[Advaita-l] euthanasia and jivasamadhi

[K Kathirasan]

The mahAprasthAna at the end of mahAbhArata is also another form of prAyopavesha. 

Kathirasan K




> On 11 May 2018, at 11:01 AM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:
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> In the BG 8th Chapter we have this practice of giving up the body voluntarily by employing the Yoga-based practice:
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> 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 समाधिजसंस्कारप्रचयजनितचित्तस्थैर्यलक्षणं 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 ॥
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> 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. 
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> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:04 AM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto: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. 
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> 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 ofvoluntarily fasting to death by gradually reducing the intake of food and liquids.  //  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallekhana <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallekhana>
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> regards
> subbu 
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> Kathirasan K
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