Makkhali Gosala (Pāli; BHS: Maskarin Gośāla; Jain Prakrit sources: Gosala Mankhaliputta) or Manthaliputra Goshalak (b. about 523 BCE) was an ascetic ajivika...
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of schools, and popularly regarded as saints, like Pūraṇa Kassapa, Makkhali Gosāla, Ajita Kesakambalī, Pakudha Kaccāyana, Sanjaya Belatthiputta and Nigaṇṭha...
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Ājīvika (section Biography of Makkhali Gosala)
philosophy. Believed to have been founded in the 5th century BCE by Makkhali Gosāla, it was a Śramaṇa movement and a major rival of Vedic religion, early...
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declaring that he had previously asked six teachers (Pūraṇa Kassapa, Makkhali Gosāla, Ajita Kesakambala, Pakudha Kaccāyana, Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta and Sañjaya...
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The caves were used by ascetics from the Ajivika sect, founded by Makkhali Gosala, a contemporary of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, and of...
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BC in the region of Magadha. He was contemporaneous with Mahavira, Makkhali Gosala, Ajita Kesakambali and the Buddha, and was a proponent of the ajñana...
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universe. In ancient India, the Ājīvika school of philosophy founded by Makkhali Gosāla (around 500 BCE), otherwise referred to as "Ājīvikism" in Western scholarship...
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specifically the Jain leaders and Purana Kassapa, and maybe later to Makkhali Gosala and the Buddha, on the basis of which they claimed to speak with authority...
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and compassion were all irrelevant to a man's fate." Ajivika Ajñana Makkhali Gosala Pakudha Kaccayana Purana Kassapa Shramana "Indian rationalism, Charvaka...
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24th Tirthankara of Jainism. Purana Kassapa Ajita Kesakambali Payasi Makkhali Gośāla Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta Mahavira Dandamis Nagasena Lakulisha Pakudha...
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attributed to Makkhali Gosala, a contemporary of the Buddha and Mahavira. The Jain Bhagavati Sutra refers to the Ajivika founder as Gosala Mankhaliputta...
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universe. In ancient India, the Ājīvika school of philosophy founded by Makkhali Gosāla (around 500 BCE), otherwise referred to as "Ājīvikism" in Western scholarship...
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Amoralism There is no reward or punishment for either good or bad deeds. Makkhali Gośāla (Ājīvika) Fatalism (niyativāda) We are powerless; suffering is pre-destined...
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BCE Sassatavāda Credited as the founder of the Atomism philosophy Makkhali Gośāla 6th century BCE Ajivika Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta 6th century BCE Ajñana...
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merit or demerit. In the Pali Canon, Purana (along with the ascetic Makkhali Gosala) is identified as an ahetuvadin, "denier of a cause" (of merit). As...
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Barhaspatya sutras (c. 600 BCE) have been lost. Ājīvika was founded by Makkhali Gosala, it was a Śramaṇa movement and a major rival of early Buddhism and...
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Advaita (non-dual, monism), an important tradition within Hinduism Makkhali Gosala (between 600 and 500 BCE) – founder Ājīvika philosophy Pāṇini (between...
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Theravada Buddhist traditions. The philosophy of Ājīvika was founded by Makkhali Gosala, it was a Śramaṇa movement and a major rival of early Buddhism and...
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also the age of influential thinkers like Mahavira, Pūraṇa Kassapa, Makkhali Gosāla, Ajita Kesakambalī, Pakudha Kaccāyana, and Sañjaya Belaṭṭhaputta, as...
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Amoralism There is no reward or punishment for either good or bad deeds. Makkhali Gośāla (Ājīvika) Fatalism (niyativāda) We are powerless; suffering is pre-destined...
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with the surname Wu consider him their first ancestor (born 526 BC) Makkhali Gosala (according to historian Arthur Llewellyn Basham), Indian ascetic Livy...
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Amoralism There is no reward or punishment for either good or bad deeds. Makkhali Gośāla (Ājīvika) Fatalism (niyativāda) We are powerless; suffering is pre-destined...
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BC Pythagoras Pythagoreanism fl. 520 BC Mozi Mohism 470 BC – 390 BC Makkhali Gosala Ājīvika 5th century BC Ezra Second Temple Judaism fl. 459 BC Epicurus...
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Lucretius, (c. 99-55 BC)[a][b][c][d][e] Mahavira, (599-527 BC)[a][d] Makkhali Gosala, (6th century BC) Melissus of Samos, (late 5th century BC)[a][b][c][d]...
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favour of anatta (non-Self). The philosophy of Ājīvika was founded by Makkhali Gosala, it was a Śramaṇa movement and a major rival of early Buddhism and...
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action and the effect was predetermined, according to the Ajivikas. Makkhali Gosala seems to have combined the ideas of older schools of thought into an...
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with the surname Wu consider him their first ancestor (born 526 BC) Makkhali Gosala (according to historian Arthur Llewellyn Basham), Indian ascetic 483 BC...
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Amoralism There is no reward or punishment for either good or bad deeds. Makkhali Gośāla (Ājīvika) Fatalism (niyativāda) We are powerless; suffering is pre-destined...
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True Dhamma Sakka — the King of gods Samaṇa Six samana Purana Kassapa Makkhali Gosala Ajita Kesakambali Pakudha Kaccayana Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta (Mahavira) Sanjaya...
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