Even though he did little to change the system of government he inherited, he introduced a novel and powerful moral idealism, which was a moral rule or way of life in the Buddhist sense, as he understood it. He called this the "Law of Piety." This law, though following the tenets of the Buddha, was distinct from them and peculiar to Asoka...
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It was to become one of the great turning points of the civilization of the East, having profound effects throughout the neighboring kingdoms, not least in India itself and in Sri Lanka, and reading China and Greece. The Law of Piety consisted in moral imperatives requiring that reverence be paid to all to whom it was due, especially to one's superiors, parents, teachers, elders and relations...
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