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Buddhist cuisine is an East Asian cuisine which is followed by some believers of Buddhism.

It is primarily vegetarian, in order to keep with the general Buddhist precept of ahimsa ( non-violence ).

Parts of Ancient India and Nepal where Buddhism originated were also for long periods Buddhist, and whether as a result of the Buddhist, Jain or Hindu promotion of the principle of ahimsa ( harmlessness ) many Indians remain vegetarian.