The Bhikṣuṇī Maṇimēkhalai

265 - The Various Systems of Beliefs
Other details of the teaching that I may have to expound, and the
tatvas that I may have to explain are the same as those of the
Lōkāyatas. Among the Pramāṇas, Pratyakṣa is the one admissible,
even Anumāna is to be rejected. That which exists in the present, and
that which we enjoy in this present life, are the only two states of
existence; that there is another life and the enjoyment of the result of
our deeds in it, are both of them false.’
Having thus heard the teachings of all the systems, she thought:
‘Though these be none of them acceptable, I shall not answer any of
these. Does anybody know that I have knowledge of my previous
birth.’
So saying she laughed in scorn at the imperfections of the Bhūtavādī’s
argument in particular. She further observed,
‘The minds of people change when one gets possessed, or when one is
in a state of dreaming. There can be no doubt about this. Do you not
recognize your father and mother only by inference? Who on this
earth can understand this otherwise? Without understanding the
ultimate truth, it would be impossible without a doubt to know the
truth of things.’
While still in her [199] disguise, she gave this reply to the Bhūtavādī,
having learnt already the five systems of thought, the five, namely (1)
Vaidikavāda, taking into it the first five sections, and (2) Jaina,
including 6 and 7 following, and (3), (4), (5) the Sāṁkhya, Vaiśēṣika
and Bhūtavāda including Lōkāyata, of the ten systems expounded in
this chapter.