Digamber Jains London

SHREE DIGAMBER JAIN ASSOCIATION www.mahavirjaintemple.com
 
Jai Jinendra!
 
Volunteers
Thank you to all for attending the volunteers meeting last Sunday and showing the immense enthusiasm; we can see the high spirit of the people participating in this big event.
As discussed in the meeting, each and everyone of you can help us with any of the below activities. To do this, please contact the respective heads and they can take you on board.
Please see details of the each of the activity, Leader name and contact details.
1. Rath Yatra Procession

Tejash bhai Shah – tejash.2.shah@gsk.com
2. Hall Management

Rahul bhai – torahulj@gmail.com
3. Abhishek Vidhan and Puja

Vibhor bhai – vibhorsinghal@rediffmail.com
4. Catering

Jyotu bhai – jyotu_dhanani@hotmail.com
5. Cultural Programme

Priti ben – preetived13@googlemail.com

Chirag bhai chimehta@gmail.com
Please note that rather than simply sending your name as a volunteer, it would help us greatly if you would please mention your area of interest so that you can get involved in the area from the planning stage itself.
Many thanks.
 
Jai Jinendra!

SHREE DIGAMBER JAIN ASSOCIATION www.mahavirjaintemple.com

 

Jai Jinendra!

2016 promises to be a year to remember with exciting and eagerly anticipated opportunities to inspire us all. The line up of visiting lecturers to London, the 10th Anniversary of our Pratishta and Vidhaan Puja in Nairobi, along with the regular adult classes and children’s Pathshala cannot fail to awaken within us all the motivation to advance on our spiritual journeys.
Please see below important dates to be aware of, save on calenders, clear diaries for, put up on notice boards, take annual leave for and generally make that little effort now for huge dividends to come. None of us can know now which event, lecture, Puja verse, Bhakti, swadhyay or chintwan will kindle that critical moment of self realisation for us but we know that appropriate effort on our part is vital and essential and we sincerely hope that that day comes very soon.

Friday 29th April 2016 – Monday 2nd May 2016
Tatvarth Sutra Vidhaan, Nairobi
Shree Digamber Jain Mumukshu Mandal, Nairobi, Kenya
Please see invitation attached

Friday 6th May 2016 – Monday 16th May 2016
Fulchandji Shastri, London
Also celebrating Gurudev’s Janma Jayanti which falls on Sunday 8th May 2016

Tuesday 5th July 2016 – Monday 11th July 2016
Dr Sanjeevji Godha, London

Monday 8th August 2016 – Sunday 21st August 2016
Sanjayji Shastri and Br Hemantbhai Gandhi, London
Also celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Pratishta (Friday 12th August – Sunday 14th August 2016) and 

Pujya Benshreeben’s 103rd Janma Jayanti (Saturday 20th August 2016)

Monday 5th September 2016 – Saturday 17th September 2016
Nileshbhai Shah, London
Celebrating Paryushan

Further details to come…

Jai Jinendra!

The long awaited Paathshaala for kids over the age of 4 is well on its way! A big big congratulations to the kids and teachers for giving their time on Sundays between 10.30-11.30am. Come along and join in the fun. 

  

  

SHREE DIGAMBER JAIN ASSOCIATION www.mahavirjaintemple.com
 

Jai Jinendra!
Dhwaja Rohan & Swami Vatsalya Bhojan 

Sunday 4th October 2015
We eagerly await this coming Sunday’s event of the annual Dhwaja Rohan followed by the Swami Vatsalya Bhojan. The programme for the day will be as follows:

 

08.00 – 09.00: Gurudev’s CD Pravachan
09.00 – 10.00: Jinendra Abhishek & Puja
10.00 – 10.30: Swadhyay by Pt.Saurabhji
10.30 – 11.30: Dhwaja Rohan
12.00 – 15.00: Swami Vatsalya Bhojan @ Masefield Suite, Harrow Leisure Centre, Christchurch Ave, HA3 5BD

We hope to see you all with your children and entire family on Sunday.
Please also note that Pt. Saurabhji’s classes will resume from tomorrow, Friday 2nd October and Vi. Niravbhai’s classes will resume from Wednesday 7th October. The classes run from 8-9pm.

Jai Jinendra!!

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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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