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interviews with prominent T.V. channels of US-CBS,ABC, CNNT and others. He also gave an interview with a group of 47 TV channels televised countrywise there. The news on Jaina programs were also flashed 10 Newspapers on front pages which created large effect on the western people. Shri N.P. Jain, Acharya Chandanaji also had TV interviews. She declared, "Let friendship be our religion." (4) Participation in other activities
Besides participating in Jaina activities, many representatives participated in many other activities like meditation of other faiths, interfaith concerts and festivals of music and prayers. Review of Jaina Participation in PWR, 1993
Certain points emerge from Table 1 to be taken care of in future. They may be mentioned here:
1. Not much interest in Inter-religious/faith programs
It is evident that it is not just sufficient to presume that Jainism is a universal religion. It is also necessary that the non-Jaina world should also accept this thesis. The Jainas should place their tenets constantly in inter-religious and inter-faith forums with due legistics and their scientificity. On this front, the Jainas did not seem to stand on firm footing. For example, there were the following interfaith programs where Jaina participation was nil or negligible:
(i) World Scriptures
It had four sessions with 19 lectures. No article on Jaina scriptures was there. (Of course, there was Mr. P. Shah's paper in different section. It should have been in this seminar).
(ii) History of Religions
Jainism was not included by the speakers in their lectures. No Jaina scholar read his paper in this section too. (iii) Comparative Liturgy
It had two sittings with Hindu, Bauddha, Muslim and Parasi speakers. Jaina liturgy was not spoken on.
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