History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c22.7
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c22.7
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c22.7
This doctrine Gosāla opposed. For him belief in free will was a vulgar error. The strong, the forceful, and the courageous, like the weakling, the idler, and the coward, were all completely subject to the one principle which determined all things.⁴ “Just as a ball of thread when thrown will unwind to its full length, so fool and wise alike will take their course, and make an end of sorrow.”¹