Australian, 104, dies in assisted suicide in Switzerland
“My life has been rather poor for the last year or so. And I’m very happy to end it,”
“The British-born scientist said this week that he had been contemplating the idea of suicide for about 20 years, but only started thinking about it for himself after his quality of life deteriorated over the last year.”
Clearly,this man was having vibhava tanha. He must have generated a lot of unwholesome kamma just by thinking of how to end his life prematurely. Imagine those inner chatter in his head, telling him to end his life. According to the Buddha, the only being who takes his/her own life blamelessly is an Arahant. Many people value long life. But this man showed us long life can be torturing too, especially when one is plagued by health issues. If only this man had encountered Buddha Dhamma and attained at least the Sotāpanna stage, he would not have made this suicide decision. Died as a putthujana, future will be bleak.