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Sanjaya Belatthiputta ('; literally, "Sanjaya of the Belattha clan") was an Indian ascetic teacher who lived around the 6th or 5th century BCE, contemporaneous with Mahavira and the Buddha. In the Pali literature, Sanjaya's teachings have been characterized as "evasive"〔Thanissaro (1997)〕 or "agnostic."〔Bhaskar (1972).〕 Hecker (1994) contextualizes it as "a kind of dialectical existentialism" in juxtaposition to the popular materialist views of the day (for instance, typified by the ascetic teacher Ajita Kesakambalī.)〔Hecker (1994). Particularly regarding , see (Chapter 2, "The Years of Wandering and Spiritual Search." )〕 For example, in the Samannaphala Sutta (DN 2), Sanjaya is recorded as saying: :'If you ask me if there exists another world (death ), if I thought that there exists another world, would I declare that to you? I don't think so. I don't think in that way. I don't think otherwise. I don't think not. I don't think not not. If you asked me if there isn't another world... both is and isn't... neither is nor isn't... if there are beings who transmigrate... if there aren't... both are and aren't... neither are nor aren't... if the Tathagata exists after death... doesn't... both... neither exists nor exists after death, would I declare that to you? I don't think so. I don't think in that way. I don't think otherwise. I don't think not. I don't think not not.'〔Thanissaro (1997).〕 In the Brahmajala Sutta (DN 1), Sanjaya's views are deemed to be ''amaravikkhepavad'', "a theory of eel-wrigglers."〔Cited in Bhaskar (1972).〕 Sanjaya was the first teacher of the future Buddha's future two great disciples, Maha-Moggallana and Sariputta. These two future arahants ultimately left Sanjaya's tutelage as it did not address their unresolved desire to end ultimate suffering.〔Hecker (1994).〕 In Jaina literature, Sanjaya is identified as a Jaina sage (Skt., ''muni''). It is believed that he was influenced by Jaina doctrine although Jaina philosophers were critical of Sanjaya.〔 == See also == * Shramana * Samannaphala Sutta * Brahmajala Sutta 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sanjaya Belatthiputta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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