Buddhist Ethics

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Across
  1. 2. - For Mahayana Buddhists, someone who has become enlightened but chooses to remain in the cycle of samsara to help others achieve enlightenment as well.
  2. 3. - "Help", "Friend"
  3. 5. Compassion; feeling concerned for the suffering of other people and wanting to relive their suffering.
  4. 10. Buddhism - An umbrella term used to describe some later Buddhist traditions including Pure Land Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Zen Buddhism.
  5. 13. - The idea that everyone had the essence of a Buddha inside them.
  6. 15. land buddhism - A Mahayana form of of Buddhism based on belie in Amitabha Buddha.
  7. 17. - Bad, unethical actions or behaviour.
  8. 18. Loving-kindness; showing a benevolent, kind, friendly attitude towards other people.
  9. 19. - The paradise where Amitabha Buddha lives, and where PureLandBuddhists aim to be reborn.
Down
  1. 1. - Oldest branch of Buddhism, "the School of the Elders". - Ancient Buddhist tradition found in southern Asia.
  2. 4. - When someone achieves enlightenment and becomes a Budhha.
  3. 6. - For Theravada Buddhists someone who has become enlightened.
  4. 7. - A place where Buddhists come together to practice.
  5. 8. - The four qualities of love, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity which the Buddha taught that Buddhists should develop.
  6. 9. - Prayer beads that are used to count the number of recitations in a mantra.
  7. 11. - A short sequence of sacred syllables.
  8. 12. - An act of worship.
  9. 14. - Good, ethical actions or behaviour.
  10. 16. A person's actions; the idea that skilful actions result in happiness and unskilful ones result in suffering.