ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 03

Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

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A physical body: as we see body from outside
⚫ A karmic body: consist of karmic imprints on the soul that get transferred with the soul in to the new body after the death of present physical body.
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A fiery body: consist of the body that gives energy for growth and function a physical body, which also gets transferred with the soul in to the new body.
3(i) Sarvärtha-siddhi verses7/22 pages 363-374, Bhartiya Jnanapith, Delhi 1955.
(ii) Bhagvatī Ārādhanaby Sakharam Doshi, 1935 pages 71-74, 204-423
Jain belief is that the process of cloning is limited to physical body and that individuality of a person is determined by karmic and fiery body that cannot be cloned. A duplicate body does not make a duplicate person the clone's brain would be far deferent from that of the donor. Identical twins become different individuals though their physical body is identical.
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Therefore Jain view is that the science of cloning may have produced a physical body but has not created a living being, a physical body produced through artificial scientific methods or produced through natural means the individuality of that living being will always be a natural process.
Another Jain view would neither approve nor disapprove cloning but would feel that this living being's physical body was meant to be born while the karmic and fiery body came into this physical body with the migration of soul in this body and cannot be cloned.
4.7 The Ethics of End of Life i.e. Death and Dying. (Sallekhanā)
In USA a good death is when one has executed a legal document relating to his / her wants and wishes after death. A person is kept alive because of some legality or absence of some such directive. Case of Terry Schiavo in USA is well known, as she was kept alive by artificial means for several years in vegetative state.
Questions of life and death are fundamentally matters of religion philosophy and ethics.
Jain philosophy believes in transgression of soul i.e. soul reincarnates into another living being, until liberation from the cycle of birth and rebirth (mokṣa). Quality of this new life is dependent upon the sum of accumulated good and bad Karmas in the past lives. These
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