question_answer 12)

Pandit jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, wrote : "His edicts (instructions) still speak to us in a language we can understand and we can still learn much from them,’ Identify the parts of Ashoka's message that you think are relevant today.  

Answer:

In his message Ashoka speaks about: (i) Being gentle with slaves and servants. (ii) Respecting one's elders. (iii) Treating all creatures with compassion. (iv) Giving gifts to brahmins and monks. (v) It is both wrong to praise one's own religion or criticise another's. (vi) Each one should respect* the other's religion. (vii} If one praises one's own religion while criticising another's, one is actually doing greater harm to one's own religion.  These ideas and messages are still relevant today.