Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s1.t2.2

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¹¹⁵ Ibid 6, p 44 cf the Dīgha, I p 53 where it is stated that according to Gosāla there is no cause for the depravity of beings, they become pure without any cause Nothing depends on human effort for there is no such thing as power or energy or human exertion or human strength Every thing that thinks or every thing that lives is destitute of power or energy Then varying conditions are due to fate then environment and then own nature