Makkhali Gosala (Pāli; BHS: Maskarin Gośāla; Jain Prakrit sources: Gosala Mankhaliputta) or Manthaliputra Goshalak (b. about 523 BCE) was an ascetic ajivika...

of schools, and popularly regarded as saints, like Pūraṇa Kassapa, Makkhali Gosāla, Ajita Kesakambalī, Pakudha Kaccāyana, Sanjaya Belatthiputta and Nigaṇṭha...

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...

declaring that he had previously asked six teachers (Pūraṇa Kassapa, Makkhali Gosāla, Ajita Kesakambala, Pakudha Kaccāyana, Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta and Sañjaya...

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...

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...

universe. In ancient India, the Ājīvika school of philosophy founded by Makkhali Gosāla (around 500 BCE), otherwise referred to as "Ājīvikism" in Western scholarship...

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...

and compassion were all irrelevant to a man's fate." Ajivika Ajñana Makkhali Gosala Pakudha Kaccayana Purana Kassapa Shramana "Indian rationalism, Charvaka...

24th Tirthankara of Jainism. Purana Kassapa Ajita Kesakambali Payasi Makkhali Gośāla Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta Mahavira Dandamis Nagasena Lakulisha Pakudha...

attributed to Makkhali Gosala, a contemporary of the Buddha and Mahavira. The Jain Bhagavati Sutra refers to the Ajivika founder as Gosala Mankhaliputta...

universe. In ancient India, the Ājīvika school of philosophy founded by Makkhali Gosāla (around 500 BCE), otherwise referred to as "Ājīvikism" in Western scholarship...

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...

BCE Sassatavāda Credited as the founder of the Atomism philosophy Makkhali Gośāla 6th century BCE Ajivika Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta 6th century BCE Ajñana...

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...

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...

Advaita (non-dual, monism), an important tradition within Hinduism Makkhali Gosala (between 600 and 500 BCE) – founder Ājīvika philosophy Pāṇini (between...

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...

also the age of influential thinkers like Mahavira, Pūraṇa Kassapa, Makkhali Gosāla, Ajita Kesakambalī, Pakudha Kaccāyana, and Sañjaya Belaṭṭhaputta, as...

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...

with the surname Wu consider him their first ancestor (born 526 BC) Makkhali Gosala (according to historian Arthur Llewellyn Basham), Indian ascetic Livy...

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...

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...

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]...

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...

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...

with the surname Wu consider him their first ancestor (born 526 BC) Makkhali Gosala (according to historian Arthur Llewellyn Basham), Indian ascetic 483 BC...

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...

True Dhamma Sakka — the King of gods Samaṇa Six samana Purana Kassapa Makkhali Gosala Ajita Kesakambali Pakudha Kaccayana Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta (Mahavira) Sanjaya...