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AHIMSA TIMES - JULY 2009 ISSUE - www.jainsamaj.org
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HYDERABAD - July 4. City police today apprehended one person for allegedly trying to sell a rare antique idol of Jain Vardhman Mahaveer which dates back to the 10th century. Task Force sleuths apprehended one R. Shyam Sunder and seized the rare antique bronze idol of Vardhaman Mahaveer (that also features other 23 Theerthankars meditating on a pedestal), which he was allegedly trying to sell for Rs. 20 lakh. During interrogation, Shyam Sunder confessed that he is a scrap dealer and his earnings were not sufficient to maintain his lavish life.
KAMAL JAIN, THE CANADA-BASED NRI FOR RASH DRIVING
PUNE: A court rejected the prosecution's plea of extending the police custody remand of Kamal Jain, (65) the Canada-based NRI man and former CEO of a telecom major who tried to escape a parking fine of Rs. 100.00 injured a policeman and couple in the process. Instead, Jain was sent to magisterial custody for 15 days. Police produced Jain before the judicial magistrate and prayed that his police custody be extended for seven days. Public prosecutor pressed for Jain's custodial
interrogation to ascertain the motive behind the incident. Kamal Jain's advocate pleaded that his client be sent to magisterial custody, since the police have not recovered anything from Jain's possession, despite keeping him in custody for over 50 hours, since his arrest. The Canadian national Kamal Jain, was arrested for driving while a policeman precariously perched on the bonnet of his car, was deported on July 3 for illegally working in India, Police had nabbed Jain after firing six bullets and puncturing the car's tires. Jain was issued a 'leave India' notice by the government for illegally working here. He came to India on an ex visa, which allows him to stay in India, but not to work or do any consultancy services here.
COMMENTS FROM VIEWERS From: Sanjay Jain - The article "Jainism in Bangladesh" in Ahimsa Times June 2009 Issue has erroneous information about the religion in the following extract: "The teaching of Parsvanatha is called Chaturayama. It outlines a four-fold path to salvation, i.e., kindness to all living beings, avoidance of telling lies, abjuration of theft and the possession of belongings. In the next step Mahavira added another. It was not to wear any dress. Thus the Jainas were divided into two sects. The followers of Parsvanatha are called Shvetamvara, those who wear white clothes, while the followers of Mahavira are called Digamvara, which means nude (literally, the sky is the cover)."
I understand Bhagwan Mahavir added brahmcharya vrat and not "not to wear any dress." Both Shvetambars and Digambars revere Parsvanatha and Mahavir as they do the other 22 tirthankars. Perhaps the article is quoting some other source. If so, I humbly suggest that the source should have been identified and the error should have been brought to the attention of the source writer and the readers.
From Gaurav - SANDHARA (SALLEHKHANA) AGAIN QUESTIONED BY THE PEOPLE ? On 23 may 2009, India t.v.,a news channel broadcasted a phone talk between a Jain monk & a lawyer from Rajasthan. The lawyer has filed a petition against the sandhara (SALLEHKHANA) practice of Jainism in the Rajasthan high court. He claims that sandhara is nothing but a way off suicide. Later he says that when sati is abolished then why sandhara is not stopped? From this it becomes clear that he has wrong feeling towards Jainism. (See he does not want to stop it as a social cause but since sati is abolished sandhara should also be, which clears his intentions and cause of protest.). Though sandhara is practiced all over India by all the sects of Jainism but this news channel targeted shewtamber jains specifically. During this broadcast the channel addresses" dekhiya muat ka yai tamasha" Even after Jain monk on phone explained its importance in spirituality, the Lawer compared it to sati pratha. Hence I request both non-jains & jains to study this practise deeply then come to a conclusion. EMail: gaurav_sj79@yahoo.com
From: "Shirish Kalamkar Support for new Jain Temple . Airoli is a upcoming developing area in Navi Mumbai. An excellent Jain Mandeer along with Tyagi Bhavan and Library is being builtup in Airoli. I am forwarding the details of Mandeerji. Request you to please publish the extract of it and appeal on be half of the trust to contribute by any mean in the project. Shirish Kalamkar, E-Mail:- shirishkalamkar@rediffmail.com SHRI AJITNATH BHAGWAN MANDIR TRUST- PDF FILE
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