Bushey Interfaith Forum ‘Fasting and Feasting’ The theme of the Bushey Interfaith Forum annual community event for 2017 was entitled ‘Fasting and Feasting – The Why and the How’. It was kindly hosted this year at the Stanmore Mosque at 40 Wood Lane, Stanmore HA7 4LQ on 22nd November 2017. With participating communities spreading news[…]
Category Archives: Inter-faith Network Activities
On Saturday, 17th June, 2017, the IoJ Jain Education Team [JET] with many svadhyaya members attended the 32nd Anniversary of the Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park. The JET members have been attending this event for many years and members take turns to recite the Jain peace prayer from the Brihad Shanti Path. This year, introduction[…]
The UK Branch of Heavenly Culture, World Peace & Restoration of Light recently had held two meetings of various faith leaders for a dialogue on understanding the scriptures of different faiths. The main points for the discussion were: Origins of scriptures and how and when these were committed to writing Origin of the faith, cause[…]
VATICAN, 1st June 2016. The Institute of Jainology (IoJ), the international Jain organisation promoting Jainism in government and inter-religious affairs, led its third delegation to the Vatican to meet with the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue (PCID). The last two meetings were in 1995 and 2011. Jain Delegation with His Holiness The Pope The[…]
Sunday 8th May 2016 marked a landmark event in London that honoured the rich heritage of different cultures, the spirit of solidarity, and the universal goal of love. On this day, at the historic Union Chapel in Islington, Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur UK (SRMD UK), organised a unique multi-faith concert, ‘Amazing Grace’, celebrating 50 glorious[…]
IoJ Deputy Chair, Dr Harshad N Sanghrajka was invited by the Home Office Diversity Team on 25th November 2015 to participate in their Interfaith Event: NAVRATRI AND DEEPAVALI. The event was held at the Home Office premises in Marsham Street, Westminster, in the afternoon and members of staff from many locations were invited. Some people[…]
London, UK Sunday, September 20th, 2015, His Holiness the Dalai Lama held a special talk for the Indian community in the London Coliseum on ‘Ahimsa – Indian’s Contribution to the World.’ The event was hosted by Tibet House with the support of Nemu Chandaria OBE, Chairman of the Institute of Jainology and Vinod B Tailor.[…]
Tibet House with support of Institute of Jainology and Shree Vinod Tailor, has arranged a lecture by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at London Coliseum on 20th September. The lecture is titled Ahimsa – India’s Contribution to the World Ahimsa is a subject very close to His Holiness’s heart and few names are so immediately[…]
Members of the IoJ Education Team represented ONE JAIN at the 30th Anniversary celebration of the Battersea Park Peace Pagoda and inter-faith prayers for peace on Sunday 13th June 2015. The celebration was organised by Nipponzan Miyohoji, the Japanese Buddhist order, which built the Pagoda in 1985. Jainism has been represented at the peace prayers for[…]
Members of the IoJ Education Team attended the 29th Anniversary celebration of the London Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park on Saturday, 21t June. A prayer ceremony is held each year and IoJ has had the pleasure of representing Jainism. Many faith organisations were represented and after a ceremonial start, each faith recited their prayer for[…]