JSMW

Jinvani
2025-01-11 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | MD
Monthly Jinvani
2025 Dates:

January 11, 2025

February 8, 2025

March 8, 2025

April 19, 2025

May 10, 2025

June 14, 2025

July 12, 2025

August 9, 2025

September 13, 2025

October 18, 2025

November 8, 2025

December 13, 2025

Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm EST
Location: Jain Center, 1021 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905

Pathshala
2025-01-05 | Cloverly Elementary, 800 Briggs Chaney Rd, Silver Spring, MD, 20905, United States
WebSite: https://www.jsmw.org/pathshala/
Time:
9:15 am – 10:10 am Gujarati/Hindi Language Class
10:15 am – 10:30 am Morning Assembly
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Pathshala Class
Location:
Cloverly Elementary School
800 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905
Pathshala Schedule for 2024-2025:

Jan 12*, 26
Feb 9, 23
Mar 9, 23
Apr 6, 27 (Tentative MJK Date)
May 4, 18
June 1, 8* (end of Year Celebration)

* Asterisk dates are back to back
Red Dates are Tithi

Mahaveer Nirvaan/Diwali Pooja
2025-01-01 10:00 - 14:00 | MD
New Year’s Pooja
Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Location: Jain Center
Contact:
Samir Tatiya | samir.tatiya@gmail.com | 703-388-6249
Aatam Dhanote | adhanote@gmail.com

Pathshala
2024-12-15 | Cloverly Elementary, 800 Briggs Chaney Rd, Silver Spring, MD, 20905, United States
WebSite: https://www.jsmw.org/pathshala/
Time:
9:15 am – 10:10 am Gujarati/Hindi Language Class
10:15 am – 10:30 am Morning Assembly
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Pathshala Class
Location:
Cloverly Elementary School
800 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905
Pathshala Schedule for 2024-2025:

Jan 5, 12*, 26
Feb 9, 23
Mar 9, 23
Apr 6, 27 (Tentative MJK Date)
May 4, 18
June 1, 8* (end of Year Celebration)

* Asterisk dates are back to back
Red Dates are Tithi

Snatra Puja
2024-12-08 10:30 - 14:00 | Jain Center, 4241 Ammendale Road, Beltsville, MD, 20705, United States
JSMW hosts a monthly Snatra Puja on every 2nd Sunday of the Month (list of dates are below).
Start Time: 10:30am followed by Swami Vatsalya
Location: Jain Center, 4241 Ammendale Road, Beltsville MD 20705
Contact: Vaishali Chheda @ vaishali.chheda@gmail.com

Snatra pooja illustrates the celebration of two of the auspicious (out of five) events (Kalyanaks) occurring in the last life of Tirthankar Bhagwan.
This Puja and celebration are for all Tirthankaras and not specific to any particular one.
Two Kalyanaks narrated in this Puja are Chyavan (conception) and Janma (birth) of Tirthankar. After this life the soul of Tirthankar reaches its climax and achieves liberation from life and death cycle (attains Moksha).
This Puja recital explains the effect of Bhagawan’s birth on the whole universe, narrates how glorious the occasion was and how much joys were shared by all the living souls including all heavenly souls.
Puja in the end includes Ashta Prakari Puja and wishes Shanti (peace) for all living beings and rejoices the event by performing Aarti, Mangal Divo, Shanti Kalash and Chaitya Vandan.
Sponsors will perform the Shanti Kalash (if no sponsor, Gheeboli will be performed)
Aarti Mangal Divo will be given as per Gheeboli

Future Dates for 2025:

September 14
October 12
November 9
December 21

Snatra Puja
2024-12-08 10:30 - 14:00 | Jain Center, 4241 Ammendale Road, Beltsville, MD, 20705, United States
JSMW hosts a monthly Snatra Puja on every 2nd Sunday of the Month (list of dates are below).
Start Time: 10:30am followed by Swami Vatsalya (Potlock format)
Location: Jain Center, 1021 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905
Contact: Vaishali Chheda @ vaishali.chheda@gmail.com

Snatra pooja illustrates the celebration of two of the auspicious (out of five) events (Kalyanaks) occurring in the last life of Tirthankar Bhagwan.
This Puja and celebration are for all Tirthankaras and not specific to any particular one.
Two Kalyanaks narrated in this Puja are Chyavan (conception) and Janma (birth) of Tirthankar. After this life the soul of Tirthankar reaches its climax and achieves liberation from life and death cycle (attains Moksha).
This Puja recital explains the effect of Bhagawan’s birth on the whole universe, narrates how glorious the occasion was and how much joys were shared by all the living souls including all heavenly souls.
Puja in the end includes Ashta Prakari Puja and wishes Shanti (peace) for all living beings and rejoices the event by performing Aarti, Mangal Divo, Shanti Kalash and Chaitya Vandan.
Sponsors will perform the Shanti Kalash (if no sponsor, Gheeboli will be performed)
Aarti Mangal Divo will be given as per Gheeboli

Future Dates for 2025 will be published shortly.

