Hello Ray!


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From: Ray Audette <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 1:51 AM
Subject: [P-F] Janism


>Mahavira, the founder of Janism was born in 599 BC and died in 527 BC.
>
>Buddha lived between 566 BC and 486 BC
>
>The Rig-Veda (earliest Hindu scripture) was written about 1500 BC but
>vegetarian practice amoung Hindus began around 600 BC after the
>Upanishads (begun around 800 BC) were made popular.
>
>From: "The Heretic's Feast: A History of Vegetarianism" by Colin Spencer
>(University of New England Press, 1995)
>
>Ray Audette
>Author "NeanderThin:A Caveman's Guide to Nutrition"
>http://www.sofdesign.com/neander
>

Mahavir was not the founder of Jainism. He was the 24th "Tirthankar". This
can be researched very easily by referencing modern scholarly peer reviewed
journals.

By doing sloppy research we perpetuate myths, including the one that Hitler
was a vegetarian.

Mahesh aka ElectronicBoy