Answer

In Jain Dharma, eating non-veg is not considered acceptable.

Jainism teaches Ahimsa — non-violence — as the highest principle. Since non-veg food involves killing or harming living beings, Jain Dharma advises avoiding it completely.

Explanation

According to Jain values:

• All living beings have a soul.
• Every soul desires to live and avoid pain.
• Eating meat, fish, eggs, or other non-veg food supports violence.
• A Jain lifestyle encourages compassion, self-control, and purity of food.

Even for householders, Jain Dharma strongly encourages a vegetarian diet based on non-violence.

Spiritual Understanding

Food affects not only the body, but also the mind and karma. Avoiding non-veg helps reduce violence, attachment, cruelty, and karmic bondage.

Takeaway

If you wish to follow Jain Dharma, you should avoid non-veg and choose vegetarian food with compassion and awareness.