Jainism is an ancient Indian religion. It's somewhat similar, but different to both Buddhism and Hinduism. One of the core tenets of Jainism is non-violence to EVERYTHING. Some devout Jains walk around sweeping the ground in front of them (so as to not indadvertently step on any insects or small animals) and some may even wear a mask, so as not to inadvertently breathe in any small insects. Jains are strict vegetarians--vegans really--with many avoiding even whole classes of plants, such as root vegetables, because of the violence that does the plant.
tl;dr, Jainism is a VERY strict religion with VERY pacifistic and non-violent beliefs.
The other big takeaway is that Jains are the Jews of India. They are a tiny group, culturally, religiously, somewhat genetically distinct, and they are very powerful and wealthy. Jains are the richest groups of Indians and they run some of the largest business in India.
Lyric Jain, in other words, is no doubt an extremely privileged guy, who is using his family wealth for very specific reasons.
This is interesting. The founder is Lyric Jain.
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion. It's somewhat similar, but different to both Buddhism and Hinduism. One of the core tenets of Jainism is non-violence to EVERYTHING. Some devout Jains walk around sweeping the ground in front of them (so as to not indadvertently step on any insects or small animals) and some may even wear a mask, so as not to inadvertently breathe in any small insects. Jains are strict vegetarians--vegans really--with many avoiding even whole classes of plants, such as root vegetables, because of the violence that does the plant.
tl;dr, Jainism is a VERY strict religion with VERY pacifistic and non-violent beliefs.
The other big takeaway is that Jains are the Jews of India. They are a tiny group, culturally, religiously, somewhat genetically distinct, and they are very powerful and wealthy. Jains are the richest groups of Indians and they run some of the largest business in India.
Lyric Jain, in other words, is no doubt an extremely privileged guy, who is using his family wealth for very specific reasons.
The links to globohomo keep getting stronger.
Yep, Jain's tend to be ultra woke.
Most rabid pacifists are, because they think they can magic away the cold hard reality of existence. That we're just slabs of meat, for other meat.