 Jnanasribhadra states, citing Samkhya-karika, that Samkhyans believe in the existence of the soul and the world, in contrast to teachings in the Buddhist text "Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra", adding that many Samkhyans are atheistic.Samkhya is an atheistic philosophy according to Paul Deussen and other scholars.Jnanasribhadra, the 11th-century Buddhist scholar, quotes Samkhya-karika, Gaudapada-bhasya, and Mathara-Vritti on the Karika, to summarize Samkhya school's position on the path to liberation