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Jainism: The Cosmic Vision
As many as forty families in Hong Kong celebrate the festival of Paryushan.
Looking to Jain Institutions and their activities, one feels that they should be properly organised. There should be proper distribution of activities among these Institutions. If one Institue publishes magazines, books, periodicals, another should preserve manuscripts. If one Institute undertakes to take to research about the conduct of Jains, another institute should undertake to prepare literature in English for Jain children residing in foreign countries.
Today when the east and the west come closer, all the sects of Jains tend to merge into one. It is hoped that a powerful international institution will come into existence and consequently the sermons of Tirthankaras and the Jain philosophy will resound in the universe.
Jain Education International
[The speech delivered at the World Jain Conference, Leicester, U.K. on 22 July 1988]
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