Siddhartha Gautama, Or The Buddha

The edicts are Asoka's messages that have traveled far and wide with Asoka being loved by the Gods. Asoka was instilling this into the minds of the people of his empire but Asoka was confident enough to hold himself to high standards and was well prepared to take on the responsibilities of being a God-like-figure to the people. Document E also states that, “The Beloved of the Gods believes that one who does wrong should be forgiven as far as it is possible to forgive him.” This made Asoka feel as though the war he created was acceptable because he believes everyone should find it possible to forgive him as he sought Buddha and perched beneath the Bodhi tree.

Asoka, the ruler of the Mauryan Dynasty, was not always seen as an enlightened ruler at the beginning of his succession to the throne. However, after the war in Kalinga, Asoka began to feel remorse for the people he conquered (Document C), and seeked higher knowledge and a better path of life. Due to Asoka’s new beliefs and way of life, instead of expanding his territory through conquests, he chose to spread Buddhism through sending out missionaries and writing his royal messages called edicts on stone monuments (Document D). Through these edicts, written in many languages and placed in major cities, he spread Buddhist teachings. However, before his conversion to Buddhism, Asoka was famous for his merciless

In Document F, “ Asoka’s pillars of stone with their inscriptions would speak to me in their magnificent language and tell me of a magnificent language and tell me of a man, who, though an emperor, was greater than any king.” He did have some bad parts but overall he was a pretty good ruler, and did everything that he thought was right. He carved these messages to show what things meant to him. Yet another example of Document F, “This astonishing ruler, beloved still in India and in many different parts of Asia, devoted himself to spreading the religion.” But then even though he did do this they did not like what he carved or what he was spreading at the end.

First of all, Asoka wanted and tried to spread Buddhism. For example, in paragraph three it says ¨Äsoka had a serious side known to be very interested in nature and spiritual matters, which led to his study of Buddhism.¨ To explain, he sent warriors and missionaries to make people become part of Buddhism.

Many people believe that Asoka was a Ruthless conqueror. Even though he killed many, but he truly was an enlightened ruler. Asoka ruled from 268 BCE until 232 BCE. When he was a ruler, he introduced his people a spiritual belief, Buddha. Asoka became ruler by conquering the region of Kalinga. If Asoka is enlightened that means he’s spiritually aware. An edict is a rule given by someone in command. Asoka was an enlightened ruler for three main reasons, jis ways of thinking, kindness, and respect.

Introduced by a mission from Korea in 552 C.E., Buddhism has long been a central theme in Japanese artwork. Since the king of Paekche, a kingdom in the South East of the Korean peninsula, first gave the Japanese emperor a bronze Buddha statue, the Buddhist art forms that were periodically introduced from China and Korea were tempered in the crucible of local custom and usage, to yield a rich tradition of religious art.

First, Document C Asoka cared about most people for example Ashoka gave rich wealthy gifts to the poor. Ashoka also went on a pilgrimage and seeked a guru or a teacher to reject the path of violence. Ashoka consulted with local communities about proper governance

A prince named Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) founded “Buddhism” in the sixth century before the birth of Christ. Buddhism is better understood as philosophy rather than a religion and follows the concept of the Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Noble path.

The people of Qin dynasty were under the control of the state to ensure efficiency and order. The government was split into 36 commandries and then in counties. In each of these counties there was a civil governor, military commander, and imperial inspector. Each of these officials played a vital role in the administrative task of the empire. Any one was subject to punishment, as well as the officials, and a strict code was provided for harsh punishments for any offenders. The policies of the Mauryan empire were based on the teachings of Buddhism. Ashoka issued a sequence of edicts that explained the basic guidelines his empire. These were announced through inscriptions on pillars, rocks. The edicts spoke of officials helping the poor, religious freedom, establishing drinking wells and planting shade trees for travelers. When compared to the government laws of Qin you can see the drastic contrast in how philosophy influences rulers. Both the Mauryan empire and Qin dynasty flourished during their times even though their governmental policies were drastically

Thousands of years ago there was a King/ ruler named Asoka and he was in charge of Ancient China. He was a ruthless conqueror because he had thousands of people killed and he did not care at all. Some information that I have gathered from the different passages that I have read it was saying that he felt that what he was doing was the right thing to do. It actually said that he would encourage other people to be like him, he even encouraged his own son and grandson to be like him.. He would kill people for no reason just because they did not they did not believe in the same things as he he did, or they did not do what he asked them to do, so he would kill them.

One saw Ashoka was a tough ruler but he did not come close to Hammurabi. Mainly, historians knew Ashoka as a ruler who “looked on his subjects as his children (Craig et al, p. 126)”, but before he converted to Buddhism, he showed no mercy to neighbor kingdom (Edicts of Ashoka, MyHistory Lab, p.111). The thirteenth edict text portrayed the dramatic change of heart he experienced as

Asoka was the greatest empire king, he created hospital for animals and humans. Asoka was a strong army leader but he hated bloodshed . Asoka made a vow to dedicate life in peace by teaching Buddha. He focus on welfare of others and building new roads and easier to sent many Buddhist teachers throughout India and rest of Asia. With a good road system and a strong ruler the empire prospered to practice their religion and had laborers build thousands of stupas. India Stupas are buddhist shrines and allowed his hindu subjects to practice their religion. India became the center of a huge trade network that stretched to the Mediterranean Sea.

The Kushan Empire the second century BCE to the second century CE influenced the Silk Roads in China firstly through the spread of Buddhism. As seen in The Questions of King Milinda, Menander prior to the Kushan Empire played a role in converting Buddha from a sage to a god and in his conversation with Nāgasena justified the giving of jewels and tribute to Buddha. As a result, Buddhists fueled trade for the import of valuables, and the donated riches to Buddhist monasteries became sapta ratana, “The Seven Treasures” of the Buddhalands. These valuable included gold, silver, beryl, crystal, red pearls, coral, and diamonds. When the Kushan Empire was established, the empire benefitted from the Buddhists traveling through that made donations,

Throughout one's entire existence he/she goes through countless trials to discover our true Self or some sort of spiritual enlightenment. Along the way one may encounter many teachers that can guide us along several different paths while telling us what they think is right or wrong. They offer us guidance and assistance, but still yet one makes his or her own decisions. Clearly portrayed in the German novella Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, we can easily point out the importance of teachers in ones life and how they can simply guide us and lead us to finding our Self. Throughout the text it is obvious that Siddhartha had many guides such as the Samanas, Gotama, and Kamala that ultimately led to the discovery of his enlightenment. Undoubtedly,

The celebration of Wesak which is the annual ritual celebrating the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death (parinirvana), provides an opportunity for adherents to reflect on the Buddha’s life and teaching.