Jain Digest 1990 01 Vol 17 No 01

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

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JAIN SOCIETY OF NORTH TEXAS PACKED PROGRAMS IN NOVEMBER 1989
Richardson, TX. All the Sundays during November 1989 were packed with varied programs for Jain Society of North Texas, and they attracted quite a large number of members.
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November 05 Puja was organised. The following Sunday on 12 November, Jain Youth Meeting successful. The third Sunday on 19th, General Meeting was held. Jina Stavans, lectures, children class and discussion conducted by Anant Jain and Bijay Banthia featured interesting. Aarti was followed by lunch prepared by Jain volunteer families. On Thanksgiving meeting-Sunday 23rd November, devotional songs and supper were the main events. The last Sunday on November 26th, Snatra Puja was performed in the morning.
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THUS LORD MAHAVIRA SAYETH
As the dewdrop that sways on a blade of grass lasts but a moment, so is life of man.
Gautama, always be watchful !
For the soul which suffers for its carelessness is whirled about in the universe, through good and evil karma. Gautama, always be watchful !
So cast away all attachments, and be pure as a lotus, or as water in autumn free from every attachment. Gautama, always be watchful !
When the body grows old and the hair turns gray, and all the usual powers decrease,
despondency and disease befall, and the flesh wastes and decays. Gautama, always be watchful !
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S.A.Srimandhar Kumar Formerly Professor of English University of Bangalore, India.