2.3 Assignment (Religion Crossword Puzzle)

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Across
  1. 3. Intense devotion to a personal manifestation of Supreme Reality.
  2. 8. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.
  3. 12. Vajrayana meditation on a deity in order to develop his or her qualities.
  4. 13. Nectar made with sugar and water, symbolizing the sweetness of compassion.
  5. 14. A usually ascetic spiritual community of followers gathered around their guru.
  6. 15. The collected writings of Guru Gobind Singh.
Down
  1. 1. The individual soul.
  2. 2. Magnetic attraction, a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders.
  3. 3. A person who is dedicated to liberating others from suffering.
  4. 4. (Pali: arhat or arahat) A “worthy one” who has followed the Buddha’s path to liberation.
  5. 5. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.
  6. 6. Belief that all life was created by God.
  7. 7. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.
  8. 9. An ascetic Sikh order.
  9. 10. (Pali: bhikkhu; feminine: bhikshuni or bhikkuni) A monk or nun who renounces worldliness for the sake of following the path of liberation and whose simple physical needs are met by lay supporters.
  10. 11. A Sikh congregation.
  11. 13. An incarnation of a deity.