Annual Lecture

2014

April 9, 2014
Fourth Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture
Highly-respected scholar of Jainism, Dr. Dundas delivers Fourth Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture on "An Interior Kingdom: Jain Allegorical Narratives in the Twelfth Century".

2013

November 4, 2013
The Second Annual Mahavir Nirvan Lecture
Dr Manoj Jain delivers The Second Annual Mahavir Nirvan Lecture on "Applying Jain Principles in Medical Practice".

April 11, 2013
Third Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture
Nalini Balbir (Sorbonne-Paris) delivers the Third Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture on "Women in Jainism". Dinner to follow.

2012

April 4, 2012
Second Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture
Prof. John C. Cort of Denison University, a leading scholar of Jainism, will speak on "Jain Art - Icons and Iconoclasts in Jainism." Reception with Jain refreshments follows the talk. Sponsored by Bhagwan Mahavir Professorship, Jain Education and Research Foundation.

2011

April 13, 2011
First Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture
Professor Phyllis Granoff of Yale University delivers the First Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture on "Visions of the Conqueror - Jain Art," based on her recent book.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 6 p. m., in the Frost Art Museum. Talk and book-signing.

Co-sonsors: Program in the Study of Spirituality, Mahavir Professorship, Frost Art Museum, TAK Ho nor Society.

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Events

2012

November 6, 2012
Jain Meditation
Samani Unnata Pragya
8:00pm | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GC 243
Sponsored by the Program in the Study of Spirituality

October 31, 2012
Spiritual Entrepreneurship
Dr. Dipak C. Jain, Dean, INSEAD-Paris
7:00pm | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GC Ballroom
Sponsored by the Program in the Study of Spirituality

2010

October 10, 2010
The Dark Side of Spirituality - Nazism and the Occult
Lecture by Peter Levenda, FIU
5:00pm | Temple Emanu-El
Sponsored by the Program in the Study of Spirituality, Judaic Studies Program, TAK

October 11, 2010
"Vegetarian Way of Living"
With Shri R. P. Jain, Proprietor, Motilal Banarsidass Indological Publishers, Delhi
9:00am – 10:00pm | Modesto A. Maidique Campus | CPA 167
Sponsored by Program in the Study of Spirituality, Mahavir Professorship, Asian Studies Program, Preksha Meditation Club

October 11, 2010
"Gandhi's Legacy of Ahimsa and Compassion"
With Shri R. P. Jain, Proprietor, Motilal Banarsidass Indological Publishers, Delhi
1:00pm – 2:00pm | Modesto A. Maidique Campus | GC 150
Sponsored by Program in the Study of Spirituality, Mahavir Professorship, Asian Studies Program, Preksha Meditation Club

November 9, 2010
Mentoring the Inner Soul in Professions
Lecture by Alfred A. Porro, Jr., FIU
5:00pm | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Moot Court Room in the College of Law
Sponsored by the Program in the Study of Spirituality
Co-sponsored by the College of Law, College of Business Administration and College of Medicine