On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, MADHAVA KUMAR TURUMELLA wrote: > > B) nAstikatwam (nihilism) teaches that you are also not there. Nothing is > existing > neither you nor God. I remember a Sanskrit verse about Nastikatvam/CArvAkaM. No. Not true. Nihilism says that death is the end of a life; no rebirth and no after-life consequences to deeds commited in a life-time. Nastikatvam and Nihilism are totally unrelated.