Souvenir Issue

Feb 2008 to Apr 2008

Contents

• YJ Information

• Editorial

• Ethical Voice

• YJ Book Club

• Kids' Korner

• YJ Profile

• Jainism: A Personal View

• Act Now!

• Chitrabhanu's Wisdom

• Kashayas: The Inner Enemies

• 20 Years of Young Jains

• Messages from Spiritual Leaders

• Messages from Organisations

• Working with the Jain Community

• Presidents' Wall of Fame

• Interfaith Activities

• YJ International - Intro, Perth, Kenya, India, America

• YJ Working with Charities

• Young Jain Award Winners Alumni

• Celebrating 5 Years of YJ Students

• The YJ Shibir Experience

• Message from the Founder

• YJ Calendar

• Progess through the Gunasthanaks

• Jains have a lot to Give

• To This Country

• Progress in Jain Acadamia

• Science and the Four Noble Truths of Jains

• Living Jain on Progress

Editor's Introduction

Dear Readers,

Jai Jinendra and welcome to this very special issue of the Young Jains Newsletter.  It is with pleasure that I invite you not only to read, but to treasure this 20th Anniversary commemorative issue. 

As well as looking back through the colourful history of YJ as an organisation, I hope that this issue will encourage us to look forward and consolidate our goals, both personal and organisational.  It is for this reason that we chose PROGRESS as the theme of this publication.  It is no accident that the first article in this newsletter is on the Gunasthanaks, which is a Jain model to map and assess our spiritual progress towards self-realisation and Moksha.  As Jains, this is surely our ultimate goal and thus it is deserves to be foremost not only in this publication, but also in our minds.  This topic is also discussed in this issue in archive material on Pujya Chitrabhanuji and Pujya Minalben, and even in the stories in the Kids’ Korner.  It is certainly one of the founding principles of Young Jains to act as an organisation that can aid us in our progression and this issue commemorates that very goal.  As you read this issue I hope you consider the progress you aspire to for yourselves and for our community.      

This souvenir issue has also provided an excellent opportunity for Young Jains to congratulate and thank those who have aided the progress of the organisation, and this is commemorated in a very special and unique feature on all of the previous Presidents of YJ.  Previous recipients of the Young Jain of the Year Award also pay homage to how YJ has helped with their personal, academic and spiritual progress.  There is profound discussion on the very term ‘progress’ from the Living Jain team and Dr. Dan Lyons.  We also have the opportunity to read about some very original models through which to understand Jainsim by Professor Kantibhai Mardia.  

In addition to your favourite regular newsletter columns, this issue brings you special features on the history of YJ’s events and activities here and abroad.  But a commemorative issue would not be complete without some quality archive photographs - some which you might have wished had remained in the archives!  ■

We, the newsletter team, would love to hear from you.  Please send your thoughts, feedback and articles to:
Jyoti:  yj_newsletter@yahoo.co.uk

Best Wishes,
Jyoti Mehta.  

Editor, Young Jains Newsletter.

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