Pujya Gurudev’s Janma Jayanti this year falls on Monday 23rd April 2012; however the programme to pay our respects to him and celebrate his teachings will take place on:

Sunday 22nd April 2012:

08.15 – 08.30:  Jinendra Abhishek and Prakshalan
08.30 – 09.30:  Pujya Gurudev’s Video Pravachan
09.30 – 11.00:  Jinendra Puja, Gurudev’s Janma Vadhamna and Bhakti
11.00 – 11.30:  Talk on Gurudev

We hope as many of you that can will attend.

As circulated previously, an Extraordinary (Special) General Meeting of the Shree Digamber Jain Association membership will then take place on Sunday 22nd April 2012 at 11.30am to vote on the adoption of the new Constitution of the Association. We would urge all members of the Association to attend and vote on this important matter.

Wednesday 4th – Thursday 5th April
08.15 – 08.30: Jinendra Abhishek & Prakshalan

Friday 6th – Saturday 7th April
08.15 – 08.30: Jinendra Abhishek & Prakshalan
08.30 – 09.30: Gurudev’s CD Pravachan
09.30 – 10.30: Jinendra Puja and Bhakti
10.30 – 11.30: Swadhyay

Sunday 8th April
08.15 – 09.15: Gurudev’s CD Pravachan
09.15 – 10.30: Jinendra Maha-Abhishek, Puja and Bhakti
10.30 – 11.30: Swadhyay

Diwali
Diwali falls on Wednesday 26th October this year.
To celebrate, there will be a 5 day Panch Kalyanak Vidhan Puja starting on Saturday 22nd October up to Wednesday 26th October 2011 as per the normal weekend and weekday timetable.

Timetable on Diwali:

AM
08.00 – 08.30 am: Jinendra Maha-Abhishek
08.30 – 09.30 am: Jinendra Puja
09.30 – 10.30 am: Pujya Gurudev’s CD Pravachan
10.30 – 11.30 am: Swadhyay
PM
07.30 – 08.00 pm: Bhakti
08.00 – 09.00 pm: Aarti & Swadhyay

We hope to see as many of you on the day!

Jai Jinendra!

Paryushan Parva takes place from 2nd – 11th September 2011 and we look forward to receiving Pundit Virendraji who will guide us through the celebrations this year. Pt Virendraji is well versed in Jain Tattva as propagated by Pujya Gurudevshree and is very experienced in imparting this in an easily understood form. His programme will commence on Thursday 1st September evening until Tuesday 13th September morning. The programme will be as follows:

THURSDAY 1st SEPTEMBER 2011

20.00 – 20.30:  Jinendra Bhakti
20.30 – 21.30:  Pundit Virendraji’s Swadhyay

FRIDAY 2nd – SATURDAY 10th SEPTEMBER 2011

Paryushan Mornings

Weekdays
08.15 – 08.30:  Jinendra Abhishek
08.30 – 09.30:  Das Laxan Puja
09.30 – 10.30:  Pundit Virendraji’s Swadhyay
10.30 – 11.30:  Gurudev’s CD Pravachan
Weekends
08.15 – 08.30:  Jinendra Abhisek
08.30 – 09.30:  Gurudev CD Pravachan
09.30 – 10.30:  Das Laxan Puja
10.30 – 11.30:  Pundit Virendraji’s Swadhyay

Paryushan Evenings

19.00 – 19.30:  Jinendra Bhakti
19.30 – 20.30:  Pratikraman
20.30 – 20.45:  Jinendra Aarti
20.45 – 21.45:  Pundit Virendraji’s Swadhyay

SUNDAY 11th SEPTEMBER 2011 – Last day of Paryushan

Morning
08.00 – 09.00:  Gurudev CD Pravachan
09.00 – 11.00:  Jinendra Maha-Abhishek and Das Laxan Puja
11.00 – 12.00:  Pundit Virendraji’s Swadhyay

Evening
19.00 – 20.30:  Pratikraman
20.30 – 20.45:  Jinendra Aarti
20.45 – 21.45:  Pundit Virendraji’s Swadhyay

MONDAY 12th SEPTEMBER 2011

Morning
08.15 – 08.30:  Jinendra Abhishek
08.30 – 09.30:  Jinendra Puja
09.30 – 10.30:  Pundit Virendraji’s Swadhyay
10.30 – 11.30:  Gurudev’s CD Pravachan
Evening
20.00 – 20.30:  Jinendra Bhakti
20.30 – 21.30:  Pundit Virendraji’s Swadhyay

TUESDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 2011 – Kshamavani Day

Morning
08.15 – 08.30:  Jinendra Abhishek
08.30 – 09.30:  Jinendra Puja
09.30 – 10.30:  Gurudev’s CD Pravachan
10.30 – 11.00:  Kshamaapna
11.00 – 11.30:  Pundit Virendraji’s Swadhyay

Pledges for Das Laxan Puja this year are £21/day or £51 for all 10 days, please inform the EC should you wish to sponsor the Puja on any of the days. Overall, we will endeavour to adhere as closely as we can with the above timings but please bear with us if we are by a few minutes. Pt Virendraji will be taking the following topics during Paryushan Parva:

Mornings: Samaysar Moksh Adhikar
Evenings: 6 Dhala and/or Moksh Marg Prakashak

Should anyone wish to host Pt Virendraji during his stay, please contact any of the EC. The period of hosting is flexible and we can accomodate even a few days per household. The benefits of hosting a Vanchankaar extends across the entire family generations and having such exclusive access to a Jain scholar can be very advantageous to address one’s queries, cement understanding and open up new avenues of thought.

