In Jain Dharma, the principle of ahimsa means we should avoid harm to all living beings, including plants. So, strictly speaking, cutting fresh flowers for worship is not ideal from a Jain point of view.

Why this creates a conflict

• A flower is part of a living plant.
• Plucking it causes injury to the plant.
• Jain worship is meant to express pure devotion without हिंसा.

Then why do some people still offer flowers?

In some places, flower offering became a custom, but it is not the highest Jain principle. In Jain tradition, true worship is inner purity, devotion, humility, and non-violence.

Jain-friendly understanding

A Jain devotee should prefer:

• mental devotion
• recitation of Navkar Mantra
• prayer with purity
• offerings that do not involve harm

Main point

If an action involves injury to a living being, Jain ethics asks us to avoid it, even if it is done in the name of worship. So the deeper Jain view is: offer your heart, not harm.

If you want, I can also explain which worship offerings are considered more acceptable in Jainism.