This course incorporates Ten Virtues that characterize Jain Faith as derived from the Tattvartha Sutras and shares basic Jain principles and practices with participants. My goal is to help people learn to be a Jain in Daily Life by possessing these characteristics that will make them peaceful and equanimous. The sessions will bring forth the explanation of these Ten Jain Virtues as propagated by the Arihantas to stop the influx of Karma and release previously accumulated Karmas peacefully by their own efforts. The explanations given will be simple, using everyday language and understanding. By understanding the principles outlined in the class, participants will become aware of Virtuous living.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- The Ten Virtues in Jain Faith – Presented in Day-to-Day context
- Jain Philosophy of Soul, Karma and Liberation as relevant to present life
- How these Virtuous Practices could lead one to live a peaceful life and achieve Salvation.
- Greater awareness and knowledge of fundamental principles propounded in ancient scriptures relevant to modern life.
- Strengthen and unify our community.
- Make this world a better place for all life.
- Peaceful and Virtuous everyday life.
Course Length
8 hours Self-Study (Instructor available by appointment in office hours)
Learning Area
Jain Philosophy, History & Anthropology
Instructor
Dinesh Jain
Dinesh Jain is a prolific entrepreneur and a business leader with over 39 years of experience globally in Life Sciences, InfoTech & Knowledge industry. He is the Founder CEO of Aagami, Inc. providing Strategic Consulting and Advisory services to Global Life Sciences companies covering the Biotech, Pharma, Nutraceuticals and Medical Devices sectors. Before switching to Life Sciences, Dinesh led several companies in Information Technology for over 18 years across the Globe. He held Top executive positions as CEO, VP, and Representative Director of several companies like Tata Unisys (now TCS), HCL, IMR (now Cap Gemini), Quinnox K.K. Dinesh is an Electrical Engineer from VNIT, Nagpur and an M.B.A. with an additional B.A. in Economics from Nagpur University. Dinesh has lived and worked in US, Japan, India and Spain and managed businesses across 4 continents. Dinesh is Board Advisor of Sagacious Research, a Global Intellectual Property research firm and is Co-Founder and President of Nagpur First Foundation, a City growth and Development organization. He speaks at global conferences on Life-sciences, IT, Entrepreneurship and Religion. He taught Jain Religion for 15 years and Hindi (language) for 14 years at Jain Center, Chicago. Dinesh lives in Naperville IL with his artist wife and they have two grown up children and a granddaughter.
Reviews
The course was very detailed and provided a deep insight into the Dashalakshan Dharm, why it is observed, and how to observe this dharm. Instructor Dinesh Ji is wonderful, he clarified all our doubts. His deep knowledge is really admirable."
~ Sumansen Peramanu 01/19/2024
I am learning a lot from this course. Thank you for offering this."
~ Swati Jain 09/08/2024