Across
- 3. meditative absobtion in witch all dualistic destinations are eliminated
- 5. a three pronged spear
- 7. Action, deed; the law of cause and effect; intentional action, either wholesome or unwholesome that brings either pleasant or unpleasant result respectively
- 9. to be born again as another form of life or into another class of human society
- 11. respect for life
- 13. A Buddhist Nun
- 14. A spiritually wise person. More specifically, one of the seven seers who received the divine wisdom
- 15. awaking enlightenment
- 16. Service, either to the divine or to humanity.
- 18. Short sayings or verses relating to various rituals, or encapsulating profound philosophical meanings
- 20. animal mount of a deity which identifies the god or goddess
- 22. The six perceptual gates through which we experience the world
- 26. symbols that manifest cosmic forces
- 27. Ceremony when the sacred thread is tied - to mark the start of learning with a guru.
- 28. demon or evil spirit
- 29. worshiper of Shakti, the Goddess
Down
- 1. A Hindu god. The name means kindly or auspicious
- 2. One who is undertaking the spiritual path of awakening; a meditator
- 4. Extinction of the fires of attachment, hatred, and delusion that cause suffering; liberation from cyclic existence
- 6. the passing of the soul at death into another body
- 7. Name given to that power of God which delivers justice
- 8. awaking
- 10. A spiritual path that avoids extremes of self-mortification and self-indulgence, as discovered and taught by the Buddha
- 12. a heavy club used as a weapon and a symbol of authority
- 17. appearance of a deity in another form
- 19. Any center of subtle body believed to be physic energy
- 21. the four religious books of sacred knowledge and priestly rituals of the Brahmans composed in the first millennium
- 23. Communion; union of the soul with the Supreme, or a process which promotes that relationship
- 24. path
- 25. serpent