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Jai Jinendra!
On behalf of JAINA EC and BOD, it gives me great pleasure to extend warm welcome
to our new JAINA Member – Jain Center of Los Angeles - JCLA.
JAINA invites your views and opinions on blog where the topic is Jainism and Modern
Lifestyle.
JAINA is observing December as month of Anekantvad and is inviting Essays on Principles
of Anekantvad from budding writers of our community.
Sincerely,
Ashok Domadia
JAINA President
Chairman - JAINA BOD
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In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as
we regard our own self.
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- Bhagwan Mahavir
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The principle of the Anekantvad or Syadvada is a very valuable contribution of Jainism
to world thought. This doctrine is also known as the theory of Relativity or the
Philosophy of Non‑absolutisim or the philosophy of Relative Pluralism. This principle
teaches us how to realize truth in its varied aspects.
Bhagavan Mahavira has said that every substance has infinite attributes and different
attributes may be seen through different angles. Just as a prism has many sides,
every substance or situation has many aspects which can be seen from more than one
side. A man may be son of a father and father of a son or he may be someone's brother.
The town in which you stay is in the south for the people of the north and is in
the north for the people of the south and so on.
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SHEETALNATH BHAGWAN
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Sheetalnath Bhagwan is the 10th Tirthankar of the Avsarpani kaal. He was born to
King Dradharath and Queen Nanda Devi in the city of Bhadilpur. He attained nirvana
at Samet Shikhar and had 81 Gandhars. He took 3 bhavs after Samyak Darshan to attain
Moksh. The topic of his first sermon was Samvar Bhavna.
The word samvar means the stoppage of influx of karma. In this Bhavna one thinks
about stopping evil thoughts and becomes absorbed in achieving spiritual knowledge.
There are 57 ways by which we can stop or prevent coming of karmas which are as
follows-
5 types of Samity
3 types of Gupti
22 types of Parishah
10 types of Yati dharma
12 types of Bhavna, and
5 types of Charitra.
One must contemplate on samity, gupti, yati dharma etc. We must carry out these
types of activities and try to reduce or stop new bondage of karma. Now let us take
for example a boat, it is obvious that if the boat has a hole, water will slowly
creep in and eventually the boat will sink. The only way the boat can be saved is
to block the hole. The same way there are many ways from where karmas can creep
into our life and spoil it. We have to block these ways and save our soul.
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Today, in the world of technology where everything is superfast, it is very difficult
to keep balance between Jainism and modern lifestyle. As such, it is a major dilemma
for many on how to ‘practice’ Jainism in our modern lifestyle.
We believe in Jain principles such as Ahimsa, Aparigraha, Anekantvad, but do we
actually practice it in our daily life? Every day we perform numerous tasks, where
with little consciousness and effort we can save ourselves from Jiv hinsa, Parigraha,
Asatya etc.
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JAIN SOCIETY OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA
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JSCV has undertaken construction of Shikharbandh Derasar of Shri Shankeshwar Parshwanath
Derasar. This Derasar is located 1/4 mile from Interstate I-95 Ext -83 (5 Miles
North of Richmond).
They have requested all Jains and Jain Sangh to take Labh in 3 Mulnaik Murti for
our Main Gahbhara - Nakro is kept at only $1,101.00 Aadinath Bhagwan - Parshwanath
Bhagwan - Mahavirswami Bhagwan. Also only 9 thirthankers Nakro are left & for
Entire gokhla in Bhamti, Tirthankara Bhagwan and including Pratishtha Labh for Life
time is only $21,101.00.
Richmond Jain Sangh has less than 100 families and taken this monumental task to
build a very first Shankeshwar Parshwanath Derasar. Please check the following link
for making your valuable contributions to this endeavor of Jain Society of Central
Virginia.
http://www.rvajaincenter.org/
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JAINA STUDY CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA
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HIGHWAY CLEANUP
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Our center participates in Adopt-A-Highway cleanup twice a year. The statewide Adopt-A-Highway
program was established in 1988 and is a joint effort between community volunteers
and NC \ Department of Transportation to keep our roads clean. JSCNC adopted a stretch
of Highway 54 in Cary between Morrisville Parkway and Airport Boulevard.
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YJA would like to thank all those who donated during the #GivingTuesday campaign.
We sincerely appreciate your support and look forward to organizing more events
to connect Jain youth across the country.
A special Thanksgiving edition of Young Minds was released! Visit bit.ly/ymthanksgiving to read about how young Jains celebrate
Thanksgiving and to catch up on recent YJA events such as National Dinners.
YJA has a lot of exciting events planned for December including an Interregional
Clothing Drive, ice skating and bowling socials and Dharma and Desserts. Get into
the spirit of the giving season by donating clothing items you no longer need from
December 5th-19th and help your region win! A full list of drop-off locations can
be found on the Facebook event at
bit.ly/yjaclothingdrive. For a full listing of December events in your region,
visit yja.org.
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ELEPHANT AND THE BLIND MEN
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Once upon a time, there lived six blind men in a village. One day the villagers
told them, "Hey, there is an elephant in the village today." They had no idea what
an elephant is. They decided, "Even though we would not be able to see it, let us
go and feel it anyway." All of them went where the elephant was. "Hey, the elephant
is a pillar," said the first man who touched his leg. "Oh, no! It is like a rope,"
said the second man...
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INVITATION TO SUBMIT ESSAY ON ANEKANTVAD
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JAINA invites the budding writers of all age groups to send in Essay on ‘Principle
of Anekantvad ’. The best essay will get published in our newsletter and at www.jaina.org. Please send your entries to
submitstory@jaina.org by 21st December, 2016.
Rules:
1. Age: No bar
2. Articles should be in English language and maximum 300 words in a word file.
3. Writing style must be clear and easy to understand.
4. Please write your name, address and phone number along with the essay and also
attach your assort size photograph.
5. Essays are welcomed from anywhere in the world.
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Find below words:
1) Anekantvad
2) Syadvada
3) Relative Puralism
4) Kevalis
5) Mahavira
6) Vows
7) Jain Principle
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