MChung 2.3 Assignment

1. Belief that one’s own tradition is the only true religion and that others are invalid.
4. The constitutional principle of not giving favored status to any religion.
6. A Chinese and Japanese school emphasizing that all things have Buddha-nature, which can only be grasped when one escapes from the intellectual mind.
7. A sacred esoteric text with spiritual practices honoring the divine in female form.
13. An ascetic Sikh order.
14. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.
15. A Sikh congregation.
16. A branch of Mahayana Buddhism practiced in the Tibetan diaspora that incorporates deity yoga, mantras, mudras (hand gestures), and mandalas to achieve awakening.

2. Belief that all life was created by God.
3. The religious community in Sikhism.
5. The philosophical part of the Vedas.
8. Sitting meditation, in Zen schools.
9. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.
10. Terse spiritual teaching.
11. The holy Name of God, as recited by Sikhs.
12. Insight. A meditation technique for developing insight into dukkha, anicca, and anatta.