Jain Digest 1992 10 Vol 19 No 04

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

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Academy has met several times, and drawn up plans for the formation of a registered trust with charitable status. Once this is in hand, it is hoped that the financial resources for the Academy can be gathered. There are other needs also. Competent lecturers and support staff need to be found to ensure a continuity of high quality academic teaching. Educational resources (a library of at least 1,000 books) must be built and the Academy must be promoted amongst Jains and others who have interest in becoming students. To help all this, close links are being forged with various institutions and individuals in India and abroad.
News from the U.K.
Young Indian vegetarians held a vegetarian rally at Hyde Park on August 2, 1992. Many eminent speakers addressed the audience.
The Jain Vishwa Bharati, U.K., celebrated the 57th Pattotsava of Acharyashri Tulsiji on September 5, 1992.
Dr. Nathmal Tatia and Professor P. Jaini spent the month of July in the U.K. with the word Smiths, working on the translation of the tattvartha Sutra. The progress is as per schedule.
Camp on ahimsa principles in Ladnum, India
Anuvrat Global Organization and Jain Vishva Bharati, Ladnun, have decided to organize an International Camp for Training in Nonviolence at Ladnun, India. The camp will be held November 26 to December 2, 1992.
The purpose of the camp is to provide the participants with the conceptual understanding of ahimsa through a series of lectures by experts and expose them to the technique of Preksha meditation, selftransformation and self-control. Yuvacharya Mahapragya says that it gives rise to chemical changes in the body of the practitioner and refines human emotions effortlessly and
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naturally.
The newly established Jain University for Nonviolence to Humanity will be dedicated by the Dalai Lama during this time.
For further information, contact Mr. Rashmi J. Zaveri, Rashmi Zaveri & Company, PNB House, 4th Floor, Sir P.M. Road, Fort, Bombay 400 001, India.
Jainism through 'Penfriendship'
International Jain Friends is a quarterly magazine for penfriendship. The objective of this magazine is to create contacts between Jain youths and non-Jain youths world over who want to know about Jainism. If you want to receive a FREE copy of this magazine, write to: Mr.. Mahavir Sanglikar, Editor, International Jain Friends, Post Box No. 58, Chinchwad East, Pune 411019 India.
$275,000 granted for nutrition project
Manoj Jain,M.D., of Boston, an expert on the use of soybeans for nutritional purposes, has helped to obtaina $275,000 grant for the Madhya Pradesh branch of the voluntary organization Bhartiya Grahmin Mahila Sangh.
Those giving the grant felt it was appropriate that Madhya Pradesh receive the money since it is one of the four or five most underdeveloped states in India.
Since 1986, Jain has been involved in soybean promotion projects, particularly in villages around Indore.
World Vegetarian Congress
The 30th World Vegetarian Congress Celebration will be held at Madras, India, January 5-10, 1993. The Congress, which is organized under the auspices of the International Vegetarian Union by the Indian Vegetarian Congress, fall in the
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Centenary Year of the International Vegetarian Union (1893-1993).
A hundred years in the promotion of vegetarianism will be a historical event to be celebrated with enthusiasm, with the cooperation of all like-minded organizations and individuals of the world.
For more information, contact the Madras Organizing Committee at The Hon. Secretary, The Indian Vegetarian Congress, 17 Damodaran Street (2nd Floor), Gopalapuram, Madras 600086, India. Phone: 473648.
Deeksha at Veerayatan
Kumari Bhavika Doshi, a disciple of Acharya Shree Chandnaji, will get Deeksha on October 11. Kumari Bhavika had celebrated Paryushan this year in Los Angles.
Jain youth camp in Rajasthan, India
A camp was organized in Baman Vanitirth in Rajasthan for spreading the message of non-violence and vegetarianism. The chairman of the State Assembly of Haryana and Acharya Gunaratnasuriji were present and exhorted the youth to practice non-violence and vegetarianism.
Aid given to needy
Pranimitra Alakaran Function was jointly organized on the Handicapped Day' by the Mehta Charitable Trust and Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Samiti. Mr. Ashok Gehlot, Textile Minister in the union cabinet presided. The former ViceChancellor of Jodhpur University Kalyanmal Lodha was the chief guest. About 65,000 handicapped persons have been given help in the form of artificial legs and 85,000 persons were given calipers, tricycles and economic aid. The trusts have contributed to the
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