If there is no hereafter, then death ends suffering by ending consciousness.
Suicide is self-inflicted death.
However, Buddhists believe that death is followed by rebirth.
Therefore, they try to end suffering by ending rebirth.
So is Buddhist practice just longer term suicide?
That is not what I get from the Dharma.
It is possible to end the psychological cause of suffering while remaining alive.
After he had realized his enlightenment, the Buddha continued to live, meditate and teach for several decades.
The point of the Dharma is the period between beginning practice and physically dying.
There is no point in seeking unconsciousness which I believe will come at death.
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