Humans are a very recent arrival in the long line of history. Capable of the most sublime achievements we struggle to work out how best to organise ourselves and live well together.
However, living together is inevitably a compromise of differences between interests and values. Even between ideas of truth itself. Fail to find the compromise and the default position is too often conflict and war.
Ashok teaches the way of compromise. Listen instead of speaking, pay attention to what the heart is saying not just the voice, love diversity, celebrate differences, respect history, make future generations a primary duty of care. He says these instincts represent both our true selves and our greatest self-interest.