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Jain Education International
FOREWORD
It is with great pleasure that we present to you the collection of workshop presentation and other papers being presented at the Second Biennial Young Jains of America (YJA) Convention held July 4-7, 1996 in San Francisco, California. The authors are from various parts of North America and England.
The purpose of this compilation of workshops and papers is to provide participants an advance copy of the sessions at this year's convention. This collections of work has evolved into a collection of reference materials on various topics related to Jainism.
This material shows a remarkable depth of knowledge of Jainism that awaits to be tapped by you. We encourage you to take this opportunity and embrace and integrate Jainism's philosophy and practice into your life.
We hope that with this compilation and similar future compilations, we as youth are able to educate ourselves and our peers. As we continue to learn from our elders, our community (scholar's and religious figures) or through literature, we need to share this knowledge with each other in order to continue Jainism into our future.
The Young Jains of America, San Francisco Convention Committee, sponsors and supporters sincerely appreciate the enormous amount of time, energy and thought in preparation of this precious material by all of the authors and workshop presenters.
Jai Jinendra!
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