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Conversations with authors: Saskya Jain
No full textA 2011 conversation with the author Saskya Jain about her life and the inspiration for her work
Applying Jain Principles
No full textDr. Manoj Jain of the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University presents on the topic of applying Jain principles in Medical Practice. Lecture held at the Frost Art Museum, Modesto Maidique Campus, Florida International University on November 4, 2013
Urvashi Jain oral history interview
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. This collection includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Asian Americans native to or living in Houston.Urvashi Jain was born in Mumbai, India, where she grew up in a Jain community, going to temple daily and practicing Jainism from birth. She first came to the United States in 1987 to Athens, Ohio where her husband completed his master's degree in chemical engineering. And for the last 25 years, she has been living in Houston with her husband, son, daughter and two dogs. She is the president of the Jain Center of Houston and is planning on starting another Montessori school with her son. She enjoys travelling and playing the role as mother at home, the Jain Center of Houston, and her Montessori school
Anila Jain Oral History Interview
No full textAnila Jain, who was a student at USF from 1977 to 1981, describes her involvement with student life. Jain became an Alumni Association board member in 1982 and has continued to be active with the organization. She also discusses her relationship with the Sarasota campus, and the evolution of USF
Mohinder Jain Oral History Interview
No full textMohinder Jain describes her education at USF in the 1960s and her involvement with the local community, particularly with the Head Start program. Jain served on the Florida Commission on Education in the 1990s, and on the Florida Commission on the Status of Women in the 2000s
Sulekh Jain oral history interview and transcript
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. This collection includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Asian Americans native to or living in Houston.Dr. Sulekh Jain was interviewed previously by the archive in February of 2017. In his second interview, he expands more on his work organizing Jain communities across the country, as well as his tireless establishment of Jain classes and research programs in academic institutions. Dr. Jain also emphasizes his optimism on the future of Jainism in the country and reflects on the crucial impact that Jain principles can have on younger generations — who have grown almost accustomed to violence and tragedies such as school shootings and racial hate crimes
Jain Veganism: Ancient Wisdom, New Opportunities
No full textThis article seeks to elevate contemporary Jain voices calling for the adoption of a vegan lifestyle as a sign of solidarity with the transnational vegan movement and its animal rights, environmental protection, and health aspirations. Just as important, however, this article also seeks to present some of the unique features of contemporary Jain veganism, including, most specifically, Jain veganism as an ascetic practice aimed at the embodiment of non-violence (ahiṃsā), the eradication (nirjarā) of karma, and the liberation (mokṣa) of the Self (jīva). These are distinctive features of Jain veganism often overlooked and yet worthy of our attention. We begin the article with a brief discussion of transnational veganism and Jain veganism’s place within this global movement. This is followed by an overview of Jain karma theory as it appears in the Tattvārtha Sūtra, an authoritative diasporic Jain text. Next, we present two case studies of contemporary Jain expressions of veganism: (1) The UK-based organization known as “Jain Vegans” and (2) The US-based organization known as “Vegan Jains”. Both organizations have found new opportunities in transnational veganism to practice and embody the virtue of ahiṃsā as well as Jain karma theory. As we will show, though both organizations share the animal, human, and environmental protection aspirations found in transnational veganism, Jain Vegans and Vegan Jains simultaneously promote ahiṃsā to varying degrees in service of the Jain path to liberation. We conclude the article with a brief reconsideration of Marcus Banks’s diasporic “three tendencies” model to demonstrate how contemporary manifestations of Jain veganism compel us to revisit our understanding of diasporic expressions of Jain religious belief and praxis
[Card from Jain Chestham - 1954]
No full textCard from Jain Chestham offering sympathy regarding the passing of Odelia Reisner Staiti
Jain food traditions and beliefs: fieldwork, film, and flavor in Jaipur, India
No full textA self-reflexive appraisal of the flavors of Jain food learned during fieldwork\ud
forms a springboard from which to consider the dynamic modes and motives of Jain\ud
interlocutors as they interact with scholars. Comparing textual and filmic narratives of\ud
Jain food traditions and beliefs reveals an instantiation of Sahlin???s theoretical model of\ud
practice called the ???structure of the conjuncture.??? In the retelling and reproduction of Jain\ud
cultural values on food, the structure of relational symbolic values like non-violence,\ud
non-possession, flavor, and austerity become temporally entangled with media and\ud
scholarship. Jain agents commonly narrate and reproduce the ???eternal??? values of Jain\ud
food traditions and beliefs to Jains and to Jain scholars. But narratives filmed during the\ud
making of a Jain Food documentary indicate a shift in representation. Jain food in this\ud
context reveals reformist and global representations.CSU, Chic
Sulekh Jain oral history interview and transcript
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. This collection includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Asian Americans native to or living in Houston.Sulekh Jain was born in 1937, in a small village in India. He was raised in a Jain household, and to this day Jainism remains a major part of his life. He attended college in India, where he earned a B.S. and M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, then moved to England in 1965 to earn his Ph.D. He has worked in Berkeley, CA; Worcester, MA; Cincinnati, OH; and now currently lives in Houston, TX. He has two children, a son and a daughter, who both work in the medical field, as well as two granddaughters. In his retirement he remains active in the Jain community
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