Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c8.s6.4

v1.c8.s6.4

(a) Soul is material (*rūpī*)³ and remains healthy and conscious after death (*aroga param maraṇā saññī*). This view, says Buddhaghosa, is due to the meditator developing the notion that the soul is identical with the object of his meditation. He further says that such beliefs are held by the Ājīvikas. From the information collected by Dr. Barua, it is apparent that the Ājīvikas conceived of soul as an entity absolutely pure in its nature, but there is nothing to show that the soul, according to the Ājīvikas, is material.