Jain Digest 1999 01 Vol 15 No 01

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

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HEADQUARTERS NEWS (continued)
Dr. Dhiraj Shah, President of JAINA has appointed Dr. Mahendra K. Pandya, First Vice President of JAINA as the chairperson of 10th Biennial JAINA'S Convention 1999 Committee. Dr. Mahendra K. Pandya has chosen the following members:
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Indian Prime Minister Announces Mahavir Centenary Celebration "There is no alternative to ahimsa (non-violence), no rasta The celebrations would also include a world conference of religions (path) other than friendship. Co-existence is the key to the future. to spread the message of peace and brotherhood. Bhagwan Mahavir's teachings are becoming more and more rel- Noted jursit L. M. Singhvi urged Vajpayee to declare 2001 as evant today," Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on February the year of Lord mahavir to commemorate his 2600th birth anniver28. "Ahimsa is the only way out," he said, speaking at the inagural sary. "Ahimsa has been a fundamental truth since ancient function of the Bhagwan Mahavir Kendra and Museum, near Delhi days...Swami Vivekanand, Shri Aurobindo and Mahatma Gandhi University's south campus.
have shown us the way," he said. The government will soon set up national and international The gathering urged Vajpayee to ban the export of meat and committees to celebrate the forthcoming 26th birth centenary of enact a central law to ban cow-slaughter. Bhagwan Mahavir, the 24th Tirthankara of Jains, said Vajpayee.
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