Dhwaja Rohan & Swami Vatsalya Bhojan

The Dhwaja Rohan ceremony and Swami Vatsalya bhojan will take place on Sunday 18th September 2011. The Dhwaja is a symbol of any Mandir to highlight to any Saadharmi that here resides a virtual Samovasaran! and the Dhwaja Rohan (flag raising) ceremony is symbolic in cementing that Jain Dharma is well and truly alive in this 5th era. We will complement the day with the annual Swami Vatsalya Bhojan, a delightful and almost inherent event where fellow Saadharmis will come together to mark the end of Paryushan, giving us an opportunity to strengthen the unity and spirit of our Mandal. On this day, we will conduct Jinendra Maha-Abhishek at a later time to enable those that may have not participated or witnessed this wonderful and humbling ceremony before. It is an ideal opportunity to introduce this privileged activity to the younger generation and we would enourage all families with little ones to attend.

The programme for the day will be as follows:

08.15 – 09.15:  Gurudev’s CD Pravachan
09.15 – 10.30:  Jinendra Maha-Abhishek & Puja
10.30 – 11.15:  Swadhyay
11.15 – 12.00:  Dhwaja Rohan
12.30 – 14.00:  Swami Vatsalya Bhojan at Harrow Teachers College, Tudor Road, Harrow, HA3 5PQ

To enable an accurate list for catering purposes, please give your names if you will be attending to Dilipbhai or Sandipbhai. The bhojan will be free for all members however it does require to be funded as a separate event. We estimate that the average cost per person inclusive of meal, hall hire, etc is £10 and the Mandal would need to raise at least £2000 towards this. We would therefore welcome any donations towards the bhojan fund, please contact any of the EC should you wish to contribute. There will be a £5 charge for any guest/non-members over 10 years. Also, on the day, we would be very grateful for any volunteers who are able to help.

Annual General Meeting

The AGM this year will take place on Sunday 9th October 2011, the programme for the day will be:

08.15 – 08.30:  Jinendra Abhisek
08.30 – 09.30:  Gurudev’s CD Pravachan
09.30 – 10.30:  Jinendra Puja
11.00 – TBC:  AGM at Old Lyonian Sports and Social Club, Pinner View, Harrow, HA1 4QF (Opposite 39 Pinner View)

Formal notices and agenda will be circulated in due course.

This time of year is always special for our Association. It is now almost 5 years to the day when we celebrated the Panch Kalyanak Mahotsav in 2006 with immense enthusiasm, vigour and joy. Pratishta Day will fall this year on 13th August and we will celebrate this with a Panch Kalyanak Vidhaan Puja from the Tuesday 9th – Saturday 13th August. Also, Benshree Champaben’s 98th Janma Mahotsav falls on Monday 15th August; she has been instrumental in augmenting the true understanding of ‘self’ that was re-initiated by Pujya Gurudev. To celebrate Benshreeben’s Janma Jayanti there will take place a Ratnatray Vidhaan Puja from Sunday 14th – Tuesday 16th August and Vadhaamna on Sunday 14th and Monday 15th August. The daily programme for the upcoming celebrations is as below:

Tuesday 9th – Friday 12th August

08.15 – 08.30   Jinendra Abhishek
08.30 – 09.30   Panch Kalyanak Vidhaan Puja
09.30 – 10.30   Pujya Gurudev’s CD Pravachan
10.30 – 11.30   Swadhyay

Saturday 13th August
08.30 – 09.30   Pujya Gurudev’s CD Pravachan
09.30 – 11.00   Maha Mastak Abhisek including 61 inch Pratima of Mahavir Bhagwan & Panch Kalyanak Vidhaan Puja
11.00 – 11.30   Short Pratishta DVD

The above celebrations over one week offers several opportunities for all the family to attend and we hope as many of you that can will attend.

Jai Jinendra!

MORNINGS

Weekday
08.15 – 08.30am: Jinendra Abhishek
08.30 – 09.30am: Jinendra Puja
09.30 – 10.30am: Swadhyay – Pandit Hukumchand Bharill
10.30 – 11.30am: Pujya Gurudev’s Pravachan

Weekend
08.15 – 08.30am: Jinendra Abhishek
08.30 – 09.30am: Pujya Gurudev’s Pravachan
09.30 – 10.30am: Jinendra Puja
10.30 – 11.30am: Swadhyay – Pandit Hukumchand Bharill

EVENINGS
08.15 – 08.30pm: Jinendra Bhakti
08.30 – 09.30pm: Swadhyay – Pandit Hukumchand Bharill

The topics for Swadhyay will be:

Weekend
Morning: Namokar Mantra
Evening: Samyaktvo nu Purusharth

Weekday
Morning and evening: Samaysaar Gaatha – TBC

We in the UK are very fortunate that we have speakers of such calibre visiting us to give us the benefit of their knowledge and it is our hope that all of us make time from our busy schedules to further each of our spiritual journeys.

We hope to see you all there!

Jai Jinendra!