Junseiha (English spelling) Lokāyata

Japanese: 順世派 - じゅんせいは（英語表記）Lokāyata

Meaning "one who follows the secular world." A school of materialism in ancient India, represented by Ajita, who was chronologically close to Gautama Buddha. It denied the existence of the soul, and recognized only the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind, and the void in which they exist, as real things. It also denied the results of karma, and advocated worldlyism and hedonism, and its views are also called Cārvāka. Indian materialism continued until modern times.

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Japanese:

「世俗に従う者」の意。ゴータマ・ブッダと年代的に近接するアジタに代表される古代インドの唯物論の一派。霊魂の存在を否定し，地，水，火，風の4元素とその存在の場である虚空のみを実在として認め，業の結果をも否定し，現世主義，快楽主義を主張，その主張はチャールバーカ Cārvākaとも呼ばれる。なおインドの唯物論は近代にいたるまで行われた。

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