What if a digambar monks gets attracted to anyone
In Jain Dharma, if a Digambar muni feels attraction toward anyone, it is considered a disturbance of brahmacharya and a sign that vishaya-bhava has arisen in the mind.
A Digambar monk is expected to maintain:
- complete detachment
- strict celibacy
- control over mind, speech, and body
- vigilance toward the five senses
If attraction arises, the proper Jain response is:
- immediately recognize it as a fault of attachment
- practice self-restraint
- engage in pratikraman, repentance, and introspection
- increase swadhyaya, meditation, and contemplation on the body’s impurity and impermanence
- avoid all causes that strengthen attachment
In Jain ethics, even subtle inner attachment is serious for a monk, because renunciation is not only external but also mental. A true muni strives to destroy such feelings through awareness and austerity.
If the attraction becomes strong and persistent, it is seen as a serious lapse from monastic discipline. In Jain tradition, the ideal is immediate correction through repentance, restraint, and renewed purification of the mind.
In short: a Digambar monk must not indulge attraction; it must be conquered through vigilance, repentance, and detachment.