After sex shall we go to temple pogala
In Jain Dharma, going to the temple (derasar) requires sharir ki shuddhi (physical purity) and man ki shanti (mental purity).
After sexual activity:
- First do proper snan (bath)
- Wash your whole body well. - Change into completely clean, fresh clothes. - Make sure there is no physical impurity on the body.
- Then make your mind calm
- Sexual thoughts, excitement, or passion should be quietened. - Before entering the temple, try to bring thoughts towards dev, guru, dharma. - Do not go in a joking or casual mood.
- Respect for the temple
- Temple is a very pavitra (pure) place. - Just like we don’t enter a mandir with shoes or dirty clothes, we should also not enter with impure body or disturbed mind.
- Jain view on sexuality
- For householders (shravaks), limited and disciplined grihasth jeevan is allowed, but: - Brahmacharya (control over sensuality) is praised as a higher vow. - Going to temple just after sex, without bath and without mental purity, is not proper from Jain point of view.
So, yes, you may go to the temple only after:
- Full bath
- Clean clothes
- Calming the mind and turning it towards devotion
Otherwise, it is better to wait, purify yourself, and then go with full shraddha and respect.