Jain Spirit 2002 10 No 12

Author(s): Jain Spirit UK
Publisher: UK Young Jains

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
PARYUSHAN -
A FESTIVAL OF FORGIVENESS
This festival will be celebrated by Jain groups and communities all over the world; please contact your local group for details.
4 SEPTEMBER: Swetambar sect's Paryushan-parva begins.
10 SEPTEMBER:
Samavatsari Day of Forgiveness, Paryushan ends and Digambar
sect's Daslakshana starts.
11 SEPTEMBER:
Parna (Fast-breaking) ceremony
19 SEPTEMBER:
Ananta-chaturdasi
20 SEPTEMBER:
Kshamavani, Day of Forgiveness; Daslakshana ends.
A community luncheon is held at the end of Paryushan where all Jains living in a locality share a meal together. 4 NOVEMBER: Diwali
AN EVENING WITH MIRA KAMDAR
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15 September 2002, North York (near Toronto), Canada
SHABDASETU, Canada's Gujarati Literary Group, presents 'An Evening with Mira Kamdar'. The Indian American writer will read from her award-winning book Motiba's Tattoos: A Granddaughter's Journey into her Indian Family's Past, and talk informally in English about her writing. Motiba's Tattoos (serialised in Jain Spirit) traces the history of a Gujarati family, beginning in a small village in
The Kalpasutra manuscript being venerated in London
Kathiawar, via a passage through riches in Burma, a way-stop in the cosmopolitan Bombay of the 1960s and 1970s, and finally, life in a globalised world between India and America.
The event is to be held at Oriole Community Centre, 2975 Don Mills Road West, North York. There is no charge, but advance registration is requested. Please RSVP:
Prakash Mody 416 491 5560 or mody@sympatico.ca
Alternatively, contact Kishor Patel on 905 770 8298.
Jain Spirit September November 2002
PREKSHA 21-30 October 2002 at Preksha Vishva Bharti, Koba,
near Ahmedabad, India.
DHYAN RETREAT
She is planning to visit London around 21st October to launch her book, and Jain Spirit will be organising her lectures.
Contact us for more details.
Mira Kamdar, author Motiba's Tattoos
Acharya Mahapragyaji, head of the Terapanth sect of Jainism, will conduct a shibir (camp) and meditation classes. For further information, contact Mr. S. R. Bhandari by email on: sr_bhandari@indiatimes.com
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