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homes, people will have a cotton cloth filter on the mouth of the water tap to avoid any insects being harmed or digested. In weddings, parties, and celebrations and in Jain temples and places of Worship, Jain food (vegetarian without root vegetables) will be served. In many ways, Jains have developed minute details of practice in their diet and culinary habits with these rules and restrictions. It has been estimated that every vegan saves roughly two hundred animals a year, not to mention the reversal of water waste and topsoil erosion. Carbon emissions from factory farms and slaughterhouses are now the single largest contributor to so-called greenhouse gasses, which are linked to global warming. Taking into account the subtle shift in public awareness towards veganism over the last two decades, clearly a change is already taking place. All that is left to consider is whether humanity can wean itself off of meat and dairy before the earth reaches a calamitous tipping point. "ALL VEGANS ARE NOT JAINS BUT ALL JAINS SHOULD BE VEGAN” Dilip Shah, Past President JAINA
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An Ahimsa Crisis: You Decide
