Across
- 2. Never indulge too much but never starve yourself
- 3. The basic moral requirements that are binding of all buddhist
- 6. One who has become enlightened, buddhist equivalent of a saint
- 8. The concept that suffering is part of the human condition
- 9. "Enlightened one", usually refers to Siddhartha Gautama
- 11. A sacred word or phrase repeated in chants or prayers
- 12. To live is to suffer, suffering is caused by desire, the cessation of suffering can be achieved, the solution is the Noble Eightfold Path
- 14. The spiritual leader of Vajrayana Buddhism
- 15. Beings who have experienced enlightenment but stop short in order to help others achieve enlightenment
- 17. The Buddhist doctrine of denying the permanent self
- 20. Complex sand paintings which represent the world or the psyche
- 21. Buddhism most popular in Tibet and Nepal
- 22. Selfish desire that causes dukkha
- 23. A way of holding the hands and fingers so as to indicate a particular meaning
Down
- 1. Basic practices of Buddhism that lead to nirvana
- 4. The Indian dialect first used for writing down the teachings of the Buddha
- 5. No self, impermanence, and suffering
- 7. All existent things are constantly changing
- 10. The teachings of the Buddha
- 13. The Buddhist community of monks and nuns
- 16. "Great Vehicle" type of Buddhism most common in Japan, China, and Korea
- 18. The extinction of desire and any sense of individual selfhood
- 19. Prevalent form of Buddhism in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand
