I'm a vegetarian and I love being one for the sake of my fellow sentient beings. I am also a very spiritual person and in being this way I think about the life of all creatures on earth. I was researching Buddhism and admire their dedication to life and compassion towards sentient beings. But in researching Jainism I came across something, somewhat disturbing to me as a vegetarian. They believe that even eating vegetables can harm life because insects and such are killed when planting vegetables. They hold this belief so strongly that they believe that dying of starvation is the ultimate practice of non-violence. Now I began to see that they have a point so I ask myself and others with similar beliefs, how far do we go since technically it will never be enough?
2007-12-12
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