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Pratishtha Mahotsav - A Milestone
Surendra Singhvi
Since 1988, the center has been actively involved in the temple project and we are pleased that the center has a separate worship room in the Hindu Temple. Considering our membership and financial resources, this was the best strategy to achieve our goal of having a place to worship. As we celebrate the Pratishtha Mahotsav, the following suggestions are made for our center's progress in the next millennium: 1. Practice Jain principles at home and at work.
Minimize AGED = Anger, Greed, Ego, Deceit. 2. Participate in the center's activities and
bring a non-Jain friend to a program when
outside speakers are involved. 3. Encourage our youths to get involved in the
center and assume more responsibilities. 4. Promote non-violence (Ahimsa) and
vegetarianism in the home, Jain Center,
nation and world 5. Organize one or more programs each year in
cooperation with other organizations with
similar missions. 6. Sponsor each year one religious trip to other
Jain Centers with temples such as Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Pittsburgh,
Siddhachalam, etc. 7. Expand the center's library and make
resources available to members and non
members 8. Explore and possibly offer an introductory
course on Jainism in one of the local
universities. 9. Arrange Swadhya and Samayik programs on
a monthly basis. These suggestions can be achieved if we all pledge to invest an average of 3% of our time (i.e. 3% of 168 hours per week=5 hours per week). We hope the members continue to get actively involved over the next 12-1/2 years for the benefit of their own souls, youth and community. The Jain Center of Greater St. Louis was established in 1986 to promote the Jain principles among Jain and non-Jain families. Once Henry Ford said “Bringing together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; and working together is success." The Center during the past 12 years brought people together, kept them together and encouraged them to work together to achieve its objectives.
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