The conversion of the Mauryan Indian King Ashoka (ruled 272-231 BC) to Buddhism is rightfully viewed as a significant turning point in world history. Ashoka promoted the fairly new philosophy of Buddhism throughout his realm and allowed it to flourish, which eventually led to its dissemination throughout east Asia.

As a Buddhist emperor, Ashoka believed that Buddhism is beneficial for all human beings, as well as animals and plants, so he built a number of stupas, Sangharama, viharas, chaitya, and residences for Buddhist monks all over South Asia and Central Asia.

What effect did Emperor Ashoka have on Buddhism? He spread Buddhism to areas outside of India. During the reign of the Gupta Dynasty, the government was ruled by an emperor.

(06.04 MC)How did Emperor Asoka assist the spread of Buddhism? He was a devout Buddhist who gained enlightenment. He made Buddhism the official religion of the Mauryan Empire. He tore down temples dedicated to other religions.

Answer: Buddhism became prominent in merchant communities and then spread throughout the Mauryan empire through commercial connections and along trade routes. In this way, Buddhism also spread through the silk route into central Asia.

The empire was very successful in the fact that they had a standing army and civil service. The empire stretched over almost the entire Indian Subcontinent. The empire was near the junction of the son and Ganges (Ganga) rivers. The people of the Mauryan Empire worshipped Buddhism, Jainism, Ajikika, and Hinduism.

The Maurya Empire’s political unity and internal peace encouraged the expansion of trade in India. During Ashoka’s reign, government oversaw the building of major roadways, and the Mauryan international network of trade expanded. India’s exports to places like Bactria and Persia included silk, textiles, and spices.

The belief in many gods made Buddhism a popular religion in the region. He discovered Buddhism after conquering this region but regretted the human cost of victory in the war. C. He supported the building of monasteries in the Mauryan Empire and made Hinduism illegal to practice in public.

According to the Aggañña Sutta (DN. 27), humans originated at the beginning of the current kalpa as deva-like beings reborn from the Ābhāsvara deva-realm.

Answer: Buddhists believe the beginning of this world and of life is inconceivable since they have neither beginning nor end, that the world was not created once upon a time, but that the world is constantly being created millions of times every second and that it will always continue to do so.

The world, as Buddha described it, began when the Earth and stars spontaneously formed on its own. Water and air then collected and became seas on the Earth. But life did not yet exist.

What does Buddhism say about purpose? “In a way, there’s no purpose in your life. The Buddhist approach is: you’re born – you’re born, you die – you die.

Buddhism pursues happiness by using knowledge and practice to achieve mental equanimity….Buddha taught his followers the Four Noble Truths as follows:

1. Life is/means. Dukkha (mental dysfunction or suffering).
2. Dukkha arises. from craving.
3. Dukkha can be eliminated.
4. The way to the elimination of dukkha is the Eightfold Path.

Buddhists believe that nothing is fixed or permanent and that change is always possible. The path to Enlightenment is through the practice and development of morality, meditation and wisdom. Buddhists believe that life is both endless and subject to impermanence, suffering and uncertainty.