History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c21.s2.23

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sukha-dukkham paṭisaṃvedenti.¹ With this we may compare the words of the Ājīvika deva, addressed to the Jaina layman Kuṇḍa-koliya in the Uvāsaga Dasao : N’atthi uṭṭhāṇe i vā kamme i vā bale i vā vīrie i vā purisakkāra-parakkame i vā. Niyayā savvabhāvā.² (“There is no effort nor deed (karma), nor strength, nor courage, nor human action, nor prowess. All beings are determined.”)