Across
- 1. The idea that all things arise in dependence upon conditions
- 8. The Eightfold Path grouped into the three sections of ethics, meditation and wisdom
- 11. The idea that people do not have a permanent, fixed self or soul
- 12. The five aspects that make up a person
- 14. The first Noble Truth; there is suffering
- 18. When someone achieves enlightenment and becomes a Buddha
- 20. A state of complete enlightenment, happiness and peace
- 22. The title given to someone two has achieved enlightenment; usually used to refer to Siddhartha
- 23. The repeating cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth
- 25. The three realisations that the Buddha made in order to achieve enlightenment
- 27. Impermanence; the idea that everything changes
- 28. The paradise where Amitabha Buddha lives, and where Pure Land Buddhists aim to be reborn
- 30. A practice of calming and focusing in the mind, and reflecting deeply on specific teachings to penetrate their true meaning
- 32. A demon that represents spiritual obstacles, especially temptation
- 33. The second Noble Truth: there are causes to suffering
- 34. 'The School of the Elders'
- 35. An image that symbolises samsara
- 36. The Fourth Noble Truth: the way to end suffering; the Eightfold Path
Down
- 2. 12 factors that illustrate the process of birth, death and rebirth
- 3. A person's actions; the idea that skilful actions result in happiness and unskilful ones in suffering
- 4. Emptiness; the concept that nothing has a separate independent 'self' or 'soul'
- 5. The popular stories about the lives of the Buddha
- 6. Greed, hatred and ignorance; the main cause of suffering
- 7. A form of Buddhism based on belief in Amitabha Buddha
- 9. The gaining of true knowledge of the self or the nature of reality
- 10. For Theravada Buddhists, someone who has become enlightenment
- 13. The idea that everyone has the essence of a Buddha inside them
- 15. The Buddha worshiped by Pure Land Buddhists
- 16. 'The greater vehicle'
- 17. The Third Noble Truth: suffering can be stopped
- 19. Craving (desiring or wanting something)
- 21. Eight aspects that Buddhists practise and live by in order to achieve enlightenment
- 24. For Mahayana Buddhists, someone who has become enlightened but chooses to remain in the cycle of samsara to help others achieve enlightenment
- 26. Living a simple life with few pleasures or possessions
- 29. Old age, illness, death and a holy man (ascetic); these led the Buddha to leave his life of luxury in the palace
- 31. The Buddha's teachings