please differentiate

July 5, 2006

i was avoiding getting into this controversy but that article on

swaveda.com is riddled with errors and one-sided arguments

for e.g., the bulk of the evidence suggests that Pythagorus was not a

vegetarian, and by the way, it should also be mentioned he was

against legumes as a dietary article:

also, the same article on swaveda.com suggests that Jesus was a

vegetarian, which shows a fairly blatant ignorance of Jewish life,

culture, and history

similarly, the article also refers to vegetarianism in China, but the

author neglects to quote the original author who states that in fact

there is no evidence to suggest vegetarianism in China - it is simply

a legend

Taoism is derived from Chinese shamanic practices, and originally

wasn't vegetarian

since the advent of Buddhism however Taoists have adopted the

Buddhist ethic with regard to diet, but even still, in many cases it

is not pure vegetarian

as for attaching celebrity to specific lifestyle paths, i could trot

out a much larger list of famous and highly intelligent non-

vegetarians but I fail to see what that would achieve

best.... todd

On 5-Jul-06, at 7:40 AM, ayurveda wrote:

Your point is well taken, it is india who originated vegetarianism

and even Pythagoras followed it according to above site. Those who

were following vegetarianism were called Pythagoreans! (swaveda.com)

Many other philosophers appear to be following it and it appears that

philosophy is a good subject for vegetarians! Leo Tolstoy, George

Bernard Shaw,Leonardo da Vinci, Henry Salt, Gandhiji and others.

Caldecott

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