Which religon from India doesn't eat any meat?

Question

My boss and her family are from India, and their religion does not allow them to eat any animal flesh, not even eggs. They're very strict, even going so far as to double check there is no eggs within bought products, and washing vegetables before eating them if there was a chance of being touched with meat. I'm curious as to what this religion is called.

Thanks a lot, so far; any chance anyone can give me some resources to search further into this?

Answer 1

I think their either Buddhists or Jains.

Although the prevalent religion is Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism are also the religion of some Indians, along with Islam, Sikhism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, & Baha'i Faith.

In Hinduism, though a large group practice vegetarianism, the latter is not a dogma or requirement in their religion. It is only recommended as a purifying lifestyle. Some do eat meat, with one exception --- cow's meat. The reason behind this is that they consider the cow sacred in their religion.

In Buddhism, due to the understanding of animals as conscious and suffering beings, Buddhists do not kill animals and do not eat meat. Certain major Mahayana sutras show the Buddha forcefully denouncing meat-consumption and advocating vegetarianism (vegetarianism in Buddhism). Some Mahāyāna Buddhists in China and Vietnam also avoid eating strong-smelling plants such as onion, garlic, chives, shallot, and leek. Buddhist vegetarian chefs have become extremely creative in imitating meat using prepared wheat gluten, also known as "seitan" or "wheat meat", soy (such as tofu or tempeh), agar, and other plant products.

Same thing with Jainism. Jains are also vegetarians. However, Jainism's stance on nonviolence goes beyond vegetarianism. Jains refuse food obtained with unnecessary cruelty. Many are vegan due to the violence of modern dairy farms.The orthodox Jain diet excludes most root vegetables, as they believe this destroys life unnecessarily. Another reason for refusing root vegetables is to avoid destroying entire plants. If you eat apples, you do not destroy whole trees, but for root vegetables, whole plants are uprooted. Garlic and onions are avoided as these are seen as creating passion, meaning anger, hatred, jealousy. Observant Jains do not eat, drink, or travel after sunset (which is called Chauvihar) and always rise before sunrise.

Answer 2

Your Boss is from a religion which is basically Hinduism.
Hinduism as a religion That has different sects .It seems your boss and his family are from a state called Gujarat of India . This state is the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi a Freedom fighter who was the first to start Non violence as a weapon against English Barbarism in the times of Raaj (the english rule in India)
Probably the family is a Jain.

Answer 3

they are probably Hindus.

Hinduism (Sanskrit - Sanātana (eternal) Dharma also known as Vaidika (Vedic) Dharma) is a religion that orginated from the Indian subcontinent. It is the oldest existent religion in the world. It is based on the four holy books called the Vedas, and also on other secondary scriptures. The term Hinduism is heterogeneous, as Hinduism consists of several schools of thought. It encompasses many religious rituals that widely vary in practice, as well as many diverse sects and philosophies. Many Hindus, influenced by Advaita philosophy, venerate an array of deities, considering them manifestations of the one supreme monistic Cosmic Spirit, Brahman, while many others focus on a singular concept of Brahman (God), as in Vaishnavism, Saivism and Shaktism.

Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world, with approximately 900 million adherents (2005 figure), of whom approximately 890 million live in India.

Answer 4

Hinduism

Answer 5

I'm Hindu and we definitely eat meat! They might be part of the highest "caste", called the Brahmins. The are the "holy men" (literally) and they have strict religious beliefs.

Answer 6

Jainism

Answer 7

Hindu

Answer 8

Hindu

Answer 9

Jainism

Compassion for all life, human and non human, is central to Jainism. It is the only religion that requires monks and laity, from all its sects and traditions, to be vegetarian.

Answer 10

I think it is Hinduism. They believe that people can reincarnate as animals, so for that reason will not eat them.