Greater Atlanta Jain Society of Greater Atlanta Jain Society of Metro Chicago Jain Society of Metro Chicago Kansas Jain Sangh Jain Society of Southern Louisiana Jain Center of Greater Boston Jain Center of Greater Boston Jain Society of Metro Washington Jain Society of Metro Washington Jain Society of Greater Detroit, Inc. Jain Society of Greater Detroit, Inc. Jain Society of Greater Lansing Jain Center of Minnesota Jain Center of Greater St. Louis Jain Center of Greater St. Louis Jain Study Center of N. Carolina (Raleigh) Jain Study Group of Charlotte Jain Center of N.J. - Essex Fells Jain Center of N.J. - Essex Fells Jain Sangh of N.J.- Cherry Hill Jain Sangh of NJ - Cherry Hill International Jain Sangh International Jain Sangh Jain Center of America - NY Jain Center of America - NY Jain Center of Syracuse Jain Community of Buffalo Jain Community of Buffalo Jain Society of Capitol District-Albany Jain Society of Rochester Jain Society of Rochester Jain Assoc. of Elmira Jain Center of Central Ohio, Columbus Jain Center of Central Ohio, Columbus Jain Center of Cincinnati/Dayton Jain Center of Cincinnati/Dayton Jain Society of Greater Cleveland Jain Society of Greater Cleveland Jain Society of Toledo Tulsa Jain Sangh Jain Assoc. of Ottawa-Carleton Jain Society of Toronto Jain Society of Toronto Jain Society of Oregon Jain Center of Allentown Jain Center of South Central PA Jain Society of Pittsburgh Jain Society of Pittsburgh Phila, Jain Sangh of Samarpan Temple Phila. Jain Sangh of Samarpan Temple Samarpan Jain Sangh Samarpan Jain Sangh Montreal Jain Assoc. Jain Society of Greater Memphis Jain Society of Middle Tennessee Jain Center of West Texas Jain Society of Houston Jain Society of Houston Jain Society of N. Texas/Dallas Jain Society of N. Texas Dallas Jain Religion Center of Wisconsin Prerana Yoga & Meditation Foundation Mr. Manhar C. Parekh Mr. Mahendra Dosi Mr. Prabodh Vaidya Dr. Bipin Parikh Mr. Mehul Vora Mr. Santosh Shah Dr. Vinay K. Jain Dr. Chandra Khasgiwala Dr. Sushil Jain Dr. Manoj Dharamsi Ms. Gita Shah Mr. Niranjan Modi Mr. Madan Lalwani Mr. Ram Gada Mr. Satish Nayak Mr. Shirish Ghelani Mr. Pravin K. Shah Mr. Surendra Patel Mr. Vinay K. Vakani Mr. Rajan Shah Mr. Kirti C. Shah Mr. Dilip V. Shah Mr. Naresh Jain Mr. Rajendra Kumar Mr. Naveen Shah Mr. Kirit Kapadia Mr. Jit Turakhia Dr. Dhiraj Shah Dr. Jagat Jain Mr. Rasik Chudgar Mr. Mit Turakhia Mr. Anop Vora Mr. Suresh Shah Mr. Tansukh Salgia Mr. Surendra Jain Dr. Surendra Singhvi Mr. Chandubhai Shah Dr. Khushal Bhaiji Mr. Ramesh P. Shah Mrs. Ila G. Mehta Mr. Kanti Shah Mr. Jagmohan Humar Mrs. Lata Champsee Mr. Chandrakant. J. Shah Ms. Lata Desai Mrs. Leena Shah Mr. Bhupendra Parekh Mr. Vinod Doshi Mr. Shantilal Mohnot Ms. Nippa R. Shah Mr. Pratik Shah Mr. Devendra Peer Mrs. Hansa Shah Mr. Raju Shah Mrs. Chanchala Mehta Mr. Pravin Mehta Dr. Premchand Gada Mr. Parimal Desai Mr. Udai Jain Ms. Hansa Varia Mr. Kiritbhai Daftary Mr. Kamal Shah Mr. Harakh Dedhia Atlanta Alpharetta Bolingbrook Des Plaines Overland Park Gretna Wellesley Andover Gaithersburg Reston Livonia West Bloomfield East Lansing St. Paul Manchester St. Louis Raleigh Charlotte Oradell North Brunswick Marlton Philadelphia Rutherford Piscataway Albertson Great Neck Liverpool Grand Island Williamsville Latham Fairport Rochester Horseheads Columbus Athens Dayton West Chester North Royalton Mayfield Village Maumee Bixby Ottawa Don Mills Toronto Beaverton Macungie Lancaster Monroeville Murrysville Philadelphia Warminster Huntingdon Valley Wilmington St. Laurent Germantown Clarksville Lubbock Houston Sugar Land Richardson Waco Mequon Morgantown NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY OH OH OH ON OH OH OH OK ONT ONT ONT OR PA PA 770-908-1646 770-442-8559 630-985-9144 847-699-1294 913-383-2293 504-394-1586 781-237-5997 978-470-0255 301-670-0519 703-620-9837 734-462-2902 248-669-6579 517-337-2086 651-636-1075 636-394-0980 314-434-1780 919-859-4994 704-364-2684 201-967-9344 732-821-1363 856-983-2974 215-561-0581 201-933-8963 732-424-3914 516-248-0841 516-829-3316 315-622-3287 716-773-1314 716-688-0104 518-785-7470 585-388-0431 585-473-9290 607-739-3807 614-899-2678 740-592-1660 937-885-7414 513-779-2013 440-237-5050 440-442-4596 419-865-2727 918-369-3163 613-736-0783 416-441-2200 416-391-0079 503-629-9899 610-398-8706 717-898-6173 412-856-9235 724-325-2058 215-464-5753 215-444-9583 215-947-9083 302-764-6577 514-747-9707 901-755-5343 931-648-9535 806-794-4777 281-859-3661 281-980-0741 972-644-0294 254-776-4209 262-242-4827 304-594-1818 PA RA PA PA PA 67 ONT 68 OR 69 PA 70 PA 71 PA 72 PA 73 PA 74 PA 75 PA 76 DE 77 QC 78 TN 79 TN 80 TX 81 TX 82 TX 83 TX 84 TX 85 WI 86 WV QC TN TX TX TX TX TX WI WV Jain Education Intemational

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ST. AB AZ 3 BC 4 CA 5* CA 6* CA 7 CA 8 CO 9 CT 10 CT 11 FL 12 FL 13 FL 14 FL 15 FL 16 FL # 1 2 17 FL 18 GA 19 GA 20* IL 21 KS 22 LA 23 MA 24 MD 25* MI 26 MI 27 MN 28 MO 29 NC 30 NC 31 NJ 32* NJ 33 NJ 34* NY 35 NY 36 NY 37 NY 38 NY 39 NY 40 NY 41 OH 42 OH 43 OH 44 OH ORGANIZATION Jain Society of Alberta Jain Center of Greater Phoenix 61 WV * Major Sanghs Jain Center of British Columbia Jain Society of Greater Sacramento Jain Center of S. California-Los Angeles Jain Center of Northern California Jain Society of San Diego Jain Center of Colorado Jain Center of Connecticut Jain Center of Greater Hartford Jain Society Inc. of Tampa Bay Jain Center of Ft. Myers Jain Association of Northeast Florida PRESIDENTS OF JAIN CENTERS CITY Edmonton Glendale Jain Society of Central Florida, Inc. Jain Assoc.of Palm Beach &Treasure Cst Jain Center of South Florida Shri Dharmvihar Upashrya Jain Society of Greater Atlanta Augusta Jain Community Jain Society of Metro Chicago Jain Association of KC. Jain Society of Southern Louisiana Jain Center of Greater Boston Jain Society of Metro Washington Jain Society of Greater Detroit, Inc. Jain Society of Greater Lansing Jain Center of Minnesota Jain Center of Greater St. Louis Jain Study Center of N. Carolina (Raleigh) Jain Study Group of Charlotte Jain Sangh of N.J.- (Cherry Hill, N.J.) Jain Center of N.J.- Essex Fells International Jain Sangh Jain Center of America - NY Jain Community of Buffalo Jain Sangh of Hudson Valley Jain Association of Elmira Jain Society of Capitol District-Albany Jain Center of Syracuse Jain Society of Rochester Jain Center of Central Ohio, Columbus Jain Center of Cincinnati/Dayton Jain Society of Greater Cleveland Jain Center of Toledo 45 OK Tulsa Jain Sangh 46 ONT Jain Association of Ottawa-Carleton 47* ONT Jain Sociery of Toronto 48 OR Jain Society of Oregon 49 PA Jain Center of Allentown 50 PA Phila. Jain Sangh of Samarpan Temple Samarpan Jain Sangh 51 PA 52 PA Jain Center of South Central PA 53 PA 54 QC 55 TN 56 TN 57* TX 58 TX 59 TX 60 WI Jain Society of Pittsburgh Montreal Jain Association Jain Society of Middle Tennessee Jain Center of Greater Memphis Jain Society of Houston Jain Center of West Texas Jain Society of N. Texas/Dallas Jain Religion Center of Wisconsin Prerana Yoga & Meditation Foundation NAME Mr. Jasvant Mehta Ms. Bhakti Gosalia Mr. Anand K. Jain Mr. Manoj Desai Dr. Nitin K. Shah Mr. Jay Itchhaporia Mr. Rohak Vora Mr. Praful Shah Mr. Yogesh Kamdar Mr. Faquir C. Jain Mr. Vijay Jain Mr. Mahendra Mehta Mr. Bhupendra Vira Dr. Shashikant Shah Mr. Dilip Mehta Mr. Jay Bhandari Mr. Rajendra Shah Mrs. Madhu Sheth Mr. Navnit Shah Mr. Niranjan Shah Mr. Mehul Vora Mr. Santosh C. Shah Mr. Surendra R. Shah Mrs. Kanta Dharamsi Mr. Rohit R. Shah Mr. Ramesh Dedhia Mrs. Abha Bhow Mrs. Kalpana Shah Mr. Kamlesh Shah Mr. Surendra Patel Mr. Kirti C. Shah Mr. Diwakar N. Shah Dr. Subhash Shah Mr. Hemant Shah Mr. Dave Jain Mr. Arvind Shah Mrs. Suman Mehta Mr. Rasik Chudgar Mrs. Manda Turakhia Mr. Bipin Daftari Mr. Rakesh Jain Mr. Vijay Doshi Ms. Mohan R. Jain Ms. Rita Ajmera Mr. Kanti J. Shah Mr. Jagmohan Humar Mr. Arhant Jain Mrs. Tarulata V. Vora Mr. Rashmi Sheth Mr. Mahendra Shah Mr. Devendra Peer Mr. Bhupendra Parekh Dr. Shantilal Mohnat Mr. Jitendra Shah Mr. Pravin Mehta Mrs. Chanchala Mehta Mr. Shantibhai Gala Mr. Jitendra Shah Dr. Minaxi K. Rathod Mr. Kamal Shah Mr. Harakh Dedhia 8 W. Vancouver Granite Bay La Mirada Milpitas Sandiego Superior Hamden Storrs Dunnedin Fort Meyers Jacksonville Lake Mary Wellington Weston Panama City Beach Atlanta Martinez Schaumburg Overland Park Gretna Webster Reston Novi Okemos Eden Prairie Ballwin Cary Charlotte Marlton S. Plainfield Alpine Floral Park Grand Island Hopewell Junction Horseheads Latham Liverpool Webster Columbus Middleton Pepper Pike Sylvania Bixby Ottawa Oakville Hollsboro Bethlehem Morrisville Huntingdon Valley Lancester Murrysville DDO Clarksville Germantown Katy Lubbock Sherman Mequon Morgantown ST TEL # AB 780-435-9070 AZ 623-561-2146 604-922-6288 B.C. CA 916-791-4111 CA 562-902-0277 CA 408-263-8739 CA 858-676-1150 CO 303-494-4161 203-288-2350 860-487-0607 727-723-1473 941-561-2731 904-262-1243 407-323-3509 561-793-3564 CT FL FL FL FL FL FL FL GA GA IL KS LA MA VA MI MI MN MO NC NC NJ NJ NJ NY NY NY NY NY NY NY OH OH OH OH OK ONT ONT OR PA PA PA PA PA QC TX TX TX WI WV 954-217-3678 850-234-6247 404-325-0627 706-863-6976 847-330-1088 913-383-2293 504-394-1586 508-949-3914 703-620-9837 248-374-9225 517-349-8213 952-934-6472 636-225-0481 919-481-2377 704-364-2684 856-983-2974 908-754-0891 201-784-0118 718-347-0539 716-774-8183 845-226-6016 607-796-9065 518-785-7470 315-622-3287 716-787-2804 614-459-1025 513-779-2112 216-464-6355 419-885-5149 918-369-3163 613-736-0783 905-827-7494 503 648-5596 610-868-1231 215-295-5260 215-947-9083 717-898-6173 724-325-2058 514-684-7540 931-648-9535 901-755-5343 281-398-7402 806-795-7057 903-868-1174 262-242-4827 304-594-1818

