Jain Digest 1993 07

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

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Jain Digest
Former California Governor Jerry Brown flew to Pittsburgh to specially attend the JAINA Convention. Picture shows him addressing the JAINA Convention on July 3, 1993.
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Cultural presentation were made by over 15 Jain Centers for three days at the convention.
Udaipur on March 28, 1993. He succeeded Acharya Anand Rishiji who had passed away on March 23, 1992. Acharya Atma Ramji had been honored with this unique title preceding Acharya Anand Rishiji. JAINA and the Jain community send their respect and congratulations to Acharya Devendraji.
economy. E.F. Schumaker was one of the few western thinkers who cited Ahimsa, or non-violence, as a crucial dimension in developing a new economic order. The human community can never achieve peace with itself by doing violence to nature. Human employment can never be truly satisfying if it is built on the pain of animals and ravaging of our environmental heritage. An economy can never be sustainable when based on the pillaging of ecosystems.
For these reasons, I hope your religious tradition receives new attention as we in the human community reconsider our covenant obligations anew. I thank you for extending your invitation, and hope you will consider a deeper engagement in politics and public policy a matter of serious spiritual practice. This is a challenging decade in American politics when, as Vice-President Gore has written, the earth is truly in balance.
May your conference be an inspired event.
Sincerely, Tom Hayden
Acharya Sushil Kumarji, head of the International Mahavir Jain Mission, at the JAINA convention. (Photo: Ajit Jain) Special Thanks to Steve Jain for his help in editing and typing the JAINA convention news.
Address Change Please note the new address of Jain Association of United Kingdom: 4 Whitchurch Close, Edgware, Middlesex HA86PE, UK. Phone (081) 952-5757.
International News
Late News Project Map (Medical Aid To Poor)
additional donors list (see April issue for beginning)
Diraj Shah, San Jose, CA; Rajendra Kumar & Usha Mehta, Tuscaloosa, AL; Jain Association of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Dilip & Rekha Dedhi, San Jose, CA; Kirit & Vibhuti Gosalia, Phoeniz, AZ; Jawahar D. & Jyoti Mehta, Perry Hall, MD; Ramesh & Meenakshi Shah, Beckley, WV
JAINA thanks all the donors for their generous support.
Jain Education - from page 16
and between the religious community and its members. By communicating with each other and keeping an open mind we will be able to gain more knowledge. I believe that this is what Jainism is about: the acquisition of more and more knowledge that will ultimately deliver us from the life/death cycle to moksha.
1. Acharya Atma Ramji, 2. Acharya Anand Rishiji, 3. Acharya Devendra Muniji Shri Devendra Muniji Maharaj Honored Reported by Yash K. Jain, Delhi, India
Announcement
Publication of a collection of Stavans by Jain Center of
Cincinnati/Dayton Send your request for this unique, popular collection in Hindi. Gujrati and English sung in different regions to: Ila Punater, Jain Center of Cincinnati/Dayton, 921 Thorndale Dr., Dayton, OH 45429-5827. Please send $5.00 as a donation to cover expenses to support Temple Project of the center.
Devendra Muniji Maharaj was conferred the title of Acharya at
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