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COMMITTEE NEWS
Ahimsa Committee
JAINA Education Committee
The Jain Community will celebrate the annual Ahimsa Day on Sunday, October 5th, 1997, throughout North America. This will be the 6th year of celebration. A growing number of Jain centers are celebrating this day by (a) obtaining proclamation from city/state officials, (b) inviting speakers to talk about Jain Ahimsa, (c) organising seminars, (d) giving food and old clothes to needy people, (e) showing Ahimsa Video, (f) organising "Aymbel Tapascharya" for members, etc. We request you to organise this event for your centers to promote Ahimsa principle in your community-Jain & non-Jain. If you need additional information, please contact Dr. Surendra Singhvi, Chairman of Ahimsa Day Celebration Committee, at 9371 885-7414.
Committee has developed the curriculum program for all Jain youths which starts from preschool to high school. This program is divided into four groups:
Level 1: for age up to 8 (Preschool and Grades 1-2) Level 2: for age 9 to 11 (Grades 3-4-5) Level 3: for age 12 to 14 (Grades 6-7-8)
Level 4: for age 15 to 18 (Grades 9-10-11-12) In these four levels, there are over 125 topics covering most of the Jain principles and philosophy. The educational material for the above groups is now available either in book form or as computer printouts.
JAINA Charitable Trust A phenomenal increase in the membership from 30 to 75 during the past year was greeted by all the Trustees. Trust Funds are now over $140,000 and at annual meeting the Trustees approved contributions of $10,000 to the Toronto Jaina Convention and $5,000 to JAINA General Fund.
Trustees invites you to become a trust member and help JAINA in preserving and spreading our rich Jain heritage. For more information contact Dr. Mahendra Pandya at 718/816-0083. (See page 13 for a list of Trustees).
Jain Books in Cartoon Format
The Education Committee, in collaboration with Mahavir Seva Trust and Diwaker Chitra Katha, has been publishing monthly Cartoon Books on Jain personalities and the Jain theme for more than eighteen months.
JAINA plans to continue this project for at least the next five years. 12 books were published in 1995-96: Bhagwan Parshvanath
The Fortune Rich Dhanna Wisdom Stories of Abhay Kumar
Bhagwan Mahavir Voll Kshamadan
Bhagwan Mahavir Volll Moral Stories of Bhagwan Mahavir
Princess Chandanbala Bhagwan Shantinath
Bhagwan Rishabhdev Miracles of Namokar Mantra
Maha Sati Madan Rekha
Jain Internet and BBS Committee
12 more books have been published in 1996-97:
The Miracle of Shree Siddhachakra The Inspiring Story of Meghkumar The Young Yogi Jambukumar
Prince Shrenik Lord Malinath Anjana Sundari
The Monarch Brahmadatta
Bhagwan Neminath Shripal & Mainasundari Chandragupta & Chanakya
Acharya Heervijay Suri The Great Sthulibhadra
The Internet Jain Database is enhanced in many categories. Ten additional books and several scholarly articles have been added. Also all files are converted into Microsoft Word (.doc) files. The following is the summary of the complete datebase that exists on Internet website, located at http://www.jainism.org/ or http:// sunsite.unc.edu/jainism/. Subject
Number Jainism Education Articles on Jainism Books on Jainism Ahimsa Quotes on Jainism Jain Rituals World Religions Essays by Youth
Stories from Jain Literature 104 Activities in progress include the creation of Jain spell checking dictionary that will help to make all Jain words spelled the same way across database. Also, editing of all children stories. They will be converted to North American English.
These books are available by yearly subscription of $21. For educational material and subscriptions to the cartoon books, please contact:
Dr. Premchand B. Gada, Chairman JAINA Library/Education Committee 4410 50th Street Lubbock, TX 79414
Or call 806/793-8555, or email gadapb9jafna@pol.net.
JAIN DIGEST FALL 1997/11
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