Dr Harshad Sanghrajka, Institute’s Hon Secretary/Director will be making a second tour of Jain Centres in the Far East following the successful tour of early last year. the centres to be visited are Perth, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur
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Jaipedia project is progressing at fast pace and the main partner for the project, Kings College, University of London has already produced the fist pages of the proposed database to give a taste of what is to come. Each section of every page is linked to a specific section of the database giving a much[…]
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[…]
Second Book in the Series Learn Jainism for Primary Schools to be launched in January 2010
Report on Foundation in Jain Studies Course: Sep – Dec 2009 Oshwal Association of UK ~ Oshwal Centre ~ Potters Bar After being recognised as an INSTITUTE by the Companies House and registered as the Institute of Jainology Limited, the Directors decided that courses in Jainism should be offered not only through the Birkbeck University[…]
12th Annual Jaina Workshop at Centre for Jaina Studies at SOAS on Jaina Yoga will commence on 18th March with the 10th Annual Jain Lecture by Professor Sagarmal Jain of Parshvanath Research Institute, Varanasi. All are invited
The first ever Interfaith Week in England was launched on 7th November. Jyoti Mehta representing the Institute on the Interfaith Network Board, co-ordinated the activities arranged by various Jain organisations. Her perseverence and ethusiasm for promoting awareness of Jain philosophy amongst other faiths led to a very successful participation by the Jain community. She has compiled[…]
IOJ has celebrated Ahimsa Day in October each year over the past seven years. It has been one of the most suceessful event in the Jain Calendar in the UK. The event is hosted by an MP at the House of Commons. We invite speakers of international repute to address the gathering on a selected[…]
Some 30 peopele visited the Jain Temple at Oshwal centre yesterday 1. In the morning the local fireman came to visit from 10.30am onwards until 12.30. Some 10 fireman came with their 2 fire engines. They enjoyed the talk given by Vijaybhai and were very pleased with the visit. Many of them had a number[…]
The seventh Ahimsa Day celebrations once again proved to be as successful as the previous ones. Portcullis House, the House of Commons annexe once again reverberated with the Namokar Mantras and Jai Jinendra – the latter greeting has now become a familiar greeting for many of the Members of the Parliament. The evening started with light[…]