Jain Center of Southern California

Musical performance by Visually Impaired young talents visiting from India

We are very pleased to announce a musical performance of Devotional & Hindi film songs by uniquely talented and divinely able visually impaired young artists visiting from India next Sunday April 1, 2018 from 1 to 3 pm in classroom #1. This will be a very informal performance show casing their talents. Please come and listen to them for as long as possible and give them much needed encouragement.

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A highly recommended workshop on Heart Disease at No cost

Dr. Chhajer has written over 100 books on the subject including oil less cooking and runs over 64 Centers in South Asian Countries.

Over 100,000 has taken his services and avoided By-pass or Angio/Stunts

It will cover all necessary training by 11:30am on Sunday April 8th so you can attend MJK program at Jain Center.

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Voices of Jain Youth

Jai Jinendra:

EC and BOD members of Jain Center would like to have lunch with young adults (agees 25 to 50) and get input on what our young adults would like to see in our center. Jain Center is growing and We want to hear from you so we can plan to include your wishes. We will hold meeting in main hall on Sunday, April 15th.

Please send questions/comments/suggestions in advance so we can approprately discuss it during the meeting and save time.

We will have lunch/social from 12 to 1 Pm and meeting from 1 to 2 PM. Bring children. We will have entertainment program for them in a seperate room.

Please RSVP to and specify number of adults and children.

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Shri Mahavir Janm Kalyanak - Actual Mar 29, 2018, Observed April 08, 2018

The auspicious event of the chyavan of Bhagwan Mahavira took place on the midnight of 6th day of the bright half of the month of Ashadh in the 544th year before the Vikram Era (600 B.C.) as His soul descended from the 10th devlok - Pranta.

King Siddhartha and Queen Trishla were blessed with the great fortune of being the parents of Bhagwan Mahavira. On the beautiful moonlit night, when Queen Trishla conceived Bhagwan, she saw 14 auspicious dreams.

The dream interpreters proclaimed that the dreams augured the birth of a Great One, a Tirthankar. Mahavir Jayanti or Mahavir Janam Kalyanak occurs on the 13th day of the rising moon of Chaitra and is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Mahavira, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara according to Jain mythology. He is the one who laid down the basic principles of Jainism. The five principles of Jainism as laid down by Lord Mahavira are Satya or truth, Ahimsa or non- violence, Achaurya of not stealing anyone else’s possessions, Bramhacharya or non-indulgence in sexual intercourse and Aparigraha meaning not assembling unnecessary goods. The auspicious day of Mahavir Janmkalyanak is celebrated by Jains all over the world. Jains visit Jain temples, perform various kinds of Puja and fast on this day. Mahavir Jayanti is the greatest festival for the Jains. On this day people try to remember the teachings of Lord Mahavira and also make promises that they will not hurt anyone in the future; knowingly and unknowingly. The struggles and hardships faced by Lord Mahavira portray how great his individuality and his personality was.

About Lord Mahavira

Bhagwaan Mahavira was born in modern-day Bihar as the son of king Siddharth and queen Trishla (also called Priyakarini). King Siddharth was the head of the powerful Lichchavi kshatriya (warrior) clan and queen Trishla was the sister of King Chetaka of Vaishali. Bhagwaan Mahavira’s parents were followers of Bhagwaan Parsvanath, our 23rd Tirthankar.

At age 30, Bhagwaan Mahavira renounced the world and became a sraman monk. For a period of about 12 years thereafter, He engaged in deep meditation, often in strenuous solitude, and sometimes going without food and sleep for months. During this period, He often encountered others’ ignorance, ridicule, arrest, and torture and endured them with equanimity and compassion. In the 13th year of His renunciation, monk Vardhaman (as He was named by His parents) attained kevala gyaan - pure consciousness - a state in which He became all-knowing and all-seeing.

"Then Sraman Bhagavan Mahavira became an arhat, a Jina, a kevalin, all-knowing and all-seeing. He knew and saw the grades and mutations of all the worlds including those of the gods, men, demons, etc., birth, stay and exit of all creatures in all the worlds, their migration from one life to another, from one world of existence to another, their mental thought, their deeds, and enjoyments, overt or covert - all came within the range of his unbarred vision."

Kalpa Sutra, 121

For the next 30 years, Bhagwaan Mahavira delivered sermons. His spoken words were in the language of the people (Ardha-Magadhi Prakrit), as distinguished from the language of the scholars (Sanskrit). This should be no surprise, given that His message was that self-realization and eventual liberation was the birthright of all humans, regardless of caste, station, or belief.

We celebrate Lord Mahavira’s birthday because He is our ultimate hero and model. We respectfully invite you to the celebrations.

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Become a Life Member

Jai Jinendra,

Jain Center would like to invite all the community members, who are aspiring to become a life member, but due to one or other reason have yet not become the life member, as to take the advantage of this rare one-time opportunity to apply for a lifetime membership at a specially discounted amount of $ 351.00. Which is 30% savings from the usual amount of $ 501.00. This opportunity is being made available to first 108 paid applicants (must include cash or check or credit card information) only and on Sunday during Mahavir Janma Kalyanak celebration on April 8th, 2018.


There are many of benefits in becoming a life member and many new ones are being considered including admission to the JCYC classes at the discounted rate. Parents shall encourage their adult children to become life members, and yes they could donate this amount for their children to apply for life membership. According to the Jain Center constitution and governing by-law, there is a limit of a maximum addition of 10% new life members in a calendar year.

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Kinal Modi
Public Relations
Jain Center of Southern California