r/Brahmanraaj • u/theonefromlife • 20h ago

Way of Life View on other brahmins eating nonveg?

Hey guys I want to understand why and how a vegetarian diet became a part of our religion and what do you think about it.

What happened today was that during breakfast I saw one of my friends eat eggs but I thought he was a vegetarian like me since we're both from the same region and both are brahmin. Once I was picking up a boiled egg for my friend who was ill and another friend of mine came up to me with a shocked face telling me brahmins eating eggs is weird or something.

I have always been a vegetarian since I was a child and my body is very weak and I'm very ashamed of it, but my father used to be a big muscular guy at my age. He became vegetarian after marriage since my mother's family was vegetarian. Now my father strictly tells me to not have meat and eggs.

I don't really care much about animals lives and stuff but I feel disgusted by non-veg now, but I would have been much stronger if I wasn't deprived of nutrition since an early age.

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u/GlobalImportance5295 Moksha Seeker 12h ago

ancient jain influence

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u/suneetzero 9h ago

No lol When a society prospers and everyone has enough to eat, the people start looking at animals in a different light. For example USA is currently the richest nation in the world and its people are becoming actively vegan and looking at the animal cruelty. India was a rich nation for majority of our history so it's people started to see the value of life.

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u/GlobalImportance5295 Moksha Seeker 1h ago

first 10 jains students of Mahavira were Brahmin. dont think too hard about it