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naked monks, she thought they were Ajivakas. She went back and told Visākhá that not Sakya Bhikşus but Ājivaka Bhiksus were having bath there. (18) Visakhă understood the situation. When Buddha came to her house with the monks, she narrated the incident and submitted : "Bhante, nudity is scandalous and hateful." (19)
Like Nivativada, the name of another belief of Gosālaka is Samasra-Suddhivada. According to it, there are fourteen lac six thousand six hundred main classes of life. There are five Karmas of five sense organs. Three Karmas are body, speech and mind. There is a Purna (complete) Karma (by comparison with body and speech). And there is an Ardha (Half) Karma (compared to mind). There are sixty-two margas (paths) and sixty-two Antarakalpas (manner, conduct). The number of Abhijatis psychological classification is six. There are eight Purusa Bhumis four thousand nine hundred Vyavasayas, four thousand nine
hundred Parivrajakas, four thousand nine hundred Naga Avasas, two thous and Indriyas, three thousand Narakas (hells), thirty six Rajodhatus, seven Sanjni Garbhas, seven Devas, seven Manusyas (human beings), seven Pisacas (demons), seven Saras, seven hundred seven Granthas(knots), seven hundred seven Prapatas and seven hund red seven Swapnas (dreams). There are forty eight lac Mahakalpas (the longest measure of time). Both the learned and the fooli sh will exhaust their mi series after roaming about in them. If someone says that by a certain code of conduct, fast, pe nance or continence, he can ripen an unripe Karma, or destory a ripe Karma by enjoying or bearing its fruits, it shall not be so. Happiness and pain are so fixed that they can be measured. They cannot be increased or decreased. Just as when a ball of thread is thrown, it will go on rolling till it is fully unwound, so also the end of miseries of both the wise and the foolish will come only after they have completed their rounds of universal existence. ' (20)
Review
Veneration and its reasons
Whatever might have been the philosophy or ideas of Gośālaka, it goes without saying that he was a popular and
| SR No. | 022804 |
| Book Title | Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Nagaraj Muni |
| Publisher | Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers |
| Publication Year | 1986 |
| Total Pages | 804 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 19 MB |