Posted by: Dhammañāṇa
« on: October 27, 2019, 10:43:09 PM »Sadhu, Bhante.
Here some confirming accounts:
And Brahman David NS remembered the case a year ago well:
May no Monk ever, not firm established (samāhita), dwell alone away from a suitable Sangha, may no monk, not firm established, dwell in seperate areas, outerlands. May the monks always look after each other, having no mother, father, family but "just" this refuge.
May Bhantes journey lead him upwardly and toward the Gems and highest release soon.
Here some confirming accounts:
Quote from: The2nd 
"...I learnt the sad news from his brother (Robin Hansen) on Facebook that he had passed away on October 12th, sorry for the sad news.
If you know anyone in the Buddhist community of Sri Lanka, who might know him please could you pass on this sad message.
The funeral will be held in Denmark on October 25th.
He was fifty nine I believe...."
Again no specific details.
I suppose anyone intersted could contact his brother on facebook.
Quote from: Bag of Bones
I have emailed, and just now received a reply, from a personal friend of Bhante Samahita in Denmark and can sadly confirm it is true.
He took his own life two weeks ago. His funeral and cremation were Friday. His ashes will be interned at Buddhist part of Bispebjerg Kierkegaard in Copenhagen.
His friend has no notion of why Bhante decided to take his own life, even though he considered himself a close friend and spoke with Bhante shortly before his suicide.
This is all very sad for me
And Brahman David NS remembered the case a year ago well:
Quote from: [Brahma/DNS
He could have been depressed over the recent passing of his father, only a few weeks before he took his own life.
Or perhaps more likely, he was still suffering the effects from an illness he had about a year and a half ago. He had some serious parasites or bacteria infections in his mouth. As a doctor, he appears to have been self-medicating with steroids and other medicines. The bacteria and parasites could have gone to his brain, causing some delusions and paranoia. He made several cryptic, strange posts on his google group, some claiming Muslims were doing bio-warfare to do genocide to the rest of the world. Note; I am mentioning this not to disparage him but rather to show there most likely is a physical illness explanation (from the parasites and effects of steroids).
A few days later after that incident, he removed those posts from his google group and made a video, explaining about his health problems and the effects of Mara.
See: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=31873
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=31873&start=15#p471449
After that or perhaps due to that illness he returned to Denmark. He said he wanted to establish a vihara / temple in Denmark.
May no Monk ever, not firm established (samāhita), dwell alone away from a suitable Sangha, may no monk, not firm established, dwell in seperate areas, outerlands. May the monks always look after each other, having no mother, father, family but "just" this refuge.
May Bhantes journey lead him upwardly and toward the Gems and highest release soon.