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JAIN DIGEST EDITORIAL BOARD CITY ST. TEL. Toronto ONT 416-441-2200 # TITLE NAME 1 Editor In Chief Mrs. Lata Champsee REGIONAL EDITORS 1 Canada Dr. Mahendra Mehta 2 Midwest, US Mr. Manubhai Doshi 3 Northeast, US Mr. Dineshbhai Chheda 4 Southeast, US Mr. Surendra Shah 5 Southwest, US Mr. Jadavji Kenia 6 West, US Mr. Chandrakant Parekh ASSOCIATE EDITORS 1 Young Minds Mr. Arpan R. Shah 2 Matrimonials Mr. Hasmukh M. Shah 3 JAINA Focus Mr. Samprati Shah MANAGING BOARD 1 Chairperson Mrs. Lata Champsee 2 Marketing Director Mr. Dilip V. Shah 3 Circulation Director Mr. Keerti Shah Islington Lake Forest Parsippany Marietta Richardson Cerritos ONT 416-241-2044 IL 847-735-0120 NJ 973-394-1701 GA 770-422-1483 TX 972-690-3593 CA 562-865-1679 Ithaca Tarpon Springs Schaumburg NY 646-339-7020 FL 727-934-6141 IL 847-524-0463 Toronto Philadelphia Bartlett ONT 416-441-2200 PA 215-561-0581 IL 630-837-8716 JAINA COMMITTEES CITY # COMMITTEE NAME 1 Ahimsa Day Celebration 2 Calendar 3 Community Leadership Council NAME Dr. Surendra Singhvi Mr. Rajeev Pandya Mr. Ramesh P. Shah ST. OH Dayton Staten Island Mayfield Village TEL.# 937-885-7414 718-816-0083 440-442-4596 NY OH 4 Governmental & International / Organizations Relations Dr. Dhiraj H. Shah Grand Island 716-773-1314 5 Interfaith Activities / World Council of Jains 6 7 Jain Digest Membership Jain Pooja and Marriage Dr. Manoj Dharamsi Mr. Rashmikant Gardi Mr. Keerti Shah Mr. Naresh Shah Mr. Arhant Jain Mr. Anand K. Jain Mr. Rohit H. Doshi Dr. Mahendra K. Pandya Mr. Anop R. Vora Mr. Hasendra Shah Reston S. Barrington Bartlett Garden City Park Oakville W. Vancouver Vestal Staten Island Rochester Cerritos IL NY ONT BC NY NY 703-620-9837 847-428-4298 630-837-8716 516-741-9269 905-827-7494 604-922-6288 607-754-6010 718-816-0083 585-473-9290 562-404-2851 NY 8 Jaina Book Stores 9 Jaina Charitable Trust 10 Jaina Convention Board 11 Jaina Coordinator to Patrons Program Jaina Coordinator to 12 United Religion Initiative 13 Jaina Coordinator to YJA and YJP NY 14 Jaina Temple Guidelines 15 Jivdaya Committee 16 Jaina Publication Committee 17 Jaina Education Committee 18 Jaina Library Committee 19 Jaina Website Committee 20 Long Term Planning Mr. Ramesh P. Shah Mr. Pravin K. Shah Mr. Vinay Vakani Dr. Jagat Jain Mr. Ratibhai Shah Dr. Prem Gada Mr. Pravin K. Shah Mr. Virendra Shah Mr. Girish P. Shah Mr. Prabodh Vaidya Mayfield Village Raleigh Oradell Williamsville Bartonville Lubbock Raleigh Toriance Campbell Bollingbrook 440-442-4596 919-859-4994 201-967-9344 716-688-0104 817-430-8638 806-794-4777 919-859-4994 310-326-5685 408-378-8765 630-985-9144 EZ CA CA IL Jain Education Intemational

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21 Marriage Information Service - Jain Digest 22 Media Watch / Public Relation 23 Membership North American Jain Families 24 Assistance Program 25 Pilgrimage 26 Scholar Visitation 27 Senior Citizens 28 Tirthodhdhar 29 Veerchand Raghvji Gandhi Scholarship Fund 30 World Community Service 31 Young Jains of America 32 Young Jain Professionals Mr. Hasmukh M. Shah Dr. Sushil Jain Mr. Anant K. Jain Mr. Manoj Jain Mr. Kamlesh Shah Ms. Ila Mehta Mr. Dilip V. Shah Mr. Nirmal Dosi Mr. Kantilal Shah Mr. Kirit Daftary Mr. Pravin C. Shah Mr. Bachubhai S. Ajmera Mr. Bhadresh R. Dhila Mr. Prakash Mehta Mr. Ronak Shah Ms. Suchita Shah Mr. Sanjay Mehta PUBLICATIONS JAINA LIBRARY: Tarpon Springs Gaithersburg Richardson Germantown Rockville Maumee Philadelphia East Brunswick Rancho Santa Margarita Waco New Hyde Park Ashton Ashton Herndon Tulsa JAIN DIGEST: Editor in Chief: Lata Champsee (416) 441-2200 It is published quarterly and is mailed free to more than 10,000 Jain families in North America and Worldwide. Donation of $151 is requested for life membership. To receive your copy or to inform any changes in mailing address. Please Contact JAINA Headquarters: (716) 636-5342. E-mail: jainahq@jaina.org. Chairperson: Virendra Shah (310) 326-5685. The main library with 8,000 books is in Los Angeles, with a branch in Canada. Samprati Shah (847) 524-0463 Farmington Hills Floral Park JAINA CALENDAR: Chairperson: Rajeev Pandya (718) 816-0083 Started in 1999, it has now become an annual feature. It is one of the well participated and well responded activities of JAINA.. 10 JAINA EDUCATION: Chairperson: Pravin K. Shah (919) 859-4994. JAINA is committed to see that each of the centers has a Pathashala. To this end in cooperation with local center teachers, workshops have become an important feature in each center. JAINA is also preparing a uniform Pathshala curriculum in cooperation with other Jain centers in North America. JAINA published Education and Literature CD. * FL 727-934-6141 MD 301-670-0519 TX 214-231-5208 TN 901-753-5289 MD 301-838-9778 OH 419-865-2727 PA 215-561-0581 NJ 732-390-0296 CA 949-459-8299 TX 254-776-4209 NY 516-248-8265 MD 301-924-8070 MD 301-570-1117 703-318-8252 VA OK 918-269-7665 MI NY 734-764-9666 718-347-3083 JAINA PUBLICATION: Chairperson: Prem Gada (806) 794-4777 This committee is doing publication of Pathashala books, Comic books and other educational material.. JAINA WEBSITE: Chairperson: Girish Shah (408) 378-8765. An updated website of JAINA is an excellent source of information about JAINA's activities and current events. Visit JAINA's website: WWW.JAINA.ORG JAINA FOCUS:

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JAINA ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS JAINA CONVENTIONS: 2003 JAINA Convention Convenor: Mr. Anop Vora (585) 473-9290 This biennial event started in 1981 has become a unique socio-religious event for the entire Jain community of North America. Over 5,500 Jain brothers and sisters attended the Eleventh Biennial Convention held in Chicago in July 2001. Our Jain Monks, Bhattaraks, Scholars, and Dignitaries from all over the world graced the occasion. 2003 JAINA Convention will be held in Cincinnati, OH and hosted by Jain Center of Cincinnati & Dayton, OH AHIMSA DAY CELEBRATION: Chairperson: Dr. Surendra Singhvi (937) 885-7414 To celebrate Ahimsa day to create awareness about. Non-violence Hall mark of Jainism * To celebrate coincide with Gandhi's Birthday in October Accomplishments: * To Celebrate at Siddhachalam every year. * Speech at Inter faith Peace Conference in Cincinnati & Dayton, OH. * Proclamation in Columbus, OH by Mayor. * Received Greetings from President Clinton Future Plans: * To get all Jains Centers involved. ANNUAL CALENDAR: Chairperson: Mr. Rajeev Pandya (718) 816-0083 * Our mission is to publish colorful calendar with photographs of ancient Jain temples located throughout India. It also lists the history behind each temple. The calendar has multicolor dated with American days and Jain Tithis. It also lists Tirthankara's Janma and Moksha Kalyanaks. Accomplishments: * Have successfully published the calendars for three years, 2000-2002. We have received positive and encouraging response from our Jain community. Future Plans: * To continue publication of calendars. GOVERNMENT & INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS : Chairperson: Dr. Dhiraj Shah (716) 773-1314 * To foster interaction, dialogue and communication with Jain organizations throughout the world * To have a good working relationship with US, UK & Indian & other government Accomplishments: Attended World Parliament of Religions in S. Africa - 1999. Participated in World Jain Confederation in Bombay, India - 2001 Awarded Certificate of Registration by United States Agency for International Development. Approved by Ministry of Welfare & Social Affairs of Government of India. Working with American Red cross on funds raising for Indian Earthquake. Working with Direct relief International for supplying Medical Equipment to India Working with Mission of Love, B.U.S.E.S. International & Inter Vol to ship Dental Chairs, Wheel Chairs & Medical Supplies to India. Chairperson Dr. Dhiraj shah was only Jain from North America who was awarded Jain Ratna on 2600th birth anniversary of Lord Mahavir by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Future Plan: * Applied for United Nations Non-Government Organization (NGO) status. * To create more relationships to receive medical and other supplies in Disaster & Emergency situation. JAIN POOJA & MARRIAGE: * To perform Pratistha ceremony. Chairperson: Mr. Naresh Shah (516) 741-9269 11 Jain Education Intemational

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To perform various kinds of Pooja. To perform Maha Pooja. To perform ceremony for Jain Wedding. INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES: Chairperson: Dr. Manoj Dharamsi (703) 620-9837 To provide FREE exchange of Religious views with other major Religions on the world. To promote inclusion of Jain Symbols and Holidays in the calendar of NCCJ (National Conference of Christians & Jews). To promoter Harmony, Tolerance & Peace with all other religions. To promote "ANEKANTAVAD" in practice. . Accomplishments: Co-Sponsor of the World parliament of Religions held in Chicago - 1993. Jain Symbol and Holidays included in calendar published by NCCJ. JAINA CHARITABLE TRUST: Chairperson: Dr. Mahendra Pandya (718) 816-0083 With the contribution from its 100 members, the Trust has received over $200,000 and has contributed over $100,000 to various worthy causes such as securing Jain Books, conventions (JAINA & YJA), Temples, Medical Institutions, JAINA General Fund etc. JAINA PATRON PROGRAM: Chairperson: Mr. Hasendra Shah (562) 404-2851 This program was initiated in 1997 to enable JAINA to meet its essential expenses. With a yearly expense of about $100,000 to maintain a headquarter, continue the publication of Jain Digest and other such activities, it is imperative for all to become JAINA PATRON with an annual contribution of $251 or become Grand Patron for Life by contributing $5000. Chairperson: Dr. Jagat Jain (716) 688-0104 To promote unity and harmony amongst all Jains To develop multiple guidelines for interior of Jain temples including how to get Marble and Pratimaji from India. Future Plans: * To create a complete resource book for Jain Center construction and expansion.. TEMPLE GUIDELINES: EDUCATION: Chairperson: Mr. Pravin K. Shah (919) 859-4994 * To provide Jain religious education to children, youths and adults by conducting classes, workshops and lectures at various centers in North America and other countries. To prepare Jain educational material for children, youth and adults in North America. To prepare pathshala teachers who in turn teach Jain to local community. To provide medium for interactions among Pathshala teachers of North America. Accomplishments: Now almost all Jain Centers in North America have regular Pathshala or Swadhyay program and members are gaining knowledge about Jainism through their local teachers or visiting scholars. CD containing JAINA Education and Literature published. Future Plans: * To prepare master database of all people connected with Jain education and establish e-group member list on Internet. Quarterly electronic newsletter covering various aspects of Pathshala activities. To organize workshops and convention at various locations to educate Jain community at large. To establish a website for Jaina Education material. JAIN NETWORK FORUM (JNF): - Jain meets Jain Chairman: Mr. Sunil Jain (630) 705-1884 The JNF database contains all registered JNF/MIS members and all future registered members of YJA, YJP and JAINA conventions. Jain Network Forum program is accustomed to member's needs, their interest and their future plans. They will have the opportunity to complete a personal profile about weekly activities, personal hobbies and future plans. The members will be able to search the JNF database by choosing the criteria that matter to them and then they will be able to view each matching candidates profile and picture. 12

