Devi slaying the demon mahisasura represents the slaying of ego in a sense.By the way, many think that Lion hide represents skinning the ego dead. Devi riding a lion also represents the same.
Devi rides on a lion, because it requires characteristics of a lion - a fearless seeker of truth to grasp the essense of para shakti tatva. Also in collective social sense the truth & justice can rise in the face injustice and asuric oppression only when there are individuals with hearts of lion to carry the truth. Lion is a divine animal.
Sitting on animal skins may be much more practical. Skins with the head attached (mundi asana) signifies quest for knowledge. Head holds the secrets of knowledge.
Unless of course, it an offensive act to even consider as an ideal the example set by the greatest guru of all.
Or chanting his name and churning out theories of how he is separate and superior is the only respect we can provide to his teaching.
To my knowledge, Buddhism branched off from Hinduism. I have heard that the Dalai Lama eats meat and not all Buddhists abstain from meat. They have certain conditions under which meat can be eaten. (I learnt this from Buddhists on another forum).
Per statistics most Hindus are also meat eaters. However, in many Hindu traditions (but not all) vegetarianism is stressed as a very important basic virtue if you're to follow any form of yoga (bhakti, jnana, raja, etc.).
Some Chinese Buddhists once told me that they believe if you didn't see an animal being killed, if you didn't kill it yourself, and if you didn't have it killed for you specifically, then it's okay to eat that meat. I don't think Hindus have such beliefs.
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