On Sunday, 28th June 2015, the IOJ Education Team drove to Leicester at the invitation of Shri Smrutiben Shah, Religious Portfolio Holder, OAUK Leicester Branch. A two hour inter-active session on Jiva and Ajiva had been arranged at the Coleman Neighbourhood Centre. The session was attended by 40 people who, after initial hesitation, participated well[…]
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The Institute in collaboration with the Oshwal Association of the UK (NW London Area) are presenting an interactive practical workshop on Jainism. The presentation will be made by the Education Team of the Institute. The workshop will primarily concentrate on discussing the significance of Jain rituals and how they help in achieving our quest for[…]
Following Svadhyaya is being announced by the South Area of Oshwal Association of the United Kingdom. Day and Date: Saturday, 3rd August, 2013 Time: 8.00 PM to 9.30 PM ~ Please be seated by 7.45 PM Venue: Oshwal Mahajanwadi, Address: Oshwal House, 1 Campbell Road Croydon Surrey CR0 2SQ Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 8683 0258 (2pm to 5pm weekdays only)[…]
Members of IOJ Education Team: Prakash Patalia, Jyotsna Samji, Shruti Malde and Trusit Shah drove to Northampton on Friday 14th September to celebrate Paryushan weekend with the community. They were kindly hosted by Fulavantiben Shah. They attended the Pratikraman and Bhavna on Friday evening. On Saturday, 15th they ran a workshop on Paryushan and Pratikraman[…]
Singapore Jain Religious Society [SJRS] requested Institute of Jainology to assign Harshad Nandlal Sanghrajka to lead the Paryushan Parvas in Singapore. The Board agreed and plans were put in to place. Since there was a gap of one month between the Sthanakvasi and Murtipujak Paryushan, SJRS made arrangements with locations in Malaysia to organise svadhyayas[…]
Dr Harshad Sanghrajka, Institute’s Director visited Nairobi in March 2012 at the invitation of the Visa Oshwal Community of Nairobi (VOC) to deliver a course on Jainism. This was a follow up tour on the highly successful tour to Nairobi in August 2011. The course, Foundation in Jain Studies, developed by the Institute and delivered[…]
September 6, 2011 was a gorgeous day for all the Jains of the world and especially for the Jains of North America. It was a nice, sunny day in Southern California. Local Jain community members and Jains from all over America had arrived in their festive costumes with great expectations on the occasion of “Pratistha[…]
JAIN TALES The Institute is proud to have launch its latest publication, Jain Tales during the Ahimsa Day Celebration on 20th October at the House of Commons. Jain Tales is the 2nd book in the Learn Jainism series, which together with the accompanying websire – LearnJainism.org – meet the needs of the National Curriculum for[…]
Our Institute has organised a very successful seminar on Manuscriptology recently in Ahmedabad. In appreciation of the quality and success of that seminar, and at the same time recognising the need not only for such seminars but also the need for establishing study centres for our precious heritage, several articles have appeared in Indian dailies[…]
Following the successful tour of the Far East last year, Dr Sanghrajka went on a more ambitious tour of almost two months this year. A summary of his tour report is given here. Photos from this exhaustive tour will b e uploaded in coming days. Please feel free to make comments or observation on the[…]