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BASANT RAJ BHANDARI
Jain Vishua Bharati Institute (Deemed University - JVBI) is one of the premier and prominent seminaries in India established on the pattern of Gurukul traditions. It promotes, propagates and permeates moral, spiritual and value based education; its foundation being ethics, erudition and eternity.
The establishment of Bhagawan Mahavira International Research Center in 2014 by JVBI aims to integrate, perpetuate pious principles and practices designed and developed through Agams (scriptures) and other sources preached and perfected by Bhagawan Mahavira more than 2600 years ago.
Since its inception Jain philosophy has established close connectivity and linkages of those principles and practices with modern science. Mr. Karl Sogan, a 14th century astronomer, has declared that science is not only compatible with spirituality but it is also a profound source of spirituality.
The international conference on science and Jain philosophy being held in IIT Bombay from January 8-10, 2016 will further expand, express and enrich spiritual domain with tools and techniques of modern science. It will, hopefully, inject and identify areas for further inuestigations and research to strengthen fusion between science and spirituality.
I wish conference a grand success in its deliberations, dialogue and debate to further concretization of this formidable corridor between spiritual world and scientific wisdom.
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Basant Raj Bhandari
Chancellor Jain Vishua Bharati Institute
