[Buddha-l] Nirvana Sutra Chapter 19

[Dan Lusthaus]

>> In Buddhism, one wouldn't go to hell for committing suicide,
>
> Hi Dan - are you sure about this?

Yes, Chris. There are already Pali suttas in which Buddha declares of monks 
who had committed suicide that they were on to good destinies. Modern 
sensibilities aside, asian cultures have not been squeamish about suicide. 
In China, Korea and Japan, it is built into the moral codes of the country 
(esp. in Japan) -- Buddhism was a never a counteragent to those cultural 
tendencies. On the contrary...

Dan