This year IoJ has responded to a wider net of requests to provide services during Paryushan Parva. The international visit this year will be to Kenya. Dr Harshad Sanghrajka, the Deputy Chair of the Institute will be travelling to Kenya and visiting both Nairobi & Mombasa. The Parva will be celebrated in Nairobi with the[…]
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A statue of the Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi is to be erected opposite the Houses of Parliament. The memorial will stand in Parliament Square alongside those of Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela. Speaking on a trip to the Gandhi memorial in Delhi, Foreign Secretary William Hague said the statue would be a “fitting tribute”[…]
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[…]
Institute of Jainology has been developing relationship with the Vatican since 1991 and this relationship is getting closer year on year. The Institute had initiated a visit by the Roman Catholic Archbishop in the UK to meet the Jain community at the Oshwal Centre, Potters Bar. Oshwal Association of the UK had hosted the visit[…]
BBC Radio journalist and presenter Ritula Shah,a member of the Jain community has won this years GG2 Media & Creative Arts Award. She was presented with the award at a ceremony in London on November 27th. The GG2 awards are now in their 15th year and are organised by the Asian Media and Marketing Group, the publishers of Garavi Gujarat.[…]
The recent advances in medical technology have made it comparatively easy to transplant vital organs from one human body to another. Organ transplant has become almost a routine procedure in most hospitals. The demand for organ donors has grown considerably and the National Health Service in the UK has started a Organ Donor Register where[…]
The 11th Ahimsa Day was celebrated by the Institute at its regular venue, the House of Commons, London Committee Room No 10 on 9th October 2013. The compére for the evening, Jyotsna Samji gave a warm welcome to everyone after introducing herself. She invited Pujya Samnijis to recite the auspicious Navkar mantra to start[…]
Ahimsa – Conscious Compassion – A Public Lecture at the British Library Melanie Joy, Ph.D., Ed.M. a Harvard-educated psychologist, professor of psychology and sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, celebrated speaker, and the author of the award-winning primer on carnism “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows” will be giving a presentation[…]
Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park, London celebrated its 28th anniversary on Saturday 22nd June. Nipponzan Myohoji had invited several faiths to recite their prayers for world peace. Dr Harshad Sanghrajka the Deputy Chairman of the Institute of Jainology represented the Jain faith. He recited three selected verses from the Jain litany of BRIHAD SHANTI PATH. He[…]
H E Cardinal Tauran Chairman of the Pontifical Council for Inter Religious Affairs visited UK recently specifically to meet the Jains, Sikhs and Hindus in their drive to build closer relationship with these religions. He visited the Shikharbandhi Jain temple at the Oshwal Centre Potters Bar. His party was hosted by both the Institute of Jainology and the Oshwal Association of the UK. He addressed some 300 Jains gathered for the occasion He said; “….The rise of religious fundamentalism and the increase in the instances of inter-religious tensions in different parts of the contemporary world seem to make the sceptics of religions blame religion for all the ills affecting society. Let there be no doubt that religions are the cause of love, unity and peace and if any religion teaches the contrary, is no religion at all.” His talk was followed by an exchange of views from both Roman Catholic and Jain perspectives on theme of non violence as a contribution to peace. Prof Nalini Balbir gave the Jain perspective and Father Barnes the Roman Catholic.