If I'm in a relationship with a guy who drinks and eats non veg, is it okay to be get intimate after 1 or 2 days of him eating veg and not drinking? Does it also means I'm indirectly eating non vega and having alcohol? How does it affects my karma if I'm
Answer
In Jain Dharma, you are not considered to be directly eating non-veg or drinking alcohol simply because you are intimate with someone who had consumed them earlier.
However, from a Jain ethical view, being closely involved with someone who regularly eats non-veg and drinks alcohol can still affect you indirectly if:
- You approve of it.
- You encourage it.
- You ignore it knowingly without inner disapproval.
- You become careless in your own vows, purity, or spiritual discipline because of the relationship.
So, after 1 or 2 days, intimacy does not mean you are literally consuming non-veg or alcohol. But Jain Dharma would still advise careful reflection on whether this relationship supports or weakens your path of ahimsa, self-control, and purity.
Explanation
In Jainism, karma is mainly connected with:
- Your own intention
- Your own action
- Your approval or support of another’s harmful action
- Your attachment, passion, and carelessness
Jain ethics speaks of involvement in wrong action in three ways:
- Doing it yourself
- Making someone else do it
- Approving or supporting someone else doing it
So if he eats non-veg or drinks alcohol, that karma is primarily connected to his own action and intention. But if you approve of it, encourage it, arrange it, pay for it, or feel no concern about it, then there can be karmic involvement from your side too.
If you clearly do not support those actions and you maintain your own Jain values, then you are not taking the same karma as him.
About Intimacy
Jain Dharma values restraint, purity, and responsibility in relationships. For householders, intimacy is not treated the same as direct food consumption. So being intimate after he has avoided non-veg and alcohol for 1 or 2 days does not make you an eater of non-veg or a drinker of alcohol.
But spiritually, intimacy creates emotional and karmic closeness. If the relationship increases attachment, weakens your vows, creates inner conflict, or pulls you away from Jain conduct, then it can become spiritually harmful.
Spiritual Understanding
The deeper Jain question is not only:
“Did I indirectly consume non-veg or alcohol?”
The deeper question is:
“Is this relationship helping me live with more ahimsa, purity, restraint, and awareness?”
If the person respects your Jain values, avoids pressuring you, and is willing to reduce or give up harmful habits, then the relationship may become spiritually healthier.
But if his habits disturb your conscience, make you compromise your principles, or normalize violence and intoxication around you, then Jain Dharma would encourage you to be very cautious.
Takeaway
You are not indirectly eating non-veg or drinking alcohol just by being intimate with him after 1 or 2 days.
But karmically, you should avoid:
- approving of non-veg and alcohol,
- encouraging those habits,
- compromising your own Jain values,
- becoming spiritually careless due to attachment.
The safest Jain approach is to remain firm in your own vows, clearly communicate your values, and choose a relationship that supports your spiritual growth rather than weakening it.