Jain Digest 1994 06 Vol 10 No 02

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

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Regular activities at the Sangh include: Jain school every Sunday taught by Aruna Shah; Bhakti and Bhojan on first Sunday of the month and a Snatra Pooja on the second Sunday of the month. Although the Jain community is small, their enthusiasm to pursue Jain activities is overwhelming
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Chandrakant Parekh Regional Editor
Los Angeles, CA
An overflow crowd attended the Mahavir Janma Kalyanak Celebration on Saturday, April 23, 1994. It was a huge success. The program began with a Snatra Pooja followed by bhavna. The children's program was the highlight of the day. Over seventy children from the pathshala we dressed in colorful costumes and presented an impressive program of stavans, garbas and a drama on Shalighdra that was presented in flawless Gujarati.
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The outstanding success of this event was attributed to the enthusiasm and hard work of the children, the dedication of the pathshala teachers, the skill of the program coordinators, and the encouragement of the parents. Under the direction of pathshala teachers, over one-hundred children between the ages of seven and fifteen particitated in the construction of a magnificent Samo- vasaran.
Los Angeles Partshala's Samovasaran construction.
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A wide cross section of the Indian community gathered at the Jain Center on Sunday, May 1, 1994 to pay a tearful tribute to Acharya Sushil Kumar Ji. Among the hundreds of Jain families and community leaders were: Mahesh Gupta, President of Overseas Friends of BJP, Shiva Subramanyam representing the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America, Ramesh Gandhi, President of the Federation of Hindu Associations, Mohinder Singh, Editor of the L. A. India Journal, Inder Jain of the International Mahavir Mission, Harish Dhury of the Friends of India Society, Haribhai of the BSS Swaminarayan Temple, and many others. Guruji was culogized as an untiring crusader and champion of peace and non-violence.
The Fourth Annual Medical Camp that is jointly sponsored by the Jain Center of Southern California and the Jain Social Group of Los Angeles, was very successful. The event was organized at the center on May 8, 1994 and provided an excellent opportunity for the elderly, visitors, and the local families to obtain an expert medical examination, with follow-up advice for free. Over thirty physicians and specialists in ayurvedic, asthma, general practice, internal medicne, cardiology, psychiatry, gynecology. orthopedics, E. N. T.. pediatrics, urology, optomery, ophthalmology, astroenterlogist.. pharmacy and dentistry examined almost 200
patients. These on-site examinations were followed up with lab reports and analysis of the blood samples.
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From May 12-17, 1994 Dr. Shekhar Chandra Jain, a Jain scholar and Sahitya Ratna, lectured at the center on Bhakhtamar. In addition, he conducted classes on Namokar Dhyan meditation for adults and children.
Portland, OR
A new Jain Center in Portland, OR has been formed. For more information please contact Surbhi Jhaveri at 503/ 292
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San Diego, CA
About ninty people of the Jain Society celebrated Mahavir Jayanti on April 24, 1994. A musical dance drama on Dreams
of Trishla Devi was presented by twenty children dressed in beautiful costumes. The drama was directed by Kokila Doshi with the help of Parul Kothari and Jagruti Maniar. The society has a membership of thirty-five families and meets once a month. Pathshala for the children began about six months ago. For more information please contact Manoj Maniar at 619/549-9726.
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Cast of Dreams of Trishla Devi
San Francisco, CA
About 425 people celebrated Mahavir Jayanti at the center. The program began with a Snatra Pooja followed by stavans that were presented by the children. The highlights of the celebration included two inspiring lectures, one by Navin Dedhia on the Message of Bhagavan Mahavir and the other by Harendra Shah on Anekantvad.
The center holds regular meetings: including weekly swadhyay for adults, bi
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