Jain Milan 2016 event will be held from December 2-4 in Newark, New Jersey. Please
forward this Newsletter to anyone who may benefit from this event. Details are provided
below.
Sincerely,
Ashok Domadia
JAINA President
Chairman - JAINA BOD
QUOTE
OF THE WEEK
Non-possessiveness controls the senses in the same way as a hook controls the elephant.
As a ditch is useful for the protection of a town, so is non-attachment for the
control of the senses.
JAIN MILAN
- 2016
Jain Milan is an opportunity for Jain youths between the age of 22 to 42 to meet
in person, to make friends, to engage in networking, and to find a life partner.
In the past Jain Milan sessions facilitated the interactions through Ice-breakers,
interactive sessions, speed dating, Mixers, Meet & Greet Events, Relationship
Workshops, River Cruise and Garba-Raas. Though online and email communication
help to a certain extent, nothing comes close to meeting potential suitors in person.
Jain Milan is organized to encourage our Jain youth to meet other Jains for the
purpose of matrimony and to facilitate face-to- face meeting in a comfortable, welcoming
environment. There have been many success stories of people meeting during Jain
Milan, becoming friends and eventually getting married. Please do not miss this
opportunity for face to face meeting from around the country and world.
We are accepting registration forJain Milan 2016 – in-person event from December
2nd to December 4th 2016 @ Embassy Suites – Newark, New Jersey Airport.
JAIN CENTER
NEWS
JAIN SOCIETY OF HOUSTON SANGH
Jain Society of Houston Sangh and JSOC Pathshala celebrated the festival of Deepawali
with lot of zeal and enthusiasm this year. Pathshala students started the day by
learning how to perform chandan puja and then flower and chalk rangoli. Bhavna group
sang amazing stavans and songs while the men and women of the sangh joined in garba
and dandia. After rangoli, kids moved on to making vibrant torans and decorated
with gemstones, stickers and glitter. Kids then made aarti thali and decorated with
electric tea lights.All the kids joined in the Veer Sainik march and came to the
main hall with dhol, musical instruments, banners wishing everyone a Happy Diwali
with their decorated aarti thali, singing stavans. They all joined with the Bhavna
group to sing Aarti and Mangal Deevo. The energy in the temple could not be more
festive on that auspicious day as the kids chanted “Mahaveer Bhagvaan ki Jay” twenty
one times. No Indian festival is complete without amazing Indian food and all had
a variety of snacks followed by lunch..
JAIN STORY
KAMDEV SHRAVAK
Kamdev Shravak, a highly religious-minded and devoted soul was resident of the city
of Champanagari. Kamdev spent fourteen years in the service of religion. Then he
thought of renouncing everything and spending the rest of his life as an ascetic,
observing the twelve vows of Shravak. One morning he renounced the world and sat
in meditation. Once Indra Dev, during the course of his address before the religious
congregation, praised Kamdev for his deep involvement in matters religious. But…
KNOW YOUR
TIRTHANKAR
SUPARSHWANATH
Suparshwanath Bhagwan is the 7th Tirthankar of this Avsarpani Kal. He was the son
of King Pratisthit and Queen Prithvi. He was born in Varanasi. He attained Nirvana
in Samet Shikhar. He had 95 Gandhars and he took 3 Bhavs after Samyak Darshan to
attain Moksh. The topic of his first sermon was Anyatva Bhavna which means that
our soul and all the other things present in the world are different. Our soul is
one different entitiy and it should not be connected to anything in the world. Our
body is temporary but our soul is permanent. The demands of both soul and body are
contradicting in nature, like for example, our body needs food, but our soul doesn’t.
It is important for us to understand the needs of our soul because only that can
take us to Moksh. For us as humans, it is difficult to think from the view point
of our soul because for us our body is everything. The reason behind this difficulty
is Mohniya Karma. It is the king of all the Karmas and it is very difficult to defeat
it but it is not impossible. According to Anyatva Bhavna the person who strongly
believes in this,will never get unhappy in his life, because he knows the fact that
whatever is happening is happening to all the worldly things and none of them are
connected to his/her soul.
