Jain Digest 2000 02 Vol 16 No 02

SR No.: 527078
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 36
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, USA_Jain Digest, & USA
File Size: 9 MB

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COMMITTEE NEWS..
SWADHAYAY CAMP
JAINA is happy to announce that it will be holding four Swadhayay camps for the year 2000. They will be held at Dallas, TX and Siddhachalam and two other locations. The details are being worked out for other two, one in West Coast and one in Midwest or Northeast corridor. For more information, please contact Mr. Niraml Dosi at 732-390-0296 or Kirit Daftary at 254-776-4209.
North Texas Jain Society in Dallas, TX is hosting the first camp. The current site is still under consideration, but it would be less than 90 mile from Dallas, TX. Those who are flying in, they can be picked up from Airport, if necessary. This would be three day camp; the details are as follows: Dates: June 30-3rd July, 2000 Friday, June 30, 2000 Arrival at the Center Swadhayay
Saturday, July 1-3rd
Speaker:
Pandit Dhirajbhai Mehta
Cost: $99/person, based on Double Occupancy. This includes lodging and boarding. Capacity is limited to 100 people. So, if interested, please call with deposit to hold your place. Dhirajbhai Mehta is a well-known speaker on Karma Theory and others. He regularly teaches Sadhu Sadhvji in India, and is a regular speaker at major Jain Centers in US. So, if you want three days of concentrated learning and Swadhayay, then this is your opportunity. For more information, please contact:
Kirit Daftary, President, Jain Society of North Texas
3322 Woodalke Drive, Waco, TX 76706, Phone: 254-776-42091 E-mail: netrat@att.net
AHIMSA DAY CELEBRATION
All Jain Centers and Jain Societies in North America are requested to celebrate the Ahimsa Day on Sunday, October 1, 2000. At the Jaina convention in San Francisco in 1991, the Jaina Executive Committee decided to celebrate Ahimsa Day each year close to Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. The first Ahimsa Day celebration took place in October 1992 and many centers participated in the celebration.
The suggested activities for the celebration include: i) obtaining a proclamation from the city and state official, ii) issuing press release for local media explaining Jainism & Ahimsa principle, iii) organizing an essay competition among youths, iv) donating used items to needy people v) feeding homeless people, vi) inviting speakers to talk about non-violence and the like. If you need information, please contact Dr. Surendra Singhvi, chairperson of Ahimsa Day celebration at 937-885-7414.
WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE
JAINA ADOPTS ORISSA VILLAGE 65 houses. Village will be named 'Mahavir Nagar.' Diwaliben M. Mehta Charitable Trust will supervise construction. JAINA had also sent a container of used clothes to Orissa immediately after the cyclone hit the area.
BUFFALO, NY: --WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE of the Federation of Jain Associations in North America contributed $22,000 for the victims of Orissa cyclone during a dinner organized at the Hindu Cultural Society of Western New York, 1595 N. French Road, Amherst NY.
Dr. Dhiraj Shah, immediate past president of JAINA presented a check to Shri Mafatlal Mehta, a well known philanthropist and chairman of Diwaliben Mohanlal Mehta Charitable Trust, who has played a major role in rebuilding the eastern coast of Orissa. As many as 50,000 people were killed and more than 100,000 homes were destroyed by a cyclone that hit the area. The $22,000 donation will be used to rebuild a small village of
For more information, please call Chairman Bachubhai Ajmera at 301-924-8070
JAIN DIGEST SUMMER 2000/13