Category Archives: World News

Message from Gareth Thomas MP

  Message to the Jain Community from Gareth Thomas MP I am writing to you following the celebration of Lord Mahavir’s birth anniversary. I hope that you were blessed to be able to spend time with loved ones on this most auspicious of days, even if that was via ‘Zoom’ or ‘Skype’ or “old style”[…]

President of P C I D made a Cardinal

His Holiness the Pope made the President of the Pontifical Council for Iner-religious Dialogue a Cardinal on October 5th 2019. His Eminence Miguel Ayuso, President of the Pontifical Council for Iner-religious Dialogue became a Cardinal at a ceremony in St Peter’s Basilica by HH the Pope, This installation emphasises the value the Holy See places[…]

Gandhi’s Legacy on Ahimsa at the Vatican

The Vatican held an important conference on Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy of Ahimsa to mark his 150th birth anniversary. The Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue held a day-long conference on October 1st 2019 entitled “Fraternal love and non-violence for global peace and harmony” to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. Dr Mehool Sanghrajka, the Managing Trustee[…]

A Jain Legend Passes Away

We have all loved hymn (સ્તવન) – “Maitri Bhavnu Pavitra Zarnu”. As if it is a Jain Anthem. We enjoy it for its melodious tune and the embedded deep Jain philosophical principles. Composed by musical duo Kalyanji Anandji and sung for the very first time by Mukesh on the Chowpati beach at Mahavir Jayanti celebration[…]

Jain Representation at the Vatican

Jain Religion Representation by: Samani Dr Pratibha Pragyaji and Samani Unnata Pragyaji  Dr. Samani Pratibha Pragya and Samani Unnata Pragya from Jain Vishva Bharati, London represented OneJAIN UK at the International Conference on Religions and Sustainable Development Goals at Vatican City between 7th – 9th  March 2019. His Holiness Pope Francis greeted leaders from world[…]

The John P Clay Graduate Scholarship in Manuscript and Text Cultures – Sanskrit at Oxford University

The John P Clay Graduate Scholarship in Manuscript and Text Cultures – Sanskrit – at The Queen’s College, Oxford The Queen’s College, Oxford is offering, beginning in Michaelmas Term 2018, a fully-funded graduate scholarship for up to a maximum of three years for a DPhil student in Oriental Studies whose research focuses on Manuscript and[…]

German Environment Minister Bans Meat At Official Functions

Animal agriculture is a leading cause of climate change and environmental degradation, which is why a German ministry says it’s taking a stand for vegetarianism in a new and controversial ban. Barbara Hendricks, Germany’s environment minister, announced that her ministry would no longer be serving meat, fish or meat-derived products at official functions. Hendricks said her[…]

Publication of Papers Presented at an International Interfaith Dialogue

An International Interfaith Seminar was jointly organized by K. J. Somaiya Bharatiya Sanskriti Peetham (India) and GRISO from the University of Navarra (Spain) in January/February 2013. at Somaiya Vidyavihar, Mumbai. It was in continuation of a fruitful tradition started in 1998. The theme of the seminar was «The Cosmic Elements in Religion, Philosophy, Art and Literature).[…]

First Project on Jain Art History and Religion enriches German Research Centre

Press Release June 2016 : 16 June 2016, by Kaete Hamburger Kolleg: Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe Bochum, Germany – Every year internationally renowned scholars from the broad range of fields within humanities are invited to conduct their research at one of the ten international Kaete Hamburger Centres in Germany. Funded[…]

H H The Pope thanks Jains for commitment to care for the planet

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[…]