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[ Ethical Culture and Self Discipline ]
See: Warren, Buddhism in Translations, in turn from the Questions of King Malinda, where Nagasana gives a really good reason individuals should not commit suicide...
#98 No Buddhist Should Commit Suicide
In brief: Because this individuality is not one's own to begin with, once it has been well tamed, well trained, well educated in the discipline of the Aristocrats, it is like a medicine for the world. In and of itself it heals (or moves towards good health) whatever it comes into contact with in this world. So not only is the act of suicide an act of murder in the sense that one is killing an individual that is not one's own, but one is killing one who is of great benefit to the world.
References:
Samyutta Nikaya, IV: Salayatana-Vagga: I: Salayatana Samyutta: #87: Channa, pp30
PTS: Woodward, trans: Kindred Sayings IV: Kindred Sayings on Sense: #87: Channa, pp30
WP: Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans: The Connected Discourses of the Buddha II: The Book of the Six Sense Bases: I: Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases, #87: Channa, pp1164
Vesali Sutta: The Buddha teaches the sutta on meditation on the foul that lead to numerous monks comitting suicide. Samyutta Nikaya: V. Mahavagga (PTS: The Great Book; WP: The Great Book) X. Anapanasamyutta, V.311; PTS: Kindred Sayings about In-breathing and Out-breathing, V.275; WP: Connected Discourses on Breathing, II.1765 9. Vesali (Vesaalii, VesĪlĻ), V.320 PTS: Vesali, V.283 WP: At Vesali, II.1773
Vesali: A new sutta based on and including the story of the mass suicide of some beggars who studied the Meditation on the Foul.
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