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[19] [20] [21] According to Jain texts, a śrāvaka (householder) should not consume the four maha-vigai (the four perversions) – wine, flesh, butter and honey; and the five udumbara fruits (the five udumbara trees are gular, anjeera, banyan, peepal, and pakar, all belonging to the fig genus). Lastly, Jains should not consume any foods or ...
Jains not only abstain from consumption of meat, but also do not eat root vegetables (such as carrots, potatoes, radish, turnips, etc) as doing so kills the plant and they believe in ahimsa. In the hierarchy of living entities, overwintering plants such as onions are ranked higher than food crops such as wheat and rice.
In pursuit of their spiritual beliefs, states Olivelle, the "mendicants eat other people's left overs". [14] If they cannot find left overs, they seek fallen fruit or seeds left in field after harvest. [14] The forest hermits of Hinduism, on the other hand, do not beg for left overs. [14] Their food is wild and uncultivated.
The Jain vegetarian diet is practised by the followers of Jain culture and philosophy. It is considered one of the most rigorous forms of a spiritually motivated diet on the Indian subcontinent and beyond. The Jain cuisine is completely vegetarian, and it also excludes potatoes, onions and garlic, like the shojin-ryori cuisine of Japan.
It is the teaching of the perfect Buddhas. And yet we eat meat nonetheless; we have not put an end to it." [37] An entire chapter is devoted to the Buddha's response, wherein he lists a litany of spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional reasons why meat eating should be abjured. [38]
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West‘s 10-year-old daughter, North, still has Us thinking about the way she ate an onion on The Kardashians. During a new episode of the Hulu reality series, which ...
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Many religious orders also avoid harming plant life by not eating root vegetables. This practice is not merely ascetic but reflects the belief in Chinese spirituality that animals possess immortal souls, and that a grain-based diet is the healthiest for humans. In Chinese folk religions, as well as the aforementioned faiths, people often eat ...