Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t17.22

v1.c7.s7.t17.22

Lokayata denies any connection between joy & pain and karma. The *Sarva-Siddhānta-Samgraha* (Chapter 4) says, “Do not imagine the existence of karma in light of happiness or pain, and man feels joy or pain because of the Nature, and there is no other cause.”