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JAINUL
WE MUST LEARN TO LIVE AND PROMOTE A
JAIN WAY OF LIFE (JWOL)
Strengthen Our Numbers Strong, united, educated, and growing practitioners of the
Impact Trends/Create
Awareness Develop strong strategic partnerships
with non-Jain groups and
Strengthen Our
Organization Create a vibrant, self-sufficient
professionally run central
Maintain and Update Traditional Jain practices and adopt new
relevant practices
#1 VISION Must evoke passion, action, and must do attitude #2 MEASURABLE Our goals and progress must be measurable entities #3 CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT Accommodates growth with evolving trends (ecological, legal, political, social, and technological) #4 FINANCIAL Resources Allows accelerated implementation of vision/mission #5 PEOPLE Resources Must have a strong organization and leadership; Need devoted individuals and families
CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT North America is the perfect place for living a Jain Way of Life (JWOL)!
Ecological - Awareness; environmental impact; Saving species from extinction; Legal - US constitutions; Many groups pressing for animal rights, health Political - Separation of state and church Social - Vegetarianism, Interfaith Dialog, Animal Rights, Anti-Vivisection New Perspectives - New technologies such as drug testing, gene research, cloning, stem cell research, tissue replication, genetic engineering, provide opportunities and challenges; Can we eat meat that is grown in a lab? New Age Spirituality Trends - Deepak Chopra; Buddhism; Meditation,
Yoga; Ready to hear the Eastern message; Looking for less rigidity and accommodating.
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