JAINA
CONVENTION
Wishing you a Happy New Year. Give yourself and your family a New Year gift by registering
for JAINA Convention 2017 to be held for first time for 5 days in New Jersey from
June 30 to July 4, 2017.
We will soon approach 2500 registrations. Registration price will change after 2500
Registrations.
Our eminent sadhus, sadhvijis and scholars and many scientists will be with us at
this convention sharing wonderful topics on “Jainism and Science” theme.
YJA hosted a few National Dinners this past weekend but there are still more to
come! Please encourage anyone you know between the ages of 14 and 29 to attend to
meet Jain youth in their area! To find upcoming events near you, visit the regional
pages listed below!
JAINA acknowledges the valuable contributions of the following new Donors to
JAINA General Fund:
Varshaben Patel ($251)
Rajendra Shah ($101)
Anil & Kokila Sheth ($51)
Hemant Vora ($21)
Vaibhav Jain ($11)
You are just a click away from a tax deductible donation to JAINA- your own community
organization.
INVITATION
TO SUBMIT STORY ON APARIGRAHA
JAINA is inviting Stories based on "Principle of Aparighra". The best story
will get published in our newsletter and at www.jaina.org. Please send your story
to submitstory@jaina.org
by 18th November, 2016.
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3. Writing style must be clear and easy to understand.
4. Please write your name, address and phone number along with the story.
5. Story is welcomed from anywhere in the world.
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Jai Jinendra!
Jain Society of Houston Sangh and JSOC Pathshala celebrated the festival of Deepawali
with lot of zeal and enthusiasm this year. Pathshala students started the day by
learning how to perform chandan puja and then flower and chalk rangoli. Bhavna group
sang amazing stavans and songs while the men and women of the sangh joined in garba
and dandia. After rangoli, kids moved on to making vibrant torans and decorated
with gemstones, stickers and glitter. Kids then made aarti thali and decorated with
electric tea lights.All the kids joined in the Veer Sainik march and came to the
main hall with dhol, musical instruments, banners wishing everyone a Happy Diwali
with their decorated aarti thali, singing stavans. They all joined with the Bhavna
group to sing Aarti and Mangal Deevo. The energy in the temple could not be more
festive on that auspicious day as the kids chanted “Mahaveer Bhagvaan ki Jay” twenty
one times. No Indian festival is complete without amazing Indian food and all had
a variety of snacks followed by lunch..
Kamdev Shravak, a highly religious-minded and devoted soul was resident of the city
of Champanagari. Kamdev spent fourteen years in the service of religion. Then he
thought of renouncing everything and spending the rest of his life as an ascetic,
observing the twelve vows of Shravak. One morning he renounced the world and sat
in meditation. Once Indra Dev, during the course of his address before the religious
congregation, praised Kamdev for his deep involvement in matters religious. But…
Suparshwanath Bhagwan is the 7th Tirthankar of this Avsarpani Kal. He was the son
of King Pratisthit and Queen Prithvi. He was born in Varanasi. He attained Nirvana
in Samet Shikhar. He had 95 Gandhars and he took 3 Bhavs after Samyak Darshan to
attain Moksh. The topic of his first sermon was Anyatva Bhavna which means that
our soul and all the other things present in the world are different. Our soul is
one different entitiy and it should not be connected to anything in the world. Our
body is temporary but our soul is permanent. The demands of both soul and body are
contradicting in nature, like for example, our body needs food, but our soul doesn’t.
It is important for us to understand the needs of our soul because only that can
take us to Moksh. For us as humans, it is difficult to think from the view point
of our soul because for us our body is everything. The reason behind this difficulty
is Mohniya Karma. It is the king of all the Karmas and it is very difficult to defeat
it but it is not impossible. According to Anyatva Bhavna the person who strongly
believes in this,will never get unhappy in his life, because he knows the fact that
whatever is happening is happening to all the worldly things and none of them are
connected to his/her soul.
JAINA is inviting Stories based on "Principle of Aparighra". The best story
will get published in our newsletter and at www.jaina.org. Please send your story
to 
