Saturday, October 20, 2007

Ahimsa

Hindus follow the principle of ahimsa, which is non-injury to living creatures. This principle especially applies to cows, which Hindus believe are sacred animals. As a result, hardly any Hindus eat beef. Also, many do not eat any kind of meat.

http://www.diehardindian.com/demogrph/moredemo/hindu.htm

2 comments:

Kelly V said...

I think it's very strange that Hindu's belive that cows are sacred animals. I wonder what makes a cow so special?

Grace said...

This is extremely weird to me, mainly because one would think that this would contradict with their faith in Hinduism.