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Your Jain Way of Life Define it Measure it Enjoy it Measure it Guide to Compassionate, Healthy, and Happy Living Yogendra Jain 1 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

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11 -Duties Proper - Lawful living, marriage, food, care of dependents, service to guests, etc. . 8 -Faults Humiliating others, control on senses, prejudice, control of passions, Lust, Anger, Greed, Ego, Arrogance, living in improper places, etc. 8 -Endeavors 8 -Virtues Fear sin, sense of shame, serene temperament, acquiring special knowledge, appreciation of virtures Gratitude, Benevolence, Virtuous people, Intellect, practice tradition Others 14 -Gunsthans 5 -Anuvrat (NV, Truth, nonstealing, Celibacy, non-poss. ) Type of Samvar: 4 – Meditations 5 -Achar 5 -Samitis (Carefullness) Knowledge, Perception, 3 -Guptis (Restraint) Conduct, Austerities, 10 -Yati-Dharma Exercising Vigor/or Energy 12 -Bhavanas 22 -Victory over suffering 5 -Charitra 4 Live and Promote a Jain Way of (Conduct) Life

My Things My Mind-Body Greed, Money, Balance, Travel Forgiveness, Anger, Sensuality, Active Mind, Death, Pride, Relaxation/Mediation, Body, Vibrations, My Life/World Family/Friends, Raising Children, Entertainment, Animal Compassion, Profession/work, Social Service, Other Living Things, Environment My Consumption Food, Drinks, Personal Care, Eating, Nutrition My Spirit Multi-Views (Anekantvad), Knowledge, Faith/Religion, Tradition/Celebration 5 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life Prayers

Level-5 J-WOL Dashboard Level-4 Level-3 Level-2 J Level-1 6 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Elevator Pitch Learn it Share it with your family (posted in your room, carry it in your wallet) Give a 5 min. talk at the your temple Share with everyone! 7 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Jain Way of Life Thoughts/Speech/Action towards… Non-Violence (Ahimsa) Strengthens the autonomy of life of every being; Ahimsa - diet, fellow being, environment, thoughts and actions • Non-Possession (Aparigraha) – Strengthens the interdependence of all and share limited resources • Non-One-Sidedness (Anekantavad) – Strengthens the autonomy of thought of every individual 8 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Our Team-JCGB Pathshala - 6/5 B Tarang Gosalia - Professional DJ; Bentley Amit Jain – Eagle Scout; 8 yr. medical Monica Jain – Bharatnatyam; Biomedical Engg. Priyanka Jain – Bharatnatyam; 12 th Grade Nimit Mehta – Black Belt; Columbia Nirav Shah: Eagle Scout; 8 yr. medical Coordinators: Prakash Teli – Founder of company; computer Vijay Savla – Level 6 instructor; Engineer (Cisco) Yogendra Jain– Level 5 B instructor; Engineering/ Founder/CEO 9 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

My Mind/Body Forgiveness Anger Passions/Sensuality Active Mind Death Pride Relaxation/Meditation Body Care Vibrations/karma 10 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Forgiveness My Mind/Body 11 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Active Mind My Mind/Body Level 1 12 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Level 5 No internal or external pride. Pride My Mind/Body Level 4 Minimal internal pride. Level 3 No external pride but occasional internal pride. Level 2 Know that pride is wrong and must be balanced. Occasional external pride implied in conversations Level 1 Arrogant about personal success, wealth, education, appearance, family. 13 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Relaxation/ Meditation My Mind/Body Level 5 Do 30 minutes of yoga and 60 minutes of deep meditation daily. Do 60 times deep conscious breathing each day. Silence 2 hour per day. Encourage and teach family members and others. Level 4 Do yoga/meditation 30 minutes daily. Do 20 times deep conscious breathing each day. Silence 1 hour per day. Encourage family members to practice meditation. Level 3 Do yoga/meditation for 15 minutes, 5 times/week. Do 10 times deep conscious breathing each day Level 2 Do yoga or other mind relaxation exercise 2 -3 times/week. Level 1 Stressful life. No time towards relaxing/meditation 14 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Body Care My Mind/Body Level 5 Cardio exercise/muscle toning 4 times per week Level 4 Cardio exercise/muscle toning 4 times per week or sports. Level 3 Cardio exercise/muscle toning 3 times per week/ or sports. Regular medical checkup. Level 2 Walking 3 times. /week or sports 2 times per week. Respect for the body. Level 1 No interest in physical exercise. Doing dangerous activities which can harm the body. . 15 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

