Across
- 3. farmworkers,servants and other laborers
- 6. tree The tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, India - a fig tree popularly called Pipal (Ficus Religiosa)
- 7. The pattern of conditioned habits that we mistake for a sense of self
- 8. worshiper of Vishnu, having to do with the worship of Vishnu
- 10. Mental absorption, a state of strong concentration that temporarily suspends the five hindrances
- 11. mind A mind that is open to the experience of the moment, free of conceptual overlays; first made popular by the Zen teacher Suzuki Roshi
- 13. serpent
- 14. A Buddhist nun
- 15. herders,farmers, artisans, merchants
- 16. the religious and moral duties of the person
- 18. a heavy club used as a weapon and a symbol of authority; attribute of Vishnu
- 19. Mindfulness of breathing
- 21. Enlightened one; someone whose mind is completely free from the defilements; a person who is no longer bound to cyclic existence
- 22. the passing of the soul at death into another body
- 24. appearance of a deity in another form
- 25. special symbolic posture, seated or standing, used in yoga and in the representation of gods.
Down
- 1. symbolic hand position
- 2. warriors
- 4. The teachings of the Buddha
- 5. animal mount of a deity which identifies the god or goddess
- 6. A Buddhist monk
- 9. Awakening
- 11. priests
- 12. "womb chamber" the inner, shrine of a Hindu temple
- 17. Not self, insubstantiality, one of the three characteristics of existence
- 20. nonviolence
- 23. The practice of giving; generosity. Dana is the first of the ten paramis, or qualities to be perfected in order to become a Buddha
