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Link Between Science and Religion: Scientists Study Fasting by Jains

Link Between Science and Religion: Scientists Study Fasting by Jains

By Karishma Patel
 
 Ahmedabad, Gujarat (CHAKRA) – Jain Doctor Association (JDA) and Sabarmati Jain Shvetambar Murtipujak Sangh, DRDO, Sristi, IIM-A and Gujarat Vidhyapith and a team of scientists from Defene Institute of Physiology and Applied Sciences (DIPAS), have undertaken a scientific study to see the effects of voluntary and complete fasting on metabolic homeostasis’.  A link [...]

February 17 2010 | Posted in Jain Related, Jainism | Read More »

Jain Community Loses Two Sadhvis in Car Accident

Jain Community Loses Two Sadhvis in Car Accident

By: Arun Shanghvi

two jain sadhvis walking

 Limbdi, Gujarat (CHAKRA) – – Two Jain Sadhvis succumbed to their injuries after a speeding truck hit them close to Limbdi, on the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway on Wednesday.The tragic accident took place while deceased, Nirjarabai Mahasatiji and Suvidhabai Mahasatiji (both from the Airamar Sthankwasi Jain sect of the Jain community), were [...]

February 11 2010 | Posted in Jain Related, World News | Read More »