Green Gaia
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Anyone ever met a Jain? I haven't, I would love to talk to one though about their beliefs. Don't suppose we'll see too many of them online though.
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Jains?
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Master Vigil
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I've never met one either. But the idea of the body being a hindrance to enlightenment is very interesting to me.
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i have. i was just a kid. they didnt seem too different, other than that they were northerners.
they had kids, the first pair of twins i saw that looked identical, but one was a boy and the other was a girl. no, they did not wear the mouth scarves, i think they were modern jains. there are very few jains in the world. many of the rich, many of them own jewelery stores.
fun facts.
they had kids, the first pair of twins i saw that looked identical, but one was a boy and the other was a girl. no, they did not wear the mouth scarves, i think they were modern jains. there are very few jains in the world. many of the rich, many of them own jewelery stores.
fun facts.
Well, hello guys. I'm new to this Forum, and I'm a Jain. I was just searching on the Net for Jainims forums, and this is the first one i found. Well, I'm kinda surprised that you guys are anxious to meet a Jain, but I don't know what it feels like to be in your shoes. Oh well, gotta run.
Master Vigil
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I've done a little study on Jainism, and am very excited to hear more about it. Thank you for joining.
I've met American Jains and have heard them speak at an animal-rights conventions. I was rather surprised to learn that many "modern" Jains have abandoned the radical harmlessness their religion is famed for, and a surprising percentage is no longer even vegetarian.
The majority of the Jains are vegetarians. Yes, it's hard to believe that some Jains are resorting to meat, and that is very sad. Growing up in America, it is difficult to follow all of my Jain principles. I am a vegetarian, and I don't eat raw eggs + fish; a lot of foods in U.S. such as cookies and bread have eggs, so I do break make exceptions My religion states that I'm not allowed to eat carrots or onions, unless they are grown in a different manner. My family never enforced upon me that i shouldn't eat carrots or onions.Seyorni said:
In regards to other aspects of my religion, I really don't follow strictly. The lifestyle in America caused me not to follow my religion in a hardcore fashion. I mean I'm supposed to not eat after a certain time during the day, and I don't follow that. I hate killing insects since it's against my religion, but sometimes I end up doing that. However, one major part of my religion I always will follow is that I won't eat meat.
Well, well, ladies & gentleman. It is nice to meet you all.
I am a Jain. I lived in America for 8 years. Currently I am in Canada; and have been for the past 2 years. I have, always (my whole life) avoided eggs, fish and meat. I've also avoided onions, carrots and garlic. I do slip and eat potatoes at times. And yes, I am quite healthy.
There are different reasons for not eating particular vegetables. i.e. Onion because they tend to increase the (sexual) heat inside the body. Potatoes tend to darken/bring obstacles into life. The general reason for all these "root" vegetables is that they are grown underground (completely), and/or are seeds. i.e. potatoes grow on themselves. There are no seeds for it. So essentially, eating a potato is also eating its "complete" family. However, many of these philosophies make no sense to follow...as the whole point of eating fruits/vegetables over meat/etc. was that you don't have to "kill" plants to eat them. You eat the ones fallen on ground (i.e. already dead).
As for how is it to be around me (a Jain)? Well, my friends tend to avoid eating meat around me. They say it makes them "feel guilty." My closest friends tend to reduce their dosage of meat, though no one avoids eggs. Many of them are quite shocked that I can bake *awesome* brownies and cakes without the eggs or soy or such (use condensed milk!).
Jainism is about the respect of life as well as living by harming as LITTLE as possible. Note that it doesn't say living by harming nothing. It's as little. So at a point, it is OK for a Jain to eat meat. However, Jainism is against doing anything that is not out of "pure necessity." It is quite difficult to be a (true) Jain in this time of life. In fact, it is said, that in this yuva (era) no one is going to achieve salvation.
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.
I am a Jain. I lived in America for 8 years. Currently I am in Canada; and have been for the past 2 years. I have, always (my whole life) avoided eggs, fish and meat. I've also avoided onions, carrots and garlic. I do slip and eat potatoes at times. And yes, I am quite healthy.
There are different reasons for not eating particular vegetables. i.e. Onion because they tend to increase the (sexual) heat inside the body. Potatoes tend to darken/bring obstacles into life. The general reason for all these "root" vegetables is that they are grown underground (completely), and/or are seeds. i.e. potatoes grow on themselves. There are no seeds for it. So essentially, eating a potato is also eating its "complete" family. However, many of these philosophies make no sense to follow...as the whole point of eating fruits/vegetables over meat/etc. was that you don't have to "kill" plants to eat them. You eat the ones fallen on ground (i.e. already dead).
As for how is it to be around me (a Jain)? Well, my friends tend to avoid eating meat around me. They say it makes them "feel guilty." My closest friends tend to reduce their dosage of meat, though no one avoids eggs. Many of them are quite shocked that I can bake *awesome* brownies and cakes without the eggs or soy or such (use condensed milk!).
Jainism is about the respect of life as well as living by harming as LITTLE as possible. Note that it doesn't say living by harming nothing. It's as little. So at a point, it is OK for a Jain to eat meat. However, Jainism is against doing anything that is not out of "pure necessity." It is quite difficult to be a (true) Jain in this time of life. In fact, it is said, that in this yuva (era) no one is going to achieve salvation.
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.
Hi Swatijain, Namaste.
Nice of you to 'drop in' - I am ashamed to say that I had not heard of 'Jain' before; elements of it sound much like Buddhism - the part about not 'killing anything that grows' - which, If I have understood correctly, you subscribe to. I see there is an official Jain website in the U.K as well as in ther States- I will read up on you when I can. Welcome, by the way.
Nice of you to 'drop in' - I am ashamed to say that I had not heard of 'Jain' before; elements of it sound much like Buddhism - the part about not 'killing anything that grows' - which, If I have understood correctly, you subscribe to. I see there is an official Jain website in the U.K as well as in ther States- I will read up on you when I can. Welcome, by the way.
I am glad to see such a pacifistic religion out there is still in existance.
I am interested tho is there a tendency towards low self-esteem within the belief?
Because it is difficult to care so much about the welfare of other entities without forgetting to care about yourself.
I am interested tho is there a tendency towards low self-esteem within the belief?
Because it is difficult to care so much about the welfare of other entities without forgetting to care about yourself.
akshar
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Im not Jain, but i thin they belive in person named Mahavira, who achieved enlightenment, like buddha, and like buddha i think he disagreed wtih the vedas so he went of creating his own religion. Many jain saints kind of walk completely naked and some kids make fun of them, when the saints look at them they become paralysed.