Saturday, August 29, 2009

30. "Hindus' devotion to vegetarianism may be interpreted in the context of the difficulty of securing the food resource for a population increase."

"A significant number of Hindus' devotion to vegetarianism may be interpreted in the context of the difficulty of securing the food resource for a population increase from the perspective of cultural materialism, while the influence of Jainism and Buddhism that emphasize ahimsa has been pointed out."

From "The Cyclopedia of India" written by Hiroshi Yamashita and Nobuko Okamitsu and published by Tokyodo Publishing Co., Ltd.

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