Jain Center of Southern California
JCSC Bhojanshala Program
JCSC Bhojanshala day Program: Life Time (10 years) or One Year Day:
This Program will allow all members of JCSC to select a day (Saturday/Sunday) in a year when they can serve Bhojanshala. More than one family can pledge for the same day. There are approximately 75 days during the year excluding certain days when we have Jain Center functions or Pathshala.
One year day is available for $501 per member family and lifetime(10 years) for $2501 per member family.
For Life-Time day your name will be posted on the Board.
Please note that Life Time Tithi for Bhojanshala can be converted to Life Time Tithi of Derasar, for same day and month.
JCSC Bhojanshala Program forms to submit with a check payable to JCSC.
Your name: ___________________ Contact Phone Number: ____________Email Address: _______________
Day requested for: (e.g. 3rd Saturday of May)__________________________
Occasion and Name of the person for whom the day is requested: ___________________________________
Please mark the appropriate box: Life-Time () or One Year ()
Please send the completed form to Ramila Shah at [email protected]
Bhojanshala Update: 2
a: Any Events on the day of Bhojanshala should have been approved by EC in advance, which will comprise of type of event, information of event, contact person, sponsorship etc.
b: If any event other than JCSC event, having 50+ attendees, then the event organizer will be responsible to manage Bhaojanshala with all logistics of sponsorship, menu, set up, cleaning, left over food etc.
c: Private Puja or any event on the day of Bhojanshala,having less than 50 attendees,food menu will be as per Bhojanshala,
if the menu change request come it will be for everybody and cost will be bear by party.
if party wants to add one or two items in general menu,it will be for everyone or they can pledged extra.
c: On Bhojanshala day there will be rotation duty of committed volunteers and event volunteer on need base.
Revised Sunrise/Sunset Time to be corrected in JCSC Calendar
Attached is the spreadsheet with correct sunrise and sunset times for Sept - Oct 2019. This error may have occurred, when someone copied sunrise and sunset times from wrong month in the official JCSC calendar. Please review the attached spreadsheet where blue color is for the correct time and red color for the wrong time. Please make corrections in your calendars accordingly.CLICK HERE for the details
Pathshala Calendar and Registration For 2019 - 2020
| Month | Dates | |
| September, 2019 | 22, 29 (*) | First Class - Sep 22, 2019 |
| October | 13, 20 (*) | Back to Pathshala - None this year |
| November | 3, 24 | |
| December | 8, 15 (*) | Winter Camp - Fri-Mon - Dec 20-23, 2019 |
| January, 2020 | 5, 19 | |
| Feburary | 2, 16 | |
| March | 1, 15, 29 | Mahavir Janam Kalyanak - Sun Apr 12, 2020 |
| April | 5 (*), 19 | |
| May | 3, 31 | |
| June | 7 | |
| Graduation Garba - Sat June 6, 2020 | ||
| (*) - Class is doubled up. |
Samyag Darshan Shibir - Jul 12 - Jul 14, 2019
SAMYAG DARSHAN Shibir by DR JITENDRA SHAH
July 12-14, 2019 At the Jain Center of Southern California
- First of its kind in the USA, Already conducted over 25 such shibirs in India
- Over 6,500 have attended: Given in Gujarati Language
- Topics include what is Moksha, how to start the journey towards Moksha, what is required to attain Moksha and Challenges we face in this journey and many more interesting discussions
Day 1 - Day 3 Friday/Saturday/Sunday July 12/13/14, 2019
- 09:00 am - 10:30 am Session # 1/5/9 - 10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
- 10:45 am - 12:15 am Session # 2/6/10 -12:15 pm - 01:15 pm Lunch
- 01:15 am - 02:45 pm Session # 3/7/11 - 02:45 pm - 03:00 pm Break
- 03:00 am - 04:30 pm Session # 4/8/12 - 04:30 pm - 06:00 pm Dinner
- Limited seats available, Must attend all sessions, No Cell phones allowed.
- Light (Vegan) meals and Written materials for the Shibir will be provided.
- Suitable dress code is suggested for required Kayotsarg and Meditation.
- JCSC retains all the rights for any last-minute changes as deemed necessary.
List of nearby hotels available for out of town guests:
- Commonwealth Airport Inn, 8180 Commonwealth Ave, BP, CA 90621 (714) 228-1007
- Surestay by Best Western, 7921 Orangethorpe Ave, BP, CA 90621 (714)-739-5885
- Fairfield by Marriott, 7828 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA 90621 (714) 670-7200
Local transportation may be arranged upon request
Please go to this link to register: https://tinyurl.com/samyagdarshan
There is no charge to attend this shibir. However, to cover the cost of the shibir including the meals for three days, a generous donation of any amount is highly recommended. Please contact Narendra Maniar at 562-761-3738 for your pledges. Following pledges have been received so far:
$251 Jasvant & Meera Modi$201 Hemendra & Rekha Doshi
$201 Narendra & Charu Maniar
$201 Mahendra & Harshida Shah
$201 Pradip Shah
$151 Harshad & Bakula Maniar
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For more information, please contact:
- Dr Mahendra Shah 714-757-9490
- Pradip Shah 714-863-7900
- Narendra Maniar 562-761-3738
Calligraphy Workshops
Due to the Popularity of Calligraphy Workshops at the JAINA Convention we realized some of our members couldn't attend these events. So here's a series of different styles. Since, Calligraphy only improves with practice.
