manfred wrote:nosuperstition wrote:Since eating meat involves violent death of the animal,it is considered unrighteous and Hinduism seemed to have copied this principle.
Hinduism is older than Buddhism.
Therefore, if indeed any "copying" happened, it was the other way round.
Hinduism considers ahimsa(non-violence) one of dharmic acts or righteous actions.Buddhism considers ahimsa as highest righteousness.Therein lies the difference.So even if Buddhism copied the idea from Hinduism,it took the idea to perfection. Now Buddhist monastic orders completely abstained from eating meat and it is believed that Hindu clergy had no other option but to follow the suit.