1. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Jai Jinendra!

The Summer Program run by International School for Jain Studies (ISJS) has enrolled almost fifty plus students for this year.This program provides an opportunity to pursue Jain Studies in India.Further details regarding this are given below.

Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago is bringing forward a spiritual and fun filled mahotsav of ten days from June 22nd to July 1st 2018 to celebrate its 25th Pratishtha Anniversary. I, as a JAINA President would take the opportunity to congratulate the entire JSMC team for its great teamwork and dedicated efforts. Additional details regarding the celebration are given below.

Warm Regards,
Gunvant Shah
JAINA President
06-09-2018

4. SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM BY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR JAIN STUDIES

This year, some 63 students have enrolled for the four Summer Programs offered by the International School for Jain Studies (ISJS) starting June 22. The ISJS Summer program is intended to provide students the opportunity to pursue Jain studies in India.

The course includes daily lectures, travel to places of historical significance, interaction with Jain communities and participation in cultural activities. The summer school program include two courses of four and six weeks respectively, a course on Jain Yoga and a teachers training program. This year, 19 students from the US, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia and India applied for four and six weeks programs, 16 from the US and Zimbabwe applied for Peace teaching and 15 from the US applied for the teachers training program.

5. JAIN CENTER NEWS

The completion of twenty-five years of the first Shikhar Bandhi Derasar of North America is indeed a milestone for every jain in North America. It is a big achievement for JSMC to build, sustain, grow and also practice the message of Jain religion for last twenty-five years.

JSMC is truly blessed to have the divine presence of Mulnayak Shri Mahavir Swami, Shri Shankheshwara Parshwanath and Shri Adeshwar Dada in its temple.

JSMC is bringing forward a grand ten days Mahotsav to celebrate its 25th anniversary from June 22nd to July1st 2018. Many dignitaries will join the Mahotsav as the celebrations cannot begin without the blessings of Gurus and Pracharaks who have kept the preaching of Bhagwan Mahavir alive and helped us to follow their path. Visit www.jsmconline.org to know more about the celebration details.

6. YOU WILL NEVER LOOK AT YOUR LIFE IN THE SAME WAY AGAIN

7. JAIN STORY

 

KESARI

King Vijayachandra was the ruler of Kamrup city. In the same city, there lived a merchant named Sanghdatta, who had a son called Kesari. The merchant was known for his honesty, but his son was not. He was a thief. The merchant tried hard to change him, but he could not succeed. He was so fed up with his son's habit, that he gave up on him. The merchant went to the king and brought this matter to his attention.

He said, ‘I am ashamed that my son is like that. Please, you take care of him, because I do not want to have anything to do with him.’ The king called the son and asked him to leave his kingdom. Kesari left the town. While crossing the forest, he saw a water tank. He drank some water and sat down to rest. All of a sudden, he saw a man descending from the sky.

8. JAIN RECIPE

 

MANCHOW SOUP

Ingredients:

• 4 and 1/2 cups Clear vegetable stock
• 1/4 cup Finely chopped tomatoes
• 1/4 cup Finely chopped capsicum
• 2 tbsp Finely chopped cauliflower
• 1/4 cup Finely chopped cabbage
• 1/4 tsp Dried ginger powder
• 1 tbsp Finely chopped fresh mint     leaves
• 1 tbsp Chopped coriander
• 3 tsp Soy sauce
• 2 tbsp Cornflour dissolved in 1/2 cup
• 1 tbsp Oil
• Salt to taste
• Fried noodles and chopped coriander to garnish

Method:

1. Heat the oil in a wok over a high flame. Add the vegetables, dry ginger powder and stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes over a high flame.

2. Add the stock, mint, coriander, soy sauce, salt and pepper. Stir well. Add the cornflour mixture and simmer for 1 minute.

3. Garnish with fried noodles and coriander. Serve hot.

Clear vegetable stock can be prepared by boiling vegetables like cauliflower, celery and cabbage along with whole cloves, cinnamon and bayleaf in a vessel full of water for about 30 minutes and then straining and discarding the vegetables.

9. QUIZ ANSWER

A 1: Moksha means salvation that is when a soul has shed off all of its karmas and thereafter, that soul does not go through the cycle of birth and death ever again.

A 2: They are also called Kevali, Jina, Tirthankar, or Vitragi.