Is euthanasia ethical?

Death – the five letters are considered the end of birth and also the end of existence. A person who does not want to live as he or she is unable to go through the experiences of life and is dependent on artificial aids to breathe and be nourished is not allowed to die. The modern-day society considers it unethical. Man has completely forgotten the Gita and Vedas, which clearly say that this body is for experiences and once it is unable to give you that, then it's time to leave it and go into another. The soul chooses the body and the experiences it desires. It's the free will of the soul which should be respected.

As per Ayurveda, if a disease exhibits certain symptoms, then the vaidya would not treat it, as it means that the time for the person to leave the body has come and no medicine would be effective. The patient is allowed to go into a fresh new body. The Vedic seers believed that the time and place of death is fixed and cannot be changed, unless the guru desires.

The purpose of birth is clearly for experiences and then going beyond them, not getting attached to them. The fear of death has been referred to as abhnivesh by Patanjali and Sanatan Kriya also considers it to be an unreal fear arising out of avidya (ignorance). Any practitioner of yoga clearly should have gone beyond this fear of death and the attachment to the physical or unreal (maya).

Therefore, let's get back to the real world and let the principle of free will prevail.