[Buddha-l] Nirvana Sutra Chapter 19

[Christopher Fynn]

On 13/05/2013, Dan Lusthaus <vasubandhu at earthlink.net> wrote:

> In Buddhism, one wouldn't go to hell for committing suicide,

Hi Dan - are you sure about this?

Some contemporary Buddhist teachers say that one generally does go to
hell for committing suicide - though it would probably depend on the
motivation for the suicide. I'm not certain what the textual basis for
this is, but I could probably find out.

- Chris