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Gosala

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[goh-sah-luh] / goʊˈsɑ lə /

noun

  1. died c484 b.c., Indian religious leader: founder of the Ajivaka sect.

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But determinism, fatalism, and the uselessness of effort formed part of the paradoxical teaching of Makkhali Gosala reported in the Pitakas and therefore well known.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

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