Religions

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Across
  1. 4. Impermanence.
  2. 7. Any personal response to dimensions of life that are considered sacred.
  3. 8. Liberation from mental afflictions, suffering, and rebirth.
  4. 9. A question used by Zen teachers to boggle the student’s mind and thus liberate direct awareness.
  5. 12. Taking a flexible, nondogmatic approach.
  6. 13. Our actions and their effects on this life and lives to come.
  7. 14. Nectar made with sugar and water, symbolizing the sweetness of compassion.
  8. 15. A “worthy one” who has followed the Buddha’s path to liberation.
Down
  1. 1. Small sword worn by Khalsa initiates.
  2. 2. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.
  3. 3. The worldly cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
  4. 5. A sacred esoteric text with spiritual practices honoring the divine in female form.
  5. 6. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.
  6. 10. Order of Sikhs who have undergone special initiation and observe a strict code of conduct.
  7. 11. A subtle energy center in the body.
  8. 12. Community meal for all, regardless of caste or position.