Jain Digest 1999 07

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

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Jainism in the New Millennium
how much of these he received from you in the past two years, but I do need your commitments for the next two years to make this possible. We have a huge responsibility to ourselves, our children, and our heritage. If we fail to do so, we would never be able to forgive ourselves.
We can all participate and share this great responsibility by: Becoming JAINA Patrons by donating $251 per year.
Becoming a Trustee of the JAINA CHARITABLE TRUST in its various categories.
Become a Life Member of Jain DIGEST by contributing $101. By supporting the various educational, humane, and health projects sponsored by JAINA at present. More information regard- ing this is available at the JAINA Booth and in the regularly published JAIN DIGEST.
Last but not the least I will request each of you to get involved in JAINA. I am certain that none of you will leave this convention without committing yourself to at least one of the above causes. As a friend, I would like to offer you some personal advice and word of caution. The first advise is that your involvement in Jains and JAINA will be the most profitable investment you will ever make. We may have multiplied the value of our investments in the recent Bull Market, however; it will fast disappear with the Bear Market which always follows it. Your investment in Jains and
Jainism will never diminish in value and will give you instant dividend of peace and happiness not only in the years to come, but in lives to come.
Now as a word of caution that Devendra Bhai and the Convention group, by establishing a real temple and having a Siddha Chakra Vidhan Pujan have invited the Vyanter Devas the celestial Gods to this convention to look for our safety, health, and happiness. However these devas will not leave us alone until we have committed ourselves to this worthy cause. I do not think any of us would want these Vyantar devas to be with us after the convention. I strongly urge you to make a solemn commitment of time, talent, and treasure. It is my firm belief that in the next two years, JAINA will be able to bring an internal change in us, a change which will result in more contentment, peace, happiness, and harmony in our lives. However, please do remember that Jaina's success is your success but if JAINA fails you fail as well and I am sure you will not like to fail at this time and in this part of the world.
I thank you all very much for your time and look forward to be working for you and with you for the next two years.
Thank you and Jai Jinendra!
-Dr. M. K. Pandya, MD July 4, 1999 at 10 Biennial JAINA Convention, Philadelphia
em ir New Millenn
Mahendra Pandya delivers his Federation of AINA Presidential
Acceptance Speech
The entertainment program was headed by singer Rajendra Jain
Anandjibhai of "Kalyonji Anandji' Tame and actor Prem Chopra ANASONS
Cover Captions
Photo1: Father Valles (Keynote Speaker on July 4th), with admirers. Photo 2: Co-covenor Meeta Peer, JAINA President Dhiraj Shah, Chief Guest Frank Pallone,
Gurudev Chitrabanu, co-covenor Devendra Peer and others, during the opening
ceremony on July 3, 1999. Photo 3: Father Valles (second from left) and Indian Deputy Ambassador Srinivas (third from left)
with a section of the crowd.
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