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Dear Sadharmik brothers and sisters,
Jai Jinendra!
Kindly register for JAINA Convention 2021 to take the advantage of the early bird price. The price would increase from March. This virtual Convention, we have something for all age groups. Read about interesting events, Cultural Program, Drama, Distinguished Speakers, Spiritual Sessions, Youth, Kids, and more. For all Sponsorship opportunities please contact conventionfundraising@jaina.org.
JAINA is truly grateful to everyone who helped us raise $700,000 towards the JAINA Vaiyavach committee to serve our Sadhu & Sadhvi Bhagwants. We still need funds for four other projects that the Vaiyavach committee is considering. We request you to please help us reach our goal of 2021 to raise One Million Dollars for all the various projects. So far, the committee has approved funds for 5 New Vihardhams, 2 renovations of existing vihardhams, and a clinic for Sadhu & Sadhvis near Sankheswara Tirth.
As a part of Vaiyavach’s fundraising, JAINA is inviting you to watch an inspirational Hindi Play, "NARVIR" - Saga of Our Solemn Duty, on Valentine's Day, Sunday, February 14, 2021 at 7.00 pm EST, 6.00 pm CST, 4.00 pm PST.
As part of our new initiative “Know your JAINA” Vaiyavach Committee will hold a town hall type community meeting on Saturday, February 13 from 10:00 am to 11 am PST; 1:00 pm to 2 pm EST. This will be your opportunity to meet committee members, learn of their programs, and ask questions. Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91291678199?pwd=WUE2aTI2cDBTWTl1cnJRY0Q2V2tkZz09
Meeting ID: 912 9167 8199
Passcode: 322729
After a successful virtual event on February 6, 2021, Jain Connect is planning their website launch on March 1st, 2021 and yet another event sometimes in March 2021.
Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur invites you to celebrate the virtual Global Youth Festival on February 14, 2021. Experience the profound knowledge and practical insights directly from the most experienced, influential, and loved spiritual masters and mentors of the world during this one-day event.
Valentine’s Day is celebrated for Love. Let us understand the 3 kinds of Love from Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai. Also see his explanation of the true Love.
Watch YJA’s 7th video in the Jainism 101 series. Also, YJA’s annual retreat season is here. Encourage youth to register for the retreat.
In the February Jain Digest issue, Nipun Mehta shares his conversation with a very kind-hearted generous philanthropist, Popatbhai Savla. Have you read this month’s issue yet? Also, connect with the Jain Digest committee if you are interested in writing for the June 2021 Jain Digest .
Read the excerpts from Chatham House Report on Meat Consumption and Imminent Danger to our Planet describing the 3 solutions - shift to plant-based diets, restoring native ecosystems, and farming in a less intensive and damaging way but accepting lower yields.
Listen to Rahul Kapoor Jain stating scientific reasons behind observing silence while consuming food.
I encourage you to observe silence while having your meals for a day, and if you see any positive impact carry on this habit.
Please see below for details or links, if any, on all the above items.
Sincerely,
Mahesh Wadher
JAINA President
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Dear Sadharmik Brothers and Sisters,
It was 1981 when we came together as Jains and formed JAINA – an organization that binds us all. This year, in the face of all the turbulence that the last year has caused throughout the world, we come together to craft a “Resilient Path to Peace”.
JAINA cordially invites you to the 21st biennial JAINA Convention to be held virtually from July 1st to 6th, 2021. Every two years, the JAINA Convention brings together over 5000 attendees, presenters, spiritual leaders, and other dignitaries from around the world. We welcome Jains and friends of Jains from the USA, Canada, India, Europe, Africa, UAE, Australia, and across the globe.
The Convention will feature a state-of-the-art, user-friendly, and interactive conference platform with many features such as an online Main Hall, 6 Breakout Rooms, 4 Competition Rooms, and an Exhibition Hall.
Early Registration Special - $5 until February 28!
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Register For Convention
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Path to Liberation - JAINA Vaiyavach Committee
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JAINA Vaiyavach Committee is excited to invite you to watch an inspirational play in Hindi
“NARVEER – Saga of our Solemn duty”
on Valentine's Day - February 14, 2021. It is a story of the previous life of King Kumarpal.
Donations received during the play for amounts of $500 and more will be instantly displayed on the website and the social media. 🙏
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TV ASIA CHANNEL THEN PLEASE CLICK ON ANY OF THE OTHER LINKS BELOW TO SEE THIS MESMERIZING PLAY
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Make checks payable to JAINA
With Memo : Vaiyavach
Mail to: Ashok Savla, JAINA Treasurer
8843 1 /2 Longden
Avenue,
Temple City, CA 91780
+1 (626) 372-4246
Donate via zelle Money can be zelled using treasurer@jaina.org .
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GENEROUSLY
Your donation is tax-deductible.
501 (C) (3) EL# 54-1280028
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Gifts of Stocks and Securities (Stocks, Bonds, etc.)
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JAINA accepts any Securities of Stock, Bonds etc.
Transferring appreciated stocks and securities to JAINA can
be a great way to make a charitable gift, and you can benefit in two ways. By donating publicly traded stocks to avoid
capital gains taxes. Plus, you may take the full fair market value of the gift (on the date it is transferred, rather
than the amount you originally paid for it) as a charitable deduction on your income taxes. You may transfer securities
either from a brokerage account or from your IRA account. Please consult your Tax advisor.
