Reminder Paryushana

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Paryushan Parva 2015

Friday 18th September till Sunday 27th September

As we approach Paryushan, we are presented once again with an excellent opportunity to make significant in-roads in embarking and furthering our individual spiritual journeys, journeys that we are all priveleged in even being able to make in the first place, journeys that we may not have the opportunity to make again for an awfully long time. So come and join the celebrations of Paryushan!
This year, we will have the benefit of Vidhvaan Atulbhai Kamdar’s expert and insightful mastery of tatva -both mornings and evenings. He will try and conduct the programme in Hindi over the weekends. 

Atulbhai will be staying at the mandir. Please put your names down for helping out with his meals, the list is on the notice board.
Weekdays 

08.00 – 08.15: Jinendra Prakshalan 

08.15 – 09.30: Das Laxan Puja 

09.30 – 10.30: Atulbhai’s Swadhyay

10.30 – 11.30: Pujya Gurudev’s CD Pravachan
19.00 – 19.30: Jinendra Bhakti 

19.30 – 20.30: Pratikraman 

20.30 – 20.45: Jinendra Aarti 

20.45 – 21.45: Atulbhai’s Swadhyay 
Weekends 

08.15 – 09.45: Jinendra Prakshalan & Puja

09.45 – 10.45: Atulbhai’s Swadhyay

10.45 – 11.45: Pujya Gurudev’s CD Pravachan

18.30 – 19.00: Jinendra Bhakti

19.00 – 20.00: Pratikraman

20.00 – 20.15: Jinendra Aarti 

20.15 – 21.15: Atulbhai’s Swadhyay
We have tried to adjust the timings so that maximum number of people can take part in all the programme. Please bear with us if there is a delay of a few minutes here or there in any of the above timings. For those unable to attend, we will endeavour to broadcast the lectures on www.ustream.tv , search – Digamberjainism.

 

Dhwaja Rohan & Swami Vatsalya Vegan Bhojan

Sunday 4th October 2015
The Dhwaja Rohan ceremony and Swami Vatsalya bhojan will take place on Sunday 4th October . The Dhwaja is a symbol of any Mandir to highlight to any Saadharmi that here resides a virtual Samovasaran in these premises! 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:

08.00 – 09.00: Gurudev’s CD Pravachan
09.00 – 10.15: Jinendra Maha-Abhishek, Prakshalan & Puja
10.15 – 11.00: Swadhyay
11.00 – 12.00: Dhwaja Rohan
12.30 – 14.30: Swami Vatsalya Bhojan at Masefield Suite, Harrow Leisure Centre, Christchurch Ave, HA3 5BD
  
The boli for the Dhwaja Rohan will take place on Sunday 27th September am, 2015.
To enable an accurate list for catering purposes, please give your names if you will be attending to Nileshbhai, our pujari on 07931707562, by Sunday 27th September at the latest.We estimate that the average cost per person inclusive of a vegan meal, hall hire, etc is £8 per person . This charge will be applied to the non members over the age of 8. As every year, please inform the EC if anyone would like to donate specifically to the Swamivatsalya Bhojan to mark any personal special occasion.
This year we are supporting the Jain Vegans Working Group and their ‘GIVE UP DAIRY FOR PARYUSHANA’. During the festival, many of you will be planning to fast in some way.In addition to the activities you will already be planning this year, we humbly request you to also consider giving up dairy products. Avoiding dairy can help stop the violence inflicted on cows in milk production. It can also help cultivate self control, and reduce your environmental footprint.
For further information, please visit the Jain Vegans website www.jainvegans.org/paryushan-video/ and 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TL5vH9M-J8&feature=youtu.be.Please find attached various information on the campaign.

Finally, we have the following fund raising schemes also in place. Kindly take part in dharma daan by way of:
1) Mangal Kalash to be installed on Day 1 on Mandlo – Center @ £75 and rest 4 sides @ £51 each.  
2) Arti for each day of Paryushan – boli
3) Paryushan Puja – 10 days @ £51 and 1 day @ £11 
4) Paryushan fund
5) SV Bhojan fund
PLEASE REMEMBER WE HAVE LIMITED PARKING NEAR THE MANDIR, SO PLEASE CAR SHARE AND PARK WITH CONSIDERATION TO THE NEIGHBOURS, NOT BLOCKING ANY DRIVEWAYS OR GARAGES. PLEASE LEAVE THE MANDIR QUIETLY AT NIGHT.
Jai Jinendra!!
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