# Jainism ## Jainism ![jainism](/sites/g/files/omnuum10836/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/2025-05/hero5.png?itok=cRSyuhPQ) ## Essays [### Introduction to Jainism ](/introduction-to-jainism) ![Mahavira](/sites/g/files/omnuum10836/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-09/Jain.Mahavira.jpg?h=7dc56f73&itok=9ZXVbv5u) [### Jainism in America ](/jainism-in-america) ![Center Inauguration of the Jain Center of Greater Boston](/sites/g/files/omnuum10836/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/pluralism/files/top_1_jainism.jpg?h=b0491805&itok=6HGeKIkL) [### The Jain Experience ](/the-jain-experience) ![Women at Jain Center](/sites/g/files/omnuum10836/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-09/center-inauguration-of-the-jain-center-of-greater-boston-norwood-26-28-june-2010_4785294797_o.jpg?h=9ae5b038&itok=hmY4bGm7) [### Issues for Jains in America ](/issues-for-jains-in-america) ![Banner Depicts Principles of the Jain Tradition](/sites/g/files/omnuum10836/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/pluralism/files/top_5_jainism.jpg?h=8cf72673&itok=F1cm8n02) ## Jainism Timeline ## Glossary [### brahmacharya ](/brahmacharya) [### monk ](/monk) [### monastery ](/monastery) [### murti ](/murti) [### Paryushan ](/paryushan) [### bhajan ](/bhajan) [### International Mahavir Jain Mission ](/international-mahavir-jain-mission) [### Jaina Association of North America ](/jaina-association-north-america) [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/jainism-glossary-terms) ## Selected Publications Download 3 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169127&&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169127&&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169127&&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169127&&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169127&&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169127&&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_cities1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_religioustradition%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=169127&&&format=ris) ### 2023 Phillips, Maggie. “[Jainism, American Style](/publication/jainism-american-style)”. Religious Literacy in America. Tablet Magazine, 2023. Phillips, Maggie. “[Jainism, American Style](/publication/jainism-american-style)”. Religious Literacy in America. Tablet Magazine, 2023. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/jainism-american-style) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/jainism-american-style) ### 2019 Jain, Parveen. *[An Introduction to Jain Philosophy](/publications/introduction-jain-philosophy)*. New Delhi: DK Printworld, 2019. Jain, Parveen. *[An Introduction to Jain Philosophy](/publications/introduction-jain-philosophy)*. New Delhi: DK Printworld, 2019. Jain, Pankaj. *[Dharma in America: A Brief History of Hindu-Jain Diaspora](/publication/dharma-america-brief-history-hindu-jain-diaspora)*. New York: Routledge, 2019. Jain, Pankaj. *[Dharma in America: A Brief History of Hindu-Jain Diaspora](/publication/dharma-america-brief-history-hindu-jain-diaspora)*. New York: Routledge, 2019. [ See more publications arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications?f%5B0%5D=bibcite_reference_hwp_c_religioustradition%3A169127) ## Selected Links [### Jain Quantum ](https://jainqq.org/) [### e-Jain Digest ](https://www.jaina.org/page/JainDigest) [### Young Jains of America ](https://www.yja.org) [### Young Jain Professionals ](https://yjp.us/) [### Wiki-Jain ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jain) [### Jainworld ](https://jainworld.com/) [ See more links arrow\_circle\_right ](/links?f%5B0%5D=hwp_c_religioustradition%3A169127) ### Explore Jainism in Greater Boston Jains first came from India to America in the late 1960s, establishing the Jain Center of Greater Boston (JCGB) in 1973. From 1981 until 2010, members of the JCGB gathered in a former Swedish Lutheran church in Norwood. Since 2010, JCGB have gathered in their own, purpose-built derasar (temple) in Norwood. A second local organization, the Jain Sangh of New England (JSNE), formed in 2000. 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