The History of Buddhist Thought c14.7

c14.7

The king next inquired of Ajita Kesakambalin, who was a materialist. There is no karma. “A man consists of the four elements, and when he dies and is cremated the elements return to their places. Both fools and sages with the dissolution of the body are cut off and destroyed, and after death they are not.” This is the doctrine of *ucchedavāda*, “cutting off,” annihilation.