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In Shravasti, Makkali Gosala usually stayed at the workshop of the lady Halahala who belonged to community of 

In Shravasti, Makkali Gosala usually stayed at the workshop of the lady Halahala who belonged to community of  Correct Answer Potters

Makkali Gosala finds mention in Ajivikas.

  • The Ajivikas are believed to have evolved from one of the many ascetic groups of the times.
  • According to Buddhist records, Nanda Vaccha was considered the founder of the Ajivika sect
  • He was succeeded by Kisa Samkicca, followed by Makkhali Gosala, who was the third and the greatest of the Ajivikas.
  • Gosala met Mahavira for the first time in Nalanda and their friendship lasted for six years. They separated due to doctrinal differences.
  • Gosala then went to Sravasti, where he was patronised by a rich 'potter' woman called Halahala.
  • He believed in the doctrine of reanimation and criticised and ridiculed the severe austerities of the Vedic ascetics.
  • Being rival sects, both the Buddhist and Jaina accounts portray Gosala as a person of a vicious character.

 

  • Sravasti was the headquarters of the Ajivika sect.
  • The Ajivikas were naked ascetics.
  • The Ajivikas had rich lay disciples such as potters and bankers.
  • The Ajivika sect spread across the length and breadth of the country, though their influence was much less compared to that of Buddhism and Jainism.
  • The basic principle of the Ajivikas was niyati or fate: they believed that nothing in this world could be changed as everything was predetermined.
  • Everyone has to pass through a series of transmigrations to put an end to pain. According to Ajivikas, there were six inevitable factors in life, viz. gain and loss, joy and sorrow, and life and death.
  • Two other preachers, Purana Kassapa and Pakudha Kacchayana joined the Ajivikas after the death of Gosala and infused new life to it.

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