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Across
  1. 4. A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms
  2. 6. social groups into which people are born and which can rarely be changed
  3. 9. Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.
  4. 10. relating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family
  5. 12. the complete abandonment physical pleasures. The benefit, now cannot feel physical pain or loss, since one has accepted that his body is just a casket that he will shed upon death and reincarnation
Down
  1. 1. All actions have future consequences- rewards or punishments; this life or the next
  2. 2. seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons
  3. 3. a condition of great peace or happiness
  4. 5. in Hinduism and Buddhism, the process by which a soul is reborn continuously
  5. 7. A large landmass that is smaller than a continent
  6. 8. societies in which most power is held by older adult men
  7. 11. ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts if Hinduism