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Write an accurate sentence about Hindu vegetarianism.
Answer
Many Hindus are vegetarian, strongly associated with ahimsa and with Brahmin practice, though diet varies sharply by region, jati and community.
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State the guide's four points about caste today.
Answer
Controversial within Hindu society in India; illegal there as a form of discrimination but nonetheless habitual; in conflict with more egalitarian notions among Hindus in Western environments; and closely related to ideas of purity.
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Name the ethical themes the guide lists for Hinduism.
Answer
The treatment and worth of sentient creatures (ahimsa), diet, fasting, vegetarianism, protection of the weak, killing, suicide, euthanasia, abortion, sexual misconduct, and transgression of one's varnashramadharma.
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What is dharma yuddha, and where is it found?
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Righteous war in defence of the sanatana dharma, defended in the Bhagavad Gita — the clearest qualification of ahimsa in the tradition.
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What positive obligation does the guide name alongside non-violence?
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Protection of the weak — an ethic of duty that asks for something as well as forbidding something.
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Give the four-move shape of a Hindu ethics answer.
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Name the principle in the tradition's terms; apply it and show it pulling both ways; say who holds what; conclude on a degree.
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Why is "Hinduism teaches that…" risky on a contemporary ethical issue?
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Because there is no central authority to hold one position, and Hindu opinion and practice on most of these issues are genuinely divided.
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Name a Hindu reformer other than Gandhi who argued against caste.
Answer
B R Ambedkar, whose Dalit critique was far more radical and who shaped the constitutional abolition of untouchability in India.
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