Across
- 2. A member of the Buddhist monastic community who has taken vows of renunciation (sociofact)
- 6. The teachings of the Buddha; also the cosmic law of truth (mentifact)
- 8. A practice of focused attention and mental training that is central to the Buddhist path (sociofact)
- 9. A dome-shaped Buddhist shrine built to house sacred relics (artifact)
- 11. The community of Buddhist monks, nuns, and lay practitioners — one of the Three Jewels (sociofact)
- 12. A string of 108 beads used by Buddhist practitioners for counting mantras or breaths (artifact)
- 13. The belief that one's actions generate consequences that shape future lives (mentifact)
- 14. The Buddhist term for the suffering or unsatisfactoriness that characterizes ordinary life (mentifact)
Down
- 1. Title meaning "the Awakened One," given to Siddhartha Gautama after his enlightenment (mentifact)
- 3. The ultimate state of liberation from suffering and the cycle of rebirth (mentifact)
- 4. The type of tree under which the Buddha achieved enlightenment; the word also means "awakening" (artifact)
- 5. The five basic ethical guidelines for Buddhist laypeople, such as refraining from killing or lying (mentifact)
- 7. The sacred flower symbolizing purity and spiritual awakening, growing from muddy water (artifact)
- 10. The orange-yellow color of the robes traditionally worn by Theravada Buddhist monks (artifact)
- 12. A sacred syllable or phrase repeated during meditation to focus the mind (sociofact)