Across
- 3. the total effect of a person's actions and conduct during a persons life
- 5. having broken the endless cycle of reincarnation
- 7. a system of organizing society into groups and rank order them in order of importance to the society
- 8. a written collection of sacred hymns,prayers,chants and other religion writings that combined have become one of the most sacred texts of hinduism
- 9. the goal in both hinduism and buddhism is the to reach of state where your soul joins forces with the universal spirit of the world and can break the cycle of reincarnation
- 11. the steps necessary to reach spiritual enlightenment in buddhism
- 12. means the enlightened one the name given to gautama and other who have discovered the path to enlightenment
- 15. the belief that one gets reborn perhaps in a different form after dies
- 16. having the qualities or meeting the expectations of someone who is divine or a deity
- 17. a strict ancient social hierarchy that has government the people of india for 3000 years
Down
- 1. hindu religion laws the outline the behavior hindu's are supposed to follow
- 2. is the universal spirit of hinduism often viewed as god,brahman is the main creative force in the universe
- 4. the four fundamental principles of buddhism
- 6. process of clearing ones mind so one can relax and see the spiritual path needed to take to find enlightenment
- 7. a wealthy privilegrd india prince who was unhappy with suffering he saw within the world and was determined to find a path to a life without it
- 10. the world's oldest religion and dominate one found in idian
- 13. an ancient form of writing in india
- 14. religion founded in idian by prince siddhartha gautama and found most in east and southeast asia