Pathshala
2024-12-08 | Cloverly Elementary, 800 Briggs Chaney Rd, Silver Spring, MD, 20905, United States
WebSite: https://www.jsmw.org/pathshala/
Time:
9:15 am – 10:10 am Gujarati/Hindi Language Class
10:15 am – 10:30 am Morning Assembly
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Pathshala Class
Location:
Cloverly Elementary School
800 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905
Pathshala Schedule for 2024-2025:

Dec 15*
Jan 5, 12*, 26
Feb 9, 23
Mar 9, 23
Apr 6, 27 (Tentative MJK Date)
May 4, 18
June 1, 8* (end of Year Celebration)

* Asterisk dates are back to back
Red Dates are Tithi

Pathshala
2024-11-24 | Cloverly Elementary, 800 Briggs Chaney Rd, Silver Spring, MD, 20905, United States
WebSite: https://www.jsmw.org/pathshala/
Time:
9:15 am – 10:10 am Gujarati/Hindi Language Class
10:15 am – 10:30 am Morning Assembly
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Pathshala Class
Location:
Cloverly Elementary School
800 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905
Pathshala Schedule for 2024-2025:

Dec 8, 15*
Jan 5, 12*, 26
Feb 9, 23
Mar 9, 23
Apr 6, 27 (Tentative MJK Date)
May 4, 18
June 1, 8* (end of Year Celebration)

* Asterisk dates are back to back
Red Dates are Tithi

Pathshala
2024-11-17 | Cloverly Elementary, 800 Briggs Chaney Rd, Silver Spring, MD, 20905, United States
WebSite: https://www.jsmw.org/pathshala/
Time:
9:15 am – 10:10 am Gujarati/Hindi Language Class
10:15 am – 10:30 am Morning Assembly
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Pathshala Class
Location:
Cloverly Elementary School
800 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905
Pathshala Schedule for 2024-2025:

Nov 24*
Dec 8, 15*
Jan 5, 12*, 26
Feb 9, 23
Mar 9, 23
Apr 6, 27 (Tentative MJK Date)
May 4, 18
June 1, 8* (end of Year Celebration)

* Asterisk dates are back to back
Red Dates are Tithi

Snatra Puja
2024-11-10 10:30 - 14:00 | Jain Center, 4241 Ammendale Road, Beltsville, MD, 20705, United States
JSMW hosts a monthly Snatra Puja on every 2nd Sunday of the Month (list of dates are below).
Start Time: 10:30am followed by Swami Vatsalya (Potlock format)
Location: Jain Center, 1021 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905
Contact: Vaishali Chheda @ vaishali.chheda@gmail.com

Snatra pooja illustrates the celebration of two of the auspicious (out of five) events (Kalyanaks) occurring in the last life of Tirthankar Bhagwan.
This Puja and celebration are for all Tirthankaras and not specific to any particular one.
Two Kalyanaks narrated in this Puja are Chyavan (conception) and Janma (birth) of Tirthankar. After this life the soul of Tirthankar reaches its climax and achieves liberation from life and death cycle (attains Moksha).
This Puja recital explains the effect of Bhagawan’s birth on the whole universe, narrates how glorious the occasion was and how much joys were shared by all the living souls including all heavenly souls.
Puja in the end includes Ashta Prakari Puja and wishes Shanti (peace) for all living beings and rejoices the event by performing Aarti, Mangal Divo, Shanti Kalash and Chaitya Vandan.
Sponsors will perform the Shanti Kalash (if no sponsor, Gheeboli will be performed)
Aarti Mangal Divo will be given as per Gheeboli

Future Dates:

