>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 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com