Jain Digest 1990 07 Vol 17 No 03

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

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JAIN ITALIAN GROUP ARRIVES AT JainVishwa Bharti IN JANUARY
A group of fourteen Italians, led by Giannine Gian, a social
worker and Oki-Yoga teacher of Italy, arrived at Jain Vishwa Bharti, Ladnun, Rajasthan, to receive theoretical and practical training in Preksha Meditation. They offered themselves as Preksha - dhyanis and adopted the code of conduct enjoined under "Preksha - Universal". Acharya Tulsi and Yuvacharya Mahapragiga enlightened the group on the theory of Karma, emphasizing that the self(doer) is the cause of one's joys or sorrows.
Announcements
The Jain Meditation Centre of U.K. started on April 12, 1990 under the guidance of Pujya Shri Chitrabhanu.
A Christian-Jain conference was held in Leicester, U.K., on June 16, 1990 with speakers including Dr. Natubhai Shah, Dr. Paul Marett and Vinod Kapashi.
Mr. S. Mehta Shashikant Mehta, Rajkot, India, a well-known orator and expert on Navkar Mantra Workshop, visited London during May 1990.
Hyde Park Rally
The Vegetarian Rally scheduled for July 22, 1990 at Hyde Park, U.K., will be a historic event in which thousands of people will take a pledge to go vegetarian. This will also be a unique event in the sense that people of all races will be coming together to promote a common cause - the cause of Ahimsa non-violence towards the animal kingdom.
Bernard Weatherill, Speaker of the House of Commons, Tony Benn, M.P., Acharya Sushil Kumarji, Jinchandra Triputi Bandhu, Pramukh Swami Maharaj are expected to participate.
Jain Vidya Manishi and Prakrit Vidya Manishi Awards
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January 31, 1990 Jain Viswa Bharati decorated among
the various distinguished Jains Shriyut Srichandji Rampurie, Pandit Dal Sukh Malvania and Dr. Nathmal Tatia with the award of 'Jain Vidya Manishi.'
Dr. Satyaranjan Banerjee was also decorated with the 'Prakrit Vidya Manishi' award.
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Guidelines For Visiting Jain Scholars To United States and Canada
Prepared By Naresh Shah, Vice President of JAINA
these
is to and thereby help us in minimizing inconvenience, problems, religiously and otherwise.
1) Make sure you have secured proper Visa from American as well as Canadian Consulates in India. Once you are out of India, it is almost impossible to secure additional Visa to visit other Western countries.
2) If you need a letter of sponsorship for securing a Visa, please request one.
3) For preparation of sponsor's letter, we need your name, address, age, sex, profession and passport number as shown in your valid passport. The passport should not expire within 6 months of your planned departure.
4) It is a lot less expensive and very convenient for you to secure health insurance from India than in the US.
5) Based on this travel plan, you should have round trip tickets plus needed additional VISIT U.S.A. COUPONS to visit various Jain centers. Not securing necessary coupons carries financial and practical problems for your host and organization.
6) Please forward the detailed itinerary (arrival and departure times) and biodata as soon as possible. 7) We insist, for the well being of our children, that you acquire a working knowledge of English.
8) We strongly believe in unity of Jainism and as such, abhor the practice of sects, panths, divisions based on any interpretation and/or principles of Jain Religion. We suggest you to be broad-minded, at least during your trip to North America.
9) For your convenience and better utilization of your time, knowledge and our resources, we decide to to schedule your trip to accommodate more visitors. This way, there should be intense training of religious philosophy rather than a superficial touch of our great religion.
10) From our past experience, we have found that some visitors engage in collection of cash fund, sale of books, cassettes, etc. Not only does it set a bad example for other people, but this makes it impossible for us to sponsor other visitors in the future. Please do not violate the vows you have taken as Sadhus, Sadhavis, Samani, Shravak, Shravika. Some of the corrupting environments in this part of our society relates to a) food; b) drinks such as alcohol; c) cinema, movie, and video; d) visiting amusement and entertainment centers.
11) Please stay in touch with your coordinator and host. At least one phone call a day for a few minutes will assure happiness and satisfaction.
Your presence in this country is very important to us.