to commemorate The Birth of Bhagwan Mahavir. A Jain family in Kaula Lampur, Malaysia has been celebrating the Mahavir Janma Kalyanak for the past 17 years in increasing splendour each year and this year will be no different. It will be celebrated with great pomp and pageantry on Saturday, 12th April 2014 with a rath yatra. The family[…]
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The combined efforts made by organisations interested in animal welfare and compassion, those wanting to protect our environment and to a smaller extent the Jain organisations are slowly but surely getting recognition and their efforts are beginning to bear fruits. The first noticeable effect is that the case for vegetarianism has now endorsed quite successfully[…]
Shantinatha Charitra – a text written in Sanskrit, that describes the life and times of Shantinatha, the 16th Jain Tirthankara has been included in the most prestigious list of the world’s greatest documents. Unesco’s world heritage body in June 2013 included the Indian entry in the Memory of the World Register 2013 and said “the story is of lasting[…]
Community of Sant’Egidio Community of Sant’ Egidio a huge Roman Catholic Charity operating in over 70 countries holds an annual peace conference, inviting over 350 delegates representing different faiths, and international organisations like United Nations. It was at the instigation of Pope Paul II that first conference was held in Assisi in[…]
Ahimsa Paramo Dharma Jinalay in Sydney www.sydneyjainmandal.com Introduction Sydney Jain Mandal (SJM) has undertaken a project to build Jain Education Centre/Jinalay in Sydney, Australia. The centre will be focal point of promoting Jain principles and provide a social platform for people following Jain principles. Sydney Jain Mandal SJM will be responsible for building and[…]
NTU University of Singapore offers an excellent opportunity to a doctoral graduate to join an international university in an environment that is favourable to Jains.
Dr Harshad N Sanghrajka was appointed by the Directors of Institute of Jainology to represent the JAIN community world-wide at this ceremony. It is the long standing relationship of the Institute with The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue [PCID} at The Holy See, Vatican, which is the reason we are invited at all their international[…]
Institute of Jainology has established itself as a representative Jain organisation in the UK and world-wide over the past 25 years. The first important event was the Jain delegation which presented the JAIN DECLARATION ON NATURE to HRH Duke of Edinburgh at the Palace when Jainism became formally recognised as the ninth religion in England. […]
A vast treasure trove of ancient Jain monuments, sculptures and artwork in and around Madurai, existence of which is unknown to most Jains is being made more accessible by the Tamil Nadu Jain community. The local community in Tamil Nadu got together and raised sufficient funds and have built a Heritage Centre in Madurai at[…]
Dr Vinod Kapashi from London conducts a class on Jainism at Charles University, Prague Jainism is not a known religion in some of the countries of the world. One will hardly see any Jain or a Jain temple in countries which were under the communist rule. Czech Republic is one such country. Previously it was[…]