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and Buddhist religious traditions. This conference explored the religious traditions of Asia and the Middle East, and how they have become an important part of America's Pluralism in the past 25 years.
Special guests at this program were Dr. Havanpola Ratnasara, founder and executive president of the American Buddhist Congress and president for the Sangha Council of Los Angeles; Dr. Sulekh Jain, president of the Federation of Jain Association in North America, (JAINA); Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, director of the Islamic society of Orange County, Los Angeles; Mr. Gurinder Singh Mann, visiting assistant professor of Sikh Studies at Columbia University; Mrs. Rajshri Gopal, charter member of Sri Venkateswara Temple. Dr. Jagat P. Jain, another JAINA representative also attended. The project was aimed at better understanding the changing American religious demography, to study the religious communities and to explore possible ramifications of this new plurality.
Jain Digest North America. Attendees from overseas conveyed the same thing. All the arrangements, programs, decorations, facilities, exhibition, cultural programs, food, lodging, transportation and souvenirs were excellent. It was a great convention.
You people worked hard and many, many long hours. You saw the results and we all saw the results. JAINA and the Jain community are grateful to your Jain Center for this great effort and achievement.
On my behalf, JAINA Board of Directors and many Jain Centers, I extend our sincere thanks for a job very well done. We hope that your Jain center in the future will undertake other activities of significance for the entire community too.
nia from July 4-6, 1991, was a great success judging from the comments of the attendees and the level of participation. We estimated that more than 3,500 people attended the convention over the three day period. The youth participation (approximately 1,000) in the convention was heartening to us all and helped promote the convention theme of "Extending Jain Heritage to the Next Generation"
On behalf of the Jain Center of Northern California and the convention committee we thank you for your participation in the convention. We deeply appreciate your taking the time from your busy schedule to participate in the Convention.
This convention has opened new frontiers for the Jain Community in North America with active participation in ecology and non-violence. Let us hope that the community will continue to spread the message of Bhagwan Mahavir on Ahimsa, compassion, and non-acquisitiveness to the American community. We hope that you will continue to support the efforts of JAINA and the Jain Center of Northern California in the future.
Thankingly, Sulekh C. Jain President, JAINA
Thank you for attending the convention
Thank you note from the President
Jaijinendra:
The 6th Biennial National Convention of the Federation of the Jain Associations In North America, which was held at Stanford, Califor
Sincerely, Girish Shah, CA
Jaijinendra:
I have been planning to write this letter but have not been able to find the appropriate words to thank your Jain Center and all of it's members and committees. During and after the convention I talked to many of the attendees about their assessment of the Sixth JAINA Convention and there was only one response- SUPERB.
Your Jain Center did much more than you planned and promised. You really set a trend and an example for quite some time. It was a milestone in the history of Jainism in
We will miss you! In Memory of Mrs. Nihalo Devi Jain Mother of Sher Singh (Agra), Vir Singh (Cincinnati), Pratap Singh (New York) Bhupat Singh (Kanpur) Rani Mehta (Detroit).
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