Jain Digest 2008 07

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

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JAIN DIGEST
Fall 2008 Vol.27 No.1 circulation: 11000
From the President...
Jai Jinendra !
In this issue
Headquarter News.........
Hope you all had a wonderful observance of Paryushan and DAS LAXANA Parva. In the true spirit of our Holidays, I wish to offer my MICCHAMI DUKKADAM. In trying to represent over 100, 000 Jains and in working with 67 Jain Centers, I may have knowingly or unknowingly hurt people known or unknown to me - I beg forgiveness of each one of you.
Jains marches on...............
Education committee.........6
Interfaith committee..........8
Jaina Yatra............
Veerayatan...............
What a interesting time we are living in? Four Jain centers in America are celebrating their Pratistha Mahotsav before the end of this year.
Jain Center of Southern California (LA); Atlanta, Jain Society of Tampa Bay (FL) and Jain center of Phoenix (AZ) are preparing for auspicious installations of Teerthankars Pratimajis, Panch Kalyanak Mahotsavs and Pratistha or Anjan Shalaka vidhi etc. They will also be welcoming various scholars and monks from India and visitors from all over the North America. With each such event at one of our Jain center, Jain foot print on North American soil is getting deeper and more permanent. Additional Pratistha Mahotsavs are planned for Chicago and Miami centers for the 2009. Wecan be rest assured that Jainism will keep marching forward here in North America. Everyone should consider attending these rare and and most pious events which will be rememberance for a lifetime.
Jain Center and you........11
Regional News.................12
News and views ..............13
Samyagdarshan.............
Committee news............
Matrimonials
JAINA is marching forward as well. Jain Center of America (NY) has generously offered office space for JAINA Head quarters in their center. Finally 27 years after the birth of JAINA, it now has a home. At the United Nations, JAINA has been granted NGO status in a consultantcy status with Economic and Social Council - where most of humanitarian, economic development and educational projects by the community of nations are planned and completed. This prestigious organization confers upon JAINA a solemn responsibility to voice Jain opinion on issues most important to mankind.
LA Pratishtha...
Atlanta Pratishtha..........
Tampa Pratishtha...........
Phoenix Pratishtha...........34
In serving as your President, I consider it a privilege to meet many of you at various events and discuss issues of preserving and propagating our precious Jain heritage in this adopted land of ours. Over 300 JAINA volunteers all over North America - from the - province of Alberta in Canada to Miami and from Boston to San Diego are diligently and quietly working to support JAINA activities. Most common issue that I hear is of concerns regarding our future generation. JAINA has taken a giant step towards addressing this issue by creating a Campus Outreach Committee. This committee will work with Jain kids on college campuses to link them with local Jain centers and with each other. If you have college bound kids away from home, please consider contacting the committee that is designed to energize our future generation.
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