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Buddhism

Indian religion

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Dec 14, 2025
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How do different religions and cultures conduct or restrict cremation practices?

Cremation is embraced, discouraged, or forbidden depending on religion and local culture: Hinduism, many Buddhist communities, Sikhs and Jains commonly prescribe or accept cremation as normative (see ...

Jan 24, 2026

Do Monks or Buddhists use or eat garlic?

are not uniform: some schools and monastics avoid garlic and the related “five pungent vegetables” because classical sources and later Vinaya texts link them to offensive smell and to disturbances in ...