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Father and mother should be respected and so should elders, kindness to living beings should be made strong and the truth should be spoken.

— Ashoka Edicts of Ashoka (-257)

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King Piodasses made known Piety to men; and from this moment he has made men more pious, and everything thrives throughout the whole world.

King Piyadasi, does not consider glory and fame to be of great account unless they are achieved through having my subjects respect Dhamma and practice Dhamma, both now and in the future.

Edicts of Ashoka (-257)

Now Beloved-of-the-Gods thinks that even those who do wrong should be forgiven where forgiveness is possible.

Edicts of Ashoka (-257)

Ten years (of reign) having been completed, King Piodasses (Piyadassi) made known (the doctrine of) Piety to men; and from this moment he has made men more pious, and everything thrives throughout the whole world.

This progress among the people through Dhamma has been done by two means, by Dhamma regulations and by persuasion. Of these, Dhamma regulation is of little effect, while persuasion has much more effect.

Edicts of Ashoka (-257)

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