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MIDWEST Manu Doshi, Regional Editor
days (Atthäi) and two Varsitap. During those days the Society collected about $ 90000/- from Gheeboli. Bipin Jain from Bombay has been giving talks during Dashlaxanä Parva.
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SOUTHEAST Surendra Shah, Regional Editor
CHICAGO, IL
Samprati Shah, Trustee of JSMC has resigned and Prabodh Vaidya has been inducted in his place. This summer, Chicago was blessed with many scholars from India like. Dr. Hukumchand Bharrill, Pundit Dhirajlal Mehta, Sunanda Hora, Bharat Shah, Nautam Vakil etc. and they gave discourses at the Jain Center. Shramans Sthitprajna and Shrutprajna also gave their discourses.
LOS ANGELES, CA
Jain Center of Southern California (CSC) celebrated the 16th Anniversary of Jain Bhavan Inauguration on July 4 with a program of puja and dhwaj changing ceremony.
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Recent dignitaries at JCSC included Dr. Hukamchand Bharil, Dhirajlal Mehta Atmanadaji, Narendrabhai Nandu and his colleagues performed the Satrunjay and Sarasvati Aradhana. Narendrabhai Nandu, Gurudev Chitrabhanuji and Bharat Shah will lead the Paryushan parva and Das Laxana celebrations.
Jyotindra Doshi, Trustee of JSMC attended the Parliament of World religions held at Barcelona in Spain. On August 1 Mahavir Senior Center visited the home-temples of Dr. Anil and Bhärati Shah at Burr Ridge and of Kishor and Bhärati Shah at Munster. 66 persons participated therein. Moreover a pilgrimage tour to Siddhachalam, New York, Cherry Hill and Pittsburgh was undertaken from August 28 to 30. 47 people had joined that tour.
CLARKSVILLE, TN The Jain Society of Middle Tennessee (JSMT) is now conducting the regular swadhaya once a month. Sa manji Sthitpragyaji, Shrutpragyaji visited the center in August. They gave lectures and had Yoga sessions. Sadhviji Subhamji also visited the society during the month of August. Subhamji gave lectures and have discussions. Subhamji gave discourses on Bhaktamar Stotra, and Dharma and Vignan (Religion and Science). Shubhamji also conducted question and answer session.
Bhavik Shah and two (2) other youths attended YJA convention held in San Francisco on July 4th weekend. They had a positive experience in meeting the fellow young Jains and the speakers. The society is planning a chaitya trip to Chicago on Saturday, September 25, 2004.
The birthday of Brahmachäreeji was celebrated on September 5 Paryushan Parva was celebrated from September 11 to 18. Gautamswami Poojan was performed on 11th by Mafatlal Doshi. Thereafter Muni Jinchandraji, who was invited for Paryushan Parva talked about Manra for worshipping Gautamswämi. The second day was earmarked for Mother's dreams. On the third day Jinchandraji gave talk on worship of all 24 Tirthankars and indicated the importance of Logassa Sutra. On the subsequent four days he talked about worship of Lord Pärshwanath, Navkärmantra, goddesses Padmavati and Saraswati. Samvatsari was celebrated on September 18. About 2000 people participated in Samvatsari Pratikraman that day.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA During this period, the Jain Society of Greater Atlanta is fortunate to have hosted several distinguished scholars and Munijis. The Paryushana Parva will be celebrated in the presence of Gurudev Shri Chitrabhanuji. His visit follows the earlier visit of Pramodaben Chitrabhanu. Shri Bharatbhai Shah will conduct swadhaya during his visit to the center from September 2 to 6, 2004. Munishri Jinchandraj, Tarlaben Doshi visited the center in August04 and her pravachans were well attended.
visited the society from August 1 through 5 visited the society from August 19 through 24, 2004 and gave discourses. Dr, Hukumchand Bharill also visited the center and gave discourses.
With a phenomenal increase in the size of the community as well as a rapid growth in the number of religious, educational, cultural, and outreach activities, JCSC developed a plan to expand the existing Jain Bhavan. The design and construction of the state-ofthe-art Jain Bhavan complex will be completed in three phases over a period of few years. Construction of Phase I will be completed this year. The design for Phase II is in progress and construction will begin in 2005. An interior design consultant will design and supply various artifacts such as paintings, murals, tapestries, sculptures, and other media to depict the religion, art, history, culture, heritage, and Jain way of life. The interior of the Temple will be constructed from the carved marble pieces from India. Project details, building plans, and progress photos are available at the www.jaincenter.net website. Donations for this noble project are always needed and can also be made using the credit cards.
Information about all pograms and activities are posted on JCSC's website at www.jaincenter.net.For information, please contact Rameshbhai Doshi, JCSC President, at 714/995-8914 or rcdoshi@yahoo.com.
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