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[…]
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The terrorist attack in London yesterday, June 3rd, was the third this year in the UK. This follows recent attacks in Manchester and at Westminster Bridge. Yesterday, terrorists killed 7 people, and a further 48 were seriously injured. We pray for their souls, and for their family and friends. We also pray that those injured will[…]
Jain Vishva Bharati represented of ONE JAINS UK for the 6th London Interfaith Music Festival on Sunday 21 May 2017 Jain Vishva Bharati London led by Samani Pratibha Pragya ji and Samani Unnata Pragya ji presented Arhat Vanadana at the Faith in Tunes Interfaith Music Festival held at the British Museum on Sunday 21 May[…]
LONDON, 10th May 2017. The Institute of Jainology (IoJ), the international Jain organisation promoting Jainism in government and inter-religious affairs, today launched the first Jain general election manifesto in the UK for the forthcoming election in June. The manifesto, under the umbrella of OneJAIN – which represents all UK Jain organisations, was launched at the[…]
OneJAIN is launching its election manifesto on Wednesday 10th May 2017 to create an awareness of the needs of the Jain community in the UK. This will be the first time that the Jain community has had a manifesto and we are delighted that members of the last parliament from all three major political parties,[…]
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[…]
OneJAIN under the aegis of Jain All-Party Parliamentary Group (JAPPG) and the Institute of Jainology celebrated Mahavir Jayanti (Bhagwan Mahavir’s birth anniversary) as the first JAPPG event of 2017 at the House of Commons in London on Tuesday 7th March. The theme for the evening was ‘Effective Strategies to meet the Environmental Challenge’. Committee Rom[…]