Dear Sadharmik brothers and sisters,
Jai Jinendra!

JAINA wishes you and your family sukh shata on the auspicious occasion of Mahavir Janmakalyanak! On this day, let’s hope we too can develop the qualities of Non-violence, Peace, and Compassion within us and overcome negative attributes like Anger, Pride, Deceit, and Greed. Read about Mahavir Janma Kayanak and watch the animated movie of Bhagwan Mahavir with your little ones.

Tell us how your Jain Centers celebrated Mahavir Janma Kalyanak with center members. Please send your article and photographs, if any of the events to jainahq@jaina.org.

In the honor of Pujya Chitrabhanuji’s 2nd tithi on April 19, JAINA EC had observed 1-minute silence during the EC meeting on April 19, 2021.

Over six thousand people have registered for the virtual JAINA Convention 2021! Seeing the response from the North American and the global Jain community, JAINA Convention 2021 team has extended the special invitation for you and your loved ones. Please register yourself for this fun-filled, informative, and religious Convention. You can also be a part of the Convention by taking various sponsorship opportunities.

Let’s fight Coronavirus Pandemic which has brought unprecedented time yet again for the world. India is the worst-hit country in the world with daily cases of over 2 lakhs. The Sadharmik Committee held a meeting last Monday and impromptu raised $93,000 from the members. We request you to come forward to help our needy and poor Sadharmik brothers and sisters in India through the new launch JAINA campaign for Shadharmik Bhakti Fund. We are yet again broadcasting Sheth Jagdusha Play to raise $500,00 for this noble cause on May 1st, 2021 at 5 pm PST. The play will webcast on JAINA.org, YouTube and Facebook. Enjoy the play and think about helping our Sadharmiks in India who are going through a really terrible time.

UCI Center of Medical Humanities invites you to the 2nd UCI Shri Parshvanath Presidential Chair in Jain Studies Lecture in Ethical Innovations - Alternatives to Animal Testing on Friday, May 7.

Attend the lecture on "Jainism, Relativism, and the Moral Imperative of Ahimsa” by Prof. Gary Francione on Sunday, May 30, 2021.

Ahimsa is widely understood as ‘not harming or hurting others’. But is this its complete meaning? Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai offers an invaluable insight into the true essence of Ahimsa.

Let’s understand the 4 types of Bandha in detail under the Jain Tattvas and Philosophy of Karma - Part 3.

Read a letter from Sulekh C. Jain, Ph.D. and Jasvant Modi, MD appealing all Jains to Stop and Reflect that we Jains should not be using/buying Cars with Leather Seats and Leather Sofas. Or anything made of leather.

JAINA and the Global Compassion Organization bring you a Diabetes 360 webinar. Attend the third-week program, out of the 6-week program, on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at 5:00 pm PST. The link is given on the right side of this page. You will learn how to cook healthy meals, yoga and gain knowledge of different medical methods followed by questions and answers from experts.

Under YJA update, read Nish Shah’s Journey to self-publishing a Jain Children’s book. Attend a Plant-Forward Future event with Mamta Jain Valderrama where she will share her personal story and shape our collective conversation around veganism and sustainability, and attend Taboo, Jainism Edition event where players will learn Jain vocabulary.

JAINA India Foundation has joined hands with 10 other organizations to celebrate this Mahavir Jayanti differently - by campaigning to “SAY NO TO PLASTIC BOTTLES”
Join in the webinar on Saturday 10:00 am EST

Rahul kapoor explains a simple way to boost your immunity and enhance your productivity...

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

Sincerely,

Mahesh Wadher,
JAINA President

We wish everyone a Sukh Shata during Chaitra Mah’s Sri Navpadji Oli. Tapasya.

As all of you are aware, COVID-19 has caused devastating effects all over the world specially in India during the second wave. With this message, we are reaching out to you for desperately needed help for Sadharmik families in India, who are experiencing unfortunate financial conditions made worse by this unfortunate second wave of COVID-19. Many mid and low-income Jain families are going through severe hardships, but many are too proud to ask for help. Such circumstances have caused extenuating situations of suicides by entire families. Hearing so many heart-wrenching stories underscore the hardships these families are going through.

The JAINA World Community Services is hoping to raise as much funds as it can to support this situation in India and is looking forward to your generous donation. Our goal is to raise $500,000 for this cause that will allow us to support almost 3,000 needy Sadharmik Families for 4 months.

In our first fundraising meeting yesterday when we announced the campaign, we got pledges of $93,000 which will be sent immidiately to India for disbursing to the needy. We are now short of $407,000 to reach our goal.

To raise funds for Sadharmiks in India, JAINA is planning to present a professionally produced play in Hindi based on the life of Daanveer Jagdusha Sheth on Saturday May 1st, 2021 at 5 pm PST. The play will webcast on JAINA.org, YouTube and Facebook. Enjoy the play and think about helping our Sadharmiks in India who are going through a really terrible time.

Names of every donor will be published on the screen during the show. Also we will publish the names of donors during the show as well. Those who donates $25,000 plus will get an opportunity to give a 60 seconds video message during the showing of the play.

Sadharmik Bhakti is one of our kartavya ( duty ) to help our Sadharmic Jain families during this unprecedented and difficult time. We urge every one of you to donate generously for this noble cause.

Sadharmik Bhakti funds will support the needy Jain families qualified by our well respected NGO partners. The NGO's even suppliments our funds with their own resources to increase the imact. Listen to the video below from the NGO's we work with in India. Shri Girishbhai of Samast Mahajan Trust and a video from Param Pujya Acharya Bhagwant Shrimad Vijay Rajhans Surishwarji Maharaj for Jain Education & EmpowermentTrust ( JEET )

For any questions please call

Prakash Mehta,
Chair - JAINA World Community Services
pmehta1851@gmail.com
Phone: 571 331 1851

or

Mahesh Wadher
JAINA President
Mahesh.Wadher@gmail.com
Phone: 909 376 4027

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

The donation checks need to be made payable to JAINA

In the memo put Sadharmik Bhakti Fund.

Mail to :
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