Events at the JVB Centre JVB London is pleased to inform you that during Paryushana there will be three Pratikramans at JVB Centre: 1. English Pratikramana -Â 8:15 – 8:45pm 2. HindiPratikramana – 8:00 – 8:45pm 3. Gujarati ( Sthanakvasi Pratikramana) – 7:45 – 8:45pm Please find below the special Read more…
Following on from the success of last years event SCVP and Young Jains are again hosting Pratikraman in English as part of Paryushan. WHEN: 7-9pm on Friday 29th August 2008 WHERE: Drama Room, Canon’s High School (Shaldon Road, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 6AN) An ideal event for children of all ages Read more…
What kind of bhavanas should one have? One should entertain and expand auspicious and useful thoughts. One should not allow one’s soul to get entangled in the various materialistic events taking place around oneself. What is the purpose of bhavanas? Bhavanas enable people to attain mental peace, tranquillity, and spiritual Read more…
The Jain community like other communities throughout the world celebrates several social and religious functions annually such as Diwali and the superb festival of “Paryushan Parva”. Paryushan Parva’ (“Paryushana”)is one of the most important Jain festivals and is celebrated every year during the auspicious month of Bhadrapad’ (mid-August to mid-September Read more…
Are you vegetarian? Are you sure? Are you Jain? Do you give things up for Paryushana? Do you use white sugar? Can’t do without it huh? Brown sugar can’t be used in everything. It’d make some of ‘our’ dishes turn out to be the wrong colour! Right? So again, I Read more…
Sometime between August and October followers of Jainism partake in Paryushnaa. A lot of the ‘younger’ folk don’t fully understand what we are supposed to do or why. Hopefully this should explain some of it 
Michchhami Dukkadam is usually said when we ask for forgiveness. People do this as Read more…
This blog post is all about Hinduism and vegetarianism – as referred to in scriptures and Hindu leaders Food for the Spirit, Vegetarianism and the World Religions, observes, “Despite popular knowledge of meat-eating’s adverse effects, the non vegetarian diet became increasingly widespread among Hindus after the two major invasions by Read more…
