Federation of Jain Associations in North America
JAINA Education Committee
Jain eLibrary
Status - Jain Workshop at Raleigh NC from Oct 6, 7, and 8
Workshop Theme
STRIKING A BALANCE: - EXAMINING Social, Cultural, and Spiritual environment that our youth face while growing up in North America
Purpose
To educate both adults and youth (over 14 years of age) with regards to the fundamental principles and philosophy of Jainism and how to apply these principles in all walks of life through practical examples. This includes social, business, family, ethical, religious and spiritual environment.
Registration Status
We have 36 people registered for the workshop as of today. We will close the registration once it reaches to 40.
Age Distribution of Attendees:
1 participant is < 25 years of age,
18 participants are from 25 to 50 years of age and
17 participants +50 years of age.
Participants Locations
The registered participants are from the following list of city and states. One participant is from UK.
Accokeek, MD; Apex, NC; Arlington, MA; Ashburn, VA; Austin, Texas; Burlington, NC; Cary, NC; Chapel Hill, NC; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, Ohio; Closter, NJ; Columbus, OH; Corbin, KY; Farmington Hills, MI; GREENVILLE, SC; Jacksonville, FL; Morrisville, NC; New York, NY; Northville, MI; Raleigh, NC; Troy, MI; Vienna, VA; Leicester, LE5 6PW UK.
Language
Workshop language will be in English with some Hindi and Gujarati explanation.
Since few participants will be arriving Saturday morning, we have decided to cover “Essence of World Religion” presentation an independent topic on Friday.
General Workshop Information
The following link documents provide the necessary details of the workshop.
Workshop Dates, Registration and Accommodation Forms, and other Details
http://www.jainelibrary.org/$workshop/01_Jain_Workshop_Announcement_at_Raleigh_NC_2017_10.pdf
Workshop Course (Topics) Description
http://www.jainelibrary.org/$workshop/02_Jain_Workshop_Topics_Description.pdf
To Prepare for the Workshop, we recommend reading the following Jaina Education literature
http://www.jainelibrary.org/$workshop/03_Jain_Workshop_Pre-requisite_Reading_Material.pdf
If you have any question with regards to workshop, please e-mail at or call +1 919 889 1900 Cell
Pravin K Shah
Jaina Education Committee
919 889 1900 Cell
919 859 4994 Home