Organ donation

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Haribol!

I've recently got an offer to receive an organ donor card and

started to wonder about the vedic- vishneva perspective on the

subject. My speculation is that it's shouldn't be a problem to give

your remains to a needy after you die and no longer need this body.

Any other views, facts or thoughts on the subject?

 

Hope this finds you in the best of health,

Your servant:

Omer

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achintya, "Omer" <kligman@n...> wrote:

> Haribol!

> I've recently got an offer to receive an organ donor card and

> started to wonder about the vedic- vishneva perspective on the

> subject. My speculation is that it's shouldn't be a problem to give

> your remains to a needy after you die and no longer need this body.

> Any other views, facts or thoughts on the subject?

>

> Hope this finds you in the best of health,

> Your servant:

> Omer

 

 

Omer

Please accept my humble obesiances unto you lotus feet:

 

You have indeed done a very noble thing. Your bhava or

feeling/understanding behind doing such deed should be according to

following verse:

 

Life's desires should never be directed toward sense gratification.

One should desire only a healthy life, or self-preservation, since a

human being is meant for inquiry about the Absolute Truth. Nothing

else should be the goal of one's works.

[bhag 1.2.10]

 

So this is indeed good work. Just pray to krishna that it reaches a

person who has desire for spiritual welfare of this person. Between,

if the organization has a provision of taking note of your will/wish

as to who you would like to give this thing to, you should tell them

to give it to those who are devoted to God so that they have a

healthy body to make spiritual progress.

 

And if there is no provision even then these organs which are

nourished with energy from prasadam will definately benefit even if

they reach a non devotee. There is a nice story in this regard:

 

http://www.indiadivine.org/tilak-gopi-chandana1.htm

 

Even the dust of feet of devotees is so pure. Of course we ain't like

gopis, but by krishna's grace the prasadam which nourishes our body

indeed makes it pure. So the fact is if we have submissively served

Vaishnavas and Krishna even our organs etc..... shall benefit though

it can be very small benefit depending on our submissive service to

them.

 

In this way one should use their body parts in service of krishna.

Imagine the organs once you possessed, are still being used in

service of krishna after you leave. That is indeed glorious.

 

With such mentalities one should make donations. I will also sign up

for organ donation with some proper organization. Please let me know

via a seperate e-mail if you know of any authentic, reliable

organization.

 

 

Your Servant Always,

Sumeet.