Thread by @_smiley_divya

🍽️The Jain Kitchen Basics & Eating Out as a Jain🧵

Today marks the holy 'Akshay Tritiya' known for the food (aahar) daan(donation).

Jain kitchens have to follow certain rules before providing food to saints or vraati sadharmis.
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#jainism #AkshayaTritiya

1. All food should be prepared with filtered water only.
2. The spices, flour, and everything used should be cleaned, washed, dried, and should be within its expiry date (maryaada).
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3. The food should always be prepared during day. No pre-preparation should be done at night like soaking chickpeas in water at night.
4. The kitchen should not have root vegetables or any other non-edibles(abhaskshya).
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5. The person making the food should have taken bath(especially in morning), should not be bleeding/ sick in anyway. They should not have nail paint or any makeup on. The hair should be tied properly.
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As an ideal Jain, one should refrain from eating outside. But if that is not possible, we should not compromise on our Jain dietary habits.
Veg restaurants easily customize your Jain order.
(Tried it myself by explaining to them that we don't want root vegetables.)
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I have a few questions to Jain people complaining about the online food delivery issue.

- Which restaurant follows the above rules of cleanliness?
- How are you sure that the same non-veg utensils are not used for your veg food too?
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- Aren't you supporting the non-veg restaurant by giving them orders?
- Aren't there any veg restaurants left near you? Even if none, is stooping so low for hunger justified as a Jain? (A community known for its non-violence and fasting.)

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Even if we can't refrain from outside food completely right now, we must have thought (Bhavana) of leaving it one day whenever possible.
Nothing is impossible. Even in metro cities like Pune, Mumbai, I have seen Jain people who follow all the charnanuyog and never eat out.
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