Read the passage and answer the question :
"Though the wise should hope, by this virtue ... by this penance I will gain karma ... and the fool should by the same means hope to gradually rid himself of his karma, neither of them can do it. Pleasure and pain measured out as it were, cannot be altered in the course of samsara (transmigration). It can neither be lessened or increased ... just as a ball of string will when thrown unwind to its full length, so fool and wise alike will take their course and make an end of sorrow".
Who amongst the following described these teachings to Buddha?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Ajatasattu
King Ajatasattu, the ruler of Magadha, visited the Buddha and described what the teacher Makkhali Gosala had told him.
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