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YOUNG JAINS OF AMERICA (YJA): Chairpersons: Mr. Ronak Shah (918) 269-7665. Started in 1989, YJA is growing fast in its membership. YJA seminars are a regular feature of JAINA Conventions. The first YJA Convention was held in Chicago in 1994. Our mission is to be recognized nationally and internationally as an umbrella Jain Youth organization for establishing a network to share heritage and religion through youth. To raise awareness about Jain ideals and principals in North America and in the world. To create a forum for sharing religion. To instill a sense of pride among Jain youth about their heritage. To address the problems, difficulties and concerns facing Jain youth. To assist and promote charitable community activities. To prepare Jain youth to become successful Jain Leaders of tomorrow * To develop friendship among Jain youth To foster and strengthen local Jain youth groups. Accomplishments: Project Ahimsa (Gujarat Relief): Help JAINA for Earthquake victims in Gujarat. Project Adinath (Website update): Created online Pathshala classes. Created network so Jains can communicate easily with each other. Successful biennial convention on 4th of July weekend, 2002 in New Jersey. JAINS PROFESSIONALS (YJP): Chairperson: Sanjay Mehta (718) 347-3083 This association is an affiliate member of JAINA. It is a forum for young Jain professionals to network and to meet other successful role models in our community. * To raise awareness of Jain principals through educational ad interactive discussion * To promote application of Jainism in Professional & social aspects of our lives. To facilitate peer networking. * To arrange community service. To provide mentorship to younger youth. To collaborate with YJA, JAINA & other Jain organizations. Accomplishments: * Four (4) Conventions * Seminars in Jain Ethics in science, art, business and medicine. Social responsible investing Living exploration of inner self: Effect of ego, anger, greed & deceit. Dual Culture & Renegotiating identity. Living exploration inner self: Impact of FIVE VOWS: non-violence, truth, non-stealing, chastity & non possessiveness. Future Plans: * More conventions, Seminars and Interaction MARRIAGE INFORMATION SERVICE - Jain Digest: Chairperson: Mr. Hasmukh Shah (727) 934-6141 * To promote Jainism to marry among Jains and participate the principals of Jainism in day-to-day life. To help Jain youths to gradually involve themselves in Jain organizations to advance the rational philosophy of Jainism between the parent and following generations, particularly born and raised in North America. Institutions of marriage and family to continue to be the foundation of cultural values of the society in formation and taking roots outside of India, particularly in the West. * Creating awareness about the selection process in marriage among the Jain community through scientific techniques of communication and counseling based on information. To promote better communications and counseling for our youth. Accomplishments: A number of Jain young male and female members have participated in our Marriage Information Service (MIS) registry program and have used this valuable service successfully. 13 Jain Education Intemational

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MEDIA WATCH / PUBLIC RELATION: To monitor media for misrepresentation of Jain Faith. To educate especially Non-Jains about our faith. To educate our community about civil rights. To empower to fully realize our rights. To build bridges of Understanding. Accomplishments: Arrange Jain Pilgrimage exhibit at Smithsonian Museum. Multi-pronged protest against Sun Micro System in their attempt to use JAIN as their trademark. Speech at Million March in Washington, D.C. to address "Family Based Values". Represented JAINA at Interfaith Alliances. Represented JAINA at White House conference on faith based & community initiatives. Organized Jain Prayer at Maryland House of Congress, US Congress and Ohio State House. Future Plans: To arrange JAINA Prayer at US Senate. To continue same efforts more vigorously. MEMBERSHIP: Accomplishments: To prepare Constitutional & Educational material for forming a new Center. To provide a medium for interactions among Jain Centers. To encourage growth of Jain Centers. Future Plans: * To continue fostering and planting seeds. Chairperson: Dr. Sushil Jain (301) 670-0519 * Now almost all Jain Centers in North America have regular Pathshala or Swadhayay. Have 57 Jain Centers. PILGRIMAGE: Chairperson: Dilip V. Shah (215) 561-0581 In October 1998, JAINA had its first ever YATRA to Shri Sammed Shikharji. With its success, JAINA now has a Pilgrimage Committee with a mandate to organize at least one Yatra every year. In January 2001 our sangh had a memorable and enriching Yatra to Jain Tirths in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Chairperson: Mr. Kamlesh Shah (301) 838-9778 SCHOLOR'S VISITATION: Chairperson: Mr. Nirmal Dosi (732) 390-0296 * To promote Jainism and spread education program to make our human life successful. To help local associations with scheduling dignitaries. Arrange to have scholars guide and grace the Paryushan/Daslaxana celebration. To help to get dignitaries to come to North America and prepare prior invitations. To help in Temple Sthapanas at each center from level of Bhoomi Poojan to final stage of the temple. To promote Jain wedding ceremony by distributing Jain wedding disk prepared with help from our local scholars. Arrange medical checks and help for scholars / monks whenever needed through selfless services for many of our volunteer doctors. Accomplishments: To promote donations to needy institute with the help of dignitaries. Future Plans: Regularly sponsors and coordinates visit of many Jain scholars, monks, nuns, bhattaraks, artists, and Jain leaders to North America. To promote scholars visitation for interest to Jain youth. Provide guidelines for rules to follow when inviting scholars and Munies from India. 14

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SENIOR CITIZENS: Chairperson: Mr. Kantilal Shah (949) 459-8299 * To collect and distribute information concerning benefits, programs offered by the States and Federal government, such as Social Security benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, Transportatios and Housing benefits. * To provide advise on Estate Planning, preparation of Living wills / Trust, Long term care. * To plan for social activities. Accomplishments: * Have organized various activities for the seniors, like bus trips to various home temples, recreation parks, musical programs, picnics, Rangoli competition and religious poojas in Los Angeles areas. Future Plans: * Planning transportation facility for seniors so they can visit Jain Center frequently * Exploring the housing facility for seniors. We welcome any new ideas from Jain communities for betterment of our seniors. Senior Citizen Discount method TIRTHODHDHAR: Chairperson: Mr. Kirit Daftary (254) 776-4209. This recently established committee has done very important work by taking care of our Living Tirths, our Sadhus, Sadhavis and Educational Institutions back in India. Accomplishments: Jain School built in Lachhwad (Bihar) from the donation collected and is fully functional. * Provided medical help for Sadhavis in Ahmedabad. * Providing medical support to Amrender Muniji's sickness. V.R. GANDHI SCHOLARSHIP: Chairperson: Mr. Pravin C. Shah (516) 248-8265 * To promote and encourage studies in Jainism To promote message of Universal love and non-violence through education. To commerate historical visit of V.R. Gandhi to West in 1893 to represent Jainism at World Parliament of Religions. To provide scholarship for advance studies in Jainism. Accomplishments: * Award of 5 scholarship to students studing M. Phil. & Ph.D. in India. * Promoted the project in India and USA through various media. Future Plans: * To award 10 scholarship in the year 2001-02 WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICES: Chairperson: Mr. Bachubhai Ajmera (301) 924-8070 * To provide Humanitarian Services all around the World with emphasis on India. * To provide Medical Services to disadvantaged and poor people. * To RUSH to emergency disasters such as: Earthquake, Floods, Hurricane Famine Accomplishments: * Helped victims of Earthquake in Lathur (Mah.), North ridge (CA), Uttar Kashi (U.P.), Kobe (Japan), and Kutch (Gujarat) Conducted Medical Camps in Kutch & Veerayatan, Pune, Mangrol (India) Helped war victims in Rawanda Adopted 2 villages in Kutch during cyclone Provided financial help to war victims of Kosovo * Rebuilt village in Orissa, India * Donated number of Medical Equipments, Clothes, Blankets, Water Bottles, Wheel Chairs, Dental Chairs in India. Future Plans: * Rebuild 2 villages in Kutch, Gujarat Rebuild Community Center * Rebuild Primary & Secondary Schools Jain Education Intemational

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(Continued from inside of front cover) The five fundamental teachings of Jainism are deeply rooted in its living ethos in the unbroken continuity across the centuries. They offer the world today a time-tested anchor or normal imperatives and a viable route plan for humanity's common pilgrimage for holistic environmental protection, peace and harmony in the universe. JAIN COSMOLOGY Jains do not acknowledge an intelligent first cause as the creator of the universe. The Jain theory is that the universe has no beginning or end. It is traced to Jiva and ajiva, the two everlasting, uncreated, independent and co-existing categories consciousness in Jiva. That which has no consciousness is ajiva. There are five substances of ajiva: 1. Dharma - the medium of motion 3. akasha - space 5. kala-time Pudgala (matter) has form and consist of individual atoms (paramanu) and conglomerates of atoms (skandha), which can be seen, heard, smelt, tested and/or touched. According to Jains, energy, or the phenomena of sound, darkness, shade, heat, light and the like, is produced by conglomerates of atoms. The Jiva (soul) has no form but, during its worldly career, it is vested with a body and becomes subject to an inflow of karmic 'dust' (asravas). These are the subtle material particles that are drawn to a soul because of its worldly activities. The asravas bind the soul to the physical world until they have brought about the karmic result when they fall away "like ripe fruit" by which time other actions have drawn more asravas to the soul. 2. adharma - the medium of rest 4. pudgala - matter With the exception of the arihantas (the ever-perfect) and the Siddhas (the liberated), who have dispelled the passions, which provide the 'glue' for the asravas, all souls are in karmic bondage to the universe. They go through a continuous cycle of death and rebirth in a personal evolution that can lead at last to Moksha (eternal release). In this cycle there are countless souls at different stages of their personal evolution: earth-bodies, water-bodies, fire-bodies, air-bodies, vegetable-bodies, and mobile bodies ranging from bacteria, insects, worms, birds and larger animals to human beings, internal beings and celestial beings. The Jain evolutionary theory is base on a grading of the physical bodies containing souls according to the degree of sensory perception. All souls are equal but are bound by varying amounts of asravas (karmic particles), which is reflected in the type of body they inhibit. The lowest form of physical body has only the sense of touch and are therefore able to experience pleasure and pain, and have souls. Mahavira taught that only the one who understood the grave detriment caused by destruction of plants and trees understood the meaning and merit of reverence for nature. Even metals and stones might have life in them and should not be dealt with recklessly. Above the single-sense Jivas are micro-organisms and small animals with two, three or four senses. Higher in order are the Jivas with five senses. The highest grade of animals and the human beings also possess rationality and intuition (manas). As a highly evolved form of life, human beings have a great moral responsibility in their mutual dealings and in their relationship with the rest of the universe. It is this conception of life and its eternal coherence, in which human beings have an inescapable ethical responsibility that made the Jain tradition a cradle for the creed of environmental protection and harmony. NAMO ARIHANTANAM I bow to the arihantas - the ever-perfect spitural victors MANO SIDDHANAM I bow to the siddhas - the liberated souls NAMO ARYAIYANAM I bow to the acharyas - the leaders of the Jain order NAMO UVAJJHAYANAM I bow to the upadhyayas - the learned preceptors NAMASKAR MANTRA NAMO LOE SAVVA-SAHUNAM These five obeisances SAVVA-PAVAPPANASANO Erase all sins I bow to the saints and sages everywhere in the world ESO PANCH NAMUKKARO MANGALANACH SAVVESIM Amongst all that is auspicious PADHAMAMHAVAI MANGALAM This is the foremost. On the front cover: Symbol of JAINA officially adopted during the 2500th anniversary of Lord Mahavir's Nirvana (1975). The hand signifies friendly re-assurance and ethical responsibility of every individual. The word Ahimsa (Non-Violence) appears in the center of the palm. August 2002 Rev. 1 16