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Live Concert by MALA Ganguly
Date: July 28, 2019
Time: 3;30 PM
Venue: Jain Center of Southern California
8072 Commonwealth Ave., Buena Park, CA - 90621
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TAPOVAN NRI Shibir 2019 - For NRI Kids
NRI Shibir aims at Preparing Next Generation NRI Kids with Strong Faith and Belief towards Jain Morals & Values! Tapovan NRI Shibir 2019 - an Exclusive Event for NRI Kids held near Ahmedabad, Gujrat. This is 7th year of Shibir and seats are limited.
Date: 14 July to 21 July, 2019
Age Groups:
Group 1: Boys (7 Years to 12 Years)
Group 2: Boys (12 Years to 18 Years)
Group 3: Girls (7 Years to 12 Years)
In the past couple of years, many pathshala kids have attended this shibir. To encourage participation by JCSC Pathshala kids, anonymous members have offered reward and sponsorship of up to $1,200 for the first five kids.
Please contact the following for more information:
- Vinita Khapra, email - ; cell phone 313-580-1579
- Vaishali Mehta - email - , cell phone 310-418-6874
Wellness Challenge - Get More Active
In this week's challenge you must “Get more active”. Living an active life is important to staying healthy. Staying active helps to reduce your risk of conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. Exercise has also been linked to improved mental health and cognitive function. You don’t have to be a distance runner to improve your health. The most important thing is that you’re staying active. It helps to give your heart a workout, stay strong, maintain a healthy weight. Being active is key to losing weight and keeping it off. As well as providing numerous health benefits, exercise can help burn off the excess calories you can't cut through diet alone. There are many ways busy mums and dads, families, young people, office workers and older adults can build physical activity into their lives. Being physically active is easier than you think, especially if you make activity part of your daily routine. If you are interested in learning more and participating, click here.
Ongoing Programs - Jul, 2019
| Event | Date | Start Time |
| Daily Ashtprakari Puja | Daily | 7:30 AM |
| Aarti-Mangal Divo | Weekdays | 8:15 PM |
| Sat/Sun/Holidays | 7:30 PM | |
| Chundadi | Daily in the morning | |
| Chaudas Pratikraman | 7/15(Chaumasi Chaudas - Dev Vandan 2:30 PM), 7/31 | 6:30 PM (Weekday) 6:00 PM (Weekend) |
| Sthanakvasi Pakhi Pratikraman | 7/16 | 6:15 PM |
| Monthly Snatra Puja and Navkar Mantra Jaap | 9:30 AM | |
| Monthly Bhavna Bhakti | 7/26 | 7:30 PM |
| JCYC & JSG Pathshala / Adult Swadhyay / Sutra Class | ||
| Adult Swadhyay-Tattvarth Sutra | ||
| Adult Swadhyay (Non Pathshala Days) | 7/21, 7/28 | |
| Webcast of the discourses by Shri Rakeshbhai Jhaveri | ||
| Weekly Evening Swadhyay | Every Tuesday & Wednesday | |
| 14 Gunasthanak | Tuesday | By Hasendrabhai (8.30 PM to 10.00 PM) |
| Shrimad Rajchandra Vachnamrut | Wednesday | By Rameshbhai 8:30 pm to 1 |
- Please note that due to summer break JCYC and JSG Pathshala dates will be announced after the break. Adult Swadhyay by Shri Girishbhai or Shri Hasendrabhai will continue every Sunday, except on 7/7 and 7/14.
- Tuesday & Wednesday Swadhyay for July will resume from 7/16 onwards.
Lifetime Tithis
Send a photograph of your loved one to Kinal Modi at .Please contact Ketan Parekh at for information, questions or any pledges.
Upcoming Events
- 7/15, Mon - Chaumasi Chaudus Pratikraman - (Dev Vandan at 2:30 PM)
Dignitary Visits & Shibirs
- July 10 - 11, 2019 - Tarlaben Doshi
- July 12 - 14, 2019 - Dr. Jitubhai Shah - Samyak Darshan Shibir
Free Palitana 99 Yatra for JCSC members in December 2019
Jain Center of Southern California invites the community members to join a free Palitana 99 Yatra in December 2019 to fulfill at least once in a lifetime religious opportunity.
Yogesh & Saurabh Shah have offered free Palitana 99 Yatra for JCSC members with all expenses and necessary supplies. Yatra will start from Palitana.
JCSC will support and promote 99 Yatra through communications to members.
Contact: Yogesh Shah on 1-909-952-9585 or email:
Online form: tinyurl.com/99-Yatra-form
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