>Vegans will tell you that all the Hindus in
>India do this. That's crap. I know a lot of Hindus, most of them grew up in
>India, they think all of that is silly.
Actually, it's the Jain's
>The whole vegan "nonharming" mentality originates from ahimsa, the yogic
>practice of nonviolence.
The Jain sites I looked at also use this word as part of 5 things to do to
erase karma. (Ahimsa - To protect all life (non-violence) )
http://www.umich.edu/~umjains/overview.html
Marisa
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