What do jain monks eat

Till then, Kudos to you. Before today, I would not have believed if someone told me that they travelled the world and followed choviar on their way! Like Liked by 1 person. Darshak—thank you for your comment! It seems rare, but I think it really just comes down to mindset; if there is a will, there is a way! I was pretty much daunted,but certain to follow it strictly. I have been getting it a lot from friends that I would have to change my eating habits and that not even in my dreams would I find someone in the US following Jainism with all its faith.

I am so glad to read your blog,and hope I can brush up my cooking skills before moving in. And thanks for doing this,someone needs to step up against the stigma about Jain food, specially here in India. Could you offer some recipes or links to recipes. Thanks in advance. Hi Emma! Hi Priyanka, love your blog. I wonder if you can help me. I am a fellow food writer and I am currently training in the UK as an end of life care Doula.

I have to make a presentation on Jain end of life care traditions and wonder if in terms of supporting people who are ill there are any Jain favourite comfort foods or fasting traditions that I could mention.

I am aware that fasting is a normal for Jains and I know about the extra sacred vow of Sallekhana, but I am more interested in everyday folk and their care at home from friends and family.

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You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. To give you a brief summary about the Jain diet in tweetable characters: The Jain vegetarian diet is based on nonviolence.

Every act by which a person directly or indirectly supports killing or injury is seen as violence hinsa , which creates harmful karma. The aim of ahimsa is to prevent the accumulation of such karma. The extent to which this intention is put into effect varies greatly among Hindus, Buddhists and Jains.

It is an indispensable condition for liberation from the cycle of reincarnation, which is the ultimate goal of all Jain activities. Jains share this goal with Hindus and Buddhists, but their approach is particularly rigorous and comprehensive. Their scrupulous and thorough way of applying nonviolence to everyday activities, and especially to food, shapes their entire lives and is the most significant hallmark of Jain identity. A side effect of this strict discipline is the exercise of asceticism, which is strongly encouraged in Jainism for lay people as well as for monks and nuns.

Jain Food Diet, Restrictions and Reasons. I will try to resolve all those queries for you Jain vegetarianism is the diet of the Jains, the followers of Jainism. Practice For Jains, lacto-vegetarianism generally known simply as vegetarianism in India is mandatory. Food which contains even small particles of the bodies of dead animals or eggs is absolutely unacceptable. However, Jainism is very much a religion in its own right and its followers have to keep a strict code of conduct especially when it comes to diet.

Jains are strict vegetarians but also do not eat root vegetables and some types of fruits. Some Jains are also vegans and exclude various types of green vegetables during periods of the month. Joyti and Rajesh, who run Jain website atmadharma. We therefore aim to cause as little harm as possible to these living things so restrict what we eat accordingly.

It is this principle of nonviolence to living things, or ahimsa as the Jains call it, which dictates Samani's life of abstinence.

She doesn't know in advance what she will eat on any given day, and she is also obliged to eat every last bit of the food given to her, rather than throwing any away.