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A TRIBUTE TO ANANDGHANJI Dr. Pravin L. Shah, Reading, PA YOGIRAJ ANANDGHANJI ( 1600-1682 A.D.) with Lord Tirthankar illuminates the heart of the disciple with During the last two thousand years, we have been blessed divinity and enlightenment. The author, however, puts a condiwith at least a dozen most eminent Acharyas in Jain religion tion for pleasing the master that one must completely surrenincluding Acharaya Umaswati, Kundkund. Pujayapad, Samant der to the Lord without any deceitful motives. The author says Bhadra, Siddhasen, Haribhadra, Amrutchandra, Hemchnadra, the real worship to my Swami or the Lord is to melt away my ego Yasovijayji Upadhayay and Yogiraj Anadghanji and Shrimad and identity, and completely surrender to the Lord in devotion Rajchandra. Each of these great seers has made monumental con- and Bahakti-yog. Shrimad Rajchandra has translated the first tribution to Jain philosophy and culture. Stavan in great depth and is an excellent reference to study (see While Jain literature has been highly enriched by the epic epic Shrimad Vachanamrat letter 753). writings of each of the above Jain Masters, it is accurate to state In the second Stavan, the author warns us that in order to that the main credit for reviving Jineshvar Bhakti-yoga in Jain recognize the true Master, one can not use the physical eyes but religion must go to Anandghanji who lived the life of a great one needs the divine vision which can be granted only by the Yogi some three hundred and fifty years ago. It is believed that grace of God. Here, he emphasizes the importance and need of Anandghanji lived approximately 125 years after Mira Bai. A a spiritual teacher to attain self realization. Let us rejoice the unique aspect of Anandghanji's writing is that his devotional second verse of the second Stavan which is really a very divine Stavans are equally popular in Digambar and Swetambar Jain verse for a true disciple to find the real path to salvation: followings. Anandghanji composed the most popular "Tirthankar-Stavan-Chovisi" which contains 24 Stavnas named Charam Nayan Kari Marag Jovatan Re, and dedicated to each Tirthankar. In addition he has composed Bhulyo Sayal Sanasar; more than two hundred Bhajans which resemble the style of wring Jene Nayane Kari Marag Joiae Re, of Mira bai and Kabirji and Surdasji. Nayan Te Divya Vichar. Panthdo Nihadu Re Bija Jin Tanu Re TIRTHANKAR CHOVISI :The entire T-Chovisi is written by Anandghanji in Gujarati The author says the most common mistake one makes is in and has been expanded by (1) Motilal Kapadia (2) Maneklal G finding the right teacher for the spiritual awareness based on his Javeri. (3) Rev. Buddhisagarji and (4)Dr, Kumarpal Desai. Each own judgment which is full of self ignorance. One truly needs author has made an admirable effort to explain the spiritual depth the divine vision to find the right teacher and the path for self of Anandghanji's T-Chovisi. Pandit Sukhlalji has stated that if a realization begins only after one has known and surrendered to disciple studies noting else but the T-Chovisi and submerges the Sadguru. himself in the spiritual flow of Anandghanji, one can attain the In the third Stavan the author describes the prerequisites for self realization in no time. a disciple to enter into the Adhyatam-Marg and in the fourth Anandghanji's T-Chovisi is an outstanding treatise which Stavan, Anandghanji points out how difficult it is to attain combines and beautifully integrates the three great spiritual pil Samyak Darshan. In the fifth Stavan the author describes a lars of self realization: (1) Gnan-yog, (2) Bhakti-yog, and (3) complete process of Adhytma yog by defining the nature of Adhyatma-yog. For example, in his first Stavan, the author uses Bahir-Atam, Antanr-Atama, and Parmatma. Let us examine the metaphor of "Pritam" or beloved master for Lord Aadinath Anadghanji's enormous powers of poetic and spiritual expresand declares that once I have pleased my master, I am united sions from the 5th verse of the 5ch Stavan: with Lord Adinath from now until eternity. Let us submerge Bahiratam Taji Antar Atama, in the divine nectar of Anandghanji's first verse of this epic stavan: Rup Thai Thir Bhav Sugnani: Rushabha Jineshvar Pritam Mahro Paramatamnu Ho Atam Bhavavu, Or Na Chahu re Kanth: Atam Arpan Dav Sugnani Rijyo Sahib Sang Na Parihare, The author guides us to give up our external object orientaBhange Saadi Ananat tion and enter into self analysis by meditating on the self by He describes many of our worldly relationships as noth concentrating on the divine inner nature of Lord Sumti Nath ing but illusion or false leading one to despair or pain and and to surrender to Him fully to attain self realization. misery while the true and genuine surrender in devotional love JAIN DIGEST- WINTER 2002 / 19 Jain Education Interational

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A TRIBUTE TO ANANDGHANJI.... AFFILIATE NEWS: JAIN MEDITATION INTERNATIONAL CENTER In the 13th Stavan, the author praises Lord Vimal Nath as Anandghanji has attained self realization and is over joyed by the divine grace he has received from the Lord. Verse 4 of the 13ch stavan is an epic by itself: Sahib Samarath Tu Dhani Re, Pamyo Param Udar; Man Visarami Valho Re, Aatam Cho Addhar. Vimal Jin Ditha Loyan Aaj, Mara Sidhya Vachhit Kaj Anadghanji says to Lord Vimal Nath that my mind has now found a permanent place to rest in your lotus feet as I have found the most graceful and generous Master who has gifted me with self realization. Seeing the divine "Murti" of the Lord, Anandghanji says all my problems and miseries are over and now I am the ever lasting soul with bliss and happiness as he describes in the following Stavan: Ab Ham Amar Bhaye Na Marenge Asha Oran Ki Kya Kije; Gnan Sudharas Pije The master key for attaining self realization is summarized by the author in the 15th Stavan. Let us review the most important verse of this immortal composition of the author: Vegetarian Society had organized this year's convention at Udaipur, the picturesque lake-city. Gurudev, the spiritual guiding spirit of the Society, traveled to Udaipur immediately upon his return from the United States. The convention was held from Sept 28 to Oct 2nd, 2002 at Hotel Paras Mahal. The theme of the convention this year was wealth of Health through Yoga - Mental, Physical and Spiritual. The program was structured and conducted very ably by Dr. D. G. Gunde, who is a Senior Orthopedic Surgeon and the Director of G.J.G. Yoga Academy, having conducted over 500 workshops all over the world and also for leading corporates. Other useful programs were: Diet Therapy by Dr. Pratima Joshi; Man and the Mind by Shri Anil Kumar Malpani; and Conservation and Recycling of Resources by Dr. M.M. Bhamgara. Messages regarding the relevance of vegetarianism and the success of the conference were received from the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and other leading spiritual leaders. MAHAVIR INTERNATIONAL Pravachan Anjan Jo Sadguru Kare, Dekhe Param Nidhan Jineshvar; Hruday Nayan Nihade Jagadhani, Mahima Meru Saman Jineshvar. Dharama Jineshvar Gau Rangsu Taking advantage of Gurudev's presence in Udaipur, Mahavir International organized a meeting at the Town Hall to discuss the urgent latest developments in the Meat Industry in India. The Tenth Plan proposals of the Ministry of Agriculture were discussed, particularly to set up another 50 slaughter houses. Gurudev spoke on the need to curb violence against innocent animals, which have wider serious repercussions by culminating violence in society. Minister Dr. (Mrs.) Girija Vyas, a noted scholar, also spoke on the occasion . Happily, it was decided to drop the proposal for the additional 50 slaughter houses. Anandghanji declares the universal principle for self realization which can only be attained when one receives the true grace of the teacher (Sadguru). When the third eye called the divine vision or "Agnanetra" opens up, one can see the treasure of the universal truth and infinite knowledge in his own self and the illusion of the materialistic wealth vanishes. At the same time all the bondage of Karma melts away and one attains the state of a Siddha. In conclusion. Yogiraj Anandghanji has made a monumental contribution to the spiritual seekers of all faith by showing us a complete step wise process in each of his compositions on how to immerse in the divine nectar of Adhyatma "Masti" and expe- rience the divine peace by surrendering to the Lord. Let us pray to Lord Mahavir for His divine Grace using the 1" verse of Anandghanji's 24 Stavan: JAIN PRAYER AT QUEEN'S GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS In London, Alliance for Religions & Conservation had organised a multifaith function to Celebrate our Special Creation and the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II. 9 faiths had been requested to present their message to the people of faiths had been requested to present their me this earth. lains through Institute of Jainology had chosen to recite 'Maitri Bhavnu Pavitra Zarnu'. The English translation was recited first and then the Gujarati version was sung in a classical style. There were about 300 dignitaries of various faiths present. Our presentation was very well received and Her Majesty had asked several questions to the leader of our singing group Mrs Shila Maru. The singing was performed by the members of Young Jains. Virji Ne Charne Lagu, Virpanu Te Magure. Jain 20/ JAIN DIGEST- WINTER 2002

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REGIONAL NEWS.... SOUTHWEST DALLAS, TX PHOENIX, AZ Jadavji Kenia, Regional Editor During the summer of 2002 we had Jain Center of Greater Phoenix was many dignitaries starting with Shri Pawan very fortunate to host Jinchandraji Maharaj Kumar Jain in May followed by Dr. Hukum in August. This visit was followed by HOUSTON, TX Chandji Bharill in early June. Dr Bharill Paryushan and Das Lakshana celebration. During Paryushan days, members got toas usual continued with his lectures on Jain Society of Houston celebrated Samay Saar. Shastri Abhaykumar Jain vis gether daily for lecture, swadhyay, and Paryushan Parva in the presence of Pandit ited in late June and presented a series of es of pratikaman. A large number of children and Dhirajlal Mehta. We had Khelaiya Music lectures on Kriya, Parinam and Abhipraya adults did various tapasyas. Group from Mumbai to perform Bhavanas. (Bhaav). Sunandaben Vohra came in late For details on the center's activities, visit Among other dignitaries, Srimati Tarlaben July and continued her discourses on http://members.tripod.com/jain phoenix/ Doshi visited us during the month of Sep- Adhyatam Saar. Nautambhai Vakil joined Contact for Jain Center of Greater Phoetember. Also Samaniji PratibhaPragyajiand us in August and gave discourses on simple nix is Mehul Rajparia at 602-79Jagat Pragyaji are conducting the Swadhyay topics such as Samayik, Pratikraman and email: jain phoenix@hotmail.com or two Sundays of each month. Tapa and explained the importance of do- mraipari@sybase.com. JSH participated in the Religion Con- ing as much as possible without giving exsciousness program arranged by the City of cuses. Tarlaben Doshi also visited us in TULSA. OK Houston. There was a presentation Jain August and she beautifully explained the religion by local scholars, and small pro- Tattvas using Choghadia for analogy. Pandit At Tulsa Jain Sangh we are on the move gram by our children arranged with the Dhirajbhai Mehra came after the Das Laxan r the Das Laxan to finish our dream of Derashar and a hall. help of Samanijis. Our weekly Pathshala Parva and covered the Eight Drushtis Sajjay ishtis sanjay Construction started in late August and is started in the middle of August. We have a by Pujya Yasho Vijayji Maharaj which is which is planned to be finished in December 2002. a total of 115 students registered for this based on Yog Drushti Samuchchaya Granth We are hoping and planning to have year. There are five classes and a 3-year by Pujya HariBhadra SuriShvarji Maharaj. ta). Pratishtha ceremony sometime between rotating curriculum, which is suggested by He also elaborated on 12 Anuvrat and em April and August 2003. As usual we all need the JAINA Education Committee. phasized that all but two (Paushadh and help from each other and we will keep you Under the direction of Ms. Shilpi Desai, Atithi Samvibhag) can be observed even in informed of our progress. Jinchandraji our new ISH Fellowship (youth) President. this country and the only way to reduce Maharaj and Gurudev Chitrabhanuji have the youth group activities started with a karma is to put good charitra in practice. been invited to bless our Pratishtha cerseminar given by the Samanijis. Youth par- Paryushan Parva celebration began ticipated in JSH Annual Sapana Boli with daily Pratikraman and Tapasya for In late August Tarlaben Doshi blessed program. The Youths were rewarded to eight days leading to the Das Laxan Parva. us with her simple style of religious disbring in each Sapana based upon the points Swapna darshan ceremony began with courses. In September we were blessed by earned by attendance of the regular Snatra Puja followed by usual Ghee bolis. Shadhvi Shubhamji. During Prayushan we Pathshala, listening to the lectures by the Samvatsari Pratikraman for adults, were blessed by Pramodaben. This was one Jain scholars, and by volunteering time in Pratikraman during Das Laxan, of the best Prayushans we ever had. She che center activities. The Fellowship orga- Pratikraman in English were conducted. Be delivered discourses on Kalpsutra and nized a fund raising program to subsudize sides 9 upvas by Bhupendra Shah there were Prayushan parva. Her style was so simple the cost of attending the YJA Convention. many Atthais. Two of the Tapasvis were just and convincing with appropriate religious A current active Youth Project is to host a 13, Priya Patel daughter of Shravan and examples that eight days just flew by in a regional conference in Houston for the Jain Pragna Patel and Ruby Shah. We had very short time. During Paryushan parva youth. Swami Vatsalya on Sep. 22. Diwali celebra we had good number of Tapasyas. JSH contact is our current presidenttion is planned for November 3, 2002. Please contact Kanti Shah for any additional Shanti Gala at 281-398-7402.or secretary JSNT contact is our current president information at 918-369-31563 or Dilip Kapasi at 281-980-4567 or Minaxi Rathod at 903-868-1174. JSNT kanaru@aol.com Dilipmeena@yahoo.com. web site is DFWJains.org. JAIN DIGEST- WINTER 2002121 Jain Education Intemational

