Popular Diets - Religious Aspects Of Vegetarian Diets: Be sure to go to the appropriate sources for further information. Should you desire to become vegetarian or vegan plan your diet with a dietician or nutritionist.
Some major Hindu groups consider vegetarianism as an ideal. Their reasons include: the principle of nonviolence (ahimsa) applied to animals; the intention to offer only pure (vegetarian) food to a deity and receive it back as prasad; and the belief that non-vegetarian food is detrimental for spiritual development and the mind itself. Most Hindu vegetarians are lacto-vegetarians; consuming milk and dairy products.
Most followers of Jainism are also lacto-vegetarians. They stress the principle of all-round non-violence. They won’t eat honey because collecting honey is seen as violence against bees. Some Jains will not eat roots and bulbs to avoid killing tiny animals during the harvest. Some Jains are fruitarians, eating only fruit. Both Hinduism and Jainism teach vegetarianism as moral conduct. According to some Buddhists, the Buddha himself ate meat and he did not prohibit it for his followers. Others teach that he instructed his followers to avoid meat. Observant Sikhs are also divided on the question of consuming meat. Many Sikh Gurus prefer a simple diet that may include meat.
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