Across
- 1. Fully awakened one; specifically the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni, who lived and taught in India 2,500 years ago; one of the three jewels of refuge
- 6. A Buddhist monk
- 10. The pattern of conditioned habits that we mistake for a sense of self
- 11. Enlightenment, awakening
- 16. a round disk thrown as a weapon in ancient India; attribute of Vishnu
- 17. appearance of a deity in another form
- 18. The best known of all the Buddhist scriptures; a collection of 423 verses, spoken by the Buddha, that focuses on the value of ethical conduct and mental training
- 19. "womb chamber" the inner, shrine of a Hindu temple.
- 21. One who has taken a vow to become a fully enlightened Buddha; someone known for an unbounded readiness and availability to help all sentient beings
- 25. to walk around (something) in a complete circle, as a ritual of respect
- 27. "release" or "liberation" of the soul from reincarnation and its union with the Divine, the goal of Hinduism
- 28. Enlightened one; someone whose mind is completely free from the
- 30. Not self, insubstantiality, one of the three characteristics of existence
- 31. special, symbolic posture, seated or standing, used in yoga and in the representation of the gods
Down
- 2. 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.
- 3. The third section of the Buddhist canon devoted to human psychology and philosophy
- 4. Suffering; of pain, both mental and physical, of change, and endemic to cyclic existance; the first Noble Truth that acknowledges the reality of suffering
- 5. Wisdom-heart or the awakened heart/mind; the aspiration for supreme enlightenment so that all sentient beings may be free from suffering
- 7. the total actions in a person's life that determine the next state of existence
- 8. the spouse of a deity
- 9. "to be made flesh"; that is, to be born into the world
- 12. Mindfulness of breathing
- 13. an object or physical characteristic used as an identifying symbol
- 14. A Buddhist nun
- 15. serpent
- 20. a person who is no longer bound to cyclic existence
- 22. The practice of giving; generosity. Dana is the first of the ten paramis, or qualities to be perfected in order to become a Buddha
- 23. a heavy club used as a weapon and a symbol of authority; attribute of Vishnu
- 24. law; religious or moral duty
- 26. symbolic hand position
- 29. symbol of creativity and fertility in the form of the male sexual organ