Asoka
The greatest thing about Buddhist thought is that it allows people to reflect on the errors of their own ideas, the defects of their personality, and thus pursue the perfect personality realm. And secular people are accustomed to crusading against others, establishing themselves, denying others, and affirming themselves, which is not conducive to a correct understanding of themselves and the world, and becomes an idealistic self-attachment, resulting in everything being developed from self-centeredness, and all kinds of troubles and contradictions emerge endlessly.
Ashoka was one of the few warrior monarchs in the history of the Indian Peninsula, and Ashoka's territory extended to the southern part of the Indian Peninsula, and his dream of unifying the subcontinent was only one step away. Ashoka not only had great ability in military conquest, but also unique in governance. Religiously, Ashoka embraced Buddhism and took refuge himself.
Ashoka's successful statecraft left a rich political legacy for India, with religious policy adhering to the Buddha's concept of inclusiveness, allowing all ethnic groups to enjoy their right to develop and practice freely; on ethnic issues, allowing ethnic groups to maintain their own characteristics, and remote areas being governed by local leaders.
Economically, Ashoka built water conservancy for the development of agriculture, took the initiative to invest in commerce to drive the development of commerce throughout the country, and built roads throughout the country to open up local ties. Ashoka's measures of statecraft laid the foundation for the flourishing of Indian culture and provided opportunities for indian culture to spread to Southeast Asia.
Ashoka's achievements in the rule of King Ashoka have been achieved by few kings in Indian history, and his position in India is similar to that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in China, and in many ways has pioneering achievements.
Ashoka conquered the north and conquered the Indian subcontinent with only one step away.
Among Ashoka's achievements in civil rule, the most influential of future generations was the tolerant religious policy, which provided an inclusive ideological basis for Indian culture.
Ashoka's religious policy of inclusion because of his belief in Buddhism finally gained the opportunity for all religions and peoples to coexist in harmony, because religious beliefs in the Indian subcontinent occupy an important position in life, and many ethnic contradictions have important links with religious contradictions, which is vividly demonstrated in the Middle East and Central Asia. Ashoka's tolerant religious policy weakened religious contradictions and incidentally alleviated ethnic contradictions in the territory, so Ashoka's tolerant religious policy provided the best source for the enduring of Indian culture, and only by being eclectic could it stand under the influence of foreign cultures. Based on his strong economic strength, Ashoka crossed the obstacles that blocked his predecessors, marched into the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, launched a war of conquest, and finally although he lost the opportunity for unification, he had already gone a long way on the road of unification. Ashoka's conquest achievements are self-evident, but after his conquest, he was able to adjust his ruling policy in time according to the situation and believe in Buddhism, once again showing that Ashoka was a monarch with great talent.
After the conquest, Ashoka chose to believe in Buddhism for two reasons, on the one hand, because of legends, the legend that Ashoka believed in Buddhism because he chose to believe in Buddhism in order to pay tribute to the innocents who died in the last battle, so he chose to believe in Buddhism to atone for his sins; on the other hand, because of the need for rule, after Ashoka basically unified the Indian subcontinent, the old conquest policy was no longer suitable for the needs of defending the world, so it needed religious ideological support. Therefore, after Ashoka mastered the entire South Asian subcontinent, he was able to promote India's economic and trade ties with Europe, absorb the advanced culture of Europe, and then use it for his own use. Ashoka sent emissaries to export Buddhist morality to all countries in the world, with great success, making Buddhism a world religion. In terms of governance, Ashoka preached benevolence and love for the people, planting trees, building roads, drilling wells, actively developing the economy, and improving the lives of the people, and the Peacock Dynasty became a powerful country like the Qin Dynasty in China at that time.
Emperor Wu of Liang
Ashoka believed in Buddhism and the country was strong because he absorbed the Buddhist idea of a perfect personality. Chinese secular people's understanding of Buddhism is very superficial, and they have not dabbled in a few Buddhist classics, but they have watched a few monks receive incense money, and a few lay people prostrate themselves to worship the Buddha, as if the existence of Buddhism is not interesting. In particular, seeing the unfortunate history of Emperor Wu of Liangwu's belief in Buddhism, they even thought that believing in Buddhism broke the country and the family, and their views formed a paradoxical turbidity, causing estrangement and moral decline in social beliefs. Emperor Wu of Liang's belief in Buddhism was not false, but his letter was very different from Ashoka's. Emperor Wu of Liang sent people to repair the Fushan Weir not as a people's livelihood project, but to attack the city and flood the enemy country. As a result, tens of thousands of people were drowned. Emperor Wu of Liang's custody of Hou Jing led to a rebellion by Hou Jing, and Emperor Wu of Liang was killed, which was a mistake in Emperor LiangWu's political decision-making, and he had nothing to do with believing in Buddhism! Just like Cao Cao's failure at Chibi was a decision-making error. The destruction of Buddhism is a false stolen booty! Since the country was broken, why was Ashoka's belief in Buddhism brilliant? Emperor Gaozong of Tang revered Master Xuanzang, and during Emperor Gaozong's reign he conquered the Korean Peninsula. Faith is a moral category and has nothing to do with politics! But the right faith is of great benefit to the long-term peace and stability of the country! As for some people attacking the Buddha for not being able to defend his homeland, the Kapilavab kingdom was destroyed, and the Persian king believed in The Buddha was overthrown by his son, these are all problems of political decision-making, Buddha is a religious, thinker, philosopher, but not God, the suffering of all people in the world is a matter of personal decision-making, no matter what Thaksin believes, there is a deviation in understanding! Ashoka's brilliant life of believing in Buddhism and Emperor Wu of Liangwu's belief in Buddha's death and the destruction of the country were also caused by their different personal understanding of Buddhist ideas. Buddhism is a religion of wisdom, and to study Buddhism is to develop wisdom, not just to seek blessings and profits. With wisdom, we can make the right decisions and be auspicious. Can't say that someone dropped out of school after not graduating from elementary school, and concluded that school is not good? This is a matter of personal effort and understanding, what do some people say when they go to school and take the Tsinghua Peking University? Is the destruction of the Buddha's homeland bad for Buddhism? That the author of Capital, the great "Karl" was a Jew, six million Jews were killed by the Nazis, his three children died, some committed suicide, his native Germany was defeated by the Soviet Union, can the responsibility be counted on him? So denying his ideas is not great? In the same way, the destruction of the Buddha's homeland and the usurpation of the throne by his son by his disciple King Persia are all causes and impermanence, which proves that samsara is suffering, and that there is much suffering in the world. It is logical to look at a thing dialectically objectively! Believing in Buddhism and breaking the family is even more nonsense! Only a very small number of people are willing to become a monk, and most of them are "family lovers"! However, secular people are now morally degenerate and very fond of "cheating"--their "renunciation" is the real breaking of the family--destroying other people's families and undermining social stability, because infidelity leads to countless murders and deaths!
The evil of human nature lies in the fact that one's own beliefs are desert, and one likes to criticize the beliefs of others. Civilization cannot believe in itself without faith, which is the root of evil. Faith is meant to destroy selfishness, and selfish people wantonly slander faith in order to protect the absurd. Including some so-called cultural people who are people without faith and soul filth, their words are strong and reasonable, not correct, and extremely misleading! They are a stumbling block to the right path of society, and they cannot be seen without refutation!