The Suicide Paradigm: Insights from Ancient Hindu Scriptures

The world religions in general promote peace and happiness. They strongly discourage all sorts of violence in society including suicide. Religious commitments toward life-saving value are known to prevent suicide attempts since all world religions promote unity, reducing interpersonal hostilities. T...

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Published in:Journal of religion and health
Authors: Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy (Author) ; Hsu, Minna J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2017]
In: Journal of religion and health
Further subjects:B Tradition
B Religion
B Death
B Hinduism
B Society
B Suicide
B Culture
B India
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