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| item title = Footnote to “Is Suicide a Crime?”
| item author = Blavatsky H.P.
| volume = 4
| pages = 301
| publications = The Theosophist, Vol. IV, No. 4, January, 1883, p. 93
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| previous = Blavatsky H.P. - Introductory Note to “Spiritualistic Black Magic”
| next = Blavatsky H.P. - Horoscopes and Astrology
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{{HPB-CW-comment|[“An Inquirer” addresses the above question to the Editor of The Theosophist, imbodying in his query the statement: “I shall certainly affirm that an incurable invalid who finds himself powerless for good in this world has no right to exist . . .”, upon which H. P. B. comments:]}}
And the affirmation—with a very, very few exceptions—will be as vehemently denied by every occultist, spiritualist, and philosopher, on grounds quite the reverse of those brought forward by Christians. In “godless” Buddhism suicide is as hateful and absurd, since no one can escape rebirth by taking his life.
| item title = Footnote to “Is Suicide a Crime?”
| item author = Blavatsky H.P.
| volume = 4
| pages = 301
| publications = The Theosophist, Vol. IV, No. 4, January, 1883, p. 93
| scrapbook =
| previous = Blavatsky H.P. - Introductory Note to “Spiritualistic Black Magic”
| next = Blavatsky H.P. - Horoscopes and Astrology
| alternatives = [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v4/y1883_011.htm KH]
| translations =
}}
{{Page aside|301}}
{{Style P-Title|FOOTNOTE TO “IS SUICIDE A CRIME?”}}
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{{HPB-CW-comment|[“An Inquirer” addresses the above question to the Editor of The Theosophist, imbodying in his query the statement: “I shall certainly affirm that an incurable invalid who finds himself powerless for good in this world has no right to exist . . .”, upon which H. P. B. comments:]}}
And the affirmation—with a very, very few exceptions—will be as vehemently denied by every occultist, spiritualist, and philosopher, on grounds quite the reverse of those brought forward by Christians. In “godless” Buddhism suicide is as hateful and absurd, since no one can escape rebirth by taking his life.