Our partners play a significant role in our success. Our chief supporters include:
JAINA
Federations of Jain Association In North America
JAINA is an acronym for the Federation of Jain Associations in North America, an umbrella organization of 72 Jain Centers representing 150,000 members in USA and Canada; with a mission to preserve, practice, and promote Jain Dharma and Jain Way of Life. With the blessings of Acharya Sushil Kumarji and Gurudev Chitrabhanuji, JAINA was founded in 1981 and formalized in 1983. JAINA is the largest organization of Jains outside India and conducts its various programs and initiatives through several committees. The dream of unity of all Jains is alive and thriving in North America through JAINA, as it represents Jains of all sects from all regions of the world. Read More…
B. L. Institute of Indology
Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology
The Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology, a premier Institution of International repute, was started to sponsor and promote research in Jainology/Indology and other aspects of Indian culture. In 1984, by inspiration of Rev. Sadhvi Sri Mrigawatiji, the Institute was shifted from Patan to Delhi.
The academic program of the Institute is to initiate and organize research in Indological subjects in general and Jainological projects like comparative religion, Jain Yoga and Spiritualism, Prakrit Language, Vegetarianism, preservation and protection of environment, interfaith studies and research on the essential unity of all religious communities, non-possession and sustainable growth vs. consumerism and environmental degradation, etc.
Manuscriptology, Indian philosophy and culture are subjects that have earned respect among the intellectuals for ages. Read More…
Veer Shrut Trust
To preserve and revere Jain Shrut, orally transmitted from Tirthankar Mahaveer Swami, Ganadhars, great Acharyas and various scholars, this charitable trust was started. The main aim of this trust is to preserve the invaluable Shrut available in the form of manuscripts by using high-tech modern equipment. Many of such manuscripts are 1000 years old. We aim to provide modern high-quality scanning facilities in all the libraries and Gyanbhandars across the nation.
The trust visualizes building a search engine like Google of Jain treatises which can help scholars, students, etc for deep research. The trust is headed by Dr. Jitendra B. Shah who is an ex-Director, L. D. Institute of Indology and a renowned scholar of Jainology.Â
WJC
World Jain Confederation
The genesis of the idea of forming WORLD JAIN CONFEDERATION (WJC) was the speech of Late Shri N.A. Palkhiwala at a conference of one of the Jain institutions when he mentioned that the 21st century will be a Century of Jains. The Philanthropic personalities from the Jain community got together and had consultations with like minded friends in India and abroad to bring this prophecy into a reality. Consequently, WJC was set up in Mumbai in 2001 as an act of faith, a symbol of hope and dedication, commitment to the ancient Jain tradition and the world wide Jain community for bringing about harmony between various religions and peace and harmony in the world to stop the path of self destruction and ensure survival on this planet which is very much in jeopardy.
WJC was launched in Mumbai, by our then Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee during the 2600th Bhagwan Mahavir Janma Kalyanak Mahotsav on 8th April 2001. At that meeting, Shri Vajpayee expressed a desire that we should organize InterFaith Conferences from time to time to propagate mainly three tenets of Bhagwan Mahavir viz. Ahimsa (Non-Violence) Anekant (Multifaceted view of Reality) and Aparigraha (Restraint in Consumption & Accumulation. These messages were very relevant to fight the forces of evil such as communalism, terrorism, fundamentalism, consumerism and non environmentalism. Read More…
JCSC
Jain Centre of Southern California
The Jain Center of Southern California (JCSC) was established on September 15, 1979, by a group of Jain families living in and around the Los Angeles area.
JCSC had one important mandate – to practice, promote and teach Jainism. Pathshala was organized to teach children about Jainism and the Jain way of life. Swadhyay classes were initiated to motivate adults to participate in pursuing spiritual knowledge and understanding. Read More…