Jain Digest 2004 11 Vol 23 No 4

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

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REGIONAL NEWS....
Attendance at our Sunday Pathshala is where over 1,150 members attended the Mrs. Lata Champsee is appointed to the growing with the increase in Jain population celebration. One of the highlight of this Governing Council of the World Jain Conin the Metro Phoenix area. For information, year's Diwali Celebration was Pathshala federation. WJC is an international Jain please contact Mahendra Shah (President, students' presentation of a play based on organization for the propagation of Jainism JCGP) at 602-493-9745 or email: the tenth lecture from Utterdhyayana Sutra. worldwide. Mrs. Champsee is the Vicejain phoenix@hotmail.com.
The Leaf of Tree' covered the time period President of JAINA, Editor-in-Chief of Jain just before and after Bhagwan Mahavir's Digest and Trustee of Jain Society of Moksha.
Toronto. Congratulations are in order. TULSA, OK
Level I students participated as Lotus and The Atmasiddhi Day and Shrimad
Deepaks. Level II and III students took the Rajchandra Janma Jayanti were observed. We are coming closer and closer to fulfill role of king and queen, sadhu and sadhvi, Shabnam Jabrani, a facilitator from our long awaited dream of a new Derashar/ shravak and shravika and merchants and Diabetes Awareness Education and Jain center. We have received our Ghabhara scholars who came to listen to Bhagwan Prevention Program conducted a workshop shipment from India. Assembly work is in Mahavir's discourses.
at the Jain Centre and brought awareness progress and we are hoping to have a Level III and IV students participated as amongst our members on high incidence Pratishtha within 6-8 months. We, of actors and narrators. As usual, the last words of Diabetes Mellitus in people of Indian course, need support from everyone. of Bhagwan Mahavir to Gandhar Gautam subcontinent. She touched on dietary
We were blessed by Shree Tarlaben always bring a surge of emotions in everyone regiment advice with Jain food restrictions Doshi with her Jinvani in September 2003. present, amply evidenced by absence of a in mind. It was well received by all present. During the Diwali celebration we had well single dry eye in the audience. The play Shree Shrenikbhai Shah, in his discourses attended Ghantrakaran Mahavir puja on highlighted why we celebrate Diwali. inspired all of us to raise over $9,000 Kali Chaudash and the Diwali Snatra puja The Daslaxana Parva was celebrated for towards Jiv Daya Fund. Our members are the next day. On New Year's Day we had
ten days with Dhoop Dasmi, Anant ten
to be congratulated for their generosity. Manglik and Bhaktamar sutra. Chaturdasi and concluding with Shree Hira Ratan Manek gave two talks For more information about The Tulsa
Kshamavani, a day of Universal Forgiveness on Solar healing. He has survived on water, Jain Sangh, please contact Kanti Shah at
Ms. Indu Jain gave discourses at the Jain tea, coffee and butter milk since 1992 and (918) 369-3163 or email kanaru@aol.com.
Centre. Similarly daily puja, abhishek, arti, maintained perfect health and body weight. bhajan & lectures by Dr. Vastupal Parikh Dr. Vastupal Parikh was honored with a and Panditji Anantram took place at Sri Jain "JAINA Recognition Award" at 12th
Mandir, 247 Parklawn Avenue, Etobicoke. Biennial JAINA Convention in Cincinnati. CANADA
Shree 108 Pragat Prabhavi Shree This award was for Dr. Parikh's book Dr. Mahendra Mehta, Regional Editor
Parshvnath Abhishek Poojan: The Poojan "Jainism and the New Spirituality". was performed by New Jersey Jain Sangh Gurudev Chitrabhanuji, while giving him
members numbering around 100 + at the the award, waved the book to an audience TORONTO, ONTARIO
Jain Centre, It was well attended and many of about 2000 and said, "Here is the author
members participated with great of a great book on Jainism. I suggest that Diwali was celebrated at Jain Centre with enthusiasm.
everyone must read it." lighting of 'Diva' or 'Deep' in a "Light it Aaymbil Ori was conducted at Jain Up" program attended by large number of Centre on Oct.4th after Snatra Pooja and MONTREAL, PQ: our members. The entertainment program over 50 'tapasvis' participated in the lunch. was put together by Ms.Puja Shah, who put 18th Chaitya Paripathi-Dadawadi Tirth Two days sibir was organized during Shree in lot of hours to train the young performers Yatra was conducted on September 20, at
Shrenikbhai's visit to Montreal. First day to give their best.
three home-temples of Minesh & Anisha of sibir was on the Jainism and related topThe evening program of dinner and Shah, Raju & Rekha Shah and Moti & Lata ics. Question and answer period was very entertainment was organized at newly built Champsee. More than one hundred
ed at newly built Champsee. More than one hundred enlightening. Our small but vibrant comimpressive Pearson Convention Centre devoted members participated.
munity turned our in large number.
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