This Dhamma edict was written twenty-six years after my coronation.
-Pillar Edict #6 of Ashoka
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Well, I mean, after a youth spent doing the opposite...details, details!
Music: Sahana
July 25, 2014
48 - Ashoka the Great
"Beloved-of-the-Gods speaks thus: Twelve years after my coronation I started to have Dhamma edicts written for the welfare and happiness of the people, and so that not transgressing them they might grow in the Dhamma. Thinking: "How can the welfare and happiness of the people be secured?" I give attention to my relatives, to those dwelling near and those dwelling far, so I can lead them to happiness and then I act accordingly. I do the same for all groups. I have honored all religions with various honors. But I consider it best to meet with people personally."
This Dhamma edict was written twenty-six years after my coronation.
-Pillar Edict #6 of Ashoka
India's greatest emperor isn't known for his military conquests or building projects or really anything else other emperors do! What Ashoka has that others don't is a genuine compassion for life and a desire to spread happiness.
Well, I mean, after a youth spent doing the opposite...details, details!
Music: Sahana
This Dhamma edict was written twenty-six years after my coronation.
-Pillar Edict #6 of Ashoka
Well, I mean, after a youth spent doing the opposite...details, details!
Music: Sahana
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