Wish you and your family Happy Holidays! As we close out 2015, I take this opportunity
to THANK all the volunteers across 70+ Jain Centers in USA and Canada, JAINA Executive
Committee, BOD, and JAINA Committees for all your efforts in serving Jain Community,
promoting Jain values and keeping Jain Values alive through our next generation.
Enjoy a beautiful
Jain Digest and a spectacular JAINA Calendar you will be receiving over the Holidays.
Kindly provide your valuable feedback to me at adomadia@cisco.com.
Warm Regards,
Ashok Domadia
JAINA President
2. SPOTLIGHT
Pratima of Bhagwan Mahavir Stolen and Recoverd after 9 days.
Shri Kshatriyakund Teerth located in Lachwad, Bihar (India) is
Jain pilgrimage center as it is a birthplace of Bhagwan Mahavir. The teerthkshetra
is situated on the hill of the thick forest at a distance of 5 kilometers from the
Kshatriyakund.
A group of eight armed criminals escaped with an ancient idol of Bhagwan Mahavir
from a temple at Lachwad
in Jamui district on Friday night (November 28, 2015) around 1 am. The incident
has shocked members of Jain community around the world.
Read full article
3. JAINA PRESS RELEASE ON
PARIS ATTACK
14 November 2015, Washington,
DC --The Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA) representing 150,000
Jains condemns the despicable act of terror in Paris that took over 125 innocent
lives and injured more than 350 civilians. We are deeply saddened by this monumental
loss. Jainism holds that the taking of any life is a cardinal sin and we reiterate
that nothing can ever justify terrorism and murder. Our thoughts and prayers are
therefore with the victims and their families.
We stand in solidarity with all the people of France, and feel the pain they are
suffering from these actions. All people of faith and conscience must stand up against
violence, terrorism, extremism, bigotry, racism, and hate.
Read full article
4. DIWALI CELEBRATION AT
CAPITOL HILL
5. THE SECRET OF WINNING
SEMINAR
DECEMBER 18-21, 2015 IN PALITANA
The
Secret of Winning is a journey in itself. This leads us from the world that craves
and celebrates tangible happiness with a physical form to the very core of the meaning
and essence of being happy.
JYOT is coming up with series of workshops called “The Secrets of Winning”. These
workshops are aimed at providing a direct contact with the visionary of JYOT – an
invincible decoder of the most complex subject matters, cognoscente and expert in
various fields - Acharya Shree Yugbhushan Suriji.
Read full article
6. INTERESTED IN A TAX REDUCTION?
DONATE TO JAINA BEFORE END OF YEAR!
JAINA
has many charitable activities and programs it is undertaking to keep our Jain culture
and heritage alive in North America as well as promote a Jain Way of Life. The key
to our success is attributed to support from donors and professional volunteers
like you. We are organizing events in 40+ US states, at the White House in Washington
DC, and with the United Nations, to express the Jain values of compassion, nonviolence,
love, and peace for all.
Hopefully you can see that a tax deductible donation to support any of these wonderful
causes and projects are a very small investment in our future. Please click here to make your tax deductible donation before December
31, 2015. During this season of gratitude, we thank you for your continued generous
support to JAINA and its initiatives!