East Asian Religions

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Across
  1. 2. Singing of sacred hymns from Guru Granth Sahib.
  2. 4. religion A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.
  3. 7. Believing in one’s received traditions as completely and exclusively true.
  4. 8. A sudden experience of enlightened awareness.
  5. 9. Nectar made with sugar and water, symbolizing the sweetness of compassion.
  6. 12. The Supreme Reality.
  7. 14. The holy Name of God, as recited by Sikhs.
  8. 15. A question used by Zen teachers to boggle the student’s mind and thus liberate direct awareness.
  9. 16. Moral order, righteousness, religion.
Down
  1. 1. A sound or phrase chanted to evoke sound vibration of one aspect of creation or to praise a deity.
  2. 3. Belief that all life was created by God.
  3. 5. Belief that if there is anything beyond this life it is impossible for humans to know it.
  4. 6. Our actions and their effects on this life and lives to come.
  5. 10. Small sword worn by Khalsa initiates.
  6. 11. The doctrine of voidness, emptiness.
  7. 13. Monument containing Buddhist relics or images.