Across
- 2. One's righteous duty or moral obligations
- 4. This controversial system identifies people by class or caste, reflecting status and opportunity
- 6. the belief that all of reality is ultimately one
- 9. the essence that shared among all living things;pure spirit
- 10. salvation through liberation from the human condition
- 12. sacred text of Hinduism
- 14. unlike Western culture, this is how Hindus track time
- 15. creator god of the Hindu trinity
- 16. goal of life focused on material success
- 18. preserver god of the Hindu trinity
- 20. Hindu belief in a series of lifetimes before liberation
Down
- 1. The principle of cause and effect where intent and actions influence one's future.
- 3. the world third largest religion
- 5. stage of life characterized by study of the Vedas
- 7. the study and explaining of the nature of the universe
- 8. goal of life focused on desires of the senses
- 11. the Wheel of Rebirth; doctrine of reincarnation
- 13. The incarnation of a deity, especially Vishnu, in earthly form.
- 17. the individual soul or true self; the brahman within us
- 18. the original term for the caste system which means "color"
- 19. destroyer god of the Hindu trinity