Buddhism

1. A text, especially one said to be the words of Buddha, is called a _____
5. _____ refers to compassion, or empathy
6. In Theravada, a(n) _____ has practiced monastic disciplines and reached nirvana, the ideal
8. A _____ is a Tibetan teacher, often a monk
9. A ____ is a shrine, usually in the shape of a dome, used to mark Buddhist relics or sacred sites
11. _____ refers to "Enlightenment being"; in Mahayana, a person of deep compassion, especially one who does not enter nirvana but is constantly reborn to help others; a heavenly being of compassion
15. Meaning "thatness" or "thusness" or "suchness," _____ is the uniqueness of each changing moment
18. A _____ is a symbolic hand gesture
19. _____ is the Mahayana notion of emptiness, meaning that the universe is empty of permanent reality
21. A state of deep awareness, the result of intensive meditation, is
24. The _____ is the community of monks and nuns; lowercased, this term refers to an individual monastic community
26. Meaning "no self," _____ is the doctrine that there is no soul or permanent essence in people and things
27. Achieving _____, one gains inner peace and release from suffering and rebirth
28. A key practice of _____ Buddhism is a chant to the Lotus Sutra

2. _____ refers to the three "bodies" of Buddha - the cosmic nature, the celestial Buddhas, and the historical Buddhas
3. _____ refers to sorrow, or misery
4. A Buddha (or bodhisattva) expected to appear on earth in the future is
7. The three "baskets," or collections, of Buddhist texts is known as the _____
10. _____ is the Buddha of the Western Paradise who by his merit allows people to be reborn in the Pure Land
12. _____ refers to impermanence, or constant chance
13. In Zen, _____ is the enlightened awareness
14. Symbolizing compassion, the _____ is the "diamond" scepter used in Tibetan and other types of Buddhist ritual
16. _____ is Enlightenment
17. The _____ in Chan and Zen Buddhism is a question that cannot be answered logically; the term also refers to a technique used to test consciousness and bring awakening
20. The _____ is the totality of Buddhist teaching
21. _____ refers to constant rebirth and the attendant suffering; the everyday world of change
22. A _____ is a circular design containing deities, geometrical forms, symbols and so on the represent totality, the self, or the universe
23. _____ refers to "Meditation"; focusing of the mind; sometimes, stages of trace
25. _____ is a popular bodhisattva of compassion in Mahayana