Across
- 4. The inspiration to become a monk for Siddhartha
- 6. The teachings of the Buddha
- 7. teachers and heads of monasteries
- 10. prominent branch of Buddhism in Tibet
- 13. Buddhist doctrine of "no soul"
- 17. the community of monks, nuns, and lay persons
- 18. compilation of three collections of early Buddhist texts
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- 1. Sacred fig tree where Siddhartha arrived at enlightenment
- 2. accommodates a greater number of people from all walks of life
- 3. Buddhist teaching that liberation comes from the middle spectrum
- 5. head lama of Tibetan Buddhism
- 8. a being that refrains from entering nirvana in order to save others
- 9. A basic moral standard by which all Buddhists are to live
- 11. items of religious devotion
- 12. one who has attained Nirvana, and is liberated from rebirth
- 14. A person who renounces material comforts to live a self-disciplined life
- 15. a word to describe Hindu literature written in Sanskrit and concerned with rituals
- 16. The spiritual goal for all Buddhists