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✡ Hindu Zionist ॐ:
one of the most peculiar feature of jain worship is, idols of these fordmakers which are naked. Gaigantic statues of such are erected at sacred places of Jainism, and once in 12 year they bathe these giant idols with milk or turmeric paste and celebrate.
http://jainpuja.com/Mahamastakabhisheka.htm
the occasion is a visual spectacle, many tourists come here to watch the ceremony.
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Dont go through the link, if its against your faith, i'm only providing it for infromation.
TruthSpreader:
Edward mentioned something about Jainism. Why are Jains required to follow a strict vegetarian diet?
✡ Hindu Zionist ॐ:
They believe animals as well as plants have souls like us. Jains make considerable efforts not to injure plants in everyday life as far as possible. They admit that plants must be destroyed for the sake of food, but they only accept such violence in as much as it is indispensable for human survival, and there are special instructions for preventing unnecessary violence against plants. Jains don’t eat root vegetables such as potatoes, onions, roots and tubers, because tiny life forms are injured when the plant is pulled up and because the bulb is seen as a living being, as it is able to sprout. Also, consumption of most root vegetables involves uprooting & killing the entire plant. Whereas consumption of most terrestrial vegetables doesn't kill the plant (it lives on after plucking the vegetables or it was seasonally supposed to wither away anyway)
Zelhar:
I'm a vegan myself and I don't wear leather, yet I don't spare potatoes and cabbages, nor would I pity cockroaches and other pests should they invade my house. BTW, not only do Jainists erect nude statues at their temples, but one sect of Jain monks (out of the two major sects) actually go naked or as they call it- "sky clad".
I find it surprising that Jains are so successful in worldly matters while their religion is so absurd and impractical.
TruthSpreader:
Hi, Hindu Zionist.
What is your opinion of Buddhism and its teachings?
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