December 8, 2024

Pathshala & Diwali Celebration
2024-11-03 | Cloverly Elementary, 800 Briggs Chaney Rd, Silver Spring, MD, 20905, United States
WebSite: https://www.jsmw.org/pathshala/
Time:
9:15 am – 10:10 am Gujarati/Hindi Language Class
10:15 am – 10:30 am Morning Assembly
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Pathshala Class
Location:
Cloverly Elementary School
800 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905
Pathshala Schedule for 2024-2025:

Nov 17 (Gyan Panchami), 24*
Dec 8, 15*
Jan 5, 12*, 26
Feb 9, 23
Mar 9, 23
Apr 6, 27 (Tentative MJK Date)
May 4, 18
June 1, 8* (end of Year Celebration)

* Asterisk dates are back to back
Red Dates are Tithi

Mahaveer Nirvaan/Diwali Pooja
2024-11-01 08:00 - 14:00 | MD
Mahaveer Nirvaan/Diwali Pooja
Time: 8:00am – 2:00pm
Location: Jain Center
Contact:
Samir Tatiya | samir.tatiya@gmail.com | 703-388-6249
Aatam Dhanote | adhanote@gmail.com

Jajam Utsav & Bhaktamar Poojan
2024-10-20 09:00 - 19:00 | MD
Jajam Utsav

Pathshala
2024-10-20 | MD
WebSite: https://www.jsmw.org/pathshala/
Time:
9:15 am – 10:10 am Gujarati/Hindi Language Class
10:15 am – 10:30 am Morning Assembly
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Pathshala Class
Location:
Cloverly Elementary School
800 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905
Pathshala Schedule for 2024-2025:

Nov 3 (Diwali Celebration), 17 (Gyan Panchami), 24*
Dec 8, 15*
Jan 5, 12*, 26
Feb 9, 23
Mar 9, 23
Apr 6, 27 (Tentative MJK Date)
May 4, 18
June 1, 8* (end of Year Celebration)

* Asterisk dates are back to back
Red Dates are Tithi

Jajam Utsav - Bhimo Kundaliyo Natak
2024-10-19 14:00 - 19:00 | MD

Jajam Utsav - Bhakti Sangeet
2024-10-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Jain Center, 4241 Ammendale Road, Beltsville, MD, 20705, United States

Ayambil Oli
2024-10-17, 2024-10-16, 2024-10-15, 2024-10-14, 2024-10-13, 2024-10-12, 2024-10-11, 2024-10-10 and 1 more date | MD
Ayambil Oli

October 9, 2024 to October 17, 2024

Location: – Jain Center , Briggs Chaney

This year, we will be having Ayambil on all 9 days at our temple between 12 and 1 PM. (Please note that Oct 21st time may slightly change. Stay tuned.) If you are planning to do Ayambil, then please come and do it at temple with Sangh.

Several members are volunteering to facilitate cooking ayambil food for tapasvis.

Please send your names for ayambil participation / volunteering to cook Ayambil food / Sponsorship to
Vaishali Chedda at (410) 564-4758 or vaishali.chheda@gmail.com

Sponsorship for Ayambil is $101 per day.

Please do bring your own boiled water.

Meaning & Importance of Navpad Oli
It is one of the most important Parva / religious festival of the Jain community. Navpad Oli comes twice in a year. The first one falls in the bright fortnight of Ashwina month (September/October) and the second during the bright fortnight of Chaitra month (March/April). The devotees observe Ayambil tapa during nine days of Navpad Oli along with a special kind of worship, holy recitation and meditation in honor of the Navpad. The word ‘Navpad’ means nine supreme posts of the universe – Arihant, Siddha, Acharya, Upadhyay, Sadhu, Darshan (right belief), Jnan (right knowledge), Charitra (right action) and Tapa (right austerity)

Jain literature (Kalpasutra) indicates that Navpad Oli is Shaswati, meaning permanant. Navpad Oli festival exists in all time cycles (past, present, and future). This provides significant importance to the Navpad Oli. The story of Shripal and Mayanasundari are connected with this observance.

We should try to do Ayambil during these auspicious days.

