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While there are some Hindus who are not vegetarians, most of them are. One reason for so many being vegetarians are a belief in nonviolence. Another is the belief that non vegetarian food is bad for the mind and hinders spiritual development.

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Hindus are generally vegetarian. That does not mean that they do not eat meat. Most of then enjoy non veg food once or twice a week. Many women do not eat the non veg. Non veg means goat meat, chicken and fish, mainly. Most of them are superstitious and will not eat the non veg on some particular day/days of the week and on auspicious days. Through out the Hindu Shravan month, they will not eat the non veg. Most of them become uncomfortable and wait for the month to end, very eagerly. Poverty is one of the reason, why the most can not enjoy the non veg routinely. Most of them in villages will try to hide that they eat the non veg. This they do in order not to hurt the feelings of some strict vegans. Strict vegans dominate and emotionally black mail the non veg eating people. Hindus has deep seated guilt feeling for keeling the animal. Hindus will never eat the beef and pork meat. Cow is considered as sacred animal. Cows also know that people give respect to them and they move around with confidence. With agriculture the main business for most of the people, you must expect the Indians to be mainly vegetarian.

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Because if they do sins, they get rebirth again and again and they believed life was suffering so they tried to avoid it.

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