Jain dharma ke anusaar mansahar (maans khana) galat hai, kyunki:

• Ahimsa paramo dharma: Sabse bada dharma ahimsa hai. Maans ke liye praniyon ki jaan li jaati hai; yeh sidhi, sankalpit himsa hai.
• Jiv-daya: Sabhi jiv atma hai. Panchendriya jiv (jaanwar) zyada vedana mehsoos karte hain; unki hatya se bahut kathor dukh hota hai. Daya aur karuna ka tyag ho jata hai.
• Karmabandh: Himsa se paap karmon ka bandhan hota hai, jo atma ko ashuddh karta hai aur moksha-marg mein badha daalta hai.
• Bhav aur dravya dono se himsa: Maans khana na sirf dravya-himsa (vastavik hatya) ko badhava deta hai, balki bhav se bhi krurta, lobh adi kashay badhte hain.
• Parishaha aur sadhana mein badha: Karuna, samyam, aur shuddh acharan ko kamzor karta hai; samyak charitra se door le jata hai.
• Paroksha himsa bhi: Chahe khud na maro, par maans kharidna/khana hatya ki vyavastha ko samarthan deta hai; yeh bhi himsa mana gaya hai.

Shastra-siddh drishti:

• Acharang Sutra aur anya Agamon mein jeevahinsa se bachne ka spasht upadesh hai.
• Tattvarth Sutra ke anusar, jeev ki prana-vyapaharan ko hi himsa kaha gaya hai; isliye maans-sevan vrati jeevan ke viruddh hai.
• Grihasthon ke Anuvraton mein ahimsa ka vrat spasht hai—mansahar uska ullanghan hai.

Digambar aur Shvetambar, dono paramparayen:

• Dono paramparayen mansahar ko kathor roop se nishiddh batati hain—muni/bhikshu ke liye poorn nishedh, aur grihasthon ke liye bhi spasht manaai.

Saar: Mansahar krurta ko badhata hai, jeevon ko dukh deta hai, aur atma par bhaari paap karm baandh kar moksha-marg se door le jata hai. Isliye Jain dharma mein suddh shakahar—sanyam, daya aur ahimsa ke saath—hi uchit mana gaya hai.