06.10.2012 ►Center for Jain Studies at Claremont Lincoln Opening

Center for Jain Studies at Claremont Lincoln University

Monday, October 8th 3:00-3:45 pm, Mudd Theater

This celebration will be followed by the national panel discussion of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, beginning at 4 pm

Please join us for a short celebratory program for the opening of the new Center for Jain Studies (CJS) at Claremont Lincoln University.  The Center for Jain Studies seeks to further the work of Jain wisdom (dharma) by facilitating and promoting open discourse, innovative scholarship, creative expression, and the practical application of Jain teachings in today’s world. The Center focuses in particular on three central Jain teachings—ahimsa (non-violence or compassion), annekantavada (non-absolutism, or the multiplicity of viewpoints), and aparigraha (non-attachment or non-possession)—and their application to contemporary thought and activity.

The Center for Jain Studies grows out of a close collaboration between Claremont Lincoln University, the International School for Jain Studies in India (ISJS), the Jain Center of Southern California (JCSC), and the Jain Association in North America (JAINA). In all of its projects, the Center especially encourages connections between Jain dharma and other wisdom traditions. As the Jain tradition advocates the importance of compassionate feeling in our relations with other sentient beings, we also seek to raise awareness of the larger interconnected ecological environment in which we find ourselves.