Buddhism Vocabulary
Across
- 1. Hand gestures, often found on Buddha statues
- 3. Suffering
- 5. The state of enlightenment
- 7. The Awakened or Enlightened One
- 10. Memorial shrines
- 13. Cause and effect of one's actions
- 15. Japanese Buddhism
- 16. Meditation
- 17. No soul or self
- 19. Ornate geometric designs made of colored sand
- 20. Impermanence
- 21. The Buddha's teachings
- 23. The community of Buddhist monks
Down
- 2. The essential elements that contribute to human desire and cravings
- 4. Compassion
- 6. Non-Violence
- 8. The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists
- 9. Tibetan Buddhism
- 11. The more Orthodox branch of Buddhism
- 12. One who has achieved enlightenment but teaches others
- 14. Riddles or puzzling stories
- 18. The largest branch of Buddhism
- 22. One who achieves enlightenment and journeys on to nirvana