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en-wikipedia-org-286		Ājīvika - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	5632	712	73	Ajivika (IAST: Ājīvika) is one of the nāstika or "heterodox" schools of Indian philosophy.[7][8] Purportedly founded in the 5th century BCE by Makkhali Gosala, it was a śramaṇa movement and a major rival of Vedic religion, early Buddhism and Jainism.[9] Ājīvikas were organised renunciates who formed discrete communities.[10] The precise identity of the Ajivikas is not well known, and it is even unclear if they were a divergent sect of the Buddhists or the Jains.[11] The Ājīvika school is known for its Niyati ("Fate") doctrine of absolute determinism,[8] the premise that there is no free will, that everything that has happened, is happening and will happen is entirely preordained and a function of cosmic principles.[8][12] Ājīvikas considered the karma doctrine as a fallacy.[14] Ajivika metaphysics included a theory of atoms which was later adapted in Vaisheshika school, where everything was composed of atoms, qualities emerged from aggregates of atoms, but the aggregation and nature of these atoms was predetermined by cosmic forces.[15] Ājīvikas were mostly considered as atheists.[16] They believed that in every living being is an ātman – a central premise of Hinduism and Jainism.[17][18][19]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-286.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-286.txt