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Ayambil Oli Tap
Chaitra Sud 7 – Chaitra Sud 15
Monday, April 3 – Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Ayambil Oli Registration Form
(Please sign up for Tap, Volunteer Work and/or Sponsorship)
Jai Jinendra!
JCNC is pleased to extend this invitation to all of you to join the Ayambil Oli Tap observance starting from Monday April 3 through April 11, 2017 at the Jain Bhawan. It will start everyday at 12.00 noon, so requesting everyone to come 5 minutes early. It ends at 1.00 pm. We humbly request everyone to please RSVP for each day you plan to do Ayambil at JCNC. This will allow us to serve you efficiently without wasting any food.
It
will be wonderful if you can join for all nine days, if not then don't
hesitate to join even for a day or two or three or whatever you can do.
Parana will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. You may also invite your friends and family to join this Tap and take Dharma Laabh!
This
year our JCNC sangh member Vatsalbhai Shah and Kirtibhai Shah (with the
support of Pravinbhai Turakhia and Chandraben Parekh) have accepted to
lead and coordinate this Ayambil Oli and seeking your voluntary help
for serving and Cooking.
In order to manage and not to have wastage of food, we request you to sign up online at Ayambil Oli Registration Form. Please contact Rakesh Jain, Mahasukh Vora or Prashant bhai (pujari) if you cannot signup online. Please signup latest by 2 PM on the day before you plan to join for Ayambil Oli. Please also take Dharam Laabh by signing up for sponsorship opportunities ($151 per day or $2,501 Grand Ayambil Oli Sponsor or $1,501 Grand Parana Sponsor); and / or by signing up as a volunteer to serve each day or any available day.
This year we have the Grand Sponsor for the Oli. ChintanKumar Shah from Dublin.
For all sign-ups, please use this Ayambil Oli Registration Form
What is Ayambil?
Ayambil
is one kind of an auspicious Tap. It falls under the intense category
of Rasa tyag Tap. Tap: Penance which contributes to the destruction of
Karmas. A pure soul has infinite Tapas.
There are twelve types of tap defined in the Jain scriptures. They are divided into two groups;External Tap which disciplines the human body against passions and desires and the Internal Tap which purifies the soul. Please read more... see attachment.
For more detailed information about Ayambil Oli Tap, please contact the religious committee at religious@jcnc.org
Upcoming Events:
- April 2, April 23, April 30, Sundays - Regular Shala days
- March 25/26, Sat/Sun: Shala Sleep Over - Click Here to Register
- March 27, Monday - Chaudash and Pakhi Pratikraman
- March 31, Friday - Stress Management through Meditation Workshop by Dr. Villy Doctor - Click Here for Details
- April 8, Saturday - Digamber Tradition Dev shastra and 1008 Mahavir swami Janma Kalyanak Puja
- April 9, Sunday - Actual Mahavir Janma Kalyanak Day. Navpad Puja
- April 12, Wednesday - Ayambil Oli Parna
- April 16, Sunday - Mahavir Janma Kalyank Grand Celebration - Click Here to Register for Cultural Entrees
- April 22, Saturday - Health Fair and Blood Drive- Click Here to RSVP
- May 12, Friday - Monthly Bhavna conducted by Nayanbhai Sanghavi
- May 13, Saturday - Shakrastav Abhishek by Nayanbhai Sanghavi
- May 13/14, Sat/Sun - Camp with Saman Shrutpragyaji
- May (TBD) - Mission Peak Hike
- June 18, Sunday - JCNC Annual Picnic
- May/June (TBD) - JCNC Cricket League