Brahmacharya Jain dharm me ek Mahavrata hai. Iska arth hai puri tarah brahmacharya yaani nishkam, nishkalank jeevan aur shuddha kam–krodha–lobha–moha se niyantran ka palan.

Mukhy gupti (bunyaadi niyam):

• Purni roop se brahmacharya ka palan: yeh ek sanyasi ya muni ke liye nishkam aur nishchal celibacy (strī-puṣṭi ya samāgama ki puri virakti) ko sankalp bana leta hai.
• Mana, vachan, karm ki niyantran: man ki ichhaon, bolne ki bhavnaon aur kriyaon par niyantran rakha jata hai; kama, krodh, lobh, moh aur matsarya se virakti.
• Shauch aur saadhana: shuddha şarīr aur man ki safaai, dhyaan, tapas, japa, aradhana jaise saadhanon ke madhyam se atma shuddhi ka mahatva.
• Ahimna aur satya: ahimsa (kshama, dayā) aur satya ke vachan par zor, jisse manasik aur shareerik vishayon ki pakad kam ho.
• Sadhana ka niyam: niyamit bhāvanā, manana, vrat, upāsanā aur anuṣṭhān ke saath brahmacharya ki vow ko majboot banaya jata hai.

Note:

• Digambar aur Shvetambar traditions ke beech kuch vyakhyaon me parivartan/antar ho sakta hai, lekin brahmacharya ki mool bhavna aur lakshya smādhan, kama-krodha par niyantran aur brahmacharya ka sandharb jaisi uddeshya dono dharmon me saman roop se milte hain.
• Yadi aap vishesh tradition (Digambar ya Shvetambar) ya vividh granthon ke arth chahte hain, main uske anuroop spasht arth dene ke liye prastut hoon.

Agar aap chahen to main is vishay par Digambar ya Shvetambar ki specific siddhant/arth ko aur bhi spasht roop se alag-alag granthon ke sandarbh me samjha sakta hoon.