[sobre]

Solely for the sake of completeness, I point out that some do indeed truly wish to die, so the Buddha's assertions here cover a (true) general wish to live, not the exception. The same may be true of other applications of the Golden Rule. As we will most likely be aware, it is a matter of debate whether the wish to die should be honoured, rather than treated as an aberration to be "cured". Among supporters of assisted suicide, for example, it is honoured.