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REGIONAL NEWS.... WEST Chandrakant Parekh, Regional Editor LOS ANGELES, CA Jain Center of Southern California (JCSC) began construction of Jain Bhavan Phase I. The new facility, to be completed in about 15-18 months, will add over 42,000 square feet of space for an auditorium, classrooms, kitchen, dining hall, an exhibit area, and subterranean parking. New website, www.jaincenterexpansion .com, has been created to report the construction progress. JCSC was blessed with the visits of several dignitaries during the past few months. Sunandaben Vohra, Nautambhai Vakil, Pandit Dhirubhai Mehta lectured on various topics. Gurudev Chitrabhanuji motivated the members to support and offer donations for the Jain Bhavan expansion project. Paryushan Parva was celebrated under the leadership of Pujya Jinchandraji Maharaj, Bandhu Triputi. His explanations from Kalpa Sutra and his teachings of special mantras and prayers were enlightening and inspiring. Over 1500 members participated in the sapna ceremony and Swamivatslaya dinner. Tapasvis observed a number of Varshitaps and up to 16 upvas. Das Laxana Parva was celebrated under the guidance of Nirmalbhai Doshi, an eminent Jain scholar from India. JCSC arranged for Jinchandraji Maharaj to represent Jainism amongst twelve religious faiths participating in an interfaith prayer meeting organized in memory of the victims of September 11th. Jain Center Youth Council members were amongst 300 volunteers who created the world's largest Rangoli using colored rice. Information on all activities and programs are posted on JCSC website at www.jaincenter.net. For additional information, contact Nitinbhai Shah, President, at 714/506-6699 or nitin.shah@ med. va.gov. 22/JAIN DIGEST WINTER 2002 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Jain Center of Northern California (JCNC) successfully celebrated the Paryushan Parva and the Das Lakhshana under the guidance of two dignitaries - Gurudev Chitrabhanu, Shri Shantibhai Kothari. Dr. Jaykumar Upadhaye offered religious discourses and Vidhaans during Das Lakhshana. The enthusiastic celebrations included a novel sapna ceremony system, a tapasvi parna program, and a tapasavi recognition program. the Second Amended Bylaws. Over 500 stuJSNC members unanimously approved dents enrolled in four educational programs - Jain Shala, Gujarati Shala, Hindi Shala, and ESL (English as Second Language) - are managed with 72 teachers and volunteers. Elections for the open positions on the Board of Directors as well as the Executive Committee are scheduled for November 16. SACRAMENTO, CA Jain Center of Greater Sacramento (JCGS) celebrated Paryushan Parv under the guidance of Samniji Bhavit Prajnaji and Saminiji Vineet Prajnaji. Activities included daily pratikraman followed by lectures, a sapna ceremony, and a skit presented by children. Annual Jain Camp was organized Aug 16-18 in Sausalito. A picnic was well attended by the members. Information about regular activities SEATTLE, WA and forthcoming programs are posted on JCNC's website at www.jcnc.org. For additional information, please contact Jay Itchhaporia, JCNC President, at 408/2638739 or e-mail: Itchhaporia@yahoo.com. JCGS organizes a number of activities, religious celebrations, and lectures by visiting dignitaries. For additional information, please contact Mohini Jain, JCGS President, at 530/756-4655 or e-mail: mohini jain@msn.com. SAN DIEGO, CA Jain Society of San Diego celebrated the Paryushan Parva with daily lectures by Taralaben Doshi. Mahavir Jayanti was celebrated with sapna ceremony, parnu, bhavna and swamivatsalya dinner. Tapasvees observing nine upvas, athais and various tapasyas were recognized during the bahuman program. Children also participated actively in observing the tapasyas. Jainshala kids were also recognized. Manekmuni and Jinchandravijayji visited the society to deliver lectures. Regular activities organized by JSSD includes - a monthly Jainshala for children, adult classes, swadhyay by Girishbhai Shah, a weekly pooja every Saturday at Shri Mandir, and feeding the homeless. For additional information, please contact Kokilaben Doshi at 858/679-7645 or email: kdoshi@sandiego.edu. various activities and religious celebrations. Jain Society of Seattle (JSS) organizes For additional information about JSS and its activities in Seattle area, please contact Devkumar Gandhi, JSS President, at 425/ 235-4848 or visit the website at http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/jainsocietyseattle/ NORTHEAST Dinesh Chheda, Regional Editor WASHINGTON, DC Paryushan Parva celebration was graced bySamani Mangal Prajnaji and Samani Prasanna Pragyaji. 18 Members stayed with them at the Jain Center during the Parva. Over 600 people participated in the Swapna ceremony program, each Swapna was carried to the beats of music, and

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REGIONAL NEWS.... the procession was led by a group of young NEW JERSEY, NJ dancers performing different dances for different swapnas. Samvatsari Pratikraman in English & Gujarati were well participated. Pratikraman was followed by the program of honoring all Tapasvis. Dharini Khona did 16 days fast, and there were 7 atthais. Das Lakshan Parva was celebrated under the guidance of Mr. Ramnikbhai Savla, a Jain scholar from India. Various Pravachan programs by Jain scholars/Munijis from India were held during summer. Pandit Dhirajlalji, Jinchandraji, Sunandaben Vohra and Manak Muniji. Mr. Heera Ratan Manek, who has not eaten any solid food for the last 7 years and has also performed Jain fast for 411 days, spoke on how it is possible for him (and also, for any one else) to sur vive on solar energy. A fun and health fair was held at the Jain Center. Everyone took advantage of the free medical check up including EKG. Ayambil programs were held at the Jain Center. Panch Kalyanak, Antaray Karma and Vastuk Poojas were held at the Jain Center. The Association of United Hindu and Jain Temples of Metropolitan Wash ington arranged a Diwali Mela program on October 26th. It featured cultural programs, Pooja, food stalls, Indian merchandize stalls, etc. Over 15,000 persons attended the program. Jainshala started on Sunday Sept 22. These include 5 classes for children and 3 classes for adults. Children's classes include 5 levels of classes with regular curriculum. After completing the 5 levels of classes, children are given oral and written exams. After passing these exams, they are graduated. The adult's classes include the newly started beginners' class covering basic principles of Jainism, and 2 advanced classes covering Shant Sudharas and Samaysar. The teachers are Anjali Dalal, Pravin Dand, Veena Dand, Rajni Gosalia, Arvind Mehta, Atul Shah, Kamlesh Shah, Ranjan Shah, Rupal Shah, and Kashmira Vaywala. lectures from Jinchandraji Maharaj and Sangh members were fortunate to hear swadhayay conducted by Pandit Dhirajlal Mehta, Kiranbhai Parekh, Sunandaben Vohra, and Smt. Tarlaben Doshi Center was very fortunate to have five Maha Pujans during the month of June that A Health Fair was organized, more than 15 doctors and many others volunteered their services to make the Fair a success. Students of Pathshala were awarded TORONTO: ON certificates for completing / graduating a year and also had their annual summer picnic. More than 200 students at three different locations attend Pathshala classes on a regular basis. were performed by well known Pujankar Shri Narendrabhai Nandu and his wife Smt Anilaben Shah. These Maha Pujans were Shanti Snatra, Sidhhachakra, Bhaktamar Stotra, and Padmavati Devi. Paryushana was celebrated with vigor and enthusiasm under the auspicious presence of Chandrakantbhai Mehta. Chandrakantbhai gave lectures on various topics relating to Jain philosophy that showed the greatness of our Jain religion and how a shravak can attain Moksha. Arvindbhai Bhandari again volunteered to be a Paryushana's guest speaker for youth. Jain Center had more than 55 Tapasvies who did 8 or more Upvas. Tapasvies were felicitated at the Derasar. The fund raising drive for the Franklin Township site, that Jain Center has already purchased, is getting good support from the members. Bhumi Pujan and Shilanyas are scheduled for the Spring of 2003. Dedicated members keep Dehrasar open every Sunday afternoon. This year the Dehrasar was also kept open for Drashan on Saturday afternoons starting from April till end of October with the help of very supportive members. If you are visiting New Jersey / New York City area and would like to visit or attend a program, please call Shri Virendra Shah at 732-329-3236 CANADA Dr. Mahendra Mehta, Regional Editor Paryushan Parva: The celebrations began with three scholars from Tapovan in Ahmedabad, visiting Toronto. There were 'Pravachans' in the afternoon, 'Stavans' in the evening and talks after the Pratikramans. The Tapascharyas were also remarkable this year. There were two Tapasvis fasting for 16 days each, thirteen fasting for 8 days and many fasting for 3 or less days. The Sangh honoured the Tapasvis on the last day of their fast and there was Parnas next day at the Jain Centre. The number of people who came to participate in the ceremony on a working day was testimony to their faith and respect for the Tapasvis. The 'Das Laxana' celebrations began soon after the Paryushan. Induben Jain, a Jain scholar from India gave talks on each of the ten laxan. Induban made the celebrations very interesting and there were children in the audience asking questions and discussing finer points of the scripture. Dadawadi Tirthyatra: This year's yatra was organized for the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. 55 JSOT members started on early Saturday morning and the first stop was at Detroit Jain Mandir. We were received with warm welcome and soon joined in a puja. The new Mandir was a beautiful Tirth that was awe inspiring. We were then treated to a sumptuous lunch. We soon headed for Chicago and reached the Metropolitan Chicago Jain Mandir in late afternoon. Again we were JAIN DIGEST WINTER 2002/23

