Buddhism Key Terms

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Across
  1. 4. Universal law; ultimate truth; the teachings of Buddha. Spelt in Sanskrit as dharma
  2. 6. Loving kindness. A pure love, which is not possessive and which does not seek to gain
  3. 7. Arising Paticcasamupada. The belief that everything in existence is because other things are. The idea that everything is interconnected and that everyone affects everyone else
  4. 10. Enlightenment
  5. 12. Compassion or pity. Part of the spiritual path.
  6. 16. Suffering; ill; everything leads to suffering; unsatisfactoriness.
  7. 17. A form of Buddhism which includes both the lay and monastic communities. Literally “Greater Vehicle”, it focuses on achieving enlightenment for the sake of all beings. It is the Buddhism of China, Tibet and Japan.
  8. 18. Land This is the dominant form of Buddhism in Japan and focuses on chanting the name of Amitabha Buddha
  9. 20. A life free from worldly pleasures (especially sexual activity and consumption of alcohol), often with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals
  10. 21. The Jataka Tales are stories about the previous lives of the Buddha
  11. 22. A concept in Mahayana Buddhism. A being destined for enlightenment, who postpones final attainment of Buddhahood in order to help living beings
  12. 23. In Mahayana Buddhism, this refers to the fundamental nature of all beings, which means that all beings can attain Buddhahood Buddha
  13. 25. A perfected person. In Theravada Buddhism this is a term for a person who has attained nibbana
  14. 26. Sila. Moral conduct
Down
  1. 1. Wisdom or understanding enabling clarity of perception; this allows a Buddhist to be freed from the cycle of rebirth
  2. 2. The kind of Buddhism found in Sri Lanka and Thailand. It came before Mahayana
  3. 3. The Sanskrit form of kamma. Literally 'action'. Deliberate actions that affect the believer's circumstances in this and future lives; cause and effect
  4. 5. No fixed self, no soul; the Universal Truth that the soul is insubstantial; that people change in the course of their lives; denial of a real or permanent self.
  5. 8. Literally ‘blowing’ out. To reach a state of perfect peace where the individual experiences liberation from the cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
  6. 9. The Eightfold Path. 'The Middle Way' which leads to freedom from suffering (The Fourth Noble Truth).
  7. 11. 1. Historically the Buddha - the enlightened one. 2. An awakened or enlightened person
  8. 13. Impermanence, instability, not permanent.
  9. 14. A sacred text of the Pali tradition with 426 verses
  10. 15. Craving / desire, which causes suffering. The attempt to grasp at the things we enjoy.
  11. 17. A spiritual experience that opens a person up to the highest state of consciousness.
  12. 19. This refers to the belief that when a person dies he / she is reborn and that this process of death and rebirth continues until nibbana is attained temporarily leaving one’s everyday life and going to special places to aid spiritual development
  13. 24. Eightfold Path The fourth Noble Truth. Magga. The Middle Way. The way to wisdom; mental training and the way of morality. Eight stages to be practised simultaneously.