7th Jain History Conference will be held on 21, 22 and 23 January 2010 at Walchandnagar, District Pune of Maharashtra. Scholars of Jain History from everywhere will present their research papers in the conference.
Walchandnagar is 125 KM. away from Pune and you can go there by public or private vehicles.
If you are interested in reading your research paper, you are welcome. The research papers must be associated to Jain history. The subjects may be Religious/ Political/ Social history, archeology, art, literature, contribution to Indian culture, regional history, ancient / medieval/ modern history, Prehistory etc. The research papers should be in Marathi or Hindi language.
For more details, please contact any of the following persons:
Pro. Dr. Gajkumar Shah
President, Maharashtra Jain Itihas Parishad: 0 962 302 4372
Shrenik Annadate
Secretary, Maharashtra Jain Itihas Parishad: 0 986 750 8814
Jaykumar Kshirsagar
Chief Secretary of the Conference: 940 313 5921
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
Jain Studies in Florida University
Florida International University's Religious Studies Department is receiving $600,000 from South Florida's Jain community to boost awareness of the little-practiced, but influential, religion.
BY MICHAEL VASQUEZ AND JAWEED KALEEM
With perhaps 10 million adherents worldwide -- the vast majority of them in one country, India -- Jainism might be called a bit player on the stage of world religions. Florida International University religious studies professor Nathan Katz, however, would beg to differ.
Katz's years of religious study, combined with a healthy dose of interaction with Jain faculty members at FIU, has shown him Jainism's profound impact on both Buddhism and Hinduism. So, too, did Katz learn of Jainism's role in developing the philosophical ideal of nonviolence -- a torch later carried by Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr..
`VAST INFLUENCE'
``Jainism is a very small religion numerically, but has had vast influence in the world,'' Katz said. ``It's very important in the global history of ideas.''
In addition to nonviolence, other central tenets of Jainism, according to Katz, are non-greed, respect for all forms of life, and religious pluralism.
Those values mesh perfectly with FIU, Katz said -- where environmentalism, cultural diversity and a global view of issues are guiding principles.
Thanks to a $600,000 donation from South Florida's Jain community, FIU's role in educating the public on the religion is about to grow. University leaders are scheduled to formally announce the gift Friday afternoon.
The donation -- which with matching funds from the state will bring more than $1 million to FIU -- is to fund an endowed professorship in FIU's Religious Studies Department, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. Katz, who is Jewish, will take the lead in raising the profile of Jainism in all sorts of university classes, both religious and nonreligious.
As part of the gift, Katz's formal title has grown by a few words: He is now the Bhagwan Mahavir Professor of Jain Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at Florida International University.
The Jain professorship is the first of its kind in the Americas, and the endowment is part of a larger initiative by the Jain community to establish a permanent academic education center for Jain studies and research at FIU.
Jayant Shah, president of the South Florida Jain Temple in Weston, praised FIU's new program.
``It's incredibly positive. Only a handful of people know about Jainism, but now the Jain religion will have more exposure,'' said Shah, 66, an electronics exporter who lives in Pompano Beach. ``People will be able to learn about what Jainism stands for. We always believe in `live and let live,' `forgive and forget,' and we respect all lives as equal,''' Shah said.
When he moved to South Florida 30 years ago from Philadelphia, there were about 15 Jain families in the area, Shah said.
``Now in Miami-Dade and Broward, there are about 120,'' he said.
After years of fundraising, he joined those families a year ago to open the 4,000-square-foot, $1.45 million temple -- the only one of its kind south of Tampa -- in a strip mall.
Its interior is made of white marble from India, and central to the temple is the Gabhara, a covered sanctuary that has statues of three Tirthankaras, which are enlightened Jain teachers.
The temple, which is volunteer-run, is usually closed during the week, but opens for services on Sundays.
DALAI LAMA
The $600,000 Jain donation to FIU follows a $100,000 gift from the Dalai Lama last year. In a written statement, the Dalai Lama praised FIU's new endowment, saying, ``In my view, Jainism and Buddhism are like twins who have delivered the message of oneness and nonviolence to the world.''
The Dalai Lama's much-publicized financial contribution came at a time that FIU's Religious Studies department faced an uncertain future.
Confronted with a budget gap of almost $35 million, FIU's board of trustees last year considered significantly downsizing the department. Bachelor degrees, for example, would no longer have been offered.
Religion students and faculty members spoke passionately on behalf of their program, and trustees ultimately backed off the downsizing plan. But the department was urged to beef up its fundraising.
``So we've tried very hard,'' Katz said. ``We've had some success so far.''
