History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c10.s2.24

c10.s2.24

It will be seen that the fatalist teaching, in the Sāmañña-phala Sutta ascribed to Makkhali, is here divided, and the second half linked with the doctrine of Pakudha. The propagators of all the objectionable teachings are classed together under the broad title of Ājīvikas, and two new names, those of Nanda Vaccha and Kisa Saṅkicca, are introduced; these two shadowy figures we shall consider in the following chapter.¹