Dear Friends,

Stem cell research, according to my opinion, is one step ahead towards the
Frankensteinisation of man. Modern science has always tried to skirt the
questions of ethics in their mad rush to control nature. Medical science is no
exception.

I had read an article in the Prabuddha Bharata on stem cell research but I could
not locate it. (Maybe it had been published in Vedanta Kesari?) However the
following links containing articles by Most Revered Swami Jitatmanandaji Maharaj
deals with the need for a scientific ethics very well. There is also an
editorial article on human cloning and its repurcussions.

http://www.advaitaonline.com/magazin...2/pb-best.html
http://www.advaitaonline.com/magazin...3/pb-best.html
http://www.advaitaonline.com/magazin...3/pb-best.html

I will also request all of you to kindly go through the book, "Healthy Mind,
Healthy Body" published by The Publication Division, Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.
The very erudite articles of this book, by reputed persons in the field of
medicine, both mainstream and alternate, and also by monks of the Ramakrishna
Order will open your eyes to the concept of holistic healing.

A man is just not an assemblage of organs or cells as modern medical science
would have us believe. Hinduism mentions five sheaths; vital, physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual, all of which have to be taken into consideration to
tackle disease and create the field for total health. Unfortunately modern
medicine, and its followers, consider this approach to be unscientific. No
wonder they have to fall back upon atrocious concepts like genetic manipulation,
cloning and stem cell research.

The legendary Helen Keller was once asked about her opinion on the worst crime
on earth. She had replied, "To have eyes and not to see." Persons who blindly
advocate and perpretate modern medicine for its short term "benefits" commit
this very heinous crime.

Love & Regards,
Jagannath.