JAINA Convention 2011 07 Houston TX

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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WETTERWARE JAINA CONVENTION 2011
"Live and Help Live"
MESSAGE FROM JAINA CONVENTION BOARD
"Live & Help Live"
Sushil Jain, Arpan Shah, Udai Jain, Ashish Bhandari, Lata Champsee, Nitin Shah, Ridhi Desai, Jainesh Mehta, Manoj Dharamsi,
Dipak Doshi, Himanshu Ajmera
On behalf of the Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA) and Jain Society of Houston, it is great pleasure to welcome you all to 16th Biennial JAINA Convention.
In today's most diverse world, there is growing need to understand that our faith is much more than prayers and worship. In order to practice Jainism to fullest and in Lord Mahaveer's words we must "LIVE & HELP LIVE". Our convention programming for various age categories will focus on multiple ways we can live and help others live, including animals and ecosystem.
Our social events are planned to set new standards. Our "Jains Have Talent competition, Swagatam and cultural program" will showcase our cultural diversity from across North America. The Bollywood play "Gandhi before Gandhi" and three latest "Indian Idol" performances promise to be a memorable experience.
We thank all volunteers & speakers for their untiring efforts in organizing and promoting this convention. These volunteers across the nation conceptualized the activities and have successfully executed them for your enjoyment. We thank the Jain Society of Houston for being the gracious host of this convention.
We have tried to maintain affordability of the convention for everyone. This was possible due to support from Philanthropists, Donors, Individual and Corporate Sponsors, and the Jain Sanghs throughout North America. We thank each and everyone for their generous support.
We are thankful to you, the participants, who have come from near and far and across the globe to learn and share emotions and ideas on how we can help each other and contribute to the communities we live in a unified Jain Way of Life.
Above all, we the volunteers beg your forgiveness if we did not perform to your fullest expectations; Mitchhami Dukkhadam.
Sincerely, Convention Board