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REGIONAL NEWS.... warmly received and led into the inner sanc- able presentation on Mediterranean cook- sons, inclusive of some young children, tum. After brief puja, we were entertained ing. Everyone enjoyed the evening. observed Attham. Dashlaxana Parva was with a warm meal. The evening Bhavna Mira Kamdar, the author of "Motiba's celebrated under the guidance of began after the meal and lasted until 10.30 Tatoo: A Granddaughter's Journey into her Abhaykumar Jain. pm. The bus then took us to our motel were Indian Family's Past", came to Toronto and Rajendra Kamdar of Rajkot gave diswe retired for the night. impressed around 75-Gujarati language lov- courses on the Jain fundamentals on SepNext morning after a heavy Indian ers at the informal discussion, comparing tember 27, 28 and 29. breakfast, we headed for Cincinati. We were her Motiba's (grandmother's) early, twenti- Mahavir Senior Center organized a pilmet by local members of Jain Sangh. We eth century life, with the end of the cen- grimage to St. Louis on September 28. 50 sentation of Nem-Rajul story, followed by tury. people participated in that pilgrimage. Gandhiji, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther Mira selected three interesting portions Arrangements for Ayambil were made King, Rosa Park and Nelson Mandela. from her book and read them. The first part at the Center on October 13, 20 and 21. We then headed for Columbus and was the description of how the book was More than 300 people in all took advanstayed the night at a nearby motel that be written. Then she explained in detail her tage thereof. longed to Rashmibhai and Rekhaben, pre- visit to Kuldevi, her own clan goddess, men- Atmasiddhi anniversary and viously of Toronto. We took part in an hour tioning the social customs and traditions Laghuraiswami's birth day were organized Bhavna that included some Stavans com- of weddings then and now. She also spoke on October 20. More than 100 people enposed by Rashmibhai himself. briefly about her forthcoming novel. The thusiastically participated therein. Our last stop was in Cleveland. We question answer session was very interest A musical evening was organized on were met by another Toronto family of ing with all types of questions from the November 1, when music was played by Pravinbhai and Pritiben Mehta. We had audience and equally satisfying responses Rupal and Piyush Shah of Khelaiya group puja, dinner and stavan singing. from Mira. of Mumbai. About 700 persons enjoyed the Aymbel Oli: A group Aymbel after musical program. Snatra Puja was organized at the Jain Cen On the occasion of Deepavali, a group tre and about 30 members took part. MIDWEST Ashtaprakari Poojan was organized on NoCongratulations to Mrs. Arti Pulin Manubhai Doshi, Regional Editor vember 3, when the meaning of each stanza Chandaria who has been recognized for her was explained to about 50 participants in yeoman service within the South Asian Ini English as well as in Gujarati. Thereafter tiative at the Royal Ontario Museum by the Siddhachakra Poojan was performed in the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Arti will CHICAGO, IL afternoon. receive The Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal Paryushan Parva was celebrated under On the occasion of Lord Mahavir's (the special award to commemorate the the guidance of Yogeshbhai, was invited Nirvan day, Nirvan Ladu was offered in the 50th anniversary of Her Majesty's accession to give discourses. Samanis Pratibhaprajna early morning on November 4. to the throne as Queen of Canada). and Jagatprajna gave discourses in English. One of our members, Dr. Vastupal Dr. Shantibhai Patel also gave discourses on The Snatra Pooja was organized on that occasion. Evening Bhavanas were per November 5 on the occasion of the new Parikh, has published a very modern treatise on Jainism that many North American formed by Lalitbhai Dhami, who came year's day. Jains will enjoy reading. from India along with Yogeshbhai. The Mahavir Mahila Mandal celebrated its Swapna Darshan ceremony was organized 12th anniversary on November 10 in the Ladies Meeting: The first meeting of in the presence of about 2000 people. The presence of about 500 people. On that ocJain Society's women members took palce society collected about $ 100,000 in casion they felicitated Chandrakantabahen, at the home of Rupal and Subhas Mehta gheeboli. Samvatsari Pratikraman was con- the founder of the Mandal. Thereafter it and was organized by Sonal Patel, women's ducted in English and Gujarati. More than presented a variety program, inclusive of representative on Executive Committee. 1500 people took advantage thereof. Many Garaba, Lord Mahavir's initiation etc. Dr. There were over 70 attendees and they people observed austerities on that occasion. Megha Doshi, who was the chief guest, gave took part on a talk on how to improve on One person observed Varshi Tap, one ob- an inspiring talk on that occasion our diet, a make-up session and an enjoy served 15 days' fast and about 50 persons Shrimad Rajchandra's 134th birth day observed Arthai. Moreover, about 100 per- was celebrated on November 17. Jain E24 7 JAIN DIGEST WINTER 2002

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AHINSA, THE NONVIOLENCE - Manubhai Doshi, Chicago, IL Eyam Khu Nanino Saram, Jam Na Hinsai Kanchana Ahinsasamayam Chev, Etavante Viyaniya Samansuttam Not to kill any living being is characteristic of the enlightenment. Equanimity coupled with nonviolence is the essence of religious science. Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869. He has been universally acknowledged as the apostle of Ahinsa, the nonviolence. As such October 2 or some other date in the month of October is celebrated as Ahinsa day. It is therefore worthwhile to write about nonviolence in this issue of Jain Digest, particu- larly bringing out his contribution to the concept of Ahinsa. Almost every individual belongs to some religion. The Indo- Aryan religions are more concerned with wandering of the worldly beings from birth to birth and their principal objective is to get rid of the said wandering and to attain the liberation. The term 'liberation connotes the perfect purity. As such, spiri 1- tual pursuit consists of overcoming the defiling instincts so as to attain the purity. These overcoming and attainment interact upon each other. It is not possible to attain the purity without overcoming the defilement and merely overcoming it without the objective of purification leads nowhere. Lord Mahavir laid emphasis on the former, because at that time there was too much talk of inherent purity of soul. There were many persons, who laid down their own doctrines. Quite a few of them insisted that soul is pure and it always remains unadulterated. As such the spiritual pursuit consists of nothing else but of understanding the inherently pure nature of soul. They were right in the absolute sense. It is, however, a fact that the worldly soul happens to be in the state of imperfection. The exclusive emphasis on the inherent purity leads to ignoring the present imperfect state. Jainism therefore lays emphasis on the way of attaining the purity and lays down nonviolence, restraint and austerity as the means. As such, Dashvaikalik Sutra states: Dhammo Mangalam Utkittham, Ahinsa, Sanjamo Tavo; Devavi Tam Namanssanti, Jassa Dhamme Saya Mano. It means: Religion, comprising nonviolence, restraint and austerity, is supremely blissful, even gods bow to him, whose mind always stays in religion. There is a vital significance in associating restraint and austerity with nonviolence. It is not possible to observe nonviolence without resorting to restraint. A nonviolent person cannot afford to behave as he likes. He needs to lead a restrained life. Moreover, he has to undergo the rigors and hardships, that he may come across. For being equipped to undergo the same with equanimity and peace of mind, he needs to observe austerities. As such, restraints and austerities are inalienable parts of nonviolence. Ahinsa can be conceived in three phases. The first one is: 'Live without hurting others. In this concept nonviolence is restricted to human beings. That is normally observed by all the civilized societies. The second is: 'Live and let live. In this concept nonviolence is extended to other living beings. That is mostly observed in India. The third is: 'Protect other life even at the cost of your own.' That is Jain concept. With that concept in mind, Lord Mahavir risked his life and went to the abode of in m venomous snake Chandkaushik for conveying the message of nonviolence That concept is vividly exemplified in the following story. One of the principal disciples of Lord Mahavir was Muni Metarya. He is popularly known as Metaraj Muni. Once he went to the house of a goldsmith for alms. The goldsmith was making barley shaped grains of gold to be embedded in jewelry. Seeing the Muni at his door, he left his work and went inside to get some food. Meanwhile, a pet bird came and swallowed the golden grains taking them to be the barley. As the goldsmith came out with food, he saw that the golden grains were missing. Hence he asked the Muni about the same. For Muni it was a dilemma. He could not tell a lie and if he spoke the truth, the goldsmith would kill the bird for getting the grains out of its stomach. The Muni would then become instrumental to causing the violence. He therefore kept mum. The goldsmith asked him again and again, but the Muni would not reply. Since no reply was forthcoming, the goldsmith concluded that the Muni was hiding the grains somewhere. He could not afford to lose the costly grains and therefore decided to use force for getting the same back. As normal force did not yield the result, he decided to resort to more violent means. He brought a moist lace of leather and tied it tight around Muni's head. Then he made the Muni to stand under the sun. As the lace began to dry by the solar heat, it started compressing Muni's head. The compression continued to increase, as the lace became drier. Ultimately, Muni's eyes came out on account of too much pressure. But he took the pain as a consequence of his evil Karma and bore it with equanimity. That accelerated Nirjara, the process of eradicating Karma. All his Karmas were thus destroyed and he gained the omniscience. Jain Education Interational JAIN DIGEST. WINTER 2002 / 25

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Ahinsa, the nonviolence(cont.)... Meanwhile, the bird could not digest the golden grains and Shudra, was given the high rank of a Ganadhar. Similarly a excreted the same. As the goldsmith saw that, he repented very Shudra named Haribal (the same book chapter 12) was initiated much for the distress perpetrated by him. But it was too late, and was sent for alms to a sacrificial Mandap. Chandanbala, because Muni's soul had already left the mortal body. Here is though born as a princess, was undergoing the life of a bonded the case of sacrificing own life for protecting the life of others. worker. The Lord gave her the privilege of offering alms at the The Muni could have saved his life as well as that of the bird, if end of his fast for 5 months and 25 days. Moreover, he gave he had fabricated a story acceptable to the goldsmith. That would, equal status to the females in his order. Accordingly Chandanbala however, amount to telling a lie, which the Muni could not do. became the head of nuns' cadre and even queen Mrugavati had Jainism insists on avoiding violence as well as lying. As such, to become her pupil. Similarly he gave equitable status to lay the Muni did not want to speak anything, which could lead to women. Revati, Sulasa and Jayanti were known Shravikas of either of them. his order. The former two are now in heavenly abode and are Now let us review the concept of nonviolence in historical supposed to be 16 and 17th Tirthankars in the ensuing Utsarpini. perspective. Its first phase of not killing other human beings The last was highly learned. She could even raise questions in was prevalent in India during very ancient times. But there was the Lord's assembly. no bar against killing animals. Even the Rushies (Muni) did not Of all these measures, non-violence in the sense of not killhave objection to eating meat. That pattern seems to be preva- ing animals took roots in various parts of India. Vegetarianism lent even among Jains. We learn about the birds and beasts con- grew in Gujarat with the onset of Chavda rule in the middle of fined in a yard for giving feast to the wedding party of Lord the 8th century under the influence of Shilgunsuri. Its growth Neminath. The Lord objected to the slaughter of animals on was accelerated during Solanki dynasty, which was set up in such grounds and adopted the renunciation. Another example 10th century and it was well established during the administraoccurs during the time of Lord Parshwanath. By virtue of his tion of Jain ministers like Vimal, Santu, and Udayan. It reached occult knowledge, he noticed snakes in the firewood, which the pinnacle with the proclamation of Amari (forbidding of aniwas offered in the Panchagni Tap of Kamath. The Lord inter- mal slaughter) by Kumarpal under the inspiration of vened at the cost of courting Kamath's wrath and saved the Hemchandracharya. Since Marwad was a part of Kumarpal's snakes from being annihilated. dominion, that was also covered and vegetarianism was estabThe concept of extending nonviolence to the animal life, lished there. Hinduism slowly adopted it in other parts of India however, might not have made much headway. The animal sac- and that trend grew under the influence of Vallabhacharya and rifices were adopted and they took a gigantic proportion by the Ramanujacharya. time of Mahabharat. Horse sacrifices were in vogue and there But there was a setback on several other fronts during the are also mentions, though rare, of human sacrifices. Moreover, medieval times. Untouchability took stronger roots and the conthere were several social customs in which violence was im- dition of Shudras became more miserable. The plight of woman plicit. Brahmins considered themselves as the agents of gods worsened; she had to be married as per choice of her elders and and looked down upon others. The condition of women was far remain loyal to her husband irrespective of his drawbacks, vices from satisfactory. Polygamy was the order and multiple wives etc. In case, the husband died, she had to cremate herself along became a symbol of eminence. Shudras were treated as worse with his dead body. The child marriage became the rule and than animals and their miseries knew no bounds. Lord Mahavir widows were forbidden to remarry. had to lay down his message under such conditions. This was the condition till the advent of Gandhiji on the He could see that every being seeks to live happily; as such scene. He gave a new dimension to the concept of Ahinsa and no one has the right to hurt others. For that purpose he laid developed it on a scale not conceived earlier. He knew that the down nonviolence as the creed. He held the ritual sacrifices as sense of justice lies within every heart. But when the inner irreligious and declared that self-control is the true sacrifice voice is suppressed by force, not only does one succumb to (Uttaradhyayan Sutra Chapter 25). He insisted that one becomes such force, but may also start cooperating with the injustice. It Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya or Shudra by his deeds. That very was not within the nature of Gandhiji to tolerate the injustice. chapter therefore lays down equanimity as the criterion for He considered it as a spiritual suicide. As such he urged not to monasticism, Brahmacharya for Brahminism, enlightenment for give way to injustice and gave the call to resist the same nonMuni and Tap for Tapas. violently. Since that constituted the fight for truth, he termed He did not rest merely by laying the message, but actually such resistance as Satyagrah. put it into practice. Metaraj, who was raised in the home of a Jain 26/JAIN DIGEST- WINTER 2002

