Dear Sadharmik brothers and sisters,
Jai Jinendra!

Sadharmik Bhakti is an integral and unique feature of Jain tradition and has a far deeper meaning and significance. This being one of our duties, I urge every one of you to donate generously to JAINA Sadharmik Bhakti Fund to help the needy and the poor Sadharmik Jain families in India. The donations we receive will be sent through reputable NGOs with proper FCRA documentation. To donate, please click on Sadharmik Bhakti Fund Button given below.

Kindly read the COVID-19 experiences of Jain kids as wells as adults in the October 2020 Jain Digest issue below. I am sure the responses will give you a feeling of community and some comfort knowing that we are all together in this difficult time. The issue, also, has various articles that discuss the Pandemic from the Jainism perspective. Hope you enjoying reading the October Jain Digest 2020 issue.

Attend a virtual inaugural of UCI Shri Parshvanath Ethical Innovations Lecture on November 11, 2020. The webinar will focus on ‘Alternatives to Animal Testing: From Organs on Chips to Functional Chip Systems’. Please find the registration and other details below.

On October 2, 2020, One JAIN inaugurated Ahimsa Peace Garden in Harrow, UK to commemorate Gandhiji's year-long celebrations of the 150th Birth Anniversary. During the program, Young Jains performed live Bhakti and delivered a short presentation entitled 'Celebrating Gandhiji's Virtues' reminding us of Gandhiji's strength through Ahimsa, Truth & Courage amongst other values which he himself had imbibed from his spiritual guide, the Jain philosopher, and poet Shrimad Rajchandraji. Read about the whole event here.

On October 3, 2020, the Jain Society of Greater Atlanta had virtual Panch-Tirthi Chaitya Paripati. Read on which route they followed for the Chaitya Paripati.

Muni Shri Praman Sagar Ji Maharaj will address the unique problems faced by our sadharmis, residing in a foreign land ‘Special Shanka Samadhan Webinar’ 4 on October 15, 2020. Webinar registration and question sending details are mentioned below.

Sincerely,

Mahesh Wadher
JAINA President

COVID-19 Experiences of Jain Community – Age 10 to 13.

Shanaya Pokharana from Memphis, Tennessee says “This experience has taught me to be grateful for little things in life. I also recited Navakar mantra every day.”

To read more such responses from children age 10 to 13, go to

Responses 10 to 13 Years

To read the full October 2020 Jain Digest, go to:

Jain Digest October 2020

University of California, Irvine invites you to attend the virtual inaugural of UCI Shri Parshvanath Ethical Innovations Lecture. The topic of the lecture would be ‘Alternatives to Animal Testing: From Organs on Chips to Functional Chip Systems’

Don Ingber's team is creating organs on chips that mimic the dynamic physical environment, movements, and interactions of actual bodily organs, which can then be linked together in functional systems. This innovation promises to speed regulatory approval and decrease animal models. Students, faculty, and friends in humanities, medicine, engineering, and biosciences and beyond, are invited to join this multidisciplinary conversation.

Attend the webinar on Sunday, Nov 11, 2020, at 4:00 p.m. (PT) | Register here for the webinar link.

Questions and discussion will be moderated by UCI faculty Brian Cummings (School of Medicine) and Brianne Donaldson (School of Humanities).

On October 3, 2020, the Jain Society of Greater Atlanta had virtual Panch-Tirthi Chaitya Paripati where they followed the below route:

• Atlanta (Shri Adinath Bhagwan and Shri Mahavir Swami Bhagwan)
• Boston (Shri Parshwanath Bhagwan)
• San Francisco (Shri Adinath Bhagwan)
• Los Angeles (Shri Mahavir Swami Bhagwan)
• Phoenix (Shri Adinath Bhagwan and Shri Mahavir Swami Bhagwan)
• Atlanta (Aarti/Divo in Shri Adinath Temple)

To address the unique problems faced by our sadharmiks, residing in a foreign land ‘Special Shanka Samadhan Webinar’ 4 has been planned on October 15, 2020.

During the webinar, Muni Shri PramanSagar Ji Maharaj will give a solution to any problem (be it spiritual or worldly) in a spur of a minute that is based on practical Jain philosophy. The remaining questions from the previous Webinar will be answered in this one. Please plan to join Live Webinar and take the labh of Saakshaat Darshan and Dharam. Any concern please contact Nitin Ajmera and Shefali Ajmera at 516-857-7528 or email at Shefali@Gunayatan.org.

To attend the webinar, register here. If you want an answer from Muni Shri, please submit your questions.

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