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Philosophy of Gosala :-Tho fandamontal tbosis of the systom of Gosāla is stated in the Baddhist and Jain soripturos almost in similar torms. "Thoro is no such ) thing as exortion or labour or powor or coorgs or buman strength; all things are analterably fixed." "Thoro js no causo for tho dopravity of boings; thos becomo depraved without roason or onuso. Tboro is no causo for tho purity of boings; thoy becomo puro without ron son or cause.......Nothing doponds on human offort, for there is no sach thing as porot or onorgy, or human exortion or bumon strongth. Everything that thinks or overything that liros is destituto of poror or onorgy, 1, Thoir varying conditions aro duo to inte, thoir onviron. monts and thoir own naturo." Gosila's systom is thus & system which donios the froo till of man and his moral rosponsibility for any 60 callod_good or oril. If this principle is carried into practice, it would bo most mischiovous, and tho Buddhists and tho Jains did accuso Gosāla with incontinonoy (soo for instanco Sûragadam II. 6). Tho system of classification of all boings in Gosāla's systom is as follows:-Thoro aro 14066000 principal sorts of birtbs, 5099 sorts of karman : Thore are sixty-two modos of conduot, 62 periods, 6 classes (abhijāti) among men, 8 stages of a man's lifo, 4900 sorts of livelihood, 4900 sorts of mondioants, 4900 rogions inhabited by Nāgas, 2000 facoltios, 3000 pargatorios, 36 dust depositories, 7 produotions from conscious souls, 7 from unconscious beings,' 7 from parts betfoon to joints, 6. g., of sugar.cane, 7 sorts of dovas, 7 of mon, 7 of goblins, 7 of lakes, 7 large and 700 minor prooipicos,
