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Organ transplant from dead is absolutely acceptable so far as dead one's is used by living individual.
Exploitation :- 15 thing organ transplant from living like kidney is harmful to donor as he is reducing his life as one kidney has to function for two & due to overload of function. Kidney failure is nearer means life of kidney is reduced in such case asking kidney to donate at low price is unjustified & exploitation. In one case one brother donated his to his brother out of love & affection or compassion & after few years father lost his both the sons. So question is should living person donate his kidney & die early or face the situation as in above case if not donated one son would have ended his life immediately, if donated after few years both son lost their lives. Such decisions are complex & can be decided on surrounding facts. Truth 1. Fair means through which organs are borrowed can be considered. 2. Doctors bribed in order to get the rare organs without consent of patients must be checked.
Greed – Relative's consent given for selling organs for making money out of old or unwanted person to get rid of who is no more useful to them.
Non stealing vrata - Precious organs of patients are stolen without consent or knowledge of patient living or nearing death for great amount of money. Jainism restrains from passions like greed attachment, pride, etc.
No person has right to take away vital organs of other living being who is not at all aware. He does not know what is happening to him. He is in stage of absolute unawareness & coma. Then removing organ from his body is stealing.
Aparigraha - our body is our possession even if it is rented house we have to take proper care of property belonging to others. If you consider body as a vehicle then you cant drive your vehicle rashlessly you have to provide the vehicle proper fuel & proper treatment, repairing as and when it is needed & such repairing by organ transplant or any other genuine means is not at all unacceptable.
Acceptance of organ by Monk :Whether monk can accept solid or liquid or any vital organ?
In Jainism Monk renounce all worldly possession accept white cloth (three piece). Kamndala for food & water & broom except these allowed articles, he cant accept anything other then food & Medicine. Monks cant go to hospital or clinic or travel by any vehicle. They walk one place to another. So During monkhood Muni or sadhviji can't go -
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