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Bhagavad Gita
Buddhism
dharma
Jainism
karma
nirvana
stupa
theocracy
Sajan was a student of religion. After he read the
he decided to go on a spiritual quest. He
or rule by
did not like the idea of rule by
religious leaders. He knew, however, that during the rule of
the Mauryans, Ashoka changed his life when he turned to
Seeking such a change for himself, Sajan
became a religious traveler and visited many of the
that Ashoka had set up, hoping that this
Yet he sensed that he
Then, he heard about
would create good
was not fulfilling his
the concept of ahimsa. He was impressed and converted to
By following the idea of harming no living
being and by practicing what he learned, he hoped he would
reach
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