Ahimsa Times 2007 06 SrNo 84

SR No.: 523584
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ahimsa Times
Publisher: Ahimsa Times
Publication Year: 2007
Total Pages: 15
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Ahimsa Times, & India
File Size: 331 KB

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it was presided over by Dr. Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Director, National Mission for Manuscripts, Govt. of India. Dr. Sudha Gopalakrishnan emphasised that the learning of Prakrit Language is necessary to read the Manuscripts written in Prakrit. She appreciated the huge stock of manuscripts collection and its upkeep by the BLII
..KOGALLERBOWO KSITTUTE OF NEOLOGY library. On this occasion, Prof. Dayanand Bhargava delivered his lecture on "Some New Lights on Anekantavada"..................Click here to read the programme report,
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PACIT LANGUAGE GUTERATUR
APOLOGY
NEW PUBLICATIONS ON JAINISM Microcosmology : Atoms In Jain Philosophy & Modern Science - By J. S. Zaveri & Muni Mahendra Kumar. The book deals wi, th Microcosmology, Atom in Modern Science - Structure of Atom, New Physics - Dual Nature of Matter, Constituents of Atom and Quantum Physics. For fully understanding the structure of matter, we have to descend from the macroscopic to the microscopic level. This has to be done in two stages - first, at the atomic level and second, at the subatomic level. The Quantum physics forced itself upon the scientific world at the beginning of this century with a discovery made in 1900 by Max Planck. He was trying to solve a specific problem, dealing with energy radiation. He wanted to know why objects glow bright and change colour when the temperature is increased (or decreased). Classical physics failed to give explanation to this simple phenomenon. Planck discovered that energy is not radiated (or absorbed) smoothly and continuously, but in spurts of specific amount or quanta (Planck himself was very unhappy with the implications of his discovery, as he had no intention to destroy the foundation of the Newtonian Physics.) (discrete packets). It was difficult to accept the concepts of the new theory, even after its precise and consistent mathematical formulation, because their implications were practically unbelievable.
Mind Beyond Mind - by Acharya Mahaprajna. The book deals with The Pursuit of Truth, Control of the Sense Organs, Freedom from Negligence, Knowledge and Feeling and Recitation and Reticence. We have been thinking of gold as a veryl valuable metal, but we have never thought of dust as equally valuable. The former is very scarce, and therefore, valuable. The latter is available everywhere and therefore it is not valuable. Highly valuable things like gold are dangerous and have been the cause of innumerable strives. Cheaper things like dust have, on the other hand, saved innumerable men. Gautama asked Mahavira if there was no difference between an emperor and a moth. The latter replied that there was none, for both were governed by their desires and self interests. The more does our attitude become governed by feeling, the more do we become attached to the world. A mind overpowered by feeling spares the ego. To do things with half a mind in them will not enable the practitioner to achieve any kind of success in Sadhana. The whole mind has to be applied to the object of meditation. The recitation of Mantras should not be taken to be a merelyl mechanical process. It is essentially a spiritual effort and exertion. A distracted mind is an obstacle in Sadhana,
In Quest of the Self - An Extraordinary Life Story of an Extraordinary Saint - Acharya Vidyasagar, revered saint, scholar and poet, acceded to the high spiritual office of Acharya at the tender age of twenty-six. He was chosen by his guru, Acharya Jnanasagar, in his own lifetime to succeed him and uphold the Digamabar ascetic tradition restored by Acharya Shantisagar to its pristine glory in the first half of the twentieth century. Acharya Vidyasagar's is a many splendoured personality. While his erudition and unwavering adherence to the discipline prescribed in the scriptures evoke awe and admiration, his childlike simplicity, sensitivity and empathy enable him to strike an instant rapport with the common man. No wonder, his following has spread far and wide, transcending the boundaries of class, creed and language.
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MINORITY STATUS
WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT ACCORDS MINORITY STATUS TO JAIN COMMUNITY It is learnt from the sources in Writer's building in Calcutta that Sri Buddh Dev Bhattacharjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal has decided to fulfil the long-outstanding demand of Jain community for according minority status to this community. The total number of Jains, according to the statistics
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