Religion Crossword Puzzle

2. the four noble reasons of truth refer to
3. form of leadership in most religions
6. In the struggle to understand what the mind cannot readily grasp,ere truly is an underlying reality that cannot readily be perceived.
8. To perceive truth directly, beyond the senses, beyond the limits of human reason, beyond blind belief
9. ceremony for the initiation of new members of the Khalsa (the pure ones), a group within Sikhism
11. guru who introduced the idea of a social order based on equality, justice and service to all, in devotion to the One God without form and present everywhere
12. religion originating in India, based on three central teachings: hard work for society, sharing from one’s earnings with those who are needy, praise one god, the same that is worshiped by many different names around the world
15. Indian religious belief that liberation from earthly suffering depends on our own efforts, to get the wisdom, enlightenment and compassion.

1. The most important Buddhist festival, marking the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha, all of which are said to have happened miraculously the same day
2. Hindi word that refers to a broad complex of meanings, encompassing duty, natural law, social welfare, ethics, health, wealth, power, fulfillment of desires, and transcendental realization
4. set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe usually involving a sistem devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code
5. The farther shore, or liberation, the goal of spiritual effort
7. Most of the other Indian religious ways have been categorized together, except Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism
10. the ancient language in which the Vedas were composed, the language of Indian sacred literature
13. another similarity between Sikhism and Hinduism, apart from the belief of reincarnation
14. the religious texts often referred to as the foundations of Hinduism