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Re: Dietary Customs of Jains
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: Dietary Customs of Jains
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From: tailor@crl.com (Victor Schneider)
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Date: 13 Mar 1995 21:21:31 GMT
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Distribution: world
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From news@crl.com Mon Mar 13 16: 12:18 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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References: <3jr0uj$nt7@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
In article <3jr0uj$nt7@ucunix.san.uc.edu>, vivek@noel.cs.rice.edu says...
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>>I am interested in the dietary customs of followers of Jainism. I will be
>>hosting Jains in the near future. As a follower of the dietary customs of
>>Judiasm, I am sensitive to making guests of other religions feel
>They also do not generally eat things that grow underground. I always
>thought that the rationale was that things that grew underground were
>not fruits, and would involve killing the plant in order to eat them.
>However, I have been told recently by some Jains that the logic behind
>this is not eat what is meant for other life forms. So, in their logic,
>potatoes are meant as food for worms, bugs, etc, so they do not eat them.
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Actually, the original injunctions about Jewish kashrut in Genesis are
vegetarian and follow the Jainist philosphy. Contemporary Jewish kashrut
derives from the belief that the later injunctions in Exodus and elsewhere
supercede those in Genesis, which are much stricter.
>Dairy is OK, I think, but be sure about what's in it. I've met Jains
>that are very particular about ingredients. Many cheeses are made with
>rennet, an enzyme often obtained from the stomach linings of veal calves,
Rennet is an issue in Jewish kashrut also.
>than any knowledge I have about Jainism. I've been to (Hindu) houses where
>there was a "meat" set and a "clean" set of dishes, and only the latter
>was used for religious events, etc.
Sounds vaguely familiar.
