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25 Jul, 2009

What Time Is It?

Posted by: Young Jains Blog Editor In: Convention| Jain Dharma

Following last week’s Young Jains 7th International Convention Bridging the Gap, one of the delegates, Heena Modi, wrote about the question we kept being asked throughout the convention: “What Time Is It?”

So here’s a few scenarios of which, hopefully, you’ll be able to relate to one.
When do I want to travel the world? Now, before [...]

24 Jul, 2009

Picnic in the Park - Summer 2009

Posted by: Young Jains Blog Editor In: Events

Fun and games, food and play!
We will have an afternoon of chilling-out and planned activities in Young Jains style. This park has a new children’s play area, table-tennis tables, and beautiful wooded areas to wander into. A lovely opportunity to catch-up with the people you’ve met at the Bridging the Gap Convention, re-acquaint with familiar [...]

Event: JAIN DHARMA : What’s the Elevator Pitch?
Venue: Sayer Centre, Oxgate Lane, Cricklewood NW2 7JN
Date: Sunday 2nd August 2009
Time: 10am - 4pm
At school, university, the work place and beyond, we often meet people who have never even heard of Jainism. When Jainism comes up in conversation, people are almost always thoroughly interested and inquisitive, often [...]



  • jyoti shah: Fun analogies and asscociation-a good tool to teach childeren
  • Suraj: Jyotiben Jai Jinendra The way that I had written the above post, it may appear that the song trivialises the tattvas - this was not my intention
  • jyoti shah: ashrav samvar nijra is very well explained in samysar in kund kun acharya,by kanji swami,by bahenshree etc. Why complicate it with your own explanatio

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