Jain Digest 1990 04 Vol 17 No 02

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

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Page 1 News and Announcements
PRATISTHA DAY January 25 marked the Nirvana celebrations of Bhagwan Rishabh Devi Ji at the Uni- The Jain Sangh of Tri-State (New Jersey, versity of Delhi. The function was inaugu- · Pennsylvania and Delaware) is aprated by Shri Lal Krishan Advani, President, proaching a PRATISTHA Day on May 27 and BJP, and was attended by several distin- 28. Dharma Gurus will deliver lectures about guished guests.
Ghee-Boli for Pratistha, Abhishek and various
Pujas. To sponsor Swamivatsalya, call Mahesh * On March 2, Dr. S. P. Patil delivered two Shah (609-772-0910) or Shashi Shah (609-424lectures on "Exponents of Jainism -- Ajitasen- 4897). acharya and Chavundaraya" at the Depart- The Jain Sangh also plans to publish a direcment of Jainology of the University of Madras. tory and welcomes everyone to advertise. Call
Also on March 2, a seminar on "Bhagawan Mahesh Shah for more information. Parswonatha Tirthankara" was presented.
The Asian Jain Conference was held in Singapore with the theme "Towards Greater World Peace" on March 3,4. A large number of scholars and philosophers, including Acharya Shri Sushil Kumarji, Shri Chitrabhamuji, Shri Charukeerthi Bhattaraka Swamiji, were invited to participate.
Shri Chitrabhanuji To Guide Mahavir Jayanti Celebration T na gesture of unity, the different Lon
don Leicester Jain organizations will be celebrating Mahavir Jayanti collectively, as one group, with Shri Chitrabhanuji guiding and inspiring them in their practice of the Jain heritage from April 6-9.0
Shri Chitrabhanuji To Speak
hri Chitrabhanuji will be a keynote
speaker at The Vegetarian World Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel from April 17-21.0
On March 8, the Department of Jainology of the University of Madras held their Annual Lecture Series with Dr. J. A Yajnik, professor of philosophy, Gujarat University.
Topics included: Jain Theory of Soul and Modern Scientific Experiment; Jain Theory of Samsara and modern physical research; and Jaina Sadhana and the dream of a non-violent divine world.
Also on March 8, Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah, professor of Kannada, Bangalore Univerisity, lectured at the Mahasati Tarabai Swami Endowment Lecture. Dr. Nagarajaiah's topics included: The story of Charudatta in Kannada Jaina literature; and the Influence of Prakrit literature on Kannada literature.
Animal Protection Day Recognized
March 20 marked the Great American Meatout!!! This day also celebrated St. Patrick's Day and Lent by the Cincinnati Vegetarian Society. These events were celebrated simulta- neously since traditional Irish diets had very little meat in them and Lent is a period of abstinence from meat.
The first Sunday in October is now recog
1 nized as the animal protection day. This year, six to eight million animals will die every month in our nation's laboratories.
The experimentation is often unnecessary, unreliable and undeniably cruel, says the AOC. For further information concerning Animal Rights Day, contact Dr. D. C. Jain, MD, Head of Dept. of Neurology, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110016, India, or contact World Society for Protecting Animals, 106 Jermyn St., London SW1Y6EE.O
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