We forget
the wisdom from our own past.
Emperor Ashoka
304-232 BCE.
Rock Edict
XII.
'Restraint
in speech'.
That is not
praising one's own religion or condemning the religion of others without good
cause...whoever praises his own religion, due to excessive devotion, and
condemns others with the thought 'Let me glorify my own religion' only harms
his own religion. Therefore, contact between religions is good. One should
listen to and respect the doctrines professed by others. Beloved of the gods,
King Piyadassi (Ashoka), desires that all should be learned in the good
doctrines of other religions.