Please contact Ashok
Savla
JAINA Treasurer - +1 (626) 372 -4246
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Jain Connect Update
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 Jain Connect held its first event of 2021 on February 6th and it was sold out! They had over 100 enthusiastic singles ready to mingle from the USA and Canada. The
event was divided into 4 segments with structured sessions tailored to engage both introverts and extroverts. Games and activities were focused on getting-to-know-each-other
in a fun and relaxed environment.
Jain Connect is currently planning a few changes to our website (to be launched on March 1) and our next Zoom event to be held in March. In the meantime,
if you are on the Clubhouse app, Co-Chairs Sheenika Gandhi and Varun Gandhi are hosting an audio chat on Sunday, February 14 (Self-Care Day) at 1:00 p.m. PT / 4:00
p.m. ET for Jain singles to share their life stories and self-care tips:
https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/MO9JJa0P
Visit their website at jainconnect.net for more information
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SRMD GLOBAL YOUTH FESTIVAL - VIRTUAL EDITION 2021
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True Love by Gurudevshri RAKESHBHAI
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 Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai explains True love saying Even though you are surrounded by things you covet and people you love, such love is incomplete, and it is only
love for the Divine that can lead us to experience peace and fulfillment.
Love is a beautiful state of being. Love means to dissolve the ‘I’, the ego. As love blooms, the ‘I’ looses its importance and eventually ceases to exist.
With annihilation of the ‘I’, the one who loves, and the beloved become one. There remains no distance between the two. It is not even appropriate to say that they
come extremely close to each other, because in closeness also there is a distance. Love makes them one. The fulfilment of love lies in the union of the two. In pure
love, there is neither the ‘I’ nor the pain caused by it.
Love is a natural expression of life. Love is a pilgrimage. Those who have reached the Supreme state have done so because of love, and those who have
not, have faltered due to lack of Pure love. It is therefore necessary to understand the nature of love. Love is of three kinds - (1) love for things (2) love for
people (3) love for Guru
Read More
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YJA Update
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YJA’s seventh video in the Jainism 101 series further expands on a Tirthankar’s role and qualities, while also touching on Mahavir Swami, who was the last Tirthankar in the descending half of the current time cycle.
https://bit.ly/jainism101-tirthankars
Have a non-Jain friend looking to learn more about Jainism, or want to use such videos in your next Pathshala class? Find the full playlist
here.
 Also, YJA’s
annual retreat season is here! YJA may not be able to meet in person this retreat season, but this set of virtual retreats looks to be the best they’ve ever had. With
brand new sessions, exclusive merchandise, surprise activities, and lots of regional bonding, they promise you do not want to miss this once in a lifetime event. Registration
is closing soon! Visit https://yja.org/regionalevents and click on your region’s
event to register; spots are limited and you don’t want to miss these events!
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INSIDE FEBRUARY 2021 JAIN DIGEST
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 Popat Savla:
A Humble Love Affair with Life - By Nipun Mehta
Popatbhai Savla was a very kind-hearted generous philanthropist, an avid lover of Indian classical music and an ardent spiritual seeker from Los Angeles.
Recalling an incident at a retreat when Popatbhai’s face was full of mosquito bites, Nipun Mehta says, “ I saw his face full of mosquito bites. To my petrified look,
particularly as a host, he laughed and simply said, “I was practicing generosity last night. I offered my blood to the mosquitoes.” Read this article at
https://issuu.com/jaindigest/docs/jain_digest_february_2021/s/11654041
Jain Digest February 2021
Are you interested in writing for the June 2021 Jain Digest? You can write on varied topics such as Compassion, Devotion, Jain Education, Inspiration, Transformation, or any other topics related to Jain principles. For more information, send us an email
at
jaindigestpublication@gmail.com or send a Text or WhatsApp message to 310-721-5947
You can also read all the past Jain Digest issues by clicking on the below button.
Jain Digest
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Meat Consumption and its Damaging Impact on the Planet
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 Read the excerpts
from Chatham House Report on Meat Consumption and Imminent Danger to our planet.
The report, supported by the UN environment program focused on three solutions. First is a shift to plant-based diets because cattle, sheep, and other
livestock have the biggest impact on the environment.
More than 80% of global farmland is used to raise animals, which provide only 18% of calories eaten. Reversing the rising trend of meat consumption removes
the pressure to clear new land and further damage wildlife.
It also frees up existing land for the second solution, restoring native ecosystems to increase biodiversity. The availability of land also underpins
the third solution of farming in a less intensive and damaging way but accepting lower yields. Organic yields are on, average, about 75% of those of conventional intensive
farming, it said.
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Why We Must Observe Silence While
Consuming Food - By Rahul Kapoor
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DONATE
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Mail your Donations in favor of JAINA to :
Ashok Savla (JAINA Treasurer),
8843 1/2 Longden Avenue, Temple City, CA 91780
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Gifts of Stocks and Securities (Stocks, Bonds, etc.)
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JAINA accepts any Securities of Stock, Bonds, etc.
Transferring appreciated stocks and securities to JAINA can be a great way
to make a charitable gift, and you can benefit in two ways. By donating publicly traded stocks to avoid capital gains taxes. Plus,
you may take the full fair market value of the gift (on the date it is transferred, rather than the amount you originally paid for
it) as a charitable deduction on your income taxes. You may transfer securities either from a brokerage account or from your IRA account.
Please consult your tax advisor.
Please contact Ashok Savla
JAINA Tresurer - +1 (626) 372 -4246
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Your donation is tax-deductible.
JAINA (Federation of Jain Associations in North America) is a Non-Profit tax-exempt organization, registered under IRS Section 501 (C) (3) EL# 54-1280028
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