Before understanding this, we need to grasp - what is "donation"?
Who can donate?
What can be donated?
According to various scriptures, donation of "wealth, food, knowledge, fearlessness, action and labor" has been described.
But the interesting thing is that this concept of donation is only and only a concept of Indian religions.
Just found the reference for "right of donation"
"तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा" (Yajurveda 40.1) - meaning, only one who knows renunciation can donate.
To know this renunciation, it is necessary for the person to be alive.
Nowhere in the scriptures is there any example of body donation after death.
Some people argue about Rishi Dadhichi's bone donation, but that was "sacrifice of life", here it is necessary to understand the difference between body donation after death and sacrifice of life. He voluntarily renounced his "life" at the request of the supplicant, entering into samadhi, in full consciousness in a wakeful state (a decision made in full awareness by a conscious mind in front of the demandant). This cannot be placed in the category of modern body donation.
Think logically too - you can only donate something that is yours.
After death, where does the body remain mine?
When "I" have left that body, how can today's "I" donate tomorrow's "I"?
One false argument given is that wills are also written while alive.
The interesting thing is that the word "will" itself is not part of our culture. This tradition is seen in ancient Roman law, then in the Islamic system, and thereafter in the Bible.
In Indian culture, there is no provision like a will - here the right to property is automatically transferred to descendants.
After death, only the descendant has the right over the dead body from that right, it's a different matter that instead of performing the last rites according to dharma, they give it to someone. This decision is entirely the descendant's.
But if you adopt a tradition like a will, then at the time of death you have already accepted the authority of Islam or the Bible. Then what difference does it make whether you call yourself Jain or Hindu while alive!
(I don't want to talk about the Indian legal system as it itself is made by people who were trained and conditioned by British minds with the influence of their religious beliefs.)
Then by what logic can a person claim current ownership over a future dead body?
This question should also be asked of all those religious preachers as well- how can anyone donate their dead body while alive?
This just seems like an extension of ego that reflects the desire to gain fame in society even after death.
But this entire setup and mind conditioning has come from capatalist colonial thinking, where bodies were needed for experiments and they became easily available, so that huge commercial business could be done from experiment results.
And we foolish Indians think we have done a great job, whereas we don't even get a 0.1% revenue share from the experiment or organ use.
So-called hospitals generate bills in "millions" in the name of organ replacement service (although the organ is free because it is not a tradable commodity, but there is huge business in the service).
Indirectly, hospitals are doing big business from your so-called body or organ donation.
By entangling you in the illusion of body donation.
Next time when anyone says that he has done a very great job by announcing the donation of his dead body then tell him, he has just given a business to the Pharma lobby.
If any newspaper publishes news by glorifying about the donation of a dead body then they are purely conditioning your mind in a colonial setup by hiding the real truth of "Donation"...
Donation as per our culture..
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