History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c12.s1.10
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c12.s1.10
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c12.s1.10
The facts that Ānanda was ready to listen to Gosāla’s story, and that Mahāvīra was compelled to forbid all communications between his disciples and the Ājīvika leader, tend to strengthen the suspicion that the rift between the two sects was not at first so profound as the *Bhagavatī* account suggests.⁵