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CELEBRATION OF NON-VIOLENCE
A Report by: BAWA JAIN
The following is a report of the celebration of Non-Vio- lence, at the United Nations Church Center; New York. The International Mahavir Jain Mission (a United Nations affiliated NGO) celebrated "Non-Violence" by honoring its founder: His Holiness Acharya Sushil Kumarji - an interna- tionally renowned proponent of Ahimsa - on the occasion of his 50th anniversary as a Jain monk and his 67th birthday, amidst the NGOs and followers, at the United Nations Church Center on 25th June.
The celebrations were well attended by the NGOs and the occasion also marked the birthday of the "Movement of Non-Violence for Peace and Environment" in the United Nations.
Delivering the keynote address, Dr. Robert Muller, Chancellor Emeritus of the United Nations University for Peace, Costa Rica, and former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, said that it was very symbolic that the Movement of Non-Violence for Peace and Environment be launched with the NGOs and also at the UN Church Center. He said that his life has been significantly energized and inspired by the NGOs and the Holy Spirits.
He said that they received Acharya Sushil Kumarji at the University for Peace and were informed of his decision to create a University for Non-Violence not far from the United Nations. This university of Non-Violence shall be the extension of the University for Peace in Costa Rica. He said that they shall put that in the Council of the University for Peace, but in the mean time the two sister Universities have exchanged letters of Non-Violence in New York.
Dr. Muller said that war was diminishing and the peace movement was beginning to grow. Violence exists far
Dr. Robert Muller, Dr. Farouk Mawlawi and Guruji
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