Template:Infobox six heretical teachers
| Views of the six heretical teachers | |
|---|---|
| The views of six śramaṇa in the Pāli Canon, known as the six heretical teachers, based on the Sāmaññaphala Sutta.[1] | |
| Pūraṇa Kassapa | |
| Amoralism | There is no reward or punishment for either good or bad deeds. |
| Makkhali Gośāla (Ājīvika) | |
| Fatalism (niyativāda) | We are powerless; suffering is pre-destined. |
| Ajita Kesakambalī (Charvaka) | |
| Materialism | Live happily; with death, all is annihilated. |
| Pakudha Kaccāyana | |
| Eternalism (sassatavāda) | Matter, pleasure, pain and the soul are eternal and do not interact. |
| Mahavira (Jainism) | |
| Restraint | Be endowed with, cleansed by, and suffused with the avoidance of all evil.[2] |
| Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta (Ajñana) | |
| Agnosticism | "I don't think so. I don't think in that way or otherwise. I don't think not or not not." Suspension of judgement. |
- ^ "DN 2 Sāmaññaphala Sutta; The Fruits of the Contemplative Life". www.dhammatalks.org. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ Bhikku, Ñāṇamoli; Bhikku, Bodhi (9 November 1995). The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya (Fourth ed.). Simon and Schuster. pp. 1258–59. ISBN 978-0-86171-072-0. Retrieved 10 July 2024.