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Ahinsa, the nonviolence(cont.)... The strength of Satyagrah lies in the fact that every one has a soft corner at heart. That may be shrouded by the evil tendencies, but it can be awakened by compassion and by willingly undergoing the pain and hardships that may be caused by the adversary. What is needed is a heart throbbing with love and affection. That is called Vatsalya. One need not harbor ill-feeling for any one. That can prompt even the wicked to reciprocate. The internal purity and just as well as moral character can arouse kind feeling even among the wicked people. Gandhiji had pacified the temper to an extent where he felt affection even for those who differed from him. He had eradicated the fear. Alone and unprotected, he braved the threats of assassins. He declared that if he were to die comfortably in bed, he should not have been called the Mahatma. Food meant to him nothing more than the fuel to keep the bodily machine running. He kept rigorous control over all other needs and had annihilated the desires The concept of nonviolence was till then mostly restricted to not causing physical hurt. The concept meant that if some one hurts or abuses us, we should not reciprocate and should forgive him. Gandhiji insisted on extending the concept to every level. If a drunk abuses, if a delirious hurts us, do we retaliate? Do we not pity their lot? The wicked also are disease stricken and should be dealt with compassion. His concept of just treatment to everyone, refusal to tolerate injustice and equality of every one led him to fight against the social evils like untouchablity. He called it a bane and fought against it till it was eradicated. Similarly he removed the fetters that the women were suffering from and brought them in line with the males. His main contribution lies in use of Ahinsa in the political realm. Since foreign rule was the greatest injustice to the people of India, he started the struggle for independence and gave the call for civil disobedience. By abstaining from violence during the struggle, he wrested the moral advantage from the British rulers. By breaking the law peacefully, he showed the injustice of the law. By accepting punishment voluntarily, he confronted the captors with their brutality. By undertaking fast unto death, he demonstrated the extent to which he was willing to go for defending the truth. He thus rendered the continuation of British rule an impossibility. That eventually resulted in grant of independence. Gandhiji's approach is grossly being misused at present. The people resort to Satyagrah for redressing their grievances, but disregard his insistence on moral standards. Their grievances are mostly feigned and are against the interests of the society. They forget that Gandhism minus morality is not merely zero; it has a negative value. The sooner they turn from that, the better would it serve Gandhiji's cause. Surprisingly enough, Jains had adopted several abuses from the Hindu community. Untouchability was the foremost. Since we had borrowed the concept that eclipse occurs by virtue of obstruction caused by Rahu and Ketu, and since they were considered evil planets close to the rank of Shudra, we believed our temples to be polluted by an eclipse and they were required to be washed after an eclipse. We had also adopted the lower stature for women and were embedded with the concept of higher and lower classes, etc. The Jain concepts of non-possession and the purpose of monastic life were distorted. Gandhiji's mission changed that. His contribution to Jainism is thus immeasurable. No wonder that thousands of Jains, inclusive of some monks, joined his movement and accepted his leadership. His concept of non-possession or Aprigrah is of utmost importance to Jainism. He termed non-possession as essential for observance of Ahinsa. Non-possession normally leads to inactivity, to parasitism; Gandhiji rendered it active while practicing it to the utmost extent. Many of his close followers managed to see that their sons were well placed. Nehru, in particular, virtually set up his dynasty. But the progeny of Gandhij became a part of the common folk. In the name of Ahinsa we, Jains, have developed pacifism. We have encouraged inactivity on the ground that every activity leads to Karma. But Jainism has no objection to the laymen undertaking the required activities. It urges doing everything with Yatana, the awareness. We are familiar with the concept of Samiti. Yatana is the essence of Samities. We should observe that to the possible extent and undertake the activities with detached mind. We should also develop the sense of amity for all. By virtue of birth in a Jain family, we have inherited the privileges, like vegetarianism, non-alcoholism, tolerance and not killing or hurting. We should become conscious of those privileges and go ahead by developing servicing and helping attitude. Can we afford to remain unconcerned at the distress faced by others?. On the global scale we are now witnessing two contradictory trends. One is the rise of vegetarianism in West on health ground. We need to bring the significance of prevention of cruelty to the notice of such people. The second is the rise of terrorism in the form of hijacking, suicidal attacks etc. Its roots lie in fanaticism, intolerance, misplaced faith and easy availability of weapons of mass destruction. How to avert that is a problem. It seems that only way is to extend compassion and the right understanding to the evil-doers. There is no alternative. That method will take time but we need to have patience for that. JAIN DIGEST WINTER 2002/27

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Email biodata / photo to: andyjshah@aol.com F766: Physician parents, Hindi speaking F910: Jain family invite proposals for invite correspondence with bio-data & attractive, fair, slim, vegetarian, India raised FEMALE photo, for very beautiful, fair, vegetarian, girl, born Dec 76,5'0", 86 lb, B-Com (Fin), US born daughter, 25 yrs, 5'9", MS Gemologist, employed with Jewelers, from (Finance). Contact: 757/424-5290 or write cultured, educated boys. Email: F293: Gujarati parents invite responses for PO Box 61831, Virginia Beach, VA 23466. khyatmintts@yahoo.com beautiful, charming, virtuous, vegetarian, US raised daughter, Feb 73, 5'5", 115 lb, F773: Alliance invited by Jain parents (Intl. F920: Correspondence invited by parents MS (Chem), well employed, from cultured, Business Family) for swiss born / citizen, for pretty, talented, family oriented, educated, professional boys. Call: 201/861- beautiful, fair, charming, vegetarian, intelligent, caring, virtuous, vegetarian, US 7367.Email: jaan 19@hotmail.com Physician daughter, Oct 76, 5'6", MBBS- citizen daughter, Sept 75, 5'6", MBA in Geneva, working with Geneva Hospital, progress, from similar valued, cultured, well F581: Gujarati parents invite responses for from well educated, professionally settled, educated, professional boys. Email: beautiful, professional, cultured daughter, handsome boys. Tel: 0041-22-8850355. ajiyer@aol.com born Dec 73, 5'1", 110 lb, BS (molecular Email:sanghvigeneva@yahoo.com biology), biotech/ software professional in F957: Physician parents, Hindi speaking Silicon Valley, CA, from well educated F782: Gujarati parents invite proposals for invite correspondence for beautiful, professional vegetarian boys. Call: 408/272. beautiful, attractive, caring, slim, vegetarian charming, talented daughter, 23, 5'9", 6833. Email: ph_matrimonial@yahoo.com daughter, born Oct 76, 5'4", 110 lb, RN, pursuing MBA, currently working in a well employed as RN at EMH, from prestigious firm. Call: 7577424-5290 or F621: Gujarati parents invite educated, cultured boys. Call: 440/284- write: Box 61831, Virginia Beach, VA correspondence for beautiful, US born / 3947. Email: shahres@msn.com 23466. Email: mrke@hotmail.com raised vegetarian daughter, Dec 73, 5'7", MD, doing 2nd yr. Residency (internal F819: Alliance invited for beautiful, slim, F958: Gujrati parents invite responses for medicine) in New Jersey, from cultured charming, vegetarian Gujarati girl, born cultured, attractive, fair, accomplished, vegetarian MD / DO boys. Call: 407/366- Sept76, 5'3",110 lb, BS (Physical Therapy), vegetarian daughter, Dec 71, 5'3, BS 8810. Email: sachitatolia@hotmail.com well employed as Therapist in Hospital, (Comp Inf system), well employed, from from cultured, educated boys. Call:8471 cultured, educated boys. Call: 905/472884-9025Email: shah_ush@yahoo.com 1201. Email: blshah@hotmail.com Jain E32/JAIN DIGEST- WINTER 2002

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MATRIMONIALS - FEMALE G959: Gujarati parents invite proposals for F967: Alliance invited by Gujarati parents AF376: Gujarati parents invite proposals for beautiful, talented, vegetarian, US citizen for beautiful, charming, slim, brilliant, pretty,cultured, vegetarian dtr, born May 74 daughter, July76,5'4",1211b, MS (Biochem), accomplished, vegetarian, US raised 5'3", 125 lb, MD, doing 2nd year Residency well employed as research scientist, from daughter, Sept 78, 5'8", MS (Medical in Pediatrics, fromeducated, cultured cultured, well educated boys. Call:847/296- Science), well employed as Physician vegetarian boys. jain 1946@ yahoo.com 9796.Email: puppy3rd@ hotmail.com Assistant, from, US raised, well educated, vegetarian professional. Call: 602/971- AF377: Alliance invited for pretty, slim, F960: Gujarati parents invite proposals for 0149. Email: latim 100@yahoo.com cultured, intelligent, US citizen, Gujarati beautiful, slim, charming, talented, girl, March 74, 5'2", 107 lb, BBA (CIS), Australia Citizen / raised daughter, May 79, F968: Alliance invited for beautiful, well employed, from well educated, 5'5", BE (Software), well employed, from attractive, virtuous, talented, vegetarian cultured, professional boys. Call: 281/804cultured, educated, vegetarian, professional Gujarati girl, born May 73, 5'3", 125 lb, 5572. Email: j9shah@hotmail.com boys. Currently she is in Australia and MS (MIS), well employed, from cultured, willing to settle in USA or Australia. Visiting well-educated, professional boys. Call: AF378: Gujarati Physician invite responses USA during Feb 03 (909/861-2677). 6141474-3887.Email: kshah0505@ for beautiful, slim, family loving vegetarian Email: parswa2@yahoo.com.au Australiahotmail.com daughter, born March 80, 5'3", 110 lb, Ph: 61-2-4950 0327. MBBS, from professional cultured F971: Alliance invited by Physician for vegetarian boys. She is currently in India & F961: Alliance invited for beautiful, beautiful, slim, vegetarian daughter, born willing to settle in USA. Call: 510/744cultured, intelligent, vegetarian Gujarati April 81, 5'0", 105 lb, B-Com, appearing 9794 or 9491551-4596. Email: girl, born March 72,5'3", 120 lb, B-Com, M-Com, own business in India, willing to shahfamily1@cox.com Dip. (Mgmt), from cultured, vegetarian, settle in USA, form vegetarian, cultured educated, handsome boys. Call: 516/437- boys. Call: 410/750-0662 or 301/474-3327 AF379: Parents invite proposals with photo 5918.Email: vadaliah@hotmail.com Email: shwe_pie@rediffmail.com / biodata for charming, beautiful, athletic, dynamic personality, vegetarian, US born F962: Alliance invited for beautiful, slim, F972: Gujarati parents invite alliance for daughter, Sept 77, 5'2", 105 lb, BS talented, vegetarian Gujarati girl, born July very pretty, charming, slim, caring, business Statistics, pursuing MBA, well positioned 77,5'1", 100 lb, MS (physical therapy), well entrepreneur, vegetarian, US born daughter, in a reputed co., from US raised, employed as Rehab Director, from cultured, April 76, 5'7", 120 lb, BS (Marketing), professional, well-educated boys. Call: 8471 well educated professional boys. Call: 904! from Gujarati Jain professional, cultured, 667-3426. Email: ssheth@allstate.com 476-778. Email: zdesai22@hotmail.com non smoker boys. Call: 973/945-4499. Email: chemintl24@aol.com AF380: Gujarati parents invite proposals for F963: Alliance invited for pretty, charming, beautiful, slim, charming, vegetarian, talented, vegetarian, US raised Gujarati girl, AF375: Gujarati parents invite responses for daughter, Dec 76,5'4", 110 lb, MD, doing Sept 71, 5'3", JD (Law), practicing lawyer very beautiful, fair, slim, talented, vegetarian "year residency in Internal medicine, from in own law firm, from cultured, well- daughter, born June 75, 5'3", well well educated, professional boys. Call: 706/ educated, professional boys. Call: 407/876- employed, from professional, vegetarian 855-7045. Email: tvmdr02@yahoo.com 0559.Email: kiblaw@bellsouth.net boys. She is in India and willing to settle in USA. Call: 5851442-4553.Email: AF382: Gujarati parents invite proposals F964: Jain parents invite proposals with rajendra_sheth@hotmail.com with biodate/photo for beautiful, fair, slim, biodata & photo, for pretty, slim, family virtuous, vegetarian, cultured, US born oriented, intelligent, vegetarian, US raised AF381: Alliance invited for slim, virtuous, daughter, January 77,5'4", 115 lb, Medical daughter, Nov 78, 5'7", BS, working with beautiful, very fair, talented, vegetarian Student ( MD 2004), from well educated, Fortune 500 co., from well educated, sister, 27 yrs., 5'4", 115 lb, BS, MCA handsome, cultured, professional Gujarati handsome, preferably US citizen.Call: 6511 (Masters in Comp Applications), with / Jain boys, preferably MD. Email: 735-4775. Email: Jainstarl@yahoo.com Indian values, residing in UK & working paras627@hotmail.com with an esteemed organization but willing AF298: Alliance invited for pretty, slim, to relocate to US, within UK or to India. F974: Parents invite proposals for beautiful, attractive, vegetarian, well rounded, east Serious inquiries only please. Email: cultured, vegetarian daughter, born Nov 77, west balanced, US raised dur, born Oct 75, matrimarriage2002@yahoo.com 5'2", 4th Year Medical Student, pursuing 5'5", 110 lb, MBA (Fin), well employed, radiology residency, from vegetarian, from cultured, professional, vegetarian, professional boys. Email biodatda / photo non-smoker boys.Call: 718/454-4069. to: dshah78@optonline.net JAIN DIGEST- WINTER 2002 / 33 Jain Education Interational