BY MICHAEL VASQUEZ AND JAWEED KALEEM
With perhaps 10 million adherents worldwide -- the vast majority of them in one country, India -- Jainism might be called a bit player on the stage of world religions. Florida International University religious studies professor Nathan Katz, however, would beg to differ.
Katz's years of religious study, combined with a healthy dose of interaction with Jain faculty members at FIU, has shown him Jainism's profound impact on both Buddhism and Hinduism. So, too, did Katz learn of Jainism's role in developing the philosophical ideal of nonviolence -- a torch later carried by Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr..
`VAST INFLUENCE'
``Jainism is a very small religion numerically, but has had vast influence in the world,'' Katz said. ``It's very important in the global history of ideas.''
In addition to nonviolence, other central tenets of Jainism, according to Katz, are non-greed, respect for all forms of life, and religious pluralism.
Those values mesh perfectly with FIU, Katz said -- where environmentalism, cultural diversity and a global view of issues are guiding principles.
Thanks to a $600,000 donation from South Florida's Jain community, FIU's role in educating the public on the religion is about to grow. University leaders are scheduled to formally announce the gift Friday afternoon.
The donation -- which with matching funds from the state will bring more than $1 million to FIU -- is to fund an endowed professorship in FIU's Religious Studies Department, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. Katz, who is Jewish, will take the lead in raising the profile of Jainism in all sorts of university classes, both religious and nonreligious.
As part of the gift, Katz's formal title has grown by a few words: He is now the Bhagwan Mahavir Professor of Jain Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at Florida International University.
The Jain professorship is the first of its kind in the Americas, and the endowment is part of a larger initiative by the Jain community to establish a permanent academic education center for Jain studies and research at FIU.
Jayant Shah, president of the South Florida Jain Temple in Weston, praised FIU's new program.
``It's incredibly positive. Only a handful of people know about Jainism, but now the Jain religion will have more exposure,'' said Shah, 66, an electronics exporter who lives in Pompano Beach. ``People will be able to learn about what Jainism stands for. We always believe in `live and let live,' `forgive and forget,' and we respect all lives as equal,''' Shah said.
When he moved to South Florida 30 years ago from Philadelphia, there were about 15 Jain families in the area, Shah said.
``Now in Miami-Dade and Broward, there are about 120,'' he said.
After years of fundraising, he joined those families a year ago to open the 4,000-square-foot, $1.45 million temple -- the only one of its kind south of Tampa -- in a strip mall.
Its interior is made of white marble from India, and central to the temple is the Gabhara, a covered sanctuary that has statues of three Tirthankaras, which are enlightened Jain teachers.
The temple, which is volunteer-run, is usually closed during the week, but opens for services on Sundays.
DALAI LAMA
The $600,000 Jain donation to FIU follows a $100,000 gift from the Dalai Lama last year. In a written statement, the Dalai Lama praised FIU's new endowment, saying, ``In my view, Jainism and Buddhism are like twins who have delivered the message of oneness and nonviolence to the world.''
The Dalai Lama's much-publicized financial contribution came at a time that FIU's Religious Studies department faced an uncertain future.
Confronted with a budget gap of almost $35 million, FIU's board of trustees last year considered significantly downsizing the department. Bachelor degrees, for example, would no longer have been offered.
Religion students and faculty members spoke passionately on behalf of their program, and trustees ultimately backed off the downsizing plan. But the department was urged to beef up its fundraising.
``So we've tried very hard,'' Katz said. ``We've had some success so far.''
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Essay Competition on Jain History
Essay Competition on Jain History
On the occasion of the 6th Conference of Maharashtra Jain Itihas Parishad, an essay competition on Jain History is organized. Anybody can take part in the competition.
Subject:
Maharashtra and Jain Community
or
Reigns of Jain Kingdoms in Maharashtra
The essays should be preferably in Marathi language.
Three best essays will get awarded in the conference, which will be held at Solapur in the first week of February 2010.
Please send your essay before 25th January 2010 to:
Mr. Chandramohan Shaha
6 Vardhman Apartments
103 Civil Lines
Solapur 413 001 Maharashtra
Cell: 942 333 5300
-Mahavir Sanglikar
0 962 372 5249
http://jainology.blogspot.com/
On the occasion of the 6th Conference of Maharashtra Jain Itihas Parishad, an essay competition on Jain History is organized. Anybody can take part in the competition.
Subject:
Maharashtra and Jain Community
or
Reigns of Jain Kingdoms in Maharashtra
The essays should be preferably in Marathi language.
