Jain Digest 1992 01

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

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Congratulations to Dr. Dhiraj Shah
Thanks Texas youth
Dr. Dhiraj Shah
Jain Digest - Nirmal Jain of Tokyo and I can not explain in words how pleased I was to see that. In
fact, what you have already done, has been Letters
a dream for me. To do the same I am trying to organize Jains in Tokyo, who are about 120 in number.
I completely agree with the one Dear Editor:
article in your magazine, which says"...the I would like to thank the Jain world has become a spiritual slum..." I Youth Group of North Texas for giving me certainly want to ensure the great works of the opportunity to learn a lot about Jainism. philosophy, metaphysics, Anekantvad and In the past two years I have been with them, many others,of Tirthankaras, Jain Acharyas I have learned a great deal. I have learned etc. do not get lost in the tornado of matemany positive points on Jainism. The ma- rialism which will ultimately destroy the jor one is non-violence. I think all mankind world and with it the human existence. should respect each other and treat each
Dinesh and Shubhra Jain other fairly. I also believe vegetarianism is
#302 Maison Watanabe something everyone should practice. I also
6-21-1, Higashi Kanamachi credit Jainism's ideals of no stealing, no
Katsu-shika-ku, Tokyo-125 Japan cheating, etc. All of these concepts plus many more are what make me love Jainism. Although I think some concepts are great, there are some ideas which I think go a
Dear Editor: little overboard. Jainism says you should
In many families in the United have no attachments to anything. It also
States both parents work. says you should do nothing because even if
In this system the mother cannot you do good things, you will get karma. As properly take care of the children. The a young Jain, I still have a lot to learn. But
mother is being replaced by a baby-sitter. so far, I am very happy being a Jain.
However, the mother is the greatest teacher.
Taking her away creates a serious loss to Manish Mehta
the theme of our Sixth JAINA Convention (age 12; son of Sudhir and
"Extending Jain Heritage to the Next GenSadhna Mehta)
eration". Therefore, JAINA should declare one more award: "The Ideal Mother". This
award should be presented to the mother Dear Editor:
who takes ideal interest in her child care. Last night I received a copy of your quarterly news magazine from Mrs.
M.R. Shah, Lubbock, TX
Mothers needed
The response of the appeal sent on Dec. 15, 1991 by the World Community service Committee of JAINA under the chairmanship of Dr. Dhiraj Shah for earthquake victims in UP (India) and drought victims in Kutch Gujrat (India) was overwhelming. we have already collected eight thousand dollars from 125 families. We hope to have the same response from other families. We would like to thank the donors and congratulate Dr. Dhiraj Shah of Buffalo, NY., for the tremendous success.
JAINA Executive meeting successful
The JAINA Executive Committee meeting took place Jan. 18-19, 1992 in Cleveland hosted by the Jain Society of Greater Cleveland at the Summit Motel. Various items concerning different committees of JAINA, the seventh JAINA convention, youth summer camp and next years budget were discussed. JAINA would like to express their deep appreciation to the Jain Society of Greater Cleveland for heir hospitality.
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