1. Introduction 2. The Encounter 3. Gooeâla as a ‘Jaina’ Teacher 4. Souls and Colours 5. Divination and Foretelling the Future 6. Common Set of Early Scriptures 7. Common Cosmology 8. Gooeâla’s First Teaching and Vardhamâna’s First Ascetic Experiences 9. The Finalities, Death and Sallekhanâ 10. Drinkables, Undrinkables and the Waters of the Sâmañña-phala-sutta 11. Âjîvikas, Pottery and Pots 12. Determinism, Âjîvikas and Jainism 13. Early Anekânta-vâda and the Three Figures 14. Âjîvikas, Trairâoeikas, Jainas 15. The beginnings of the Sapta-bhaógî 16. Early Epistemological Devices and the Beginnings of Jaina Logic 17. The Anekânta-vâda and the Âjîvikas 18. Traces of the Anekânta in Pali Buddhist Literature? 19. A Religious Centre and the Art of the Âjîvikas 20. Three traditions: Pâroeva, Gooeâla, Mahâvîra
Biography
Piotr Balcerowicz is Professor of Indian Philosophy and Oriental Studies (Indology) at the University of Warsaw, Poland. He specialises in philosophical traditions of Asia and the West, with emphasis on Indian epistemology and non-Brahmanic philosophical schools.
