Research, insights, and global perspectives from ISJS
Paryushan and Daslakshan festivals/ Parvas give us a welcome pause from the everyday – to look at our habits, attachments, reactions, and the way we relate to one another. Perhaps what these festivals offer is a little more “pause-ity”: the ability to stop before we react, reflect before we judge, and recognise our own attachments, like the practice of forgiveness takes that reflection a step further. It asks us to acknowledge that we may have caused hurt, knowingly or unknowingly, and to have the humility to make amends. These are values worth carrying beyond the festival season, into our everyday interactions and relationships. s
ISJS is hosting a three-day residential forum, “From Inner Development to Conscious Living: A Global Dialogue for Sustainable Collective Well-being,” from May 1 to 3, 2027, at Navalveerayatan, Pune. The forum will bring together participants from diverse backgrounds to explore inner development, consciouss living, ethical responsibility, and collective well-being. Through dialogue, reflection, and shared learning, participants will engage with the questions: “Who am I? Who are We? What is the World?” The initiative seeks to connect individual awareness with responsible action, encouraging a journey from “I to We to World.” We are looking for institutions of international repute to join as co-organisers and for scholars, researchers, and practitioners to contribute their scholarship and expertise to the dialogue.
The Speak Up section in this edition features an article titled “My Reflections on Observing Daslakshan Parva” by Dr. Shugan C. Jain, President, ISJS.
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