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Fast is religious practice, discipline, process of self purification, elevation of self spiritually morally, physically, & mentally.
Vow of Sallekhana is observed differently in different sects.
In Euthanasia there is no religious sect or schism but different culture who has born has definite death, no one on earth can change the cycle of birth-old age-death. You cant borrow purchase smuggled lien or steal a single breath cessation is certain you can improvise or liberate the soul by spirituality doing mentorious deeds by elevating soul achieve highest perfection.
Jainism describe seventeen types of death while in MulacaraKundkundacarya has described three kinds of death. Pandit Marana where person dies in shukla dhyan; is Salekhana.
In Salekhana body is tortured by hunger, heat, thirst, cold considering body is not belonging to you. In Hindus jala samadhi, fire Samadhi or earth Samadhi & in Buddhist Samadhi in some by strangling in a care to achieve god brahma or liberation has many times challenged in court of law.
Death is uninvited, unprectable, uncertain, unnoticed reach at any time any moment without saying so.
Vow of Sallekhana is taken when one is in calamity or femine or unable to get food & water or suffering from incurable disease when it is impossible to save his life.or when he knows his life is very near to death or old age on seeking permission from Guru voluntarily accepts death.
In tathvarth Sutra of umaovati's commentary by sukhlalji has enumerated custums called Kamalpuja, bhairava puja, jalsamadhi, fire Samadhi etc. there is gross appearance of destruction of life. All acts are similar differ only from one another as mental feeling actuating them. There is no material aspiration or other greed mere impulse of devotion or mere tendency to surrender them.
A situation where in Sallekhana no impulse or greed is present only feeling of devotion built up on basis of metaphysics.
Jainas devotion is aimed at not surrendering oneself before someone, or pleasing someone else but mere self purification. Thus refined version of the various old established religious customs involving a destruction of one's own life a vision devised for the sake of fulfilling the aim, is in Question in Jain sect.
When end of life appears to be drawing near for certain is the case in both sallekhana & Euthanasia.
When religion or other duties are in danger perishing through non observance when no sort of vicious meditation is present there at all.
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