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The ethnic untouchable caste burakumin who would work with cattle and leather were discriminated by almost every Buddhist sect. I don't think most of the spiri
by odomojuli 6y ago
The ethnic untouchable caste burakumin who would work with cattle and leather were discriminated by almost every Buddhist sect.
I don't think most of the spirit of the religion comes from India directly. There's plenty of Sanskrit in the language but most ideas matriculated through Korean and Chinese schools of thought is my understanding.
- sn41 6y agoI was specifically talking about vegetarianism. It started very prominently in India due to the Buddhist and Jain influence, at least since 300 BC. The most famous early Indian text which promotes vegetarianism is Thirukkural (1), which is suspected to be a Jain work. It was news to me that vegetarianism did make its way to the far east along with other Buddhist teachings. (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirukku%E1%B9%9Fa%E1%B8%B7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirukku%E1%B9%9Fa%E1%B8%B7
- jagannathtech 6y agoVegetarianism originates in the Vedas themselves. This trope that bhuddism/Jainism influenced vegetarianism is a concotion by colonial historians. Same for the thirukkural, it is a Hindu text adhering to the Hindu philosophical dharma+artha+kama but the history polluted by colonial historians. Wikipedia is a bad place for authentic hindu information. It is pretty much hijacked by vested interests.