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AHIMSA TIMES - JULY 2009 ISSUE - www.jainsamaj.org
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Acharya Sadhvi Sadhna, chairman of World Fellowship of Religions, told reporters "The judgement passed by the high court is against Indian culture. Homosexuality is not allowed by Indian culture. Foreigners want their children to follow our culture and traditions, and now we are deviating away from our rich culture. India is a leader of religions and we should not allow this to happen."
Acharya Lokesh Muniji said, "We urge the union and Delhi governments to keep in mind the views of various religious committees while taking a stand on the judgement of the Delhi High Court. It's not that we don't support independence of individuals but this judgment challenges the will of god. As a representative of a religious body, one of my greatest fears is that this judgment may act like a first step towards legalising homosexual marriages in India. This would be completely unacceptable by us."
Other religious leaders that signed the resolution seeking review of the court order include Kamal Farooqui, chairman of the Minorities Commission, Swami Raghuanandji (Hindu), Mahendir Singh (Sikh), Lama Lob Jang (Buddhist), and Maha Mantra Das (Hare Krishna).
In a statement issued by Secretary General of Jain Maha Sabha Delhi. Professor Ratan Jain said homosexuality is sign of sick mentality. This is unnatural and accepting this behaviors will degrade the society. This recognition will lead to new physical and mental diseases. He further said that for the luxury of handful people, we can not kill the Indian culture & traditions.
JAINS SHOULD BE READY FOR 2011 CENSUS OF INDIA
Recently central govt, made a committee under chairmanship of Mr. Nilekani ( of Infosys) to provide Unique Identification Number to every citizen of India. Jain being a very small community can also think to provide such Identification to every Jain, this will help not only to recognize every jain but also the data bank help to improve our life / religion. With the support of various
jain organizations working in almost all parts of the world this can be achieved within few months. Opinion of group members solicited,
Census
TAMIL BRAHMI INSCRIPTION THROWS LIGHT ON JAINISM
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MADURAI A rare 3rd century B.C. Tamil Brahmi inscription found near Madurai ba t ud recently has brought to light the fact that not only Pandyas and Cheras but the chiefs Udd
of the coastal region in the State also patronised Jainism in the early period. The discovery by a team of epigraphists, who undertook a survey at Arittapatti in Melur taluk, is a remarkable evidence of history of early Tamil politics, culture and language, State Archaeology department sources said here recently. The inscription was found engraved in a cave of a hillock, where early Jain monks stayed and preached their faith.
It is just four feet away from another Brahmi inscription discovered by some scholars in 1971. All the evidence available so far makes clear that the Paravars were the chiefs of the coastal region and they ruled their areas as subordinates of the Pandyas of the Sangam age. The previously discovered Brahmi inscription at Arittapatti also mentions about a chief from Nelveli (now Tirunelveli region). The inscription throws light on the proximity the chiefs of Nelveli to the Pandyas of Madurai in the Sangam age. As many as 60 Tamil Brahmi inscriptions were found during the past over 100 years from 15 villages including, Mangualm, Anaimalai, Azhagarmalai, Tiruvadavur, Keezhavalavu, Tirupparankundram and Varichiyur.
PITCHERS STOLEN FROM MUMBAI JAIN TEMPLE Mumbai, July 22, 2009: The D. N. Nagar police are on the lookout for an unidentified man who stole four goldplated pitchers from a Jain temple worth Rs. 2 lakh. According to the police, the temple located on the JP road in Andheri (West) is undergoing renovation since a few months. The police found a skull cap lying on the spot and have detained a person staying nearby the temple.
POLICE PICKS SHYAM SUNDER WITH RARE IDOL OF JAIN VARDHMAN MAHAVEER AT
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