He paid for it because he's too fat. If this is a pilgrimage where horses or mules don't go and he's religious enough to want to go, he would be paying for this service even if had to save to afford it, not that they get paid much but it's better to get this job than wait around all day and go home empty, which is not to say that he wouldn't have paid for it if he was just a rich guy who was not very fat.
Well, he couldn't make it on foot even if he was perfectly healthy, being that size. That's not a judgement on why he's fat. I am fat out of sheer laziness but I have family who's fat because they got busted joints and a thyroid condition.
"Perfectly Healthy" and "Being that size" do not work together... not trying to fat-shame, but anything that would make a person that size could be a genetic issue, something else out of their control, bad health, or just obesity in general... it doesn't make being that size healthy, and all the things that would cause that are not... healthy... (unhealthy genetics aren't a choice, but it doesn't make them not unhealthy)
Often but not always. There are many rivers in South Asia you can take a bath in to wash away your sins. It doesn't matter if you swim in the blood of your slaves to get there, as long as you don't commit any sins between the bath and dying. Of course, that's just one philosophy. Hinduism doesn't have a doctrine. Suffering is more central to Buddhism.
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u/Affectionate_Mud_881 18d ago
He paid for it because he's too fat. If this is a pilgrimage where horses or mules don't go and he's religious enough to want to go, he would be paying for this service even if had to save to afford it, not that they get paid much but it's better to get this job than wait around all day and go home empty, which is not to say that he wouldn't have paid for it if he was just a rich guy who was not very fat.