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Rev. Acharya Mahaprajna (successor of Acharya Tulsi) Head of the Terapanth sect of Jain community, Life science courses have been designed by Vishwa Bharti University for different age groups in school and colleges. It has turned out to be a popular and secular programme all over India for the orientation of teachers. Text Books have also been prepared.
UNESCO in collaboration with The Institute of Jainology, London and in consultation with institutions like Vishwa Bharti University, (Jaipur-India) or Kund Kund Jnana Peeth (Indore, India) could design similar training programmes in non-violent life ethics. Such programmes where tried have succeeded in inculcating among both teachers and pupils the spirit of dedication, devotion, discipline, tolerance, honesty, responsibility realization, broader outlook and vision. These qualities would develop a growing temper for peace and nonviolence in the society.
Prior to each session of the U.N. General Assembly, which usually takes places between September to December, annually, it would be useful to organize summer seminars & workshop on non-violence in New York and Geneva for U.N. delegates. During U.N. General Assembly session also weekend seminars could be arranged for national delegates who include members of parliament as well. This has been tried out with encouraging results at Siddhachalam Jain Temple centre in New Jersey (U.S.A). Such seminars could be organized by all U.N. specialized agencies as well as regional organization like the ESCAP in Thailand. Such seminars will promote closer contact and interaction of diplomats with Jain and other like-minded faith leaders and workers. Along side, courses and workshops on meditation, voluntary self-abstinence and tolerance would prove enormously useful for stress-prone and tension-ridden diplomats.
Unesco could usefully bring out literature in all major world languages on the success stories of non-violence in action. Following are some illustrative examples, which show how a determined individual Ahimsa: The Ultimate Winner ★ (149)
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