Ājīvika (आजीविक)
Executive summary
The Ājīvikas (आजीविक) are a nāstika (नास्तिक) school, and no Ājīvika (आजीविक) book is in hand. Buddhist and Jain reports are what can be repeated here, and they are opponents' reports. The doctrine they put in Makkhali Gosāla (गोसाल)'s mouth is niyati, a fixed course. Effort, a vow, a rite, and a teacher's word do not change the sequence. Release comes when the course is finished. It is not the fruit of a path one chooses. The Jain vows and the Buddhist account of craving are, from those books, the answers to this report.
नेपालीमा
आजीविक नास्तिक दर्शन हुन्, र आजीविक पुस्तक हातमा छैन। यहाँ दोहोर्याउन सकिने कुरा बौद्ध र जैन रिपोर्ट हुन्, र ती विपक्षीका रिपोर्ट हुन्। मक्खलि गोसालको मुखमा राखिएको मत नियति हो, निश्चित गति। प्रयास, व्रत, विधि र गुरुको वचनले क्रम बदल्दैनन्। गति सकिएपछि मुक्ति आउँछ। रोजेको बाटोको फल होइन। जैन व्रत र तृष्णाको बौद्ध विवरण ती पुस्तकबाट यो रिपोर्टका जवाफ हुन्।
The Ājīvikas (आजीविक) are a nāstika (नास्तिक) school. The Veda is not their pramāṇa (प्रमाण). No Ājīvika (आजीविक) book is in hand. What can be said here is what Buddhist and Jain reports say they taught. Those reports are opponents' reports. They are not a sūtra (सूत्र), so there is no line to sit with.
The name the reports give the teacher is Makkhali Gosāla (गोसाल), a contemporary of Mahāvīra (महावीर) and of the Buddha. Ājīva (आजीव) is a way of living. The doctrine the reports put in his mouth is niyati (नियति), the fixed course.
What happens to a being happens along that course. Effort, a vow, a rite, and a teacher's instruction do not change the sequence. Beings pass through a set of states, and release comes at the end of the course, when the course is finished. It is not the fruit of a path one chooses.
That is the point the other nāstika (नास्तिक) schools answer. The Jain path says cāritra (चारित्र) changes bandha (बन्ध). The Buddhist books say tṛṣṇā (तृष्णा) and karma (कर्म) shape what arises next, and a path can end them. The āstika (आस्तिक) books disagree with each other about the path, and the work of knowing and doing is still the work. The Ājīvika (आजीविक) report says the course is niyati (नियति).
Later lists of the nāstika (नास्तिक) schools often name three: Bauddha (बौद्ध), Jaina (जैन), and Cārvāka (चार्वाक). The Ājīvikas (आजीविक) had by then almost vanished from the record. They stay on this page because the Buddhist and Jain books of those centuries still take the time to refuse niyati (नियति).