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JAIN DIGEST Teachers needed for educational programs
Not only have Shrimati Bhadrabhen and her children Manish and Mona lost a husband and a father, but the entire Jain community has suffered at the loss of such an important figure in the community who will always be remembered by us. May Ramnikbhar's soul rest in peace.
AINA is working to give concrete shape to the scholar-inresidence program which will sponsor several scholars to
reside at local Jain Centers for several weeks to a month and conduct educational programs. This program will provide for a more comprehensive and systematic education on Jainism for our youths as well as adults. Positive feedback has been received from many Jain centers.
JAINA is contacting scholars and teachers who are fluent in the English language, have a non-sectarian knowledge of Jainism, and can explain Jain principles and teachings from a scientific, environment, and other religious points of view. These scholars will stay at several local Jain Centers from June to September, 1991. For more information, contact: Naresh Shah (516) 741-9269; Nirmal Dosi (201)390-0290; and Bimal Begwani (201) 846-7107.
Jain Societies celebrate
Chaitya Paripati
Tain Society of Toronto and the Jain Community of Buffalo
celebrated Chaitya Paripati on Sept. 16, 1990. More than
200 people from Toronto came to Buffalo, spending the afternoon and evening performing religious rituals.
India Cultural Festival to be held this summer
Jain industrialist lectures on architecture
here was a lecture and slide show on Jain manuscript painting by Dr. Saryu V. Doshi, of Bombay, India, at the
Jain Center in Etobicoke, Ontario on Nov. 4, 1990. Dr. Doshi is a well-known Jain scholar and has written several books on Jain art, architecture, and paintings. The event was jointly sponsored by the I.M.J.M. (International Mahavir Jain Mission) of Canada and The Jain Society of Toronto.
The lecture dealt with Jain painting in Shvetambara and Digambara manuscripts, describing the lives of the Tirthankaras.
pread over 70 acres in New York and being implemented with a budget of $21 million, the Festival from
July 12, to Aug. 11, 1991, will bring you face to face with India-- her timeless legacy, fascinating in its magnificence, baffling in its diversities, dazzling in its charm, and captivating in its hospitality. It will involve you, overwhelm you as the sacred doors of the oriental past are thrown open to every visitor. The Festival will be a rare chance for you and your family and friends to discover the splendors of India. The festival will exhibit Jain culture along with many of the other cultures of India.
For further information, please contact C.F.I. Project Office, 575 Madison Ave. 10th floor, New York, NY, 10022, (212) 602-0133.
Romnik Kothari— a tribute to a kind leader
The Jain Center of Northern California
invites you to attend the
Í JAINAI 6th Biennal convention
Stanford, CA. July 4 - 6, 1990 Extending Jain Heritage to the Next Generation
amnik Kothari, 55, a leader of the Jain community in Canada, died of cardiac arrest in December. Kothari
was president of the Jain Society of Toronto for two terms.
Kothari was current director of the Federation of JAINA, and was earlier a vice-president. He was the chairman of the committee for the first Jain TV program on Vision TV in Toronto. Ramnik Bhai was a dynamic and dedicated leader in the Jain Community in Toronto and was responsible for many new iniatiatives.
Center of Northern California cordially invites you to allend the 6th Biennal JAINA Convenlion July 4-6, 1991, al Stanford University Various dignitaries, monks, scholars, Jain youths, and prominent Jains from around the world are expected to attend this historical event
The three-day long convention will feature seminars, presentations, lectures, social activities,& an art and literature exhibition. The convention will have special emphasis on Jain youths and focus on the theme:
Extending Jain Heritage to the Next Generation
For more information please contact: Pravin Turakhia..Chairperson........ (416)794-9700 Prem Jain.....Convener........ (415)770-9503
Mark Your Calendar!
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