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Dear Sadharmiks,
Jai Jinendra! Pranam!
Every year on the day of Bakri Eid we see millions of animals are slaughtered across the world as an integral part of the festival. We cannot stop this slaughter completely, but what we can do is observe Tap for the animals whose lives ended and pray to take us all on the path of humanity and compassion. Please join us in observing one day Fast or Ayambil on Bakri Eid and pray for their souls to find peace.
Inside the Jain Digest June 2022, Hema Pokharna brings to us the story of Sindhutai Sapkal. A woman who was considered as Mother Teresa of Maharashtra state in India. Read about her ability to overcome unimaginable pain & struggle, her compassion & devotion, her ability to forgive & be grateful, and her humility & detachment.
JAINA-ALC, along with the Jain Center of Greater Boston and the International Center of Jainism and Science, has organized a 2-day International Symposium on July 9-10, 2022. Please watch the event on Zoom. Details are mentioned below.
We are so happy to see Jain Center of New Jersey celebrating the 24 Bhavtirth Yatra at a grand scale and make it a dazzling success. Please check their photos below. This is a great ways to bring the community together and spread Jainism.
Watch an Indian-American teen sharing his thoughts on Karma during a TEDx event by local community.
Sincerely,
Haresh Shah,
JAINA President
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Participate in JAINA Convention 2023 Logo Competition
Last one week remaining to send your entry for JAINA Convention 2023 logo designing competition. The Convention theme is “Maximize Human Potential - The Jain Way”. Please find the
guidelines to participate and more information on the competition and send your entry by July 15, 2022.
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Join Us In Fasting On Bakri Eid
Every year on the day of Bakri Eid millions of animals, most prominently goats but also cows, sheep, buffalos, and camels are slaughtered across the world as an integral part of the Islamic festival.
To counter the killings and express our solidarity with the animals, JAINA encourages each one of you and your family members to observe a Tap like Fasting or Ayambil. The idea behind this voluntary penance is to inflict suffering on oneself and share the pain of the animals that are slaughtered on the day of Bakri Eid. We request you to join us in fasting as well as encourage others to do Tap.
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Inside June 2022 Jain Digest
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Sindhutai Sapkal - An Embodiment of Love, Divinity, and Resilience
By Hema Pokharna
Sindhutai Sapkal was a powerful, compassionate woman and was considered as Mother Teresa of Maharashtra state in India. She was a social worker and social activist known particularly for her work in raising orphaned children in India. In addition to the other 750 awards, she was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021 in the Social Work category.
The author, Hema Pokharna, brings to us the story of Sindhutai’s ability to overcome unimaginable pain & struggle, her compassion & devotion, her ability to forgive & be grateful, and her humility & detachment. Hema says, “Sindhutai brings vulnerable, visionary wisdom with lessons to embrace the fullness of what it means to be human – especially in a world of polarity and violence – and what the world could be like if we made it fully human.”
read the full article
Jain Digest June 2022
Jain Digest
Are you interested in writing an article for the October 2022 Jain Digest? Please write to us at jaindigestpublication@gmail.com or send a WhatsApp message to +1 (310) 721-5947 to discuss. The deadline to send us an article is August 15, 2022.
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JAINA ALC - International Symposium 2022
JAINA-ALC, along with the Jain Center of Greater Boston and the International Center of Jainism and Science is organizing a 2-day International Symposium, to address the Dating of Mahavira Nirvana, on July 9-10, 2022 in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Please find more details.
In this symposium, we have invited brilliant scholars who have an outstanding understanding of both Indian history and Jain history with the hope that the symposium will resolve the present discrepancies that exist in history books regarding the year of Mahavira nirvana.
Read more about the Symposium and find the
detailed schedule.
Click here for zoom link
Meeting ID: 876 0765 5060 | Passcode: 123456
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Jain Center Latest News
The Jain Center of New Jersey had a very successful Bhavtirth Pratishtha Mahotsav. Please look at some of the photos from the Mahotsav. If you have missed it, you can watch the Mahostsav at JCNJ Youtube
here.
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Karma and How We Create It by a Teen
Watch this Indian-American Teen sharing what is Karma at TEDx conference that was organized by the local community. Do you agree to his viewpoint?
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