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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) El #54-1280028 yja-exec@egroups.com http://www.yja.org/ TURTHY Jai Jinendra, CHAIRS Ronak Shah 918-269-7665 ronak.shah@yja.org Suchita Shah 734-764-9666 suchita.shah@yja.org With YJA Convention 2002 completed and a new board elected, YJA focuses on its goals for the upcoming year. The new board convened this past August in Chicago for four days. There was very little sleep and a lot of chai, but the projects that were drafted plan to be the best ever. Our hope and mission for this year is to play "a much great part in our member's daily lives." To that end, YJA has taken some significant steps... YJA will host six Regional Conferences during the next six months. "Regional Fest" will kick off Thanksgiving Break in Houston and conclude during Martin Luther King weekend in Atlanta and Chicago. Other destinations include Toronto, Los Angeles, and Easton (PA) during Winter Break. Spots are filling up fast. Register online at www.yja.org or contact karishma.shah@yja.org for more information. DIRECTORS Education Ami Shah 323-965-1140 ami.shah@yja.org Events Karishma Shah 510-486-8148 karishma.shah ayja.org Finance/Fundraising Arpan Shah 281-804-7964 arpan.shah Wyja.org Information Technology Paras Dochia 416-271-0800 paras.dodhia@yja.org Project Development Lopa Vadi 732-522-5832 lopa.vadi@yja.org Public Relations Chirag Shah 414-339-6023 chirag shah@yja.org Publications Arpan R. Shah 646-339-7020 arpanr shahayja.org YJA has taken steps to building an educational, interactive, and open discussion portal for Jain youth and parents with the addition of Paryushana Section on our website. YJA created "Michammi Dukkadum" e-cards for Jains worldwide to show their forgiveness. YJA also added a new segment to the website explaining the meaning and importance of Paryushana. With continuing website projects, we hope to spread Jain ideals to young Jains across North America. This December and January, YJA will be sending 10 youth to the Veerayatan site in Bhuj (Kutch), India. Veerayatan is an international organization established over 20 years ago by Acharya Shri Chandanaji, the first woman to receive the title of Acharya in the Jain tradition. Veerayatan is committed to extending the concept of spirituality and service to humanity. The youth will be helping the earthquake affected town by teaching, providing health care, and performing administrative tasks. YJA can also use your financial help to subsidize the Jain youth who will be helping those less fortunate. Please contact ami.shah@yja.org for more information and how you can help! With YJA growing year after year and continually initiating more projects, this year's board has created an ad-hoc committee for YJA Convention 2004. This creation will allow YJA Executive to focus on other national projects while still hosting an unbelievable national convention. The ad hoc committee will supervise the local convention committee in the throwing the best convention yet! If you are interested in joining the select ad-hoc committee, please email chairs@yja.org. REGIONAL COORDINATORS Mid Atlantic Dipa Talati 917-371-1476 dipa.talati@yja.org Midwest Nirali Vora 630-452-2667 nirali.vora@yja.org Northeast Lily Jain 416-931-8149 lily.jain@yja.org South Rishabh Khara 469-438-4331 rishabh.khara dyja.org Southeast Priya Palvia 678-525-5716 priya.palvia@yja.org West Pinita Shah 714-310-1034 pinita.shah@yja.org Board of Trustees Prem Jain Sachi Jain Naishadh Shah Nirav Shah Thank you, Suchita Shah and Ronak Shah Co-Chairs, 2002-2003 Young Jains of America chairs@yja.org 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. Jain Education Intemational

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Compassion in Action YJA has teamed up with Veerayatan, an organization dedicated to spreading service and spirituality to humanity, this winter to give back to those less fortunate in our homeland. YJA's sole goal is to "spread and promote Jainism through the youth" and there is no better way to fufill that then to put "Ahimisa in Action." We are sending 10 youth to Bhuj, India from December 25th to January 10th. The Bhuj site was created in response to the Earthquake in Gujarat. These youth will help teach and perform administrative tasks during the day. They will make a tremendous difference in the lives of orphaned kids in the Bhuj area, by putting compassion in action. Please help by making a donation, which will go towards subsidizing the youth YJA will send. Please contact Ami Shah, ami.shah@yja.org, for more information on how to help out in this wonderful cause. Host City Convention Committee Wanted! This past July 4th, YJA hosted its 5th biennial nation youth convention in New Jersey entitled "Walking the Path of Jainism." It was an overwhelming success. Nearly 1000 youth gathered and shared their heritage, learning from scholars and meeting other like-minded youth from all over the world. With YJA Convention 2002 closed, the journey begins for YJA Convention 2004. The New Jersey Convention Committee performed an outstanding job, providing more sessions and greater variety than any previous convention. It will be a tough feat to beat, but each YJA Convention continues to be better every time. YJA Executive will release the bid guidelines for Convention 2004 in January 03. Potential host cities will have two-three months to write a bid packet, providing details for the next convention and stating why they should be the host city. If you are interested in hosting a convention, please email cochairs@yja.org. A convention takes a year a half of solid work, fifteen committed members, a supportive community, but the culmination of all that hard work is unbelievable. FOR YOUR INFORMATION 2nd JAIN 21 CONVENTION, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA A 2nd Jain21 Convention is scheduled for February for 14-17, 2003, Valentine's/President's Day long-weekend, at the luxurious Westin-South Coast Plaza Hotel in the beautiful Orange County, California. The purpose of this convention is to provide a forum for Jain singles from all across the world to meet and develop friendships that may result in life-long relationships. Following the overwhelming success of the 1st Jain21 Convention held in May 2002 in Los Angeles, California, this exciting 4-day event will feature several more events including interactive icebreakers sessions, a night out in town, an exciting night of raas-garba, sessions on yoga and bhangra, and new activities to increase the chances of making more friends. Based on the popularity of the 1st convention, the potential attendees are advised to register early, as only limited spaces are available. Early bird registration is now in process. Additional information about the convention and registration is available at www.Jain21.com website or by contacting Kunal Shah at Kunal.Shah@Jain21.com or 562/417-2700 and Vipin Vadecha at Vipin. Vadecha@Jain21.com or 909/861-2677. JAIN DIGEST. WINTER 2002/35

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HOW JAINISM WORKS IN THE REAL WORLD Midwest Regional Conference Location: Jain Center of Chicago, Bartlett, IL Date: January 17th-19th, 2002 THIS CONFERENCE IS GEARED TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING HOW JAINISM WORKS IN THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD. DISCUSSION WILL BE GEARED TOWARD CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS OF EVOLUTION, ANIMAL RESEARCH, AND TECHNOLOGY ALONG WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF SESSIONS INCLUDING DISCUSSIONS, LECTURES, AND QUESTION/ ANSWER SESSIONS. THE WEEKEND ALLOWS FOR THE ATTENDEES TO MEET EACH OTHER DURING ACTIVITIES. THE NIGHT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE ICEBREAKERS AND BOWLING. Contact: Midwest RC, Nirali Vora, nirali.vora@yja.org THE DUAL IDENTITY CRISIS: PHILOSOPHY VS. SCIENCE Southeast Regional Conference Location: Holiday Inn Select, Atlanta, GA. Date: January 17th-19th, 2002 Do you wonder how science conflicts with your religion in your everyday life? How much does Jain philsophy govern our life? The weekend will answer these questions and more through discussions, lectures, and debates. Attendees explore and reflect upon their everyday lives. Other activities include a semi-formal, cultural show, garba, yoga, and meditation. Contact: Southeast RC, Priya Palvia, priya.palvia@vja.org DIVERSITY AND THE JAIN WAY Northeast Regional Conference Location: Holiday Inn Select, Toronto, ONT Date: December 21st - 23rd 2002 This conference will showcase the importance of Anekantavaad to the youth by incorporating Jain principles. The Jain philosophy will be compared with other religions. Youth will discuss how to incorporate compassion into their everyday lives. Exciting lectures and discussions will be coordinated by local speakers with hands-on involvement through a temple visit. Other activities being planned are a museum outing and a raas garba. Contact: Northeast RC, Lily Jain lily.jain@yja.org 36/JAIN DIGEST WINTER 2002 Jain Education intematontar THE PHILOSOPHY OF JAINISM VS. MODERN SCIENCE South Regional Conference Location: Jain Center of Houston, Houston, TX Date: November 29th-December 1st, 2002 Over the past few years, revolution in science has amazed us. Further, the parallelism with Jain Scriptures written centuries ago is a phenomenon. This is conference is geared towards bringing out the similarities with Jain philosophy and the scientific world. Presentations will be given by the Samanjis, the Houston, and Dallas Youth Groups. Attendees are guaranteed to have fun and meet youth from across the South region. Contact: South RC, Rishabh Khara, rishabh.khara@yja.org AHIMSA UNEDITED Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Location: Best Western Easton Inn, Easton, PA Date: December 21st --23rd, 2002 Have you ever really wondered what ahimsa is? Do you apply ahimsa to your everyday life? To what extent can you have fun and at the same time live Jain? Sessions are planned in order to answer these questions and more. Topics include Veganism, Raw Foods, Dating and Relationships. Interactive sessions and discussion have been planned in order to allow the participants to meet each other while learning Jainism. Contact: Mid Atlantic RC, Dipa Talati, dipa.talati@yja.org DESTINATION: MOKSHA West Regional Conference Location: Ramada Inn, Anaheim, CA Date: December 20th - 22nd, 2002 Why do you practice Jainism? Learn about the ultimate path of Jainism through interactive sessions and lectures led by youth groups and local speakers. The weekend is planned to be discussion oriented to allow for youth from across the region to meet each other and have a good time while learning about topics like the four passions and Anekantvaad. Also planned is a dance and trust games. Contact: West RC, Pinita Shah, pinita.shahvia.org SIX CONFERENCES IN SIX MONTHS

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