Can you hold a red-hot iron rod in your hand merely because someone wants you to do so? Then, will it be right on your part to ask others to do the same thing just to satisfy your desires? If you cannot tolerate infliction of pain on your body or mind by others' words and actions, what right have you to do the same to others through your words and deeds?"

- Bhagwan Mahavir

Visiting Jain Teerths are auspicious life-time opportunities one can get, but finding and booking near-by Dharmashala to the Teerth is tiresome work. Go Jain Yatra is one such website, which allows yatris to book any Dharmashla in India just on one click. Website provides room rates, photographs, facilities, bhojanshala timings of Dharmashalas to choose convinient option. Website also provides State-wise list of all teerths, dharmashalas, taxi bookings for pick up & drop, siteseeings etc.

Can you put your experiences into words? If you think it comes pretty easily to you, we want to hear from you. JAINA is hosting ‘Young Writers Competition 2016’ for youth. Please submit your article on Growing up in North America as a Jain or Learning about Jainism. The best article will get published in August 2016 edition of Jain Digest and the winner will receive $250 as an honorarium.

Once Lord Mahavir arrived in the city of Rajgruhi. He was accompained by the royal sage (Rajarshi) Prasannachandra. Rajarshi Muni used to execute severe penance simply by staring at the fire-emitting Sun, with his one leg up and both arms raised straight. Magadha king Shrenik was completely impressed by such severe penance and politely questioned Lord Mahavir, “O Lord, suppose this monk performing severe penance, passes away at this particular moment, what state would he achieve after his death?”

In last newsletter, we had learnt some important regimens to take care of the Heart. Here’s the rest of the chat-transcript with Dr. Devi Shetty, a renowned Heart Specialist.

13. Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy? Yes.
14. Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true? Yes,co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child.

Recently, on Mangalam Show, Shri Anop Vora shared his view on the current world situation marked by terrorist-driven killing of hundreds of innocent people and how the Jain belief system, control of toxic emotions and the principles of Ahimsa, Anekantwad, and Aparigrah can transform the people from within and help establish the peace in the world. Click links below to know more.

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