Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s1.23

v1.c5.s1.23

They had their own sacred literature called Ājīvayasutta Ther yuta cyutaśreṇikapa ika ma is ncluded in Parīkamma ⁷ a sect o f Diṭṭhaya The chief tenets of this creed of fatalism are as follows It is an established fact that there are individual souls they experience pleasure and pa and on dying they lose their state of life But pleasure and pain are e th r caused by the souls themselves nor by others It is th lot assig ed to them by Destiny ⁸ The soul of one who is pure will become free from bad Karmas but in that state it will again become defiled through pleasant excitement or hate As clear water that was free from defilement becomes again defiled when shaken so will be th soul ⁹ There is no free will and all is predetermined Gosala s principal teaching was natth utth eiv kamme 1 vā bale 1 va virie 1 va purisakkara parakkame 1 v niyay savva bhava ⁰ The souls are bound to attain liberation in due course e at the end of the eighty four lakh mahakalpas having transmigrated through na ta samyuthas seven d vasamyuthas seven saṃjñigarbha and seven parittapari haras The seven divyasamyuthas are three manasas three man sotta as and one brahmal ka In this long period 560603 Karmas get destroyed Gosala preached eight finals (aṭṭha car maim ca ima pana geya natta c am jalikamma c pokkhalasamvaṭṭ a mahameha c seya aa gamdhahatthi c maha silakamṭaa samgama) as well as four drinks and four unfit drinks (cattari pānagaim and cattāri apa agaim)