| 词条 | Jainism in the United Kingdom | |||
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| group = British Jains | pop = 20,288[1] | region1 = | languages = English Indian Languages | religions = Jainism }} Adherents of Jainism first arrived in the United Kingdom (UK) in the 19th century. The UK, mainly England, has since become a center of the Jain diaspora. HistoryIn 1873 Hermann Jacobi encountered Jain texts in London. He later visited India to further study and translate some of them. Later during 1891-1901, M.K. Gandhi in London corresponded with Shrimad Rajchandra regarding questions raised by missionaries. Champat Rai Jain was in England during 1892-1897, to study law. He established the Rishabh Jain Lending library 1930. Later he translated several Jain texts into English.[2]During 1906-1910, Jugmandar Lal Jaini was at Oxford as a law student. In 1909 he created the Jain Literature Society in London together with F. W. Thomas and H. Warren.[3] In 1949 The World Jaina Mission was founded in London, by M. McKay, W. H. Talbot, F. Mansell, and Mrs. K. P. Jain. Exodus of Asians from East AfricaAfter the independence of East African colonies from Britain in early 1960s, Jains of Gujarati origin who had been in the colonies for decades started moving to UK. This process accelerated after the 1972 Idi Amin expulsion of Asians from Uganda.Most of the Gujarati Jains from East Africa belonged either to the Visa Oshwal community, originally from the Halar region of Saurashtra or the Jamnagar Srimali community .[4][5] Jain Samaj LeicesterIn 1973 the Jain Samaj Leicester was formed.[6][7] In 1979 an old church building on Oxford Street, in the heart of Leicester, was bought and named the Jain Centre. In 1980, the Jain Samaj was expanded as a European body. In 1982, the Jain Samaj opened an office in London. The All India (Overseas) Jinalaya Samiti was created to complete the temple according to the plans drawn by the architects from Leicester, Bombay and Ahmedabad. In 1983, on 10 November, Shilanyas ceremony (the laying of the foundation stones) for the first fully consecrated Jain temple in the western world, was performed. In 1984, on 14 December, the Anjanshalaka ceremony was carried at Pali for the images of Shantinath, Mahavir and Parswanath. In 1985, on 25 August, the above images were placed in the Jain Centre, Leicester. In 1988, on 8 July, the images were entered in the Garbagriha (permanent place of adobe) and the Pratistha ceremony was celebrated for 16 days from 8 July 1988 to 23 July 1988. MAHAVIR FOUNDATIONMahavir Foundation was registered as a Charity in England and Wales (no 296175). It operates a temple in Kenton, Middlesex (London). It has consecrated images of Mahavir Swami, Parshvanath, Aadinath, Simandhar Swami and Munisuvrat Swami. It also has Padmavati Mata and Gautam Swami. There is a separate shrine of Manibhadra Veer, Ghantakarna Veer and Nakoda Bhairavji British Jain temples and institutes
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References1. ^https://static.ons.gov.uk/visual/2015/05/Religion-Chart.png 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jainsamaj.org/rpg_site/literature2.php |title=on www.jainsamaj.org ( Jainism, Ahimsa News, Religion, Non-Violence, Culture, Vegetarianism, Meditation, India. ) |publisher=Jainsamaj.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-14}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/98/1/The_Invention_of_Jainism_(without_photo).pdf |title=Microsoft Word - The Invention of Jainism _without photo_ |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2012-04-21}} 4. ^{{cite book |author1=Marcus Banks |editor2=Wendy James |editor1=Paul Dresch |editor3=David J. Parkin |title=Anthropologists in a Wider World: Essays on Field Research |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M3RucvEsq_AC&pg=PA193|year=2000|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-1-57181-799-0|page=193|chapter=Views of Jain history}} 5. ^{{cite book|author=Mugambi, J.N.K.|title=A Comparative Study of Religions |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cx8ACQAAQBAJ&pg=PA108|date=16 March 2015|publisher=University of Nairobi Press|isbn=978-9-96684-689-1|page=108}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jaincentre.com/ |title=Jain Samaj Europe |publisher=Jaincentre.com |date= |accessdate=2012-04-21}} 7. ^{{cite book |author1=Marcus Banks |editor=Pnina Werbner |title=Black and Ethnic Leaderships |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=je-IAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA154 |year=2009 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-96569-4 |pages=154–162 |chapter=Competing to give, competing to get. Gujarati Jains in Britain}} 8. ^The Jain Centre, Leicester. Retrieved 29 October 2008. 9. ^Kurt Titze, Klaus Bruhn, Jainism: a pictorial guide to the religion of non-violence, p. 264 Further reading
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