Comments on: Can Parsis donate organs or the body after death?

By: Cawas

Cawas — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 06:18:43 +0000

Dear Behruz Irani,
Live in the present not in the future, that is not for us to decide wht going to happen to us. I wont be a hypocrite what I am telling this particular phrase I too dont follow
many a times. Your eye sight is gods gift to you, protect it, get your surgery done, there are mostly all of us who may have undergone some surgery or the other in our life times. I had gone for an appendicitis surgery quite a number of years ago, you mean to say in my next life if I am born ie as a human hope so! I will be born without an appendix. God created medicine so that people can be cured of their ailments, not to suffer. Go for your surgery and even then if you think something is a miss do the prayers that Mr Hathiram has asked us to do. Just to keep your mind at peace. You cannot afford to loose your eye sight in this life, just because of the worry that you will be blind in your next life. God is not cruel, he is kind. If you actually are a believer of God, leave it upto him as to what happens in the future, but dont let your eyes get affected in the present that is gods gift to you dont waste it. Yes if you have the will or the courage donate your organs or blood if you can save someones life great. Very factually speaking I donate blood but am averse to donating my eyes, it kind of spooks me tht how will I see after my death…lol. But yes f I can donate a kidney or any part of my body to someone in need my near and dear ones I would be more than happy to do the same.

Regards

Cawas

By: Cawas

Cawas — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 06:03:14 +0000

Varzavand:Do you believe in Fatwas, then I think you are in the wrong commumity. I do not intend to be obnoxious, but there is just one thing in life that is constant ie (CHANGE). One who does not accept changes, cannot survive. Change does not have to be in character, change has to be in how best we can adopt to the changing times without hurting our conscience. You dont need university degrees as you mentioned. and donating blood/organs and saving someones life is materialistic I never knew? Its not me who is being foolish its you who is being foolish like a book worm who is still stuck to the old transcripts, religion is something that evolves, if you read spiritual books you would know in realization of God, a soul too has to evolve in order to reach him. Here we are stuck with thoughts that were mentioned back god knows how many years before Christ. Just by reading old scriptures and mugging things up like a parrot one does not become a scholar or some one learned. I too believe in Dadar Ahuramazda and our religion, but for me God means kindness, being helpful. There was an article recently in the papers regarding the so called Fatwas mentioned in this blog just a week ago. It clearly stated that muslims were one of the communities that donated the least amount of blood hardly 1% of the community donates blood, but they are readily available when they need blood for their near and dear ones but that too they dont want to replace by giving their blood. What kind of a Fatwa was that dont donae blood, but receive in what ever quantity you want. That means take but dont give…what sense does that make. We need to stop being parrots, by reciting scriptures and paras of the holy books one doesnt become holy. Holy is when you do something to help Gods mission, we all are creations of God, help one and other those he created that would be the best service to him. But if our minds are blocked…God too will not be able to save us.

By: Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram

Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:25:01 +0000

No you cannot.

By: rohinton

rohinton — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:16:43 +0000

Dear Marazban, just a query sir i do agree with your post just only wish to know that can one zoroastrian donate his kidney or eye to another zoroastrian is that permissible as per our religious scriptures. I do know it cant be donated to an outside caste but can it be to another zoroastrian ?
Thank You.

By: Waiting for Varzavand

Waiting for Varzavand — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:20:18 +0000

Something interesting..

This is a fatwa issued by the Darul Ifta Deoband regarding organ donation

Question: 4578

Whether Donation of human organ to save the life of relative or any human being is permissible in Islam?

Answer: 4578
Jul 21,2008

(Fatwa: 1138/982=B/1429)

None is owner of his life and parts of the body, therefore neither can he sell it nor can gift to anyone. Such dealings are wrong and invalid:

http://darulifta-deoband.org/showuserview.do?function=answerView&all=en&id=4578

By: Waiting for Varzavand

Waiting for Varzavand — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:44:17 +0000

@ Cawas.. If you believe that by getting some nonsense university degree we have become learned you are mistaken. The more materialistic knowledge one has the more foolish that person is. A quote from the Bible for you, “Wisdom of the world is foolishness with God.”

