Purana Kassapa

Purana Kassapa (; Pali: "Pūraṇa Kassapa") was an Indian ascetic teacher who lived around the 6th century BCE, contemporaneous with Mahavira and the Buddha.
Biography.
Purana taught a theory of "non-action" (Pāli, Skt.: "akiriyāvāda") whereby the body acts independent of the soul, merit or demerit. In the Pali Canon, Purana (along with the ascetic Makkhali Gosala) is identified as an "ahetuvadin", "denier of a cause" (of merit).
As an example of Purana's beliefs, in the Samannaphala Sutta (DN 2) it is reported that Purana said:
The Anguttara Nikaya also reports that Purana claimed to be omniscient. The Dhammapada commentary claims that Purana committed suicide by drowning.