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Jain Yoga: Nonviolence and compassion as the foundation of yoga practice
Event Date: Sunday, June 7, 2026
Event Time: 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. PDT | 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. CEST | 9:30 - 10:30 p.m. IST
Join the Zoom webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86308308942
Webinar ID: 863 0830 8942
Jain Yoga is an important and yet often overlooked tradition in yoga's history. The term yoga classically referred to behaviors of mind, body, and speech that must be restrained through nonviolence and ethical conduct in Umāsvāti’s Tattvārthsūtra. Following Patañjali's Yogasūtra, Jain authors like Haribhadra and Hemacandra defined Jain Yoga as a spiritual path, nevertheless maintaining a commitment to ahiṃsā and Jainism’s unique karma theory. Learn how the use and meaning of "yoga" in Jainism evolved over millennia, shaping and being shaped by broader yoga traditions from ancient South Asia to the present.
Presented in collaboration with JAINA (Federation of Jain Associations in North America) and Arihanta Institute.
Join the Zoom webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86308308942
Webinar ID: 863 0830 8942
About Our Speaker:
Christopher Jain Miller, the co-founder and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Arihanta Institute, completed his PhD in the Study of Religion at the University of California, Davis. He is Professor of Jain and Yoga Studies at Arihanta Institute, Visiting Researcher at the University of Zürich's Asien-Orient-Institut, and Professor of Engaged Jain Studies at Claremont School of Theology. Christopher's primary fields of research interest are Yoga Studies and Engaged Jain Studies, and he currently serves as the co-chair of the Yoga in Theory and Practice Unit at the American Academy of Religion as well as on the steering committees for the Dharma Academy of North America (DANAM) and the Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana conference. Christopher is the author of Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation (Routledge 2024) and the co-editor of Engaged Jainism: Critical and Constructive Studies of Jain Social Engagement (SUNY 2025) as well as Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age (Lexington 2020).