Life Includes
pana = life
satta = living being
bhuta = animate nature
jiva = someone who has life
Unmoving beings
Moving beings
One Faculty
Five Faculties
Human rebirth rare - turtle and yoke in ocean
Able to attain enlightenment
5 Precepts
Don't take life
Don't intend to take life
Motivation
Intention
Suicide
If enlightened, not condemned?
Some docs show support of monks who halt eating (passive suicide when suffering affects attendants)
Reasons Against Suicide
Rebirth, maybe lower realm
Unable to contribute to society, benefit others
Craving of annihilation
Counterpoint to Fourth Noble Truth (death is form of suffering)
Induces suffering for others
Buddha = suicide is grave offense
Vakkali
Godhika
Channa