Snatra Puja
2024-10-13 10:30 - 14:00 | Jain Center, 4241 Ammendale Road, Beltsville, MD, 20705, United States
JSMW hosts a monthly Snatra Puja on every 2nd Sunday of the Month (list of dates are below).
Start Time: 10:30am followed by Swami Vatsalya (Potlock format)
Location: Jain Center, 1021 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905
Contact: Vaishali Chheda @ vaishali.chheda@gmail.com

Snatra pooja illustrates the celebration of two of the auspicious (out of five) events (Kalyanaks) occurring in the last life of Tirthankar Bhagwan.
This Puja and celebration are for all Tirthankaras and not specific to any particular one.
Two Kalyanaks narrated in this Puja are Chyavan (conception) and Janma (birth) of Tirthankar. After this life the soul of Tirthankar reaches its climax and achieves liberation from life and death cycle (attains Moksha).
This Puja recital explains the effect of Bhagawan’s birth on the whole universe, narrates how glorious the occasion was and how much joys were shared by all the living souls including all heavenly souls.
Puja in the end includes Ashta Prakari Puja and wishes Shanti (peace) for all living beings and rejoices the event by performing Aarti, Mangal Divo, Shanti Kalash and Chaitya Vandan.
Sponsors will perform the Shanti Kalash (if no sponsor, Gheeboli will be performed)
Aarti Mangal Divo will be given as per Gheeboli

Future Dates:

November 10, 2024

December 8, 2024

Pathshala
2024-10-06 | Cloverly Elementary, 800 Briggs Chaney Rd, Silver Spring, MD, 20905, United States
WebSite: https://www.jsmw.org/pathshala/
Time:
9:15 am – 10:10 am Gujarati/Hindi Language Class
10:15 am – 10:30 am Morning Assembly
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Pathshala Class
Location:
Cloverly Elementary School
800 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905
Pathshala Schedule for 2024-2025:

Oct 20
Nov 3 (Diwali Celebration), 17 (Gyan Panchami), 24*
Dec 8, 15*
Jan 5, 12*, 26
Feb 9, 23
Mar 9, 23
Apr 6, 27 (Tentative MJK Date)
May 4, 18
June 1, 8* (end of Year Celebration)

* Asterisk dates are back to back
Red Dates are Tithi

Lecture Series by Shree Nileshbhai Shah
2024-09-22 13:00 - 14:00 | MD
After the success of our event with Pt. Vipinji from Nagpur, India, and your enthusiastic participation, we are excited to host another esteemed scholar from Mumbai, India.
We have organized lectures by the distinguished Pt. Shree Nileshbhai Shah, visiting from Mumbai. He has studied Gomattsaar, Samyakgyandipika, and Karmagranth under Ad. Dr. Ujjwalaben Shah. In addition, he has thoroughly studied scriptures such as Samaysaar, Pravachansaar, Niyamsaar, and Panchastikay Shastra, and has delivered discourses on these texts globally. He has been visiting the USA for the last five years and has celebrated Das Lakshan Parv in Chicago and Los Angeles.
Lectures will be held at JSMW Upashray as follows:

9/22/2024 (Sunday): 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

These lectures will be delivered primarily in Hindi, with some English.

Pathshala
2024-09-22 08:00 - 17:00 | MD
WebSite: https://www.jsmw.org/pathshala/
Time:
9:15 am – 10:10 am Gujarati/Hindi Language Class
10:15 am – 10:30 am Morning Assembly
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Pathshala Class
Location:
Cloverly Elementary School
800 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905
Pathshala Schedule for 2024-2025:

Oct 6, 20
Nov 3 (Diwali Celebration), 17 (Gyan Panchami), 24*
Dec 8, 15*
Jan 5, 12*, 26
Feb 9, 23
Mar 9, 23
Apr 6, 27 (Tentative MJK Date)
May 4, 18
June 1, 8* (end of Year Celebration)

* Asterisk dates are back to back
Red Dates are Tithi

Lecture Series by Shree Nileshbhai Shah
2024-09-21 20:00 - 21:00 | MD
After the success of our event with Pt. Vipinji from Nagpur, India, and your enthusiastic participation, we are excited to host another esteemed scholar from Mumbai, India.
We have organized lectures by the distinguished Pt. Shree Nileshbhai Shah, visiting from Mumbai. He has studied Gomattsaar, Samyakgyandipika, and Karmagranth under Ad. Dr. Ujjwalaben Shah. In addition, he has thoroughly studied scriptures such as Samaysaar, Pravachansaar, Niyamsaar, and Panchastikay Shastra, and has delivered discourses on these texts globally. He has been visiting the USA for the last five years and has celebrated Das Lakshan Parv in Chicago and Los Angeles.
Lectures will be held at JSMW Upashray as follows:

9/21/2024 (Saturday): 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
9/22/2024 (Sunday): 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

These lectures will be delivered primarily in Hindi, with some English.
