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Is giving up body equal to suicide? Was it not considered sin? Hinduism, too, takes a more nuanced view of suicide. The law books condemn suicide generally as sinful, but literature suggests there were exceptional circumstances where it wasn't a sin. The uttararamayana for example talks of Rama ending his life by ritually drowning himself in the Sarayu. Whatever you think of the validity of the Uttararamayana, they're hardly likely to have depicted him doing that if suicide was considered sinful. Then there's "sati" itself, which was considered a glorious act in its time. Jainism has "sallekhana" as a permitted form of suicide in some circumstances. And so on. |
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