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AHIMSA TIMES - SEPTEMBER 2008 ISSUE - www.jainsamaj.org
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Donations can be made on the birthdays of family members, on the occasions of their marriage anniversaries and on all festivals like Deepawali, Mahavir Jayanti etc the details can be obtained from Mandir Samiti. You are hereby once again requested to donate generously to the above project and be a part of it. Even your small contribution would make a lot of difference. Please send your donations through crossed cheques/bank drafts in favour of "Shree Digamber Jain Mandir Samiti" or you may also log on to our website www.jainmandir.net for donating online through your existing bank accounts net banking facility, credit cards. Alternatively donations can also be deposited directly to UTI Bank Ltd a/c no 296010100040910 in any of their branches across the globe. Naveen Kumar Jain, General Secretary, E-Mail: - naveenjain.er@gmail.com, Tele : +91 9910339268
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JAIN MUNI LOKPRAKASH LOKESH, FELICITATED IN CALIFORNIA New York, September 6: Jain Muni Lokprakash "Lokesh", founder of Ahimsa Vishva Bharti, (earlier from Terapanth) who recently undertook a global peace march to promote religious harmony and peace, was presented Key of the City' by the Mayor Joe Esteves of Milpitas in a ceremony in New York. Lokesh was honoured for his work on the cause of peace, non violence, spiritualism and
religious tolerance. Stating that the world is passing through difficult a situation, the Mayor stressed on the role played by leaders like Muni to establish communal harmony and peace. In his address, Lokesh, urged leaders of all religions to find ways and means to propagate peace and brotherhood, as terrorism is wrecking destruction all across the world. Later, the Mayor also visited the Jain temple where some 800 Jains community members welcomed the Mayor.
DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS MARKING THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF GYANMATI MATAJI AT HASTINAPUR - Ganini Pramukha Aryika Shiromani Shri yanmati Mata ji will be entering into her 75th year of birthon Sharad Poornima, on the 14th October, 2008. In order to celebrate the occasion, the devotees of entire Digambar Jain community would be organising a series of events, round the year, consisiting of a world peace conference, a grand worship programme in the honour of the first Digambar acharya, Shri Shanti Sagar Ji maharaj, prize distribution to celebrities, Sarswati adoration and worship and a series of meeetings and seminars. Born in the year 1934, she had accepted kshullika diksha in from Acharya shri Desh Bhushan Ji maharaj in 1953 and Aryika diksha from The first Pattacharya Shri Veersagar ji maharaj in 1956. She has more than 250 publications on Jain religion, philosophy and culture to her credit. It has been announced that live telecast of the celebrations will be held on the 12th, 13th and 14th October, 2008.
CONFERENCES & EVENTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NON-VIOLENCE, REDISCOVERING GANDHIAN WISDOM - On behalf of the Ahimsa Center, we wish to invite you to our forthcoming International Conference on Nonviolence, Rediscovering Gandhian Wisdom: Building a Peaceful Future to be held at Cal Poly Pomona campus, October 17-19, 2008. The conference schedule is now on the web. The conference highlights include distinguished speakers such as Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson and biographer of the Mahatma; Samdhong Rinpoche scholar-monk and the prime minister of Tibet government-in-exile; Bernard Lafayette Jr., a colleague of Martin Luther King Jr., who led several campaigns during the Civil Rights Movement, and numerous outstanding scholars and professionals;
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