In this booklet, we have extensive discussion regarding Kāyotsarg i.e. total relaxation of the body accompanied by full awareness of the real self. What is relaxation? How does it differ from meditation? Can relaxation become meditation? What is the raison d'etre of relaxation? What benefits could be derived from relaxation? It is necessary t...
In publishing this booklet, it is hoped to bring to the reader, in simple language, some of the truths, already known to the ancient philosophies, and now known to modern science.
Age of Tension
In this age of techonology, industrialisation and over-urbanisation, we are constantly subjected to tremendous stresses and tensions. These, in turn...
A full day seminar on the literature of 17th century Jain Saint Brahm Mahatisagar is organized at Pune on Sunday, 14th March 2010.
The seminar will be inaugurated by Dr. Arun Adsul, Acting Vice Chancellor of Pune University at 9.00 A.M.
In first session of theseminar, five scholars will speak on Jainism in Maharashtra and its impact on other...
News in Hindi, Photos
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Shri Bhanwar lal Karnawat from Mumbai conveying his feeling
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A view of Yuvacharya Shree while giving discourse
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Smt. MANJU Wadala is singing a spiritual song to open the morning session
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A view of Yuvacharya Shree while ...
News in Hindi, Photos
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Distinguished Sufi Saints are honoring Acharya Mahapragya with the
specially prepared memento which carries the stamp of Sufi community. While
presenting the memento, Sufi Sayad Safi Vasan said that this memento is
very close to our heart and we are presenting it to the humanity orient...
News in Hindi, Photos
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People anxious to see the fusion of two different communities having
common aim of humanity
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Opening session of 2 days Spiritual Talk in which spiritual leaders of
Sufism and Jainism will discuss about the common features of Jainism &
Sufism
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10th Annual Jaina Lecture:
The Historical Development of the Jaina-Yoga System and the Impact of other Indian Yoga Systems on it: A Comparative and Critical Study
Sagarmal Jain (Pārśvanāth Vidyāpīṭh, Varanasi)
Date: 18 March 2010Time: 6:00 PM Finishes: 18 March 2010Time: 8:00 PM Venue: Brunei Gallery Room: Brunei Gallery Lectu...
The 39th IVU World Vegetarian Congress will be held in Indonesia this October: 1-6 Oct in Jakarta with an optional three days, 7-9 Oct, in Bali.
Congress organisers would like you to be aware of the following updates:
We will extend the early bird discount to April 1st, 2010, due to the many requests we have received from participants.
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HD Videos are now available on YouTube too. Also videos from the years 2004 - 2008.
As YouTube belongs to Google there might be access to HereNow4U's videos on Google in the future....
We had started our HD Video series on the first HD service on the web: Click on Pictures or Link
Eric Weiner...
The afternoon was left for program in Delhi. Departure to SriDungangarh was scheduled for next morning. We wanted to be there the last day of Maryada Mahotsav, one day after our anticipated arrival. So like the years before, our friend Swami Dharmananda ji had foreseen visits to Sadhvis and Munis actually staying in Delhi. This in fact was the ...
When the 3 of us landed in Delhi, January 20 2010, 01:30h a.m. felt like the middle of the night, which in fact it was. Our bio-systems took it for late evening, which in fact it was there where we had come from. Berlin winter with masses of snow was behind us, Delhi winter with unusually low temperatures ahead. Friends and relatives got slight...
Samani Akshay Pragya Samani Vinay Pragya Please see following details on the upcoming Children’s 4-day Spring Camp at JVB. A hardcopy registration form is attached. You can also register on line by clicking on the following,
http://www.jvbhouston.org/register4event-Mar152010.php?event=SpringCamp-March2010
Also, note Samniji’s Sunday Prav...
