[CW: suicide of arahant]
…Then Sāriputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, “Sir, Venerable Channa has taken his life. Where has he been reborn in his next life?”
“Sāriputta, didn’t the mendicant Channa declare his blamelessness to you personally?”
“Sir, there is a Vajjian village named Pubbajira. There Channa had families who were friendly, intimate, and hospitable.”
“The mendicant Channa did indeed have such families. But this is not enough for me to call someone ‘blameworthy’. When someone lays down this body and takes up another body, I call them ‘blameworthy’. But the mendicant Channa did no such thing. You should remember this: ‘The mendicant Channa took his life blamelessly.’”
That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, Venerable Sāriputta approved what the Buddha said.
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