Talk:Jain vegetarianism/Archive 1

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There are many misconceptions about the Jain diet (e.x. it being a vegan diet), so I decided to make an article on it. --Shell 15:26, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

This article is, as a whole, unsourced, biased, and poorly formatted. The grammar is also horrible. Please, somebody, fix it up. The most important thing as of right now are some good, trustworthy sources. --queso man 21:11, 10 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I fully agree that the article is in horrible shape. I'll do a complete revision in the course of the next days. 89.49.178.215 09:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

New version
As announced I have replaced the stub by a new version with references and removed the tags "cleanup" and "unreferenced". 89.59.17.34 23:22, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The article is looking much better! Nice work using primary sources to turn this from a rant about non-vegetarianism to, at the very least by very strict standards, a minimally professional article which real information about Jainism and its relation to vegetarianism. Of course, it will still need a lot of work. I'll try to add some more information about root vegetables in particular.--Qmwne235 01:13, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

"Meat is enjoyable and tempting"?
The article says:


 * "Unlike many Western vegetarians, Jains believe that meat – just like other forbidden foods and drinks such as alcohol – is enjoyable and tempting, and that this temptation must be resisted. "

Absolutely false. The sight of meat, or the thought ot eating it, is repulsive to the Jains. I have known Jains who immediately vomited after having learned that they have accidentally eaten meat; and individuals who could not eat after having accidentally seen a carcass hanging in in butcher ship.--Malaiya (talk) 00:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Why do Jains not eat potatoes
One of the biggest reasons behind Jainism saying that we shouldn’t eat potatoes is because if you chopped one potatoes up into 1000 pieces, each one of them would be able to produce a new potato plant. Thus there are infinite life forms in one potatoes. Thus by eating them we are causing the death of not just one potato but an infinite number of life forms. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.24.101.40 (talk) 17:15, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Root vegetables and turmeric.
It says in the main article for Jainism that one of their rituals involves milk (!) and turmeric... but turmeric is a root vegetable, isn't it? Twin Bird (talk) 04:22, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

B12 deficiency
Apparently, Jains have historically gotten B12 from manure residues, bugs, and eggs left on plants. After moving to more hygienic farming/harvesting, they get deficiencies. True? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.224.70.24 (talk) 23:44, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Food for Higher stage
Vegetable is also involve violance because all plant has life. Than for Kevali what is pure food allowed.Is there are Kevali exist today? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.240.68.46 (talk) 00:47, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Assumption That Plants are Non-living?
The following paragraph in the article"However, the theory of ahimsa is based on the traditional assumption that plants are non-living things. Based on scientific facts, modern Jains agree that both plants and animals have life and that no human can survive without killing another life." seems dubious. As the article itself mentions some Jains don't have some plant products as they could reproduce into multiple life forms (i.e. multiple plants), thus disproving the first sentence and making redundant the clause "modern Jains agree that both plants and animals have life" in the second sentence. The clause "no human can survive without killing another life" is again dubious. Strict Jains probably only consume some biological parts of plants—fruits, leaves, etc.—without killing/uprooting the plant that produced it, and still survive. Hence I'm being bold and removing the paragraph entirely. -- Paddu (talk) 09:16, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

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Needs addition of risks of micronutrient deficiency, including vitamin B12.S C Cheese (talk) 17:22, 18 December 2019 (UTC)