Emperor Ashoka Spreads Lord Buddha’s Message

The mind does not conquer the world. The heart does. Our disciple Ashok is the proof. His heart does everything, not his mind. God does not know where his mind is. But God knows and we know where his heart is all the time – inside his Guru’s heart.

There was a king, an emperor, named Ashoka the Great. He was a mighty ruler. There was a battle between Ashoka the Great and a feudal state named Kalinga. Many were killed, so people used to say that Ashoka was very unkind, cruel and undivine. When Ashoka saw that thousands and thousands had been killed, his heart changed. He said, “I cannot do that anymore, I cannot.”

Then he became a great follower of the Lord Buddha. His name became only forgiveness. Most of the time his justice became forgiveness. And Ashoka sent messengers to various parts of the world to spread the message of the Lord Buddha. The message of nonviolence started with Lord Buddha. As an emperor, Ashoka had waged war, and then he became a follower of Lord Buddha. He sent messengers with the message of Lord Buddha to so many countries.

15 February 2007 Chiang Mai, Thailand