Three best essays will get awarded in the conference, which will be held at Solapur in the first week of February 2010.
Please send your essay before 25th January 2010 to:
Mr. Chandramohan Shaha
6 Vardhman Apartments
103 Civil Lines
Solapur 413 001 Maharashtra
Cell: 942 333 5300
-Mahavir Sanglikar
0 962 372 5249
http://jainology.blogspot.com/
Friday, January 15, 2010
Research Papers on Jain History Invited
Research Papers on Jain History Invited
The 6th Conference of Maharashtra Jain Itihas Parishad will be held at Solapur on 5th, 6th and 7th February 2010. Many scholars will attend it and present their research papers in the conference.
If you wish to read your research paper in the conference, you are welcome. The research paper must be related to Jain History, especially about Jainism in Maharashtra/ Deccan (Maharashtra, North Karnataka, North Andhra Pradesh, Goa etc.). You can present your research paper on any stream including Archeology, Social History, Political History, Art and Architecture, Literature, Folk Songs, Modern History etc.
Please contact Mr. Shrenik Annadate on 0 986 750 8814 or Mr. Chandramohan Shaha on 0 942 333 5300 for more details.
-Mahavir Sanglikar
0 962 372 5249
http://jainology.blogspot.com/
The 6th Conference of Maharashtra Jain Itihas Parishad will be held at Solapur on 5th, 6th and 7th February 2010. Many scholars will attend it and present their research papers in the conference.
If you wish to read your research paper in the conference, you are welcome. The research paper must be related to Jain History, especially about Jainism in Maharashtra/ Deccan (Maharashtra, North Karnataka, North Andhra Pradesh, Goa etc.). You can present your research paper on any stream including Archeology, Social History, Political History, Art and Architecture, Literature, Folk Songs, Modern History etc.
Please contact Mr. Shrenik Annadate on 0 986 750 8814 or Mr. Chandramohan Shaha on 0 942 333 5300 for more details.
-Mahavir Sanglikar
0 962 372 5249
http://jainology.blogspot.com/
Conference on Jain History
Conference on Jain History
The 6th Conference of Maharashtra Jain Itihas Parishad will be held at Solapur on 5th, 6th and 7th February 2010. Many scholars will attend it and present their research papers.
Dr. Vidyadhar Joharapurkar of Nagpur is the president of the conference, Dr. Bipinchandra Doshi, Chaiman of Jain Chair of Mumbai University is the Chief Guest. Padmshri Bhanvarlalji Jain of Jalgaon will inaugurate the conference.
Some of the scholars attending this conference are Padamshri Muzaffar Husaain (Mumbai), Dr. Nalini Joshi (Professor, Jain Chair, Pune University), Dr. Vijay Dharurkar of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Dr. Padmaja Patil of Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
The Chief Guest for the concluding ceremony is Dr. Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay, Police Commissioner, Solapur.
Venue:
Hirachand Nemchand Jain Dharmshala
Samrat Chowk
Solapur 413 002
Starts from 6 A.M. on Friday 5th January 2010
Contact Cell Numbers:
Mumbai:
Mr. Shrenik Annadate: 986 750 8814
Solapur:
Mr. Chandramohan Shaha 942 333 5300
Mr. Santosh Bhandari 982 326 9949
-Mahavir Sanglikar
0 962 372 5249
www.jainology.blogspot.com
The 6th Conference of Maharashtra Jain Itihas Parishad will be held at Solapur on 5th, 6th and 7th February 2010. Many scholars will attend it and present their research papers.
Dr. Vidyadhar Joharapurkar of Nagpur is the president of the conference, Dr. Bipinchandra Doshi, Chaiman of Jain Chair of Mumbai University is the Chief Guest. Padmshri Bhanvarlalji Jain of Jalgaon will inaugurate the conference.
Some of the scholars attending this conference are Padamshri Muzaffar Husaain (Mumbai), Dr. Nalini Joshi (Professor, Jain Chair, Pune University), Dr. Vijay Dharurkar of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Dr. Padmaja Patil of Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
The Chief Guest for the concluding ceremony is Dr. Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay, Police Commissioner, Solapur.
Venue:
Hirachand Nemchand Jain Dharmshala
Samrat Chowk
Solapur 413 002
Starts from 6 A.M. on Friday 5th January 2010
Contact Cell Numbers:
Mumbai:
Mr. Shrenik Annadate: 986 750 8814
Solapur:
Mr. Chandramohan Shaha 942 333 5300
Mr. Santosh Bhandari 982 326 9949
-Mahavir Sanglikar
0 962 372 5249
www.jainology.blogspot.com
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