Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.113

v1.c7.113

Among the views of the *Puthusamaṇas* (other teachers), the Buddha regarded the doctrine of the Ājīvakas as the least desirable. It denied action (*kiriya*), endeavour (*viriya*), and result of action (*kamma*), and was therefore despicable (*paṭikkhitto*).¹⁴ The Buddha knew of no other single person fraught with such danger and sorrow to all devas and men as was Makkhali; like a fish-trap set at a river mouth, Makkhali was born into the world to be a man-trap for the distress and destruction of men.¹⁵