Sallekhana
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title:
Sallekhana
text:
Sallekhana, also known as samlehna, santhara, samadhi-marana or sanyasana-marana, is a supplementary vow to the ethical code of conduct of Jainism. It is the religious practice of voluntarily fasting to death by gradually reducing the intake of food and liquids. It is viewed in Jainism as the thinning of human passions and the body, and another means of destroying rebirth-influencing karma by withdrawing all physical and mental activities. It is not considered a suicide by Jain scholars because
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Voluntarily fasting to death by gradually reducing the intake of food and liquids in Jainism
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallekhana
date created:
2005-12-27T11:43:42Z
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2024-09-07T20:22:15Z
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