sn35.87:13.1 Then Sāriputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him,
sn35.87:13.2 “Sir, Venerable Channa has committed suicide.
sn35.87:13.3 Where has he been reborn in his next life?”
sn35.87:13.4 “Sāriputta, didn’t the mendicant Channa declare his blamelessness to you personally?”
sn35.87:13.5 “Sir, there is a Vajjian village named Pubbajira.
sn35.87:13.6 There Channa had families who were friendly, intimate, and hospitable.”
sn35.87:13.7 “The mendicant Channa did indeed have such families.
sn35.87:13.8 But, Sāriputta, this is not enough for me to call someone ‘blameworthy’.
sn35.87:13.9 When someone lays down this body and takes up another body, I call them ‘blameworthy’.
sn35.87:13.10 But the mendicant Channa did no such thing.
sn35.87:13.11 You should remember this: ‘The mendicant Channa committed suicide blamelessly.’”