Talk:Jain vegetarianism

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There are many misconceptions about the Jain diet (e.x. it being a vegan diet), so I decided to make an article on it. --Shell 15:26, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

This article is, as a whole, unsourced, biased, and poorly formatted. The grammar is also horrible. Please, somebody, fix it up. The most important thing as of right now are some good, trustworthy sources. --queso man 21:11, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I fully agree that the article is in horrible shape. I'll do a complete revision in the course of the next days. 89.49.178.215 09:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New version

As announced I have replaced the stub by a new version with references and removed the tags "cleanup" and "unreferenced". 89.59.17.34 23:22, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

The article is looking much better! Nice work using primary sources to turn this from a rant about non-vegetarianism to, at the very least by very strict standards, a minimally professional article which real information about Jainism and its relation to vegetarianism. Of course, it will still need a lot of work. I'll try to add some more information about root vegetables in particular.--Qmwne235 01:13, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Some violence against plants is permitted?

I understood that they actually only very daintily pulled fruits and seeds and maybe a few leaves from plants, so that the plant can survive and regenerate, and that they never even kill a plant to eat. This is also apparently the general practice of gorillas.

[edit] "Meat is enjoyable and tempting"?

The article says:

"Unlike many Western vegetarians, Jains believe that meat – just like other forbidden foods and drinks such as alcohol – is enjoyable and tempting, and that this temptation must be resisted.[1]"

Absolutely false. The sight of meat, or the thought ot eating it, is repulsive to the Jains. I have known Jains who immediately vomited after having learned that they have accidentally eaten meat; and individuals who could not eat after having accidentally seen a carcass hanging in in butcher ship.--Malaiya (talk) 00:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)