Jain Digest 1999 11 Vol 15 No 04

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

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JAIN DIGEST
WINTER 1999 VOL.15 NO. 4 CIRCULATION: 7500
In this issue
From the Editor
Letters to Editor
Headquarter News
Regional News
Bridege to 21st century.................. 12
Committee News
Book Review
Affiliate News
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International News
For our health
Jain Myths and Unknowns: Solved
Shall we think a fresh. 17
JAINA Current Financial Statement.
Life Members Update..
MIS Registration Fonn.
MIS Inforamation
Matrimonials
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Young Minds
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Dear Sahdharmic Brothers and Sisters:
Jai Jinendra!
At the threshhold of the new century and a new mimmenium, we realize that there are many things that we would like to do now and in the century ahead. Our religion will provide us the stability in our life. We feel the need to revitalize our spiritual values. In the first 100 days, the newly installed Executive Committee is trying to do just that.
We are working on the goals that will move us forward in the years ahead. Response to our book source project has been very encouraging and we are planning to make available more books on Jainism. JAINA Focus and Jain Digest were published in time. JAINA calendar should be in your hand by this time and I hope it will serve as a Dharama-Pravabak to us. Your response will be appreciated. We are now planning to have JAINA Day with each of our affiliate centers to encourage mutual understanding and help the cause of Jainism. Our scholar visitation committee is also planning informative seminars on Jainism during the summer of 2000. Tirth Yatra Committee has already planned Yatra to Gujarat and Rajsthan. I hope you are one of the lucky one [Bhavya Jeev] joining the Yatra Sangh. Committees for Senior Citizens, Jirnodhar, Temple, MIS, Global Ahimsa, and Scholar Visitation are quite active towards their goals. Increased coordination and cooperation has been achieved with YJP and YJA. The plans to hold YJA Convention in July 2000 are well under way; please extend full support to them.
During my recent short visit to India I had the good fortune of receiving blessing of Acharya Vidhya Sagar Ji, Acharya Maha Pragya, Acharya PadamSuri ji and others Jainacharyas. They are very much interested in Jainism and JAINA in North America and are very willing to extend any help we may need. They do appreciate Jain unity in North America and bless us in the united way. Our Sadhu Sanghs are very much concerned about disunity amongst Jains in India causing a serious damage to our religion on Individual and National level. Increase in meat export from India should also be a concern to all of us. We as Jains should actively voice our concern on this issue. An Ahimsa Day rally for this purpose is being held in New Delhi on January 1, 2000 and I urge you to attend it if you are visiting India during that period.
We are already aware of recent natural calamity in the form of devastating cyclone in Orissa. Please response whole-heartedly to the appeal for donation from our WCS committee.
My personal thanks to all the Trustees, Patrons and Jain Digest Life members for putting their faith in JAINA and Jainism. I also invite all community members to participate in various activities of JAINA and join its membership to help in our efforts to preserve Jain heritage of which we all
care.
During this holiday season of sharing and caring please do contribute to various projects undertaken by JAINA through various committees.
Please accept my sincere best wishes for a happy, healthy, prosperous and spiritually rewarding New Year.
Odys
Mahendra K. Pandya President, JAINA
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