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attachment & organ acceptance is attachment towards body & inclination would lead to again rebondage of karmas is spiritual way ot thinking. But practically, scientifically, morally or ethically when your life is in danger towards end or unbearable suffering then there is nothing wrong in accepting organ without harming others. Argument is analytical, same religion preaches that body is vehicle which would lead final goal so if vehicle is efficient enough the journey gets completed at a faster pace so it is not about being attached to body or body oriented behaviour but its about living a better life so that the individual lives his life to the fullest & can have no reasons to be abacked from getting into the route of reaching final goal.
Karmabandh - paryaya - one can make best efforts to reach to betterment of life but expectation be lesser & acceptance of whatever fruit comes must be adopted. Its about doing your best to change fullest of efforts with regards getting things done but at the same time not being mentally involved only with that purpose. After all day to day life must also pursue a higher goal of not being involved materialistic world but to fetch our higher spiritual purpose. Also one needs to be aware about the fact that freedom of free will is also acceptable. Thus individual is allowed to decide upon what ever one wishes to do for life or its betterment. Here one can only help the purpose known to have purpose to fetch higher life. For living a stress free & complete fulfilled life physically & to get more benefits from present life so as to serve higher purpose in life to fetch a higher spiritual goal must be the aim of an individual when one decides upon to go for organ transplant is acceptable ethically & morally in religious boundries Jainism has no informative text.
Considering nonviolence in organ transplant individuals life is saved would definitely be allowed by not taking such means he is surely harming his own body which can add few more years to life so not accepting organ adding life to him can be called violence to himself or herself.
In kidney transplant if donor is relative he is reducing his own life & adding life to recipient is out of affection generally proper kidney match only in near blood relation. If kidney donor is other than family member who is doing this out of poverty for money so in accordance with religion it is reducing life of someone so individual has to be sensitive enough not to be selfish & harm other for sake of self. But in case poor person who is selling his kidney who has no other means to survive. then instead of being selfish one should come forward to help him economically, asking nothing in exchange.
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