History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c23.s5.9

c23.s5.9

It is first mentioned in the *Sūtrakṛtāṅga*: "It is said by some that the sinless soul is pure, but will again become sinful through pleasure and hatred. He who here has been a restrained monk afterwards becomes sinless. As pure water free from defilement becomes again defiled (so does he again become sinful)." ¹