12.08.2016 ►JCSC ►Weekly News @ HereNow4U

Jain Center of Southern California

In This Issue

Ongoing Programs
Life Time Tithis
Upcoming Events
Dignitary Visits/Shibirs
Weekend Bhathu Program at JCSC
Paryushan Ekasana,Swamivatsalya & Parna RSVP
Paryushan Cultural Program Participation
Request for University Food Delivery Assistance
Wellness Challenge

Ongoing Programs | August 2016

Event	Date	Start Time
Daily Ashtprakari Puja	Daily	7:30 AM
Aarti-Mangal Divo	Weekdays	8:15 PM
Aarti-Mangal Divo	Sat/Sun/holidays	7:30 PM
Chundadi	Daily in the morning
Chaudus Pratikraman	8/17, 8/31	6:30 PM (week day) 5:00 PM (paryushan)
Monthly Snatra Puja and Navkar Mantra Jaap	(First Saturday of Lunar Month)	9:00 AM
Monthly Bhavna Bhakti	8/26	7:30 PM
JSG (No Pathshala class until October 1st)	Every Sunday: Gujarati class till Oct 1st (No class during Paryushan & Das Lakshana)	10:00 AM

Weekly Evening Swadhyay	Every Mon,Tue & Thu (No Swadhyay class during Paryushan & Das Lakshana)
Shri Adhyatmsar Granth	Monday	By Girishbhai (8.00 PM)
14 Gunasthanak	Tuesday	By Hasendrabhai (8.30 to 10.00 PM)
Shrimad Rajchandra Vachnamrut	Wednesday	By Rameshbhai (8.30 to 10:00 PM)
Shri Yogshatak Granth	Thursday	By Girishbhai (8.00 PM)

NOTE: The first Pathshala class will begin on 09/25/2016

Life Time Tithis

8/16 Doshi Hemendra & Rekha - For Shantaben Kasturilal Doshi
8/24 Mehta Manilal & Savitaben - For Bhavanlal & Champaben Mehta
8/28 Shah Mukundray & Nalini - For Naliniben Shah
8/29 Shah Kaushal & Bhavi - For father Budhendrabhai Shah.

Send a photograph of your loved one to Kinal Modi at . Please contact Ketan Parekh at for information, questions or any pledges.

Upcoming Events

Paryushan Mahaparv | August 29 - September 5, 2016
Tapasvi Parna | September 6, 2016
Das Lakshna Mahaparv | Sept 6-15, 2016

Dignitary Visits/Shibirs

Monday - Monday, Aug 29th - Sept 5th: Paryushan Mahaparv - Shri Dhirajlal Pandit.
Tuesday - Thursday, Sept 6th - Sept15th: Das Lakshna Mahaparv-Dr Ramesh Parekh.
Friday - Sunday, Sept 16th - 18th: Lectures by Smt Taralaben Doshi.

Weekend Bhathu Program at JCSC

JCSC is pleased to continue the Weekend Bhathu, which has commenced on Saturday, July 4, 2015.

This program is held from 10.00 AM to 12.00 Noon on all Saturdays and Sundays (other than Pathshala Sundays)

For special trip visitors, Bhathu is served at their visiting hours.

Nakro is $151 for one weekend and $501 for one month (all weekends). Please let us know if you wish to participate.

For pledges, contact Geeta Khona at (714) 872-7283 or email at [email protected]

For more information, contact Mahendra Shah at (714) 757-9490 or [email protected]

Paryushan Ekasana, Swamivatsalya & Parna RSVP

R.S.V.P. stands for a French phrase, "répondez, s'il vous plaît," which means "please reply." The person sending the invitation would like you to tell him or her whether you accept or decline the invitation. That is, will you be coming to the event or not? Etiquette rules followed in most Western cultures require that if you receive a formal, written invitation, you should reply promptly, perhaps that same day.

For the team that is planning for Ekasana, Swamivatsalya and Parna this is important from a practical point of view, because they need to know how many people to count on and how much food to prepare. With unreliable RSVP count, either we are short of food or have too much food and neither situation is desirable. JCSC Food/Ekasana committee urges all the community members to please RSVP in time, using the link below, so they can properly plan as tremendous time and effort goes in planning process. Your understanding and cooperation will be greatly appreciated.
Below is the link for RSVP for Ekashana during Paryushan at the Jain Center.
Please click on the link below to register:
http://jaincenter.org/event-details.php?event_id=211

Cultural Program Participation During Paryushan

Paryushan Parv is fast approaching and like every year we will have a Cultural Program during that time. For the Cultural Program Participation details on September 4th, during Paryushan/Das Lakshana Parv, please contact Komal Desai (949) 395-2904 or email her at [email protected]

Request for University Food Delivery Assistance

The JCSC is proud to announce the setting up of a food delivery service to the different colleges in the Los Angeles and surrounding areas during the coming Paryushan. To best serve the students with Jain Paryushan food during these eight days, we would like your help and assistance wherever possible.

If you are, or know of an active student in any of the colleges in these areas, please connect with us.

We need the following:

1) A total count of all Jain students who wish to receive food during Paryushan in various colleges, the more the students in a college the better for the program.

2) Drivers who are willing and able to pick up and deliver the food from the Jain Center to some of the colleges.

3) The food will be prepared at the temple, packed and sent out every day and we could use help for this process too.

4) Leads in every college who will take the responsibility of receiving the food in a central area (possibly in the respective college) and re-distributing to all the other students of that college who have signed up for the program.

Please contact either Mahendrabhai Shah at 1-714-369-8701 or Kalpesh Jhaveri at 1-909-598-7070 for further details.

Wellness Challenge - Do Not Drink Soda Or drinks With High Fructose Corn Syrup

For the upcoming weekly challenge, we are challenging the participants to "not drink soda, diet soda, or drinks with high-fructose corn syrup.” The sugar, along with the calories contained in soda, can increase your risk of developing diabetes. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, people who drink one to two cans of soda per day have a 26 percent greater chance of developing type-2 diabetes than those who abstain from sugary drink. If you are a regular soda drinker, consider kicking the habit for better health. If you are interested in learning more and participating, click here.

Kinal Modi
Public Relations
Jain Center of Southern California