Dear Sadharmik brothers and sisters,
Jai Jinendra!

We cordially invite Jain Center Presidents, JAINA BOD members, and the Center members from MidWest and SouthWest Regions to a virtual Town Hall Meeting on Saturday, April 3, 2021, at 11 am CST. During this brief 30-minute presentation, the JAINA Convention team will provide an overview of the activities planned and will walk you through the virtual event platform of this unique convention. Please do not miss this opportunity to see the activities we have planned and how our virtual events will work.

After reaching the initial goal of raising One Million Dollars for 2020-2021, JAINA Vaiyavach Committee has revised its fundraising goal to $1.5 million for 2021 to enable us to respond to new requests for help from various Sanghs. The fundraising is ongoing for all the projects related to the “Vaiyavach” of Sadhus & Sadhvi Bhagwants of all sects. Please come forward and donate a tiny share to this noble cause.

JAINA Academic Liaison Committee facilitated the establishment of "Shri Anantnath Endowed Chair in Jain Studies" at the University of Wisconsin, Madison with a contribution of $ 1 Million that is matched by a foundation making it to 2 Million dollars. Soon JAINA ALC will be establishing "Bhagwan Munisuvrat Swami Endowed Professorship in Jain Studies" at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

YJA presents a webinar on Navigating College for high school students. Also, check out their recent issues of Younger Minds and the YJA Pathshala module.

JAINA and the Global Compassion Organization bring you Diabetes 360 webinar. During this 6-week program, you will learn how to cook healthy meals, yoga and gain knowledge of different medical methods followed by questions and answers from experts. The program will be conducted for 6 Sundays starting from April 11th to May 16th. More information to follow soon.

You are alive only if you have a higher purpose in life. Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai tells us to bring purpose to life, decide what we want and fulfill that purpose.

Read the book ‘A Tribute to 19th Century Indian Legend: Shri Virchand Raghavji Gandhi’ to know him and his life closely.

We will learn the last two of the six Universal Substances - Space and Time.

JAINA is very pleased to establish "Karuna Ratna" (Compassion Jewel) Award - starting 2021 convention. Individuals Jain(or spouse of Jain) living in North America (the USA and Canada), who have contributed significantly to compassionate activities for Social causes, i.e. "Jains for Humanity", will be recognized during the 2021 JAINA Virtual Convention

Open yourself to a new world of awareness and gain access to make useful changes to live a more meaningful life by Rahul Kapoor.

Please click on the read more links on the this page for detailed news on the above items.

Sincerely,

Mahesh Wadher,
JAINA President