Jain Vishwa Bharati of North America
Welcomes
Samani Sanmati Pragya ji
and
Samani Shukla Pragya ji
(Disciples of H.H. Acharya Shri Mahapragyaji)
(arriving New Jersey on March 4th, 2010)
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JVBNA has organized Samanijis Swagat Samaroh & Monthly Satsang
On
Sunday, March 14th, 2010; 2:30PM (Sharp) – 5:00PM
At
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...doing our bit to help the people of Haiti, Kutch, and other vulnerable places ...
On Tuesday 12th January 2010, Haiti was struck by a catastrophic earthquake. 3 million people were affected and 1.2 million lost their homes. Thousands of children, some not even as old as yourselves, were left without food, and the comfort of their families. We...
10th Annual Jaina Lecture:
The Historical Development of the Jaina-Yoga System and the Impact of other Indian Yoga Systems on it: A Comparative and Critical Study
Sagarmal Jain (Pārśvanāth Vidyāpīṭh, Varanasi)
Date: 18 March 2010Time: 6:00 PM Finishes: 18 March 2010Time: 8:00 PM Venue: Brunei Gallery Room: Brunei Gallery Lectu...
Joung Jains Of America
Young Jains of America (YJA) cordially invites you to the 9th Biennial Convention at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, New Jersey from July 2-5, 2010! Sponsored by the Cherry Hill Jain Sangh, the Convention 2010 theme as chosen by over 400 respondents in our online survey is Inspire. Connect. Do the Jain Thi...
About: There is a timeless chasm existing between religion I philosophy and science. This has prevented each of them to be benefited by mutual interaction. The book is an humble attempt to bridge the chasm. According to Jainism, one of the oldest living religions and philosophies, karma is a psychophysical force of cyclic nature, i.e., it is the f...
About: For thousands of years the human mind has been a controversial subject and it is likely to be so in the future also for those who try to control it. However, the mind ceases to be a problem for those who are capable of entering into the self. Those given to spiritual sadhana view the mind and its problems in a different light. For them the ...
About: Where did the universe come from and where is it going? Did it have a beginning? How and why did it begin? What happened before that? Will it come to an end, or not? Did anybody create the universe? Is it static and unchanging or dynamic and mutable? These and many other questions regarding space, time, animate and inanimate orders of exist...
About: Mahavira's Teachings Jainism is one of the world's oldest religions. Much of its early history is not known, or has come down to us in a form in which historical fact is difficult to distinguish from miraculous stories. However we do know that this ancient religion was passed on to us through the high spiritual genius of one of the greatest...
About: Little is known about the Jain faith outside India, for the small Jain community has formed a gentle stream within the strong currents of the Indian mainstream. Though it shares many of its tenets with Hinduism, and is a contemporary of Buddhism, Jainism preaches an austere lifestyle, and has a philosophy all its own. However, Jain extravag...
About: Present book is written with a basic conviction that Acharya Mahapragya is a Super Intelligent human whose discourses and writings are based on the knowledge imparted by Lord Mahavira who was a Super Human Intelligence. Acharys Mahapregya is a living encyclopaedia of Jain teachings. In addition, he holds command on Ancient Indian Philosophy...
About: The chasm between Religion and Science is quite deep. This is because the scientific mind does not like to accept anything that cannot be experimentally proved while the religious mind needs no proof for anything laid down in the sacred scriptures. The chasm has, unfortunately, prevented mutual interaction, preventing each of them to be ben...
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IVU World Vegetarian Congress – Oct 2010 – Jakarta/Bali - Updates Scholarships in Bolivia to Study Veg Activism Miles of Files and Boulders of Folders on IVU Web Welcome to New IVU Members Call for Tax on Livestock Emissions Food for Life Global Distributes Veg Food in Haiti ...
Jain Vegans
Jain Vegans is proud to sponsor Chaitra Ayambil Oli
Oshwal Centre, 22nd to 30th March 2010
The forthcoming Chaitra Ayambil festival at Oshwal Centre (22nd to 30th March 2010) will be sponsored by Jain Vegans, a decision that was inspired by the late Devendrabhai Virchand Shah, a true friend of Jain Vegans, who passed away i...