Jain Digest 1995 04

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

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Necessity of Temples, continued from page 10
Thank you for the Comemorative Issue dedicated to Acharya Shree Sushil Kumar Ji.
Praises
I read the entire Sept./Dec. 94 issue of the "Jain Digest" from cover to cover. I found the articles interesting and informative. These article add to a person's knowledge of Jainism. Congradulations to the editorial staff for doing such a nice job.
J. H. Doshi Bombay, India
Anant V. Shah Newark, CA
Thank you for the Special Issue dedicated to Acharya Shree Sushil Muni Kumar Ji. He preached and practiced love and compassion for all living beings. The passing away of his Holiness is a great loss to all followers of Ahimsa.
So I ask you to approach these temples not as if they represented a body of superstitions. If you approach these temples with faith in them, you will know that each time you visit them you come away purified, with your faith more and more in the living god. It depends upon our mental condition, whether we gain something or do not gain anything by going to the temples. We have to approach these temples in a humble and penitent mood. There are so many houses of God. God, of course, resides in every human form, indeed in every particle of His creation, everything that is on this earth. But since we, very fallible mortals, do not appreciate the fact that God is everywhere, we impute special sanctity to temples and think that God resides there. And so, when we approach these temples, we must cleanse our bodies, our minds, and our hearts, and we should enter them in a prayerful mood, and ask God to make us purer men and women for having entered His portals.
Herbert Becker Berlin, Germany
I am glad to know that you have involved a great number of people and made JAINA a broad based organization. This was necessary in view of the growing number of Jains living in Norht America.
I am particularly interested in the younger generation, their social and religious problems. The efforts of JAINA in keeping the new generation in touch with their religion, its principles and serving the community through its other actitities is laudable.
I would like to congratulate your team on a job well done. The last issue looked great! The effciency that was demonstrated in the Digest gives the younger generation a challenge to try to improve on their own publications in the future.
Samir Subodh Mehta Sugarland, TX
C. N. Sanghvi Bombay, India
Based on a text by Mahatma Gandhi
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