What is Buddhisms attitude towards euthanasia?
Buddhism does not condone any act that results in the deprivation of life of any living being. This is more so with regard to cases involving human beings. According to Buddhism, life is suffering, and illness is only one aspect. Death is only a break in this continuous process, resulting in only a temporary end to suffering which is bound to recur with the next birth. Also, if the sufferer intentionally ends his own life, he is committing suicide and must one day face karmic retribution. In the same way, someone who enables a sufferer to die, even by request, is also culpable.
