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[Jul. 20th, 2012|10:54 am] |
Jain veganism
Is basically the ultimate veganism and makes vegans looks like carnivores haha. I wonder if anyone who follows me/I follow is jain? So strict, you would have to be very, very dedicated (if you were practising strict jain).
Freshness: Food must be prepared fresh daily. Keeping cooked food overnight is forbidden.
Root Vegetables: (potatoes, carrots, turnips) are forbidden because uprooting a plant kills it (non-violence) and because many tiny creatures may inhabit roots.
Onions, Garlic, Scallions, Chives and Leeks fall under the category of “roots” the pulling of which kills the whole plant so they are forbidden.
Beansprouts are prohibited because they are living and eating them kills the whole plant.
Vegetable Greens are considered marginal because they believe plucking them involves pain to the plant. Most Jains consider greens acceptable but cabbages and other greens where the whole top is cut and the plant thus killed are forbidden.
Mushrooms, Fungus and Yeasts are forbidden because they are parasites, grow in non-hygienic environments and may harbor other life forms.
Honey is forbidden as the excrement of bees.
Eggs are forbidden as progeny of five-sensed beings.
Cheese and Yogurt are permissible (for non vegan Jains) but must be freshly prepared on the day they are eaten and no animal rennet may be used to make them. Vegetable and Microbial rennet is acceptable but in strict practice only acid coagulated fresh cheese will fit the same day rule. The previous day’s yogurt may not be use as a starter the next day.
Vinegar is forbidden, it’s a product of fermentation (yeast to alcohol then bacterial to vinegar).
Alcohol is forbidden because it may destroy the power of discrimination, create delusions and result in ill health. Also alcoholic beverages may be considered non-vegetarian because of additives, some of which are of animal origin. They are also invariably made with yeast and usually contain some residual yeast organisms. |
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