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The Buddha then predicted that several years after his parinirvana, the boy would be born as a chakravarti king ruling from Pataliputra. [4] The text then moves to Ashoka's present life as a son of king Bindusara. Ashoka's father likes him because of his brilliance. A fortune-teller predicts that Ashoka would become the next king.
The Buddhist legends state that Ashoka converted to Buddhism, [152] although this has been debated by a section of scholars. [153] The Minor Rock Edict 1 leaves no doubt that Ashoka was a follower of Buddhism. In this edict, he calls himself an upasaka (a lay follower of Buddhism) and a sakya (i.e. Buddhist, after Gautama Buddha's title Shakya ...
The Pillars of Ashoka are stylistically very close to an important Buddhist monument, also built by Ashoka in Bodh Gaya, at the location where the Buddha had reached enlightenment some 200 years earlier: the Diamond Throne. [42] [43] The sculpted decorations on the Diamond Throne clearly echo the decorations found on the Pillars of Ashoka. [44]
According to V.A. Smith, [11] Ashoka the great actually became a Buddhist monk for a short span of his life. V.A Smith believes that he was both a monk and a monarch at the same time. D.R. Bhandarkar [12] claims that Ashoka the great was a Buddhist and his policy of dhamma was actually original Buddhism as preached by the Buddha. Radha Kumud ...
A common list of good karmas taught by the Buddha is the list of ten courses of action as outlined in MN 41 Saleyyaka Sutta (and its Chinese parallel in SĀ 1042). [390] [391] Good karma is also termed merit , and the Buddha outlines three bases of meritorious actions: giving, moral discipline and meditation (as seen in AN 8:36).
The efforts of Emperor Ashoka to spread the Buddhist faith are described in the Edicts of Ashoka carved during his reign on stone pillars and cave walls: "Here in the king's domain among the Greeks, the Kambojas, the Nabhakas, the Nabhapamkits, the Bhojas, the Pitinikas, the Andhras and the Palidas, everywhere people are following Beloved-of-the-Gods' instructions in Dhamma."
He is associated with the Third Buddhist council, the Mauryan emperor Ashoka and the Buddhist missionary activities which took place during his reign. [1] Moggaliputtatissa is seen by the Theravada Buddhist tradition as the founder of "Vibhajjavāda", the tradition of which Theravada is a part as well as the author of the Kathāvatthu.
According to legend, Girika persuaded Ashoka to design the torture chamber based on the suffering endured by people reborn in Buddhist hell. [4] The Ashokavadana documents a long list of torture acts Girika designed and planned to force upon his prisoners including "prying open their mouths with an iron and pouring boiling copper down their throats". [2]