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Jain Digest. Summer 2007
NEWS & EVENTS
The E-Library of Jain literature will have Shvetämbar Agams, Digambar Shastras, Four Anuyogas, Commentary literature, and ancient and modern literature representing all aspects of Jainism. The E-library will also contain Jain Educational material, audio, and video files of Jain songs, sutras, rituals, and speeches in various languages. The success of JAINA E-Library project depends upon the cooperation and support of various Jain organizations and individuals of India who have the ownership of such material. The Education committee will support any Jain organization or individual who would like to participate in the JAINA E-Library project. This project will not only preserve and protect our old heritage but will also make the Jain literature available without any charge to every scholar throughout the world who has the desire to study different aspects of Jain philosophy and literature. First Effort JAINA Education Committee in cooperation with Shri Suvidhi Manohar Jnan Prakäshan Samiti of Aurangabad, India under the direction and blessings of Pujya Shree Digambar Acharya Suvidhi Sägarji Maharaj is pleased to present the first such effort of E-library of Jain scriptures, rare authentic Shastras, ancient and modern Jain literature (more than 650 Books consisting of 250,000 pages) of both Digambar and Shvetämbar traditions. These rare books were collected and scanned by Shree Suvidhi Manohar Jnän Prakashan Samiti under the guidance and blessings of Pujya Shree Digambar Ächärya Shree Suvidhi Sägarji Maharaj. JAINA Education Committee has processed these 250,000 scanned images and created a pdf file for each book. The committee is in process of establishing E-Library under JAINA website. The E-Library of JAINA Website will be freely accessible anywhere in the world. Jaina Education committee in cooperation of the Jain Center of Northern California will manage and maintain the E-Library and the website. All the above 650 E-Books will be available on Jaina Website (www. jaina.org) by Sept 2007. The JAINA education committee is very careful in the selection of the material such that we do not violate any copyright law for the E-Library project. However significant number of people are and will be contributing to this project and due to our oversight if we may make any error, please forgive us and the committee will remove such material from the website as soon as the owner of the material notifies us in writing at the following JAINA Education Committee's postal address. JAINA or its education committee does not receive any money from the users of E-Library. In order to publicize the E-Library project, we have created two DVDs, which contain the above 650 E-Books (250,000 pages of ancient and modern Jain literature) and other material as indicated below in pdf file format.
650 E-Books (250,000 pages of Jain Literature Shrimad Rajchandra Vachanamrit received from Shri Dineshbhai Mehta of Mumbai Pujya Kanjiswami - Songadh literature collected from Atma Darma site and other sourses JAINA Päthashälä Educational material and reference books The above Two DVDs and a booklet providing the complete listings of all books will be available at JAINA convention (TAINA Education Booth). The total cost of two DVDs and 32 page booklet will be $5.00 which is below the overall cost of the production. However our long term strategy is to make all E-Books available on the JAINA website and any person from anywhere in the world may freely access the E-Library Material. Appreciations We are very grateful to Pujya Shree Digambar Acharya Shree Suvidhi Sägarji Maharaj for his total support and blessings. We are thankful to Shri Bharat Kumar Jain Papdival of Shree Suvidhi Manohar Jnan Prakashan Samiti Aurangabad and Dr. Sagarmal Jain, founder Director of Prachya Vidyapith, Shäjäpur, MP and a Secretary, Pärshvanath Vidyapith, Varanasi for providing scanned images and full cooperation to support the project now and for future work Ketan Shah and other computer staff members of Mahävir Aradhana Kendra - Koba, Ahmedabad, for verification 600 E-Book folders consisting of 250,000 scanned images Bhavesh Shah, Ashish and Purvi Mody of Raleigh NC, for carrying out data processing work of converting 250,000 scanned color jpg images data into black and white pdf files for 600 E-Books Girish Shah and Prem Jain of Northern California Jain Center for the support of the website. Request for Contribution The E-Library project effort of the Jaina Education Committee will be funded from the contribution received from donors throughout the world. Any individual can contribute to this project. Please make your check to Education Committee - Federation of JAINA and mail at the following address. Your contribution is tax deductible in USA. For donors of India and other countries, please send an e-mail at the following e-mail address. The JAINA E-Library project is a work in progress; we welcome your comments and suggestions.
Pravin K. Shah, 919-959-4994 education@jaina.org
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