Devadatta The Buddha did not show any hatred or deceive, even after what Devadatta had done. Soon after, Devadatta got sick and realized that what he had done was wrong. He tried to go to Buddha's place to apologize for what he did, but it was too late. On the way to the Buddha, the earth sucked him into the Niraya Hell for his deeds. According to the Pāli Canon, he taught his sangha to adopt five tapas (literally, "austerities") throughout their lives: The Buddha's reply was that those who felt so inclined could follow these rules – except that of
Branded to Kill for it and several other Suzuki films. The release was one of three linked to the "Style to Kill" theatrical retrospective. In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Suzuki's directorial debut, the film was included in the first of two six-film DVD box sets which was released October 1, 2006. All six titles included audio commentary tracks featuring Suzuki with various collaborators, those being Annu Mari and assistant director Masami Kuzū for "Branded to Kill". The first North American copy surfaced in the early 1990s at Kim's Video in New York in a video series titled "Dark of the Sun"