Jain dharm ke anusar, tilak lagana ek pavitra aur dharmik kriya hai. Jain sampradaya mein, tilak ya chandan ka chinh lagane ka pramukh sthal mathe (forehead) par hota hai, dono purush aur mahilaon ke liye. Yadi behne (mahilaayen) tilak lagana chahti hain, to ve apne mathe ke beech mein (bhrikuti ke thoda upar) gol tilak laga sakti hain. Ye sthal "ajna chakra" ke sthaan par mana jata hai, jo adhyatmikta ka pratik hai.

Gol tilak lagane ka prachalan pramukh roop se shuddhata, bhakti aur dharm ke prati shraddha dikhane ke liye hota hai. Jain mandir ya koi bhi dharmik karyakram ke samay, mahilayein apne mathe par gol tilak laga sakti hain. Iske liye safed chandan, kesar ya roli ka prayog kiya ja sakta hai.

Dhyan rahe ki tilak lagane ka pramukh uddeshya antar-shuddhi aur dharmik bhavna ko jagrit karna hai, isliye ise shraddha aur vinamrata ke saath lagana chahiye.