Across
- 1. the willingness to respect different beliefs or customs
- 3. the physical features of an area
- 5. an area of north India that is home to many Sikhs
- 11. in Buddhism, a being who has gained enlightenment and, out of compassion, tries to help others
- 13. a group of merchants or craftsmen working in the same line of business
- 17. religious community
- 18. forerunner or past relative; what a later person or thing is descended from
- 20. in Buddhism,a state of perfect wisdom, free of suffering
- 21. seasonal winds in South and Southeast Asia
- 22. the unfair treatment of people based on their gender
- 25. the position of a country not allying itself with either of the superpowers during the Cold War
- 26. in Hinduism, the effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives
- 28. someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion
- 30. fixed social class into which a person is born
- 31. a person who tries to achieve spiritual purity through self-denia
- 34. making small loans to people who start their own businesses
- 35. a collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of ancient India
- 36. relating to the whole universe
- 38. to thrive
- 39. thinker or teacher
- 40. focused on or gathered in
- 41. peaceful protest against laws considered unjust
- 43. to make up for
- 44. result
Down
- 2. the rebirth of a soul into a new body
- 4. superior by a large margin
- 6. to split or divide
- 7. something that provides information about something unknown
- 8. a system in which power is divided among central, regional, and local governments
- 9. according to moral law
- 10. in Buddhism, a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering
- 12. the belief that one should not hurt any living thing
- 14. member of the lowest Indian caste grouping made up of people who did jobs no one else wanted to do
- 15. in Hinduism,one supreme cosmic consciousness, spiritual force, or God
- 16. government rules that set limits or standards for businesses
- 19. to strain through overuse
- 23. in Hinduism, a person's duty to do what is right for him or her
- 24. unfair treatment
- 27. in Hinduism, liberation from reincarnation
- 28. to calm or clear the mind, often by focussing on a single subject
- 29. something unreal of misleading
- 30. membership in a community that gives a person civil and political rights and obligations
- 32. to eliminate
- 33. the business practice of sending many computer-related tasks to workers outside the company
- 37. few and scattered
- 42. to slow or block the movement of something