May it be so as HE wishes.

By: Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram

Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:00:34 +0000

Dear Cawas,

You are entitled to your opinion, which is based on lack of knowledge or any study of the scriptures. This blog is for those who are interested in knowing the deeper aspects of our religion. The points you have made are superficial. Please move on, as you have rightly said.

By: Cawas

Cawas — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:25:05 +0000

Hi,

Was just goin thru the posts, learned people like us parsees speaking against blood transfusion, organ transplants, I really dont understand it is ok if in the okder days if our body was torn apart by wild animals, its is ok if our bodies are torn apart and eaten by vultures, it is ok if our naked bodies rot one upon the other in the dokhmas ladies gents one on top of the other,during the monsoon season when there is hardly any sun, if someone takes photographs and exposes the failure of a system whats the harm. Instead of going on the defensive wouldnt it be better for a learned scholar to find better alternatives. Isnt it fair to say that a prayer such as afargan/faroksi which takes more than 45 minutes is done in the shortest possible time dont we all know the shortcuts dasturs use during busy days and muktads. We parsees need to grow up, if we believe in whatever the so called learned scholars of our faith say, we will no longer remain as a community on this planet. Keep Zarthustra and Ahuramazda in mind not so called high priests or religious scholars. No matter whatever religion, it is these high priests and so called scholars who bring disrepute to it.
I really dont believe the hypocricy it is ok to receive blood, but to donate could be a problem and ceremonies need to be performed after donating and after receiving blood to fill the coffers of the priests. We shouldnt donate organs, forget ourselves what if our near and dear ones need an organ transplant will you say that in the name of Ahuramazda I will let my near and dear one die. Ofcourse not! Let us stop being hypocrites and move on.

Regards

Cawas

By: Behruz Irani

Behruz Irani — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:13:42 +0000

Respected Ervad Saheb,

I wanted to know what happens to a Zorastrian urvan if it undergoes a catarct surgery with latest techniques wherein the defective lens in the eye is replaced with an artificial one? Does this mean that the anasars of our eye lens do not go back and merge with the Urvan upon death (which will happen much later after the surgery)? Does this imply that our Urvan will face misery and one can also be born blind in the next birth?

I have been advised to undergo a cataract surgery with lens replacement. Please advice me on what precautions (on spiritual side) I have to take for this to ensure that my Urvan does not suffer after this lifetime.

Warmest regards.
Behruz

By: Adil Motafram

Adil Motafram — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:52:24 +0000

The reasons given in gthe main article are on spiritual basis;hence can be contradicted;because not understood.
Now what is termed as soul or Ruvan as described above,can be seen by KRILEAN PHOTOGRAPHY(this is a recent finding of a way of taking a photograph of the soul)
if our body is subjected to a certain electro-magnetic frequency then a violet glow can be seen around our bodywhich is our aura or soul.
This is now being studied extensively to diognise ailments in our body or even the internal organs (by Krilian photography)Any ailment is shown up in the photograph and can be treated.
Reiki is based on this and the reiki master works to cure this distortation of the aura by his own aura strength.
If you take a krilian photo of a person whose hand is amputated the photo will show his hand full,Which means that the Aura is not reflecting the missing part.It takes some time before it does.
At the time of death the aura is geting separated from the body starting from the feet and moving up to the head.During this time if the body is disfigured by removing of an organ for donation,The disfigured aura will be ultimately separate from our body.This shold not be so.It will affect the passage of our complete soul furthur;as explained above.
Studies being conducten of late is based on using the Krilian photo as a means of diagnosis insted of present methods used.
Hence if I want my death to be complete as described abovein the article,why should I leave a part of my aura behind in some other body where it will never connect with the aura of that new body where it is now located??