Across
- 3. way
- 7. Piti (Pali); A gladdening of the mind and body. One of the seven factors of enlightenment
- 8. 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.
- 9. A garment made of natural fibre (usually cotton or silk), worn by males, which covers the lower body and legs.
- 10. Member of a 'scheduled class' untouchable or outcaste whose occupation has to do with tanning leather.
- 12. The community of practitioners of the Buddhist path, or those beings who have attained direct realization of the nature of reality, one of the three jewels of refuge.
- 18. Extinction of the fires of attachment, hatred and delusion that cause suffering; liberation from cyclic existence
- 19. Mental absorption, a state of strong concentration that temporarily suspends the five hindrances
- 21. Vicaya (Pali); Interest and inquiry into experience. One of the seven factors of enlightenment
- 24. spiritual path that avoids extremes of self-mortification and self-indulgence, as discovered and taught by the Buddha
- 26. An untouchable or outcaste whose occupation is a sweeper.
- 27. Enlightened one; someone whose mind is completely free from the defilements; a person who is no longer bound to cyclic existence
- 28. A term referring to the group of meditation practices that aim at samadhi
- 29. Discipline; the rules and regulations governing the conduct of Buddhist monks and nuns
- 31. The pattern of conditioned habits that we mistake for a sense of self
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- 1. The ancient language of the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism
- 2. the auspicious power of wholesome action that brings positive karmic results
- 4. Religion or religious duty is the usual translation into English, but literally it means the intrinsic quality of the self or that which sustains one's existence.
- 5. Enlightenment, awakening
- 6. Faith, confidence; one of the five spiritual faculties
- 11. noting A technique used in meditation to help direct the mind to the object of meditation
- 13. The tendency of the mind to cling to concepts at the expense of reality; taking what is impermanent to be permanent, what is dissatisfying to be satisfying, what is selfless to be self
- 14. Not self, insubstantiality, one of the three characteristics of existence
- 15. Devotion; love
- 16. A principle that defines a certain standard of ethical conduct; the foundation of all Buddhist meditation practice; see the five (or eight) precepts
- 17. auspicious power of wholesome action that brings positive karmic results
- 20. A Buddhist monk
- 22. Path of the Elders; the form of Buddhism found throughout many parts of Southeast Asia. Vipassana meditation is a central part of this tradition.
- 23. Most famous of all sacred rivers of India.
- 25. Wisdom; one of the five spiritual faculties
- 30. One who is undertaking the spiritual path of awakening; a meditator