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Six Gosv
m
s
(disciples of Caitanya):
ms(disciples of Caitanya):
Six heretical teachers
.
.
The six sectarian teachers who were contemporaries of the Buddha and who were castigated by him for their false teachings, principally their denial of the doctrine of
karma
. The fullest exposition of their views is to be found in an early discourse entitled ‘The Fruits of the Religious Life’ (
S
maññaphala-Sutta
), the second discourse of the
D
gha Nik
ya
.
karma
. The fullest exposition of their views is to be found in an early discourse entitled ‘The Fruits of the Religious Life’ (
S
maññaphala-Sutta), the second discourse of the
D
gha Nikya.
Six hundred and thirteen commandments
.
.
The laws found in the Jewish
Pentateuch
. There are 248 positive commandments and 365 negative ones. The first classification was made by Simeon Kayyara, and
Maimonides
later set them out in his
Sefer ha-
Mitzvot
. They are known as Taryag Mitzvot, because
taryag
has the numerical value in Hebrew of 613. For the 614th, see
HOLOCAUST
.
Pentateuch
. There are 248 positive commandments and 365 negative ones. The first classification was made by Simeon Kayyara, and
Maimonides
later set them out in his
Sefer ha-
Mitzvot
. They are known as Taryag Mitzvot, because
taryag
has the numerical value in Hebrew of 613. For the 614th, see
HOLOCAUST
.
Six principles of N
ropa
(six doctrines of N
ropa):
ropa(six doctrines of N
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