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6. ISSJS-2011, Bangkok This year two three week long summer schools were organized simultaneously at Mahidol University and Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok (April 24-May 12, 2011). The special feature of this year's program was its emphasis on Ahiṁsā and comparative studies of Jaina and Buddhist traditions. Therefore the programs were advertised as Ahiṁsā and ascetic (Shramana) tradition (with emphasis on Jainism). A total of 20 participants attended these programs. Director ISJS was the lone faculty member for first two weeks while Prof. Priyadarshana Jain of Madras University was the lone faculty member from ISJS. The entire program is now well documented to be delivered anywhere at very short notice and in a very cost effective manner. 7. ISSJS 2011. 3W & ISSJS 2011. 3H India May 26 to
June 20, 2011 Twenty three participants from USA and Japan attended this program. They traveled from Delhi to Mangalayatan University, Aligarh, Parshwanath Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, Jaipur and Delhi again. There was a very strong fraternity feeling amongst the participants who enjoyed all activities organized by ISJS. The meditation camp, though, was a little demanding for some of them but the same made interesting by bhakti (devotional songs) session on the third evening in which the participants took part actively as well.
