Buddhism

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Across
  1. 3. Thousands of religious texts that Mahayana Buddhists refer to as scripture
  2. 6. Form of Buddhism that focuses on meditation, aim is to open our "third eye"
  3. 7. Awakening or enlightenment
  4. 10. "infinite light", the thought that Buddha created a paradise in heaven for people to concentrate on enlightenment
  5. 12. Pali Canon, the recitations of Buddha's teachings
  6. 13. A path that gives Buddhists a solution to rid themselves of suffering
  7. 18. Enlightened beings
  8. 21. What Buddhists spend their entire lives trying to rid themselves of
  9. 23. Buddha's teachings (karma, eightfold path, noble truths etc.)
  10. 25. "no-self", a way to get rid of selfishness
  11. 26. Buddhist spiritual leader in Tibet, believed to have been reincarnated fourteen times; promises to delay nirvana until everyone can reach it
  12. 27. "Intermediate existence", known as the gap between life and death
  13. 28. Birthplace of Buddha
  14. 29. The continual cycle of aging, sickness and death
  15. 30. A chant used to reach enlightenment
  16. 31. Ignorance, attachment and aversion
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  1. 1. A group of teachings by Buddha about suffering and how to rid yourself of it
  2. 2. meditative contemplation
  3. 4. Cycle that Buddhists believe every soul goes through until it reaches nirvana
  4. 5. Where Buddhism began
  5. 8. Buddhist term for patience
  6. 9. law of cause and effect
  7. 11. Buddhist community
  8. 14. Founder of Buddhism
  9. 15. Five different aggregates that hold mankind together
  10. 16. The standard collection of writings for Theravada Buddhism, mainly composed of the Tripitaka
  11. 17. Name of Buddha as a prince
  12. 19. "Way of the Elders", a school of thought in Buddhism
  13. 20. "Greater Vehicle", other school of thought in Buddhism
  14. 22. Sacred tree where Buddha meditated under to reach ennlightenment
  15. 24. End goal of Buddhism, complete nothingness