The Asokan Missions

Anandajoti Bhikkhu

A reading of the first translation of the Extended Mahāvaṁsa chapters XII-XIV, which describe the missions sent out during King Asoka's time to bring the Dhamma to the outlying districts and countries. Text can be found here . There is also a video about Asoka and the Missions here .

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Chapters

Asoka's Birth	1:35
Asoka's Family	1:50
Asoka's Ascension	3:10
The Conversion of Asoka 1	2:55
Asoka's Previous Birth Story	2:49
The Conversion of Asoka 2	4:32
King Asoka sees the Buddha	1:33
The Going Forth of Asoka's Brother and Nephew	3:20
Building the 84000 Monasteries	2:03
The Going Forth of Mahinda and Sanghamitta	5:43
Tissa and Sumitta's Story	3:17
Decline of the Dispensation	1:34
Murder in the Monastery	5:20
The King's Dream	3:23
The Partridge Birth Story	5:14
Holding the Third Council	3:54
Summary	1:43
Majjhantika in Kasmira Gandhara	4:07
More Missions	2:37
Sona and Uttara in Suvannabhumi	2:57
To Vedisa	1:45
Asokas Children in Avanti	1:01
Determining the Time	1:32
Arrival in Lanka	1:54
The Meeting	3:09
The Questions	2:32
Ordination and Teaching	4:12
Entering the Town	6:23
The Great Cloud Monastery and Queen Anula	6:51
Requesting the Nuns and the Bodhi Tree	5:58
Festivities for the Bodhi Tree	2:48
The Nuns and the Bodhi Tree set out for Lanka	6:15
Reception in Lanka	2:27
The Nuns and the Nunneries	5:24
The Passing of King Asoka	2:33
The Passing of King Devanampiyatissa	5:32
The Passing of Arahat Mahinda	3:56
The Passing of Arahat Sanghamitta	1:50
The Passing of Other Elders	2:07