After completing his law studies Munshiram started practicing as a lawyer in Jullundur. He also joined Aryasamaj and was influenced by Lala Devraj personality. One of his first religious decisions was his total abjuration of meat eating. From childhood meat had been part of his diet, as was the case with many of his friends. The decision was a sudden one, brought on by the gruesome sight of a butcher boy’s basket full of meat, after the reading of the chapter on diet in the SATYARTH PRAKASH. That evening Munshiram stunned his dinner companions by throwing his plate of food, which included some meat, against the wall in a typical gesture of defiance and finality. In fact, he admitted that it was for lack of real courage that he had to make this gesture so dramatically. He felt he did not have the strength of character to say farewell to meat in a quiet and composed fashion.