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Poojya Maharaj saheb said, "When we go out of this summit, we should stop being Deraasi or Sthanakwasi and unite for the larger good of the community and the world. Shri Hemant Shah, President, JITO Apex said, "If we unite, we can effectively fight the economic tsunami that threatens us at this time.
The first day's highlights consisted of inauguration at the hands of Leader of opposition, L.K. Advani, conference of Jain International Women's Organisation, Jain Ministers' felicitation and a session by the Chairman of Union Bank. On the next day, several leading businessmen spoke at the conclave, followed by a discourse by Poojya Naypadamsagar ji Maharaj on the effect of economic recession the world over and the role of Jain community as a whole. Seminars were held in the afternoon on a variety of subjects, such as capital market and commodity. real estate, construction and allied products, IT, gems, jewellery and bullion, metals, plastics, textiles, chemicals and pharma. The members participating in this summit felt that the entire programme was a great success and it would help in turning the current crisis into an opportunity serving as a practical and useful guide to all the members.
FIFTH PARLIAMENT OF WORLD'S RELIGIONS IN MELBOURNE DECEMBER 3-9, 2009 Fifth Parliament of World's Religions will be held in Melbourne, Australia, from December 3 through December 09, 2009. Please review information about this global event attached below. This Parliament is projected to bring in about 10,000 people from 80 countries and attended by high level spiritual/religious people from all over the world including Dalai Lama, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and others. Australian government is supporting this event with full enthusiasm. The Council for a Parliament of the Worlds Religions (CPWR) has been organizing major interfaith events of global and historical significance for many decades. The very first one in 1893 became famous because of the well publicized participation of Swami Vivekananda and V. R. Gandhi. This was followed by a similar event in Chicago in 1993, Cape Town, South Africa in 1999 and Barcelona, Spain in 2004. The Barcelona Parliament was attended by about 30 Jains including monks, nuns, scholars, and delegates from USA, UK, and India. This participation was a huge success in terms of making Jainism more visible to the outside world.
The theme of the Melbourne Parliament, Make a World of Difference: Hearing each other, healing the earth reflects the urgent need to act on concerns for the environment, peace, and overcoming poverty, and to cultivate awareness of our global interconnectedness. This theme calls for action and is parallel to the teachings of Anekaantvaad and Parasparopgraho Jivanaam.
The 2009 Parliament theme, sub themes, daily schedule, call for programs, criteria for program selection and proposal forms have been put on the Parliament web site www.parliamentofreligions.org. The current program proposal submission deadline is February 28, 2009. Mr. Naresh Jain, E-Mail: njain52253@aol.com and 201-9338963) and Dr. Hema Pokharna, E-Mail : hemapokharna.phd@gmail.com and 773-368-1656), members of the Board of Trustees of the Parliament, are available to help and answer any questions. Please feel free to contact them. - Naresh Jain.
FIFTH CONFERENCE OF JAIN DOCTORS FEDERATION ORGANISED AT AHMEDABAD The fifth conference of Jain Doctors Federation was held on the University grounds at Ahmedabad on the 10th and 11th January, 2009. The theme of the conference was "Serenityl through scientific spirituality". An endeavor was made to assess and amalgamate principles of medicine and recent technological innovations in the context of Jain philosophy, exhaustive knowledge of Jain Agams and theory of Karma. The JDF conference was organised by the Federation in association with the conference of Jain Internatonal Trade organisation on the same ground. The inauguration ceremony of the conference was graced by Param Poojya Acharya Shri Nay Padam Sagarji Maharaj, Shri L. K. Advani, Leader of Bharatiya Janta party, Shri Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat. The conference was attended by more than 1200 doctors coming from India and abroad. The afternoon session of the conference was devoted to practice of Shatavadhan', demonstrated by Yuva Muni Shri Ajit
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