[Advaita-l] euthanasia and jivasamadhi

[V Subrahmanian]

In the BG 8th Chapter we have this practice of giving up the body
voluntarily by employing the Yoga-based practice:

प्रयाणकाले मनसाचलेन
भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव ।
भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्य
क्स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम् ॥ १० ॥
 भाष्यम्
<http://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/display/bhashya/Gita#bhashya-BG_C08_V10>
प्रयाणकाले मरणकाले मनसा अचलेन चलनवर्जितेन भक्त्या युक्तः भजनं भक्तिः तया
युक्तः योगबलेन चैव योगस्य बलं योगबलं समाधिज
संस्कारप्रचयजनितचित्तस्थैर्यलक्षणं योगबलं तेन च युक्तःइत्यर्थः, पूर्वं
हृदयपुण्डरीके वशीकृत्य चित्तं ततः ऊर्ध्वगामिन्या नाड्या भूमिजयक्रमेण भ्रुवोः
 मध्ये प्राणम् आवेश्य स्थापयित्वा सम्यक् अप्रमत्तः सन् , सः एवं विद्वान्
योगी ‘कविं पुराणम्’ (भ. गी. ८ । ९)
<http://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/display/bhashya/Gita?page=8&id=BG_C08_V09&hl=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D>
इत्यादिलक्षणं तं परं परतरं पुरुषम् उपैति प्रतिपद्यते दिव्यं द्योतनात्मकम् ॥
१० ॥

Also, there is the concept of 'icchaa mrtyu' where the person chooses to
leave the body when he desires. Bhishma was given this boon by his father
Shantanu.



On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:04 AM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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>
> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 7:42 AM, Kathirasan via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>
>> One way to analyze this is to compare the practice of prAyopavesha with
>> Euthanasia. Namaste.
>>
>
> The Jains too have such a practice:  // Sallekhana (IAST: sallekhanā),
> also *known as* Samlehna, Santhara, Samadhi-marana or Sanyasana-marana;
> is a supplementary vow to the ethical code of conduct of *Jainism*. It is
> the religious practice of*voluntarily* fasting to *death* by gradually
> reducing the intake of food and liquids.  //  https://en.
> wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallekhana
>
> regards
> subbu
>
>>
>> Kathirasan K
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