September 6, 2011 was a gorgeous day for all the Jains of the world and especially for the Jains of North America. It was a nice, sunny day in Southern California. Local Jain community members and Jains from all over America had arrived in their festive costumes with great expectations [...]
JAIN TALES
The Institute is proud to have launch its latest publication, Jain Tales during the Ahimsa Day Celebration on 20th October at the House of Commons. Jain Tales is the 2nd book in the Learn Jainism series, which together with the accompanying websire – LearnJainism.org – meet the needs of the National Curriculum [...]
Our Institute has organised a very successful seminar on Manuscriptology recently in Ahmedabad. In appreciation of the quality and success of that seminar, and at the same time recognising the need not only for such seminars but also the need for establishing study centres for our precious heritage, several articles have appeared in Indian dailies [...]
Following the successful tour of the Far East last year, Dr Sanghrajka went on a more ambitious tour of almost two months this year.
A summary of his tour report is given here. Photos from this exhaustive tour will b e uploaded in coming days.
Please feel free to make comments or observation on the tour.
Summary Report [...]
The popular on line children’s book reviewing site, Write Away recently reviewed the Institute’s recent publication. Following is an extract from their web site at
http://www.writeaway.org.uk/component/option,com_weblinks/Itemid,23/
Discover JainismNew! Featured
For teachers and pupils wanting to learn more about Jainism, an ancient faith of non-violence, resources have been limited. Although RE teachers are now being [...]
A ‘Learn Jainism’ Blog is being launched by Colin Hynson to provide updates on the web site with the same name.
Following Dr Sanghrajka’s work with RE Council – there is a recognition now that minority religions like Jainism should also be given a place in the regular RE curriculum of all primary schools. The Schools Minister, Ms Diana johnson supports this idea.
Scholars in Jain Community may wish to avail themselves of the opportunities being offered by the University of Oslo, Norway.
Up to 3 fellowships are being offered at The Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Education through the Kultrans program. Up to two doctoral fellowships will be at the Faculty of Humanities. We’d be glad to welcome [...]
Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology in collaboration with National Mission for Manuscript, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi organizing a National Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography from 20th December 2009 to 10th January 2010.
An Inaugural Function is organized on 20th December 2009 under the aegis of Prof. Vachaspati Upadahyaya, Vice-Chancellor, Lal Bahadur Shastri [...]
Second Book in the Series Learn Jainism for Primary Schools to be launched in January 2010