Title: Religious Views on Euthanasia
Headings: Religious Views on Euthanasia
Religious Views on Euthanasia
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Buddhism
Christianity
Catholicism
Protestantism
Christians in support of euthanasia
Hinduism
Islam
Jainism
Judaism
Shinto
Unitarian Universalism
Influence of religious views
See also
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Content: It is forbidden for a Muslim to plan, or come to know through self-will, the time of his own death in advance. Jainism
Main article: Sallekhana
Jainism is based on the principle of non-violence ( ahinsa) and is best known for it. Jainism recommends voluntary death or sallekhana for both ascetics and srāvaka (householders) at the end of their life. Sallekhana (also known as Santhara, Samadhi-marana) is made up of two words sal (meaning ‘properly’) and lekhana, which means to thin out. Properly thinning out of the passions and the body is sallekhana. A person is allowed to fast unto death or take the vow of sallekhana only when certain requirements are fulfilled. It is not considered suicide as the person observing it, must be in a state of full consciousness. When observing sallekhana, one must not have the desire to live or desire to die. Practitioner shouldn’t recollect the pleasures enjoyed or, long for the enjoyment of pleasures in the future.