My Things Greed Money Possessions Travel 16 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Material Possessions Level 1 My Things 17 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

My Consumption Food Drink Personal Care Products Nutrition Eating 18 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Excessive alcohol consumption Level 1 20 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Personal Care Products My Consumption Level 3 21 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

My Life / My World Family & Friends Entertainment Animal Compassion Profession/work Social Service Other Living Things Environment 22 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Family/Friends My Life / World Level 5 Balancing spiritual growth with family and social obligations. Level 4 Helping friends, extended family. Supporting them emotionally and financially. Level 3 Focus is one’s own family. Life event celebrations with spiritual context. Level 2 Criticizing friends and family behind their back. Celebration of birthday, anniversary, etc. with no spiritual context. Level 1 Friends with bad behavior, habits, disrespectful. 23 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

My Spirituality Multiple views Knowledge Faith Traditions Environment 25 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Multi-Views(Anekantvad) My Spirituality 26 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Knowledge Level 1 My Spirituality Spiritual/ Scriptural Level 1 Scientific Before Knowledge Learning Same Person 27 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Knowledge Level 3 My Spirituality Spiritual/ Scriptural Level 3 Scientific Before Knowledge Learning More Knowledgeable Person 28 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Knowledge Level 5 My Spirituality Spiritual/ Scriptural Level 5 (Purist) Scientific Better Person As Scientific and Spiritual Knowledge Before Knowledge Learning 29 Live and Promote a Jain. To Way. Behavior of Life Leads Changes

Conclusion This workshop in not about Preaching JAINSM, it’s about executing JAINISM in day to day life. There’s no standard mechanism to measure JAIN WAY OF LIFE. Categories and sub categories do overlap. Level 1 through 5 are subjective Use this template as starting point and device your own scale, measure your JWOL against it, work to improve the results JWOL is FUN, HEALTHY, SPIRITUAL !!! 30 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Dr. Dipak Jain’s JWOL Score Dear DDJ, Thank you for using the JWOL (Jain Way of Life) Scorecard. The following is your JWOL Self Assessment score: 1. Your average score per sub-domain: My Mind - My Body = 4. 3/5 My Things = 4. 5/5 My Consumption = 3. 2/5 My Life/My World = 4. 1/5 My Spirituality = 4. 4/5 2. Your total average score = 4. 1/5 3. Your score breakdown: Score between 0 and 1. 5: 0 out of 30 sub-categories Score between 1. 6 and 2. 5: 3 out of 30 sub-categories Score between 2. 6 and 3. 5: 4 out of 30 sub-categories Score between 3. 6 and 4. 5: 9 out of 30 sub-categories Score between 4. 6 to 5. 0: 14 out of 30 sub-categories Recommendation: As you're making your yearly resolutions, consult this and see which specific categories you need to do more work on. . . good luck. Thanks and Happy Jain Way of Life. . . YJI Team http: //www. yjindia. org Acknowledgement: This self-assessment was developed by Jain Center of Boston and converted to a Web Survey by Young Jains of India. For more information and feedback please contact: yokjain@yahoo. com, praksash@esolvetech. com, or webmaster at: info@yjindia. org 31 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

Conclusion This workshop in not about Preaching JAINISM, it’s about executing JAINISM in day to day life. There’s no standard mechanism to measure JAIN WAY OF LIFE. Categories and sub categories do overlap. Level 1 through 5 are subjective Use this template as starting point and device your own scale, measure your JWOL against it, work to improve the results JWOL is FUN, HEALTHY, SPIRITUAL !!! 32 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

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Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life ? EVOLVE (our JWOL practices) EDUCATE (and impact trends) ? EXPAND (awareness in Jains and Non-Jains) ENERGIZE (our organization) Vision for JAINA, YJP, and all Jains and Jain organizations in North America 35 Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life

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