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Despite these problems, the jain had several colorful moments. Certain voices, such as Jessica Walling's in "I'm Going Bananas" really shined, and the skits between songs were cleverly conceived and performed, if not really true to the theme. The hilarious parody of the TV dating show "Love Connection," although not terribly subtle, drew cheers from the audience...
...Vietnam War-era disciplinary body that had Jain Jorman since 1975, was revived at the height of campus anti-apartheid protests across the country this spring to hear the cases of some 18 students involved in both the Lowell House blockade and another earlier anti-apartheid sit-in at the office of Harvard's governing boards...
Though one of the main Jainists principles advocates non-acquisition, Chitrabhanu says Jainists are no less materialistic than most people. The teacher himself lives in a sparsely furnished penthouse at a posh Manhattan address. "The Jain community is a very rich community in India, rather like the Jews here. They are governing all walks of life in business, in advocacy, in politics. In Boston, too, I have students who are doctors and lawyers. So they are luxuriant, but their life is governed by the central principles. What you need, you have, but the less you need, the more...
...master was born 46 years ago as Rajneesh Chandra Mohan in a small village in Madhya Pradesh province. Raised in the Jain religion, he worked as a journalist, photographer, and teacher of philosophy at Madhya State University before becoming a spiritual master in 1966. Today the Poona center is growing so swiftly that he is looking for roomier quarters. Rajneesh's lectures are taped and turned into a steady stream of books. One title: Above All, Don't Wobble. Rajneesh centers now operate in 22 nations...
...claimed: "For the very first time the spiritual-symbolic leaders of 2.7 billion people are coming to the United States." Not exactly, but those who did appear included the head of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, a Muslim statesman, a Hindu swami, teachers of Zen and India's Jain religion, a Sioux medicine man and a psychic ex-astronaut. The program also offered Shinto, Jewish and Buddhist rituals. At week's end representatives of the major faiths spoke at the United Nations...