Are Hindus Vegetarian?
Hindus can be vegetarian and non-vegetarian. The obsession with reducing Hinduism to a single behaviour is common amongst two groups of people: loud Hindutva radicals and their sworn enemies, the Hinduphobes.
The Non-Violent Ram: Stories from the Jain Tradition – and How They Differ from the Hindu Canon
Followers of Hindutva believe that Jainism is just a branch of Hinduism, despite the fact that it is deemed a minority religion in India’s Constitution. While there are no doubt many things that are common between Jain and Hindu belief systems, there are also many things that differentiate them.