Digamber Jains London

Paryushan Parva

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.

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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.

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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.