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Bikaner, where the Acharya had stopped during his Vihar, the award was Ipresented to Acharya Shri personally by a senior samani Madhur Pragya Ji on the 11th January, 2009. Acharya Shri expressed his appreciation for the contribution made by the Institute of Jainology in the field of Jainism.
DIKSHA CEREMONIES Two Sisters, Chandani and Rina, Daughters of Shri Bhanwar Lal Singhvi
belonging to a village near Bheem town in Udaipur division of Rajasthan accepted Jain Bhagwati Diksha in the Shwetambar Sthanakwasi sect in the presence of Lokmanya saint Shri Roop Muni Rajat on Friday, the 9th January, 2009. They were re-christened as Mukta Shriji and Prerana Shriji. Devotees had arrived from far and near to participate in the diksha celebrations.
km. Dimple Jain, daughter of Shri Kailash Chandji Goyal, born at Shivpur in Madhya Pradesh on 24th February 1989 will be accepting Jain Bhagwati diksha on the 22nd February, 2009 at Dungla village near Kota in the jain Shwetambar Sthanakwasi sect. The diksha is going to held in the presence of her spiritual guide Dr. Madhu Bala Ji M.A., Ph.D., D. Litt., Shri Vijay Kunwar JI Maharaj, Upadhyay Shri Mool Chandji Maharaj and Pravartak Muni Shri Ramesh Muni Maharaj. She has studied various Jain scriptures and remembered by heart various important spiritual rituals and shlokas.
Mumukshu Smt. Sampat Devi Sethia accepted Jain Bhagwati Diksha on 11th January, 09 in Shwetambar Terapanth sect at Surat and was renamed as sadhwi Sidhshriji. Her husband, Shri Roop Chand Sethia, son Shri Mahendra Sethia, national President of Terapanth Mahasabha, large number of devotees of Terapanth sect and others from near-by places as well as people from Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad etc. had joined the celebrations to mark the occasion.
CONFERENCES & EVENTS
GROWING TOGETH JITO - L. K. ADVANI CALLS JAINISM MOST ANCIENT
GREEN MOVEMENT - Ahmedabad, Jan. 10: While speaking at the WIJING global summit of the Jain International Trade Organization Senior BJP
leader L. K. Advani, said ethics and values are inseparable elements of
every business. He also called Jainism, the most ancient Green Movement Deshcujarat.Com in world history. He pointed out that most people do not often appreciate
why Jainism attached such paramount importance to ahimsa. However, two of the greatest challenges before the world today-Terrorism and Climate
Change-are both manifestations of violence. He added that terrorism is of course the most extreme and inhuman form of violence. But there is another form of violence which the world has been much slower to recognize, and much more hesitant to take firm action against. Referring to the violence being inflicted on the Earth by our materialistic civilization, Advani said that only when we reflect on the challenge of Climate Change that we begin to appreciate the enormous contemporary relevance of the Jain philosophy of ahimsa and jiva daya. We realize that Bhagwan Mahavir and the other Jain Tirthankars were great environmental conservationists. They taught us that we human beings are merely trustees of this planet. We need to re-learn their teachings in our times. He further added that eco-friendliness is not a mere fashionable phrase; it has to be interwoven into our development paradigm..................click here to read full text of the speech.
GLOBAL CONGRESS ON WORLD'S RELIGIONS ASIAN PERSPECTIVE TO MEET IN DELHI - A Global Congress on World's Religions after September 11 - An Asian Perspective will meet in New Delhi from January 17-20, 2009 at the Jamia Millia Islamia University campus. This Congress is being hosted by the recently established Centre for the Study
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