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The Jain Center of Greater Boston is revising the Jain Directory containing information on Jain families in North America. A letter to supply family information was sent out to about 6000 families. If you have not sent the information yet, please fill out the following and send it to the Jain Center of Greater Boston, 83 Fuller Brook Road, Wellesley, MA 02181. The completed directory will be sent out to all families listed in the directory, free of charge. For more info, please call Chandra R. Vora, president of JCGB, at (508) 393-2490. Head of family:
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Seminar on Jain thought held at Delhi institute
Professor B.K. Matilal in his keynote address, analyzed the Jain doctrine of anekantvada and Syadvada. He discussed the doctrines of anekantvada and syadvada in the terminology of modern logic and came to the conclusion that although the Jain notions of the "expressible" and anekanta, challenge the law of non-contradiction, they do not lend us into the realm of illogic or irrationality.
Other speakers included Dr. V.M. Kulkarni, Professor S.R. Bhat, Dr. Pradeep Gokhale, Dr. L.V. Joshi, Dr. G.L. Suthar. Dr. Dharam Chand Jain, Professor Bhagchand Jain, Professor Ramjee Singh, Dr. S.L.Pandey, Professor V.Venkatachalam, Professor Dayanand Bhargava, Shri Jitendra Shah and Dr. Shriranjan.
First Jain museum to be in Gujurat
Bhagilal Lherchaand Institute of Indology in Delhi organized a seminar on Jain philosophy and Epistimol-
ogy on Dec. 22 to 25, 1990. Shri Pratap Bhogilal presided over the seminar. Dr. D.S. Kothari (ex-chairman of the University Grants Commission) and Prof. B.K. Matilal of Oxford University addresses the seminar. Dr.D.S. Kothari delivered the inaugural address.
Professor D.S. Kothari said that the right knowledge (samyakgnan) should be translated into practice. Merely preaching good ideals and values of life is of no use. He regretted that modern education does not provide the necessary opportunities for imbibing the real spirit of the Indian way of life. It is the women who still continue to treasure the values of the Indian culture.
He stressed the need to follow the doctrine of non- violence in its true spirit since it is the best means to achieve world peace. Quoting more than once from the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, he exhorted the assembled people to follow the Gandhian way of life, because it represents the true spirit of India.
The temple town of Palitana in Gujrat will house the
world's first Jain museum with a treasure or rare artifacts collected from ancient Jain temples and homes.
The museum, planned on a 18,000-square-yard site and expected to cost nearly $222,000, will house a rare collection of Jain history, sculptures, traditional paintings, handicrafts and manuscripts, including some rare old inscriptions on palm leaves, copper coins and sandalwood carvings with exquisite inlay work. They are related to Lord Mahavira and 24 Tirthankaras.
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