The Jain diet includes a variety of legumes and pulses (Credit: Rawf8/Alamy) While many in the West are partaking in Veganuary this month, few know about the 2,500-year-old faith that eschews ...

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so a lot of Jains adopt the attitude of, 'Well, I'm going to do the best I can,' " she said. "I'll be vegetarian or vegan, and if I can buy a Prius, I will." Priyal Gandhi, for example ...

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For his parents, continuing to be a vegetarian or vegan when they arrived was difficult. For younger Jains, he said, their diet is more mainstream. For Jain millennials, challenges look more like ...

Miller, who was studying accounting, went on to earn a doctorate in religious studies and now teaches about Jainism and yoga. To implement nonviolence in his own life, he became a vegan and ...

(RNS) — Jain Americans have forged Thanksgiving traditions of their own, participating in a ritual fast, praying for forgiveness or cooking up a vegan feast for their families. (RNS ...

Jain monks often carry brushes to sweep the ground ... in case they swallow any insects is also observed. Other notable vegan-leaning leaders include the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten who banned ...

In particular, Jainism, the Indian faith that originated in north India sometime between 5th-7th Century BCE, predating even Buddhism, comes closest to the modern-day vegan principles of avoiding ...