Jain Spirit 2005 12 No24

SR No.: 529004
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jain Spirit UK
Publisher: UK Young Jains
Publication Year: 2005
Total Pages: 102
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, UK_Jain Spirit, & UK
File Size: 21 MB

Page 24

AHIMSA PLANS
THE SHREE VIJAY VALLABH SMARAK COMPLEX
AHIMSA CENTER NONVIOLENCE IN THOUGHT AND ACTION
There is a basement for the Reference and Research Library comprising thousands of published works and hand written manuscripts on Jainism and related fields of Indology. The hall also houses the Bhogilal Leharchand Institute of Indology for research in various branches of Indian Culture. Sadhvis and sadhus come to stay and research, and every year a threeweek Summer School in Prakrit is held to which students with prescribed minimum educational background are admitted. We provide them with free coaching, boarding and lodging for the duration of the summer school. There is a predominantly Jain Museum, most of the collections are from Gujarat and Rajasthan. We have a senior Secondary School - Jain Bharati Mrigavati Vidyalaya, which is recognised by the Education Department of NCT Delhi Government, and also affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, and also a nursery school with altogether 1400 students, 80% of whom are from the neighbouring rural populace of 60 villages. An endowment has been put in place so that we can have a community kitchen to cater for everyone, as long as they want wholesome food!
Complex Chairman, Pratap Bhogilal profiles a globally undiscovered Jain gem
ain Acharya Vijay Vallabh Surishwer Ji Maharaj (18701954) was a spiritual leader, a visionary and an apostle of
peace. He chose education as the vehicle to spread the ideals of Jainism and inspired the establishment of many schools, colleges and libraries in many parts of India. To commemorate his life and death, a multipurpose academic and religious institution in consonance with his preaching was built in 1974. It is situated in 20 acres of green land, in Delhi. The centre includes a pink sandstone shrine to the Acharya it memorialises, situated in the 84"-high two-tier central dome. There are four Tirthankaras on the upper floor of the main shrine, facing north, south, east and west. There is also a temple to Devi Padmavati, Parshvanath's Goddess, where thousands of devotees come to worship her every year.
he Ahimsa Center at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona is gearing up to undertake some major
initiatives that aim to inform and educate school children, college students and the community about how discord and conflict can be addressed creatively, compassionately and non-violently.
This really is just the half of this amazing centre and we have many plans for the future. We invite any visitors to our complex, so if you would like to find out more, email jainsmarak@yahoo.com. We look forward to meeting you!
The ethos behind the centre is that schools are the seed-bed for cultivating the culture of peace and non-violence. The innate human potential for love, compassion, caring, forgiveness and reverence for all life needs to be nurtured from the earliest stages of learning and development. Toward this goal, the centre launched a two-week intensive summer institute for school teachers on Non-violence and Social Change from 18-30 July 2005. Thirty elementary, middle and high school teachers participated in this programme and gathered on Cal Poly Pomona campus on 4 June for the formal start of the summer institute.
A new course, Non-violence in the Modern World, has been recently approved and will be offered at Cal Poly Pomona from the beginning of autumn this year. The course will create a genuine appreciation of the efficacy of non-violent strategies for undergraduates, helping them effectively deal with the problems of violence and conflict at different levels and in different spheres.
The Ahimsa Center's third key initiative is in the area of community outreach. During last year, the Center hosted an international contarence, a ne day workshop, a public lecture and two dialogues featuring many distinguished experts and practitioners of nonviolence. The Center's next biannual community oriented event will be the Meera and Jasvant Modi International Conference on Ahimsa and the Quality of Life, to be held on our campus from 28-30 April 2006.
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