World Jain Conference 1987 4th Conference

SR No.: 014038
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Satish Jain, Kamalchand Sogani
Publisher: Ahimsa International
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 202
Language: English
Classification: Seminar & Articles
File Size: 7 MB

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scholarships to graduate students and scholars in Canadian Universities to do research and to publish on Jain topics. The banquet was addressed by Dr. Phyllis Granoff and Dr. Subbiah, both from McMaster University Department of Religious Dr. Granoff also showed slides of places of Jain pilgrimage.
6. Indo-American Conference of the World Jain Congress, September 26-27, 1986, Siddachalam, Blairstown, New Jersey.
We organized a bus-load of participants from Canada to go to Siddachalam and to take active part in the conference. In addition to speeches by President Harish Jain and others, we showed a video of the 1986 Arhum Yoga Camp and the IMJMC. Camp youth gave a demonstration of yoga exercises and Mantras they had learned at the camp.
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Jain Associations of North America (JAINA) Conventions in Chicago, May 23-25, 1987 and in Detroit 1985.
We participated in the JAINA Conventions in both 1985 and 1987. JAINA's aims of propagating Jainism are consistent with our aims. Mr. Magan Lal Shah from IMJMC was elected Vice-President of JAINA at the Chicago Convention.
II. Assistance in the Establishment of Jain Centres.
Our second objective was to assist in the establishment of Jain societies, Jain Centres and places of worship. As President of IMJMC, I had the privilege of visiting Jain families in Vancouver, Montreal and Winnipeg. With the inspiration of our chairman, Acharya Sushil Kumarji, our brothers and sisters in Vancouver and Montreal have recently established Jain Centres. In both these cities, Jain families meet regularly on religious and other occasions. With Acharya Sushil's guidance, we will continue to encourage the formation of other Jain Centres, societies of worship in other Canadian cities.
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Promotion of Jain Identity and Awareness, Among Children and Youth in Particular.
Arhum Yoga Camps in August 1986 and 1987, Niagara Falls, Canada.
Arhum Yoga Camps were held in the first week of August in 1986 and 1987 at the Loretto Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Both camps were held under the guidance of Acharya Sushil Kumarji. Both Acharyaji and Muni Amrendra were present at both camps for nine days each to provide guidance and to teach Jain principles, Arhum Yoga, mantras, and meditation. Both the 1986 and the 1987
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