Fifth Conference Of Jain Doctors Federation Organised At Ahmedabad
The fifth conference of Jain Doctors Federation was held on the University grounds at Ahmedabad on the 10th and 11th January, 2009. The theme of the conference was "Serenity through scientific spirituality". An endeavor was made to assess and amalgamate principles of medicine and recent technological innovations in the context of Jain philosophy, exhaustive knowledge of Jain Agams and theory of Karma. The JDF conference was organised by the Federation in association with the conference of Jain Internatonal Trade organisation on the same ground. The inauguration ceremony of the conference was graced by Param Poojya Acharya Shri Nay Padam Sagarji Maharaj, Shri L. K. Advani, Leader of Bharatiya Janta party, Shri Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat. The conference was attended by more than 1200 doctors coming from India and abroad. The afternoon session of the conference was devoted to practice of 'Shatavadhan', demonstrated by Yuva Munishri Shri Ajitchandra Sagarji Maharaj. it is a spiritual power of mind to remember and reproduce 100 or even more numerical figures or names, phrases or any activity in the same order. Thus, a shatavadhani can remember 100 different things in 100 different orders, spoken by 100 different persons. It can be achieved by constant practice of yoga, tap, tyag and sanyam. Many of our saints and acharyas have achieved this feat.
The second day was devoted to lectures on Jain philosophy, health-care and innovations in medicine delivered by renowned experts in their fields. Some of the prominent speakers were Dr. Shikhar Chand Jain on the subject of basic elements of Jain religion; Dr. Kalyan Gangwal on the topic of Jain philosophy and Gandhiji, Dr. Ashok Pangariya on Science, mind and way to happiness, A peep into the future by Dr. K. Ganapathy and Dr. Mavlin Vora on the topic of Attractive killer, the cell phone and secrets of centenarians. The event was highlighted by discourse by Poojya Nay Padam Sagarji Maharaj. we should stop being Derawasi or Sthanakwasi and ite for the larger good of of the entire community and the world.