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REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
Golpark, who has been kind enough to allow us to hold the Seminar in collaboration with the Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture. We are also grateful to the Reverend Swami Sarvalokanandaji Maharaj, the Secretary of the Ramkrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan, Calcutta, for his help in arranging the ceremony here at Golpark.
We thank Professor K.M. Lodha, the President of the Committee, for giving us time for this seminar.
I shall be failing in my duty if I do not mention the help we have derived from all the Jain communities of Calcutta. In this connection the name of Shri Dilip Singh Nahta, who is a pivot and pilot of the Jain Bhawan of Calcutta, can be particularly mentioned for taking all sorts of troubles to make this International Seminar a grand success. This Seminar would not have been possible had not there been a person like Shri Dilip Singh Nahta. Along with him, the name of Shrimati Lata Bothra, a Joint Secretary of the Organising Committee, can also be equally mentioned. Sm Lata Bothra also organised a filmshow on Lord Mahavir on this occasion, which is, perhaps, the first of its kind. I shall also equally thank Dr Anjana Vaid, a Doctor of the Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan for helping us in organising this Seminar at Golpark, Calcutta. I shall also thank all the members of the Jain Bhawan for sincerely helping us in this Seminar.
I conclude my introductory speech with the statement of Amitagati (11th cent. A.D.):
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sattveṣu maitrim gunisu pramodam, kliṣṭeṣu jiveṣu kṛpāparatvam/ madhyasthya-bhāvam viparita-vṛttau, sada mamātmā vidadhātu deva //
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