Sajan was a student of religion. After he read the
he decided to go on a spiritual quest. He
did not like the idea of rule by
or 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
would create good
Yet he sensed that he
was not fulfilling his
Then, he heard about
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
vocabularies : bhagavad , buddhism , dharma , jainism, karma, nirvana , pilgrim, stupa