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Ask A Buddhist: How will suicide impact my next life?

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Doug Robnett has been a Buddhist practitioner for nearly three decades. He’s ready to answer your questions about the faith. What do you want to ask a Buddhist?  Fill out the form below or submit your question online

By Doug Robnett

Well I’m suffering with depression for about eight months and I feel like committing suicide. In what way will it affect my next life?

House-Ad_SPO_Ask-a-Buddhist_0521131Dear Reader,

The question of taking any life, even one’s own, is taken very seriously in Buddhism. Sarah Conover wrote a column that delved into this issue from a Buddhist perspective back in March.

No one that I know of can look into the crystal ball and tell what happens in rebirth for anyone. That being said, there is a strong belief that kindness and compassion are virtues to be developed, and the Buddha said that you will not find anyone in the world more deserving of your love than yourself.

 

Doug Robnett
Doug Robnett
Doug Robnett has a dual degree in philosophy and education from University of Colorado.He taught social students for 16 years before moving to school administration. He is currently an assistant principal of Spokane Virtual and Blended Learning. Though he has always had an interest in religions and spiritual disciplines, Robnett started to practice and study Buddhism in a focused way 25 years ago when my his then 2-year-old started asking the kinds of questions that launch all good spiritual voyages: "Why are we here?," "How do we know life is not a dream and our dreams are not our life?," and on and on. His personal tradition has become connected with the Thai Forest tradition and it seems to be a family project as that same son is now a Buddhist monk in Thailand.

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