[Buddha-l] Heart of the matter?

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Christopher Fynn schreef:
> Weng-Fai Wong wrote:
>
>> I further understand that in Tibetan Buddhism, organ "harvesting" of the
>> deceased is strictly prohibited - since the dead cannot be touched 
>> till a
>> certain number of days later. What is their current position on this?
>
>
> OTOH I think Tibetans would consider it a very meritorious and 
> beneficial act for someone to donate their own organs - even if it 
> interfered with with the death process.
>
> So donating the organs of a dead or dying relative who had not 
> expressed the wish for this to happen would be problematic - but if 
> someone had expressed such a wish (e.g. by signing an organ donor 
> card) I don't think there would be a problem.
>
Didn't the Buddha give an encouraging example in one of his former lives when he feeded a hungry tigress with his very own body?

Erik

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