Proposed euthanasia legalisation in nsw australia the end of terminal suffering and pain. Is it supported by the buddhist suttas?

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Hi Lea,

Here are some past discussions about this sensitive and complicated topic. Hope they’re useful.

Suicide Cases in the Suttas and the "authenticity"(early/late etc) of the texts

It might even be helpful to distinguish between unskillful or unmindful suicide (where the mind of someone suffering with depression is hijacked and the person, deluded, loses all hope or desire to live on), and physician assisted suicides or physician assisted euthanasia ( eg “death with dignity”) . The latter has become permitted and statutory in a number of US states, and I have heard of these mindful procedures being permitted in European countries, as well. Death with Dignity Acts - Stat…

Euthanasia and First Buddhist Precept

Dear all, I just found a video about a dying man, depicting the final, agonising days of 56-year-old man who died of brain cancer in 2005. This video is the film released by a campaign group of right-to-die advocates pushing for euthanasia to be legalised in Victoria, Australia and the Victoria parliament voted in favour of the bill about assisted dying. Assisted dying will be legal in Victoria from 2019. Here is the video: https://9gag.com/gag/aVMn0Ad?ref=fbp Now, we know Buddhism disallow e…