In Jain Dharma, negative thoughts are reduced by right awareness, self-restraint, and inner purification. You do not forcefully “remove” thoughts; you weaken their causes.

Practical Jain ways:

1. Practice self-observation

- Watch the mind without becoming the thought. - Recognize: “This thought is temporary; I am the soul.”

1. Do Pratikraman

- Daily repentance and review help clean the mind of anger, pride, deceit, greed, hatred, and attachment.

1. Recite or remember Navkar Mantra

- It calms the mind and turns attention toward purity.

1. Avoid anger and harsh speech

- Negative thoughts grow from krodh, maan, maya, and lobh.

1. Cultivate forgiveness

- Forgive others and yourself. Forgiveness reduces mental burden.

1. Keep the mind engaged in wholesome activity

- Study Jain scriptures, do seva, meditation, and reflection on the soul.

1. Practice vairagya

- Reduce attachment to outcomes, praise, and possessions.

1. Maintain good company

- Stay with people and environments that support ahimsa, discipline, and peace.

Simple inner affirmation:

• “I am the pure soul, not these passing thoughts.”
• “Let me not harm any being in mind, speech, or body.”

Jain view:

Negative thoughts are also a form of subtle violence when they create harmful intention. By practicing samyak darshan, samyak jnana, and samyak charitra, the mind becomes lighter and clearer.

If you want, I can also give a short Jain daily routine for mental peace.