I gave a 50 minute talk at JAINA on scientific aspects of fasting and Jainism. Rather than have one long video, I’ve divided it into shorter segments below.
Here are the videos in order:
Here are the slides: Water fasting intermittent fasting and Jainism. For further reference, here are some additional links Continue reading
Posted in Health and Nutrition, JAINA 2017, Paryushan, Talks, Uncategorized
Vandhana gave three thoroughly researched and well delivered talks at JAINA 2017, of which we are posting two. The first talk was regarding the suffering of farmed animals with an emphasis on dairy and egg production. The second talk, for a Women’s Forum program, connected the exploitation of female animals in milk and egg production with the moral choices Jain women can make to avoid the violence.
Posted in Activism, JAINA 2017, Talks
Sagar Shah gave a number of presentations at JAINA 2017 in New Jersey. Here is one on environmental an ethical issues in modern food production that we recorded . In this talk Sagar presents a compelling comparison of the killing of dairy cows and male calves in meat, milk and cheese, namely that 6 pints of milk = 350 g cheese = 1/4 lb steak (the numbers in the talk below are slightly outdated). A few people commented on how powerful this was, since Jains would never consider eating steak moral. Subsequent to the presentation, he has updated the slides ( 2017.07.03 – Environmental and ethical issues in modern food – how Jainism helps (11 Aug update)) and here are the detailed calculations (Data and methodology – equivalence of beef and dairy in killing cows ) and (Data and calcs on equivalence of eggs and chickens).
Here are some additional references Continue reading
Posted in Environmental, JAINA 2017, Talks
We had a panel on veganism for the youth program. Here is the video
Many people helped make our display boards for the convention during the holiday weekend and they served as a focal point for conversation.
Posted in JAINA 2017, Talks, Vegan Booth
Vegan Jains 