AtmaDharma.com - 17th February 2007 Newsletter Issue 9


Jai Jinendra AtmaDharma.com visitors,

It has been 8 months since our last newsletter of 5 June 2006...

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Since the brand new look and feel of the site, navigation and search facilities appearing in June 2006, the following have been added: See "Whats New" for a full log of events since our last newsletter. Remember - all the material on AtmaDharma.com is freely downloadable.

What about the people supporting AtmaDharma.com?


Vision - "Vitraag Jain material is so logical, precise and true, why don't we make it freely available to everyone on the internet?" This was our plea to many friends in 1997. We felt that the long struggle we had to endure to find true Jain Literature need not be suffered by anyone else. However, at the time, awareness of the internet and its potential was not widely understood ... so there was not much enthusiasm.

One - There was one person, Kunj Shah, who not only shared the vision, but had built a small website himself already! Kunj showed us the practicalities of hosting a website and, in late 1998, we started off by building a small site on the same host (www.angelfire.com/co/atmajyoti). Then as we started to make large shastras of 100s of pages available, Kunj helped us understand how to produce pdf files.

Giving! - Also, Kunj and his family continually supported us by helping with AtmaDharma.com activities and donated shastras such as Bahenshree Champabahen's Vachanamruts, GnaanGosthi, GnaanSvabhaav ane GneySvabhaav and Samadhitantra.

Taking! - Not only did Kunj give to AtmaDharma.com, he also benefited from it. How? He had to go the Far East for a 6 month assignment and, Kunj being Kunj, did not want to go without his swadhyay ...... so ...... he took along a copy of AtmaDharma.com on a CD (for whenever internet access was not available) and made good use of it!

Sad - During the London PanchKalyanak in August 2006, we were all working together and enjoying ourselves as volunteers. On the last day of the PanchKalyanak, the happy atmosphere was replaced by one of shock! Kunj was suddenly taken ill. Within a few days, Kunj passed away. Kunj was only 37 years old!

Always - We are sad to have lost a saadharmi and a key supporter. His absence is keenly felt but his contributions will always be available and remembered.

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Past - We stopped the donation process in 2003. Why? Because the donated shastras were not being delivered within reasonable time scales by the previous supplier, resulting in a backlog of donated shastras awaiting delivery. After stopping the donation process, we worked to get the outstanding shastras delivered. All donated shastras were eventually delivered.

New - Since mid 2004, AtmaDharma.com have been working with new suppliers and a brand new process. The new suppliers deliver to very good quality and timescale requirements. During the past 2½ years, the process has been fine tuned and, well and truly, tested. 40 of the shastras delivered by this process are already online and 30 more are scheduled to be on-line in the next 2 months. So, AtmaDharma.com is now ready to re-start the donation process!

Recognition - Also, the work of AtmaDharma.com has been recognised by the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the form of the Vitraag Jain Literature Preservation Trust (VJLPT), Registered Charity Number 1116904. So, no matter where you are in the world, you can donate online easily. Additionally, the UK Government will further enhance UK taxpayers donations via Gift Aid.

Tree? - The donations to VJLPT are like a tree. How so? Every donation produces fruits (shastras) which are shared by many - rather like one seed which becomes a tree bearing lots of fruit that we can all enjoy. Also, your donation will produce shastras which will continue to be of use for many, many years into the future!

Please help - So remember, no matter where you are in the world, if AtmaDharma.com has been of benefit to you, and you would like to see it grow further, then please donate to Vitraag Jain Literature Preservation Trust.

Till next time ...

     Jai Jinendra,

     from the AtmaDharma.com & Vitraag Jain Literature Preservation Trust teams:

     Veena, Ramita, Manish, Niru, Chandrakant, Manju, Madhusudan, Jyoti & Rajesh
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