Maskarin Gośālīputra
Maskarin Gośālīputra (P. Makkhali Gosāla; T. kun tu rgyu gnag lhas kyi bu; C. Moqieli Jushelizi 末伽梨拘賖梨子) (d. c. 488 BCE). A teacher from the Ajivaka sect who was a contemporary of the Buddha.[1] According to Jaina accounts, Maskarin Gośālīputra was a disciple of of the Jaina teacher Mahāvīra, but left the Jaina to found his own sect.[1]
Maskarin Gośālīputra "was notorious for denying the doctrine of moral cause and effect (karman). As his rivals describe his teachings, he asserted that there is no immediate or ultimate cause for the purity or depravity of beings; instead, beings are directed along their course by destiny or fate (niyati)."[1]
"The Buddha is said to have regarded Makkhali Gosāla’s views as the most dangerous of heresies, which was capable of leading even the divinities (deva) to loss, discomfort, and suffering.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Maskarin Gośālīputra.
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Ājīvaka.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Further reading
Makkhali Gosala, Wikipedia
kun tu rgyu gnag lhas kyi bu, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
