YJA Convention 2010 07 New Brunswick NJ Ninth

Author(s): Young Jains of America (YJA)
Publisher: Young Jains of America YJA USA

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High School / College Sessions
Integrity: Catalyst to Being the Architect of Your Life
When most of us hear about integrity, it is often mentioned through a moral or dualistic lens: right/wrong, good/bad. What if integrity wasn't about any of that? What if integrity was simply one's relationship with one's word – what you give your word to, and recognizing the true power which already lies within you? In this session, see integrity from a completely different perspective; one that will jumpstart your life into identifying your purpose with clarity. You will also learn how to attract others who live with vision as well, creating a life of power, freedom, and peace of mind in aspects of your life - be it school, personal relationships, or career goals, providing you with new ways to be the architect of your life.
Speaker Biographies Session Descriptions &
Landmark Education - Landmark Education, a global leader in the field of training and development, offers The Landmark Forum and other graduate courses and seminars that are innovative, effective, and immediately relevant. The Landmark Forum, the foundation of all Landmark Education's programs, is designed to bring about a fundamental shift or transformation in what is possible in people's lives. People are able to achieve higher standards of excellence and to think and act beyond existing views and limits - in their personal lives, relationships, and wider communities of interest.
It's a Small World After All
For thousands of years man's search for God / Self has led down many pathways. The result has been the enormous diversity of religious expression found worldwide. It includes the endless variety of Hinduism, the emptiness of Buddhism, the self-control of Jainism, the harmonious approach of Sikhism, to the monotheism of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and to the oriental philosophies of Shinto, Taoism, and Confucianism. This presentation will highlight the similarities and philosophical differences of the world's major faiths.
Pravin Shah - Pravin K. Shah is a founding member of the Jain Study Center of North Carolina (Raleigh) and a chairperson of the JAINA Education Committee and advisor to YJA and YJP. A retired Electrical Engineer from IBM, he is now a member of the Harvard University Pluralism Project Advisory Council and director of Triangle Interfaith Association. As a Jain scholar, vegan, and activist against animal cruelty, his primary objective is to provide Jain religion education to Jain youth born in the Western world. He has published a complete set of JAINA Päthashälä Educational books for elementary to college levels and literature on Jain philosophy, cruelty to animals, and comparative religions, including Jainism - a Religion of Ecology and Non-violence, the Book of Compassion and Essence of World Religions. He has also established the Jain eLibrary - www.jaineLibrary.org - which holds more than 2000 books (700,000 pages) of Jain literature in English, Hindi, and Gujarati languages. Today more than 3500 Jain Päthashälä students across North America use these resources.
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