Question: Where do interpretations and advice on issues involving life-sustaining treatment and organ-body donation arise from, considering that such medical issues probably did not exist when Great Master Yinguang gave his teachings on ‘The Three Great Essentials When Approaching Death’?
Answer: They arose from principles taught by the Buddha. For the above issues, also from Great Master Yinguang’s essentials, as digested and applied. For example, removal of life-support that happens to be already turned on, and cutting of body are severe physical disturbances for the unprepared, drastic movements of the body, as covered in the Third Essential.
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