Across
- 6. he who achieves his aim
- 8. Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a
- 11. a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. It represents the final goal of Buddhism.
- 13. a member of the civil service.
- 14. the nature of reality regarded as a universal truth taught by the Buddha; the teaching of Buddhism
- 15. a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, which developed from Vedic religion.
- 18. an idyllic, often imaginary past time of peace, prosperity, and happiness.
Down
- 1. a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.
- 2. the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
- 3. Martial Emperor
- 4. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status
- 5. the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.
- 7. a pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties in China.
- 9. A valorant radiant
- 10. a member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood.
- 12. the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.
- 16. the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
- 17. founding the philosophical system of Taoism