Buddhism

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Across
  1. 3. one of the first major settlements in ancient India
  2. 5. strong wind that brings heavy rain to southern Asia in the summer
  3. 6. a place where they store grain
  4. 8. a command that is like a law
  5. 11. a class/group in Hindu society
  6. 14. a person who gives up worldly pleasures
  7. 16. key idea for Buddhism followers that they should live their lives according to these eight teachings
  8. 19. a large piece of land that is smaller than a continent
  9. 21. the belief that a persons soul is reborn into a new body after death
  10. 23. a strong wall built to protect a city
  11. 26. a bond between families to help like power stay in the family mostly through marriage
  12. 27. teaches that life brings suffering that one can escape by seeking nirvana through enlightenment
  13. 29. a period of great happiness and achievement
  14. 30. the ruler of the Mauryan Empire
Down
  1. 1. a belief that a person has a duty to live an honorable life
  2. 2. finding universal truth and the goal of Buddhists to become a buddha
  3. 4. the four basic guideline or principles
  4. 7. a territory that is part of a country/empire
  5. 9. an ancient Indian language
  6. 10. a collection of ancient writings
  7. 12. the Hindu concept that people are born with a set of skills that help them serve needs of a society
  8. 13. an ideal state of happiness and peace
  9. 15. a trip to a holy place
  10. 17. a flat area of land that is elevated
  11. 18. a religion that has Vedic beliefs and Brahmanism
  12. 20. the good and evil done in a past life determines what happens to yours soul in the next life
  13. 22. a social group that does a specific job and that a person is born into
  14. 24. goods or money given to the poor
  15. 25. a name given to a man that has reached enlightenment
  16. 28. the idea that all existing things come from one original source