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that he had been having increasing tendency towards some sort of brain sickness. Presently, he has been undergoing treatment for the same at Kolhapur Apollo hospital. The local doctors as well as the devotees had advised him to move to Mumbai for better care, investigations and treatment but he declined to be moved and preferred to stay back at Kolhapur, strictly following the code laid down for Jain sadhus. According to the latest information received from Kolhapur, he has now been showing remarkable signs of improvement and it is hoped that he would recover fully quite soon. The members of Ahimsa Foundation pray for his quick recovery, sound health thereafter and long life.
JAIN TERAPANTH SADHVI FASTS TO DEATH FOR SALVATION AT SURAT Sept. 5: Jain Sadhvi Anandshree ji breathed her last after undertaking santhara (a ritualistic fast ) unto death to attain salvation. This process, is said to purify the body after a person determines that his worldly duties are over. A 'Palki Yatra' (palanquin procession) was taken out for her cremation. A crowd of saints and faithful followed the palanquin. Tejash Bhai, a member of the Terapanth religious group, said that the Jain community had come out in full force to pay
their respects to 67 year old Anandshree ji maharaj, who was suffering from cancer for the past two years. Anandshree ji was a disciple of Acharya Shri Mahapragya. At the age of 19, Anandshree ji took 'Diksha' initiation, by obtaining preaching) by travelling across India on foot. Muni Shri Dharmesh Kumar ji also reached there to give moral support & boast up to Sadhvi Anandshree ji in her spirtual practice of penance.
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JAIN MUNI DELIVERING PARYUSHAN DISCOURSE AT VEER NAGAR JAIN STHANAK DELHI - Jain Saint Upadhyay Shri Ramesh Muni, Up Pravartak Dr. Rajendra Muni, Yuva Manishee Shri. Surendra Muni, Shri. Rupendra Muni and Shri. Dipesh Muni are conducting chaturmas programmes at Shri. S.S. Jain Sabha, Veer Nagar, Jain Colony, Delhi - 7. The daily discourse is being attended in large number by Jain Community from Delhi and other parts of the country. Before settling down for chaturmas at Veer Nagar this group had moved to other parts of Delhi, Dr. Rajendra Muni and Ramesh Muni are extremely popular and have large following all over the country. Shri Surendra Muni is a prolofic writer and has written a number of useful and educative books on Jainism, moral and social progrsss. of .........
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JITO LAUNCHES COUNTRY-VIDE SHRAM AROGYAM PROJECT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT OF JAIN SAINTS - The Office bearers and members of Jain International Trade Organisation (JITO) announced their plans, while holding a community function at Yogi Sabhagraha in Dadar, Mumbai. Their plans include launching of a country-vide project to provide adequate facilities for free treatment of Jain saints and sadhwi, irrespective of their sect or sampraday, to which they belong to. Welfare groups may have to be organised for this purpose in different parts of the country and the expenditure is supposed to be born by JITO. Those who were present on the occasion included S/Shri Hemant Shah, President, Champalal Vardhan, Vice-President, Shanti Lal Kanwar, Prithwi Raj Kothari, Premal Kapadia, Gajendra Patni, Navin Chand Mehta and others. A new wing of JITO, Jain International Women's Organisation (JIWO) was also inaugurated on this occasion.
CALCUTTA LAL MASJID IMAM WELCOMES KAMLESH MUNI IN LAL MASJID For the people of Calcutta, it was a rare occasion, when Jain Muni, Kamlesh was invited to Lal Masjid to address six thousand members of Muslim Community gathered for friday prayers. In the joint communiqué issued after the felicitation programme several current issues were raised. It was agreed that the leaders all religions should meet and try to take analogous views on social programmes. For example, all religious leaders should work together, spread of western culture should be stopped, media should play more proactive role, women should be careful about their dressing sex education is not required in schools, saving people offrom alcoholism & drugs etc.
Imam in his welcome address said Muslims should not be part of terrorism. The true Muslim does not believe in terror, violence and attitude of revenge. At the request of Kamlesh Muni, Imam also requested Muslim samaj for the protection of cows. Imam also suggested his community to accept the invitiation of Muni Kamlesh to visit Jain Sthanak. CPI(M) MLA Sri. Sudhanshu was also present on the occasion. News Courtesy : Mr. Diwakar Deepti, Ratlam. Mr. Motilal Bafna, E
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