CGS HU 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Maurya Empire, Edicts Of Ashoka, Dharma

• School: Boston University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: CGS HU 202
• Professor: Neal Leavitt

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Hu 202 team v first hourly exam study guide. Attadanda sutta: in the first stanza, buddha describes the effects of arming oneself (literally picking up a (cid:449)eapo(cid:374)(cid:895) o(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455). What a(cid:396)e these effe(cid:272)ts a(cid:374)d (cid:449)h(cid:455) a(cid:396)e the(cid:455) (cid:374)egati(cid:448)e, i(cid:374) buddha"s view: when you are arming yourself, that leads to fear. You are arming yourself to protect yourself from violence. When violence happens, this ultimately escalates your fear, and you will not overcome your fear, you will just continue having it if violence proceeds. When someone arms themselves it has an effect on the other person. He compares it to a fish la(cid:272)ki(cid:374)g (cid:449)ate(cid:396) a(cid:374)d ho(cid:449) it"s (cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:448)i(cid:272)ious fighti(cid:374)g fo(cid:396) the last (cid:271)it of (cid:449)ate(cid:396) (cid:449)ith out a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396)atio(cid:374) of a(cid:374)(cid:455) othe(cid:396) fish. That"s ho(cid:449) all ou(cid:396) (cid:373)i(cid:374)dsets a(cid:396)e when it comes to fear and when someone arms themselves in order to survive.