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. Then gradually water only and finally nothing. 7. Spend maximum time reciting verses.
Jainism tries to answer the questions of physician assisted suicide and death with dignity by voluntarily making the decision to plan Sallekhanā. This is very similar to a non-written directive, after the opinion of physician that there are no possible options of treatment.
Comments Jain philosophy bases its ethics on principal doctrine of non-violence and so all ethical questions are validates according to the level and intention of the act. Similarly when we analyze any issue, Jains will use the doctrine o multiplicity of viewpoints (Anekānta) to analyze the problem and then come up with conflict resolution.
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