Jinamanjari 2002 04 No 25

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

Page 73

different stages of monkhood, and was initiated to the ascetic order in the year 1989 by Virasāgar, his preceptor.
SAMANA SUTTAM, THE MODERN AGAMIC COLLATION PUBLISHED IN MID SEVENTY UNDER THE INSPIRATION OF ĀCĀRYA BHAVE has now been translated into Italian and published by Collection Uomini e Religioni - Edition Amoldo, May 2001.
The translator is the versatile Claudia Pastorino from Genoa, Italy. She is a gifted singer and composer with three records to her credit. She is also a poetess and a writer. A poetry sylloge "Interludio” and “La Centratura del Tao” have been published in Italy. Claudi has dearly espoused the cause of Animal Rights and Vegetarianism in Italy.
-- Naresh Shah, Nirtro, WV.
SOCIAL AND SOCIETAL CHANGES IN THE MATTER OF MARRIAGE AMONG THE JAINS IN INDIA are becoming too common led by urbanization and upward social and economic mobility. Not-for-profit Jain organizations have come forward, and often established to tackle the matters of marriage between the Jains. One such organization, Jain Vadhu Var Suchak Samiti, Mangalwar Peth West, Solapur, Maharashtra has been heralded as a pioneer in this direction.
It had recently organized its 14th successive year Conference of Brides and Grooms of the Jain Community, on 27 January 2002. A large attendance was reported and it was quite successful in achieving its target.
- A.S. Kataka, Solapur, India
PAPERS HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR THE Sth INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE IN JAINA SCRIPTURES, planned for November-December 2002 in India.
Papers may be on the following subjects – mathematics, biology, medicine, architecture, environment, educational psychology, etc,
The conference has been inspired by Saint Kanakanandi Gurudev. Contact Dr. N.L. Kachhara, 55 Ravindra Nagar, Udaipur 313003, India. E-mail: info @kainkanaknandi.org
-- P. Zaveri, Plano, Texas.
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