Do you feel any of ashokas edicts are relevant today

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Task:

First, read the section from Chapter 3 of your textbook on the Mauryan Empire (starts on page 25 of the PDF linked in this unit) and also read Selections from the Edicts of King Ashoka. Answer the questions included below.

In the edicts of King Ashoka, he used terms like Dharma and Karma to steadily move his people away from violence towards each other and other sentient life, even to the point of not harming animals for food.

Imagine that you are a citizen of his empire at this time and not a Buddhist yet, what argument do you feel would be the most compelling to help stop you eating meat and moving towards vegetarianism? To stop violence and warfare? How do these relate to your own cultural and social beliefs? Please be specific and careful to define terms like Dharma and Karma and the precepts of Buddhism and connect them to your own worldview.

In your opinion, do you feel any of Ashoka's edicts are relevant today? Provide examples from your own experiences as a global citizen in the 21st century. (you might consider issues such as social welfare, factory farming, and contemporary war among nation-states, among others)

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