Across
- 2. Mental absorption, a state of strong concentration that temporarily suspends the five hindrances
- 5. Physical and mental calm
- 6. Action based on kindness, respect, truthfulness, timeliness and wisdom
- 11. Impermanent One of the three characteristics of existence. Buddhist teachings emphasize that all conditioned mental and physical phenomena are impermanent - nothing lasts, nothing stays the same.
- 12. Compassion; one of the four Brahma-Viharas (sublime abodes)
- 14. The pattern of conditioned habits that we mistake for a sense of self
- 16. Symbolical position
- 17. The breath of life;the vital breath or spirit
- 19. The passing of the soul at death into another body
- 21. A heavy club used as a weapon and a symbol of authority attribute of the Vishnu
- 22. Spiritual friend. In the Theravada Buddhist meditation tradition, teachers are often referred to as spiritual friends.
- 25. Enlightened one Someone whose mind is completely free from the defilement's; a person who is no longer bound to cyclic existence
- 27. Special symbolic posture seated or standing used in yoga and in the representation of the gods
- 29. the pleasant, unpleasant or neutral tone that arises with every experience; one of the five aggregates
- 30. The ancient language of the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism
Down
- 1. The spouse of a deity
- 2. A gladdening of the mind and body. One of the seven factors of enlightenment
- 3. To walk around in a complete circle; as a ritual of respect
- 4. A mind that is open to the experience of the moment, free of conceptual overlays; first made popular by the Zen teacher Suzuki Roshi
- 7. Awakening
- 8. Serpent
- 9. Law;religious or moral duty
- 10. Worshiper of Shakti, the goddess
- 13. Interest and inquiry into experience. One of the seven factors of enlightenment
- 15. To me made flesh
- 18. Appearance of a deity in a other form
- 20. To be born again as another form of life or into another class of human society
- 23. The auspicious power of wholesome action that brings positive karmic results
- 24. Worshiper of Shiva; having to do with the worship of Shiva
- 26. A three pronged spear;attribute of Shiva
- 28. noting A technique used in meditation to help direct the mind to the object of meditation