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2015 JAINA Convention
18th Biennial JAINA Convention
Jainism: World of Non-Violence
Preface
July 4, 2015
Dear Convention Attendees,
The AINA Executive Committee Convention Board and Jan Society of Greater Atlanta would like to thank each one of you for attending this year's most auspicious convention. The various MNA Convention Committees and lain Society of Greater Atlanta members and volunteers have spent countless hours to create a memorable program to help you recharge and reconnect body and soul with Jainism.
The theme of this 18 Biennial AINA Convention is in World of Non Violence aim is a way of life. For thousands of years, Jainism has reached non-violence Anal, Plural Anekantavad, and non-passiveness Apargrahal. Non-violence is compassion and forgiveness in thoughts, words, and deeds. Nonviolence is not to condone or provide support in any shape of form to injure, harm, abuse, copress, enslave, in d iscriminate torment, persecute, torture, or kilany creature or living being Drumar or non-human). Sie steps of Non-violence are love with action, love with speech, love by thoughts, avoid harm by thoughts, avoid ham by speech and avoid han by actions. We are all becoming more interdependent and therefore there is an ever-increasing need to spread and enroot non-violence globaly to encourage peace, spirituality and ammony among all living beings and environments. The Convention Committee hopes that each and every attende will peeder the knowledge gained, implementit in daily activities for self-improvement, and spread it graciously. Al way of life leads to compassionate, healthy and happy living
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Title
Page Title 163 Jay Bharat Foods - California
202 Esthetic Formula, Huntington Beach, CA 167 Jaya Travel and Tours
203 Shrimad Rajchandra Swadhyay Kendra of NJ 170 Dutta and Girish Shah - Califomia
203 Daulat, Daulat, Dharod, and Shah Families 170 Ortho and Atlanta-GA
203 Harshad and Bharati Shah Family 171 Ashi LLC - Pandya Family, New York, NY 207 Stone Mart - Kankaria Family, LA 177 Prestige Jewelry - Rajiv Kothari,
212 Systemart LLC, Parsippany, NJ New York, NY
212 Vinod Dave - Pandit, Los Alamitos, CA 180 Rekha & Raju Shah, Mukta Shah
213 The Allentown Jain Sangh, PA Niru & Jiten Shah
213 Jain Temple of Wisconsin 181 Gunvant Shah and Family
213 Hindu temple and Jain Center of Las Vegas 183 Ramanbhai Patel and Family
216 Navkar Builders, Marietta, GA 184 Mehta Family, London, UK
217 Jain Society of Pittsburgh, PA 184 J. T. Systems Inc., Liverpool, NY
221 Kirti & Neela Shah 185 Excellent Facets / Amadena - Neena & 221 Manoj & Sonali Jain Deepak Sheth
221 U+ Stor - Sawan Shah 186 Himanshu Jain, CPA, Arlington Heights, IL 221 Dr. Ketan & Neena Mehta 186 Shrivan Travel Service, Norwalk, CA 224 Hi-Tech Sweet Water Technology 186 Jain Center of South Florida, Weston, FL
225 Kiran & Madhu Kamdar Family 187 Navika Group of companies, Uniondale, NY 225 Jain, Shah, and Parekh Families 196 Dr. Jagdish and Madhu Sheth
228 Digestive Disease Care, NY 197 Hemant and Jayshree Gogari
229 Mehta, Shah, and Parekh Families 197 Vinay & Vinita Kothari and Family,
229 Shah, Doshi, and Shah Families New York, NY
230 JAINA - 99 Yatra in 2016/2017 197 S. Vinodkumat USA, New York, NY
233 JAINA - Mangalam Jain TV Show 199 Pravin and Vinita Madhani, CA
240 MES Inc 202 Gautam Shah, Insurance Agent, Somerset, NJ IBS Ramaben & Kirit Dattary Family 202 Sital P. & Suman Jain and Family,
IBS MS Interational, Inc. Scarsdale, NY
BC NeilMed - Dr. Ketan and Nina Mehta 202 Ritesh Shah, San Jose, CA
This commemorative own book will remind you of your participation in this four-day spiritual event with your fellow Jain community from across the world. The book contains article written by sadhus, sadhavis, scholars, letters from political dignitaries and others, advertisements, photos, lists of donors, and volunteers. The JAINA Convention Committee is indebted to all the contributors for their intellectual monetary and time contributions without which this souvenir book would have been impossible. The nous donations and support extended by the Jain Center of Atlanta and other lain Centers located throughout the USA were nothing short of inspiring, Please note that the views expressed in the articles are not a direct reflection of the opinion of AINA or the Convention Committee
The various convention Committees had members located throughout the USA Committee members had to make many trips from across the country to various lain Centers for fundraising and to conduct meetings to plan, organize, and conclude various aspects of the convention. Souvenir Committee members tirelessly called and reminded contributors for timely submissions developed and implemented designs, helped compose advertisements, raised funds, and finally proofread and printed this book. It's a long and challenging process that involved lots of late work from a group of volunteers many of whom had never undertaken Such a cort D ile the best efforts of the Convention committee members and volunteers, whould you experience any difficulties at the convention or with the Souvenir book, we humbly as Micchami Dukladam."
May this 4 of July weekend at 18 JAINA Biennial Convention in Atlanta be an unforgettable celebration of Jainism and our community. We hope you enjoy the speakers, thened activities veuskal performances, festive parties, and, of course, the delicious food. And, may this Souvenir book hele you r emer this experience for many years to come
Respectfully. Souvenir Committee 18th Biennial AINA Convention
THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPERTUNITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY
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