I am a Hindu myself and I am NOT an atheist. There are two ways I understand the situation: 1. You could argue back to the priest that your organ donation is g

I am a Hindu myself and I am NOT an atheist. There are two ways I understand the situation: 1. You could argue back to the priest that your organ donation is going to save lives which God would appreciate anyway and have your way :D 2. More broadly, one of the lessons of history [0] is that what begins as a practical way to do something becomes codified into religion because it's far more efficient to get the message across generations. I'd like to believe that burning the body (as many Hindus do) is one such [ Not burning the body may have caused infections and what not in tribal settlements long long ago ] . This being the case, organ donation is a safe way, too. If you're the more scientific kind, you can use this to further convince yourself to donate the body. I know I would use both 1&2 :) [0] I read about this when researching how Halal and some other practises came about. I will try to dig up the reference but it was ages ago :(