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JA IN DIGEST Jain Doctor Hands Out Clothing
Veeryatan Ashram To Riverdale Needy
The Veeraytan Ashram orated by Acharya Chandnashriji For the fifth successive year, Dr. Navin Shah, chairman of 1 is located on 33 acres of land in Rajgiri, Bihar, India. It is
I the surgery department at the Leland Memorial Hospital in the state of Bihar where Lord Mahavira spent his life-time. in Riverdale, Md., distributed clothing to the homeless at the Begun in 1973, it has now become an important ashram for shelter run by the Community for Creative Non-Violence. the followers of Jainism. Shah's personal involvement to help the need was greatly The ashram has 100 permanent residents and 70 guest
houses. More than 30,000 eye operations have been done over there free of charge. Recently, a huge library was added which hopefully will encourage research to find new answers to our contemporary problems.
appreciated.
Jain Society of Metropolitan Washington
Holds Two Camps
The following families send their congratulations with best compliments and wishes to the Jain Center of Northern California for its selection to host the 6th JAINA Convention in July 1991
The Jain Society of Metropolitan Washington has conIducted two different camps. The first was a day camp held June 15 through June 18 with Dr. Hukamchandji Bharill, a very well-known and respected Jain Scholar from Jaipur, India. Dr. Bharill has been conducting the camp for the past 5 years at the Jain Center.
The second camp, for both adults and children, was held June 30 through July 4 at Mount Saint Mary's College Campus in Maryland. At presstime, H.H. Keertichandra Vijayji and Jinchandra Vijayji (Bandhu Triputi) were scheduled to be present at the adult camp. The adult camp was a Jain yoga camp where eight steps of Ashtang yoga were explained.
H.H. Amarendra Muniji and Yogeesh Muniji were scheduled to be present at the children's camp which included lectures on Jain principles along with yoga and meditation sessions.
1) Girish and Datta Shah
Nivisha, Munjal and Bhavin (Campbell, California)
2) Arun and Jaya Bhimani
Seema and Meeneesh (Piedmont, California)
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SIDDHACHALAM WILL HOLD
ANNUAL YOGA CAMP The Siddhachalam, N.J. will be conducting their annual
Arhum Yoga Family Camp July 8 through July 14, 1990. The week is devoted to sharing, growing and learning for the entire family. The campis designed to provide the participants with 7 days of physical and spiritual relaxation.
During the week, both children and adults will learn about the science of sound, nonviolence within themselves and society, vegetarianism, karma and reincarnation, hath yoga and breathing practices, Jain philosophy, chanting and meditation. All teachings will be practical and theoretical in nature.
The Siddhachalam will also be holding a campat Niagra Falls (IMJM), August 5 through August 11.0
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Topic: The role of the second generation in Jain organizations.
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