Vocab #3

4. Chinese symbol of opposite forces
7. The nature of reality regarded as a universal truth.
8. A person on a religious mission, commonly to promote their religion.
10. An ancient Indian principle of nonviolence.
12. philosophy used in ancient China to justify the rule of Emperor of China.
15. The sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence.
17. The four central beliefs containing the essence of Buddhist teaching.
18. The release from the cycle of reincarnation.
19. The highest member of the Hindu caste system.
22. A loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sedimen.
24. The permanent professional branches of a government's administration
25. One of the oldest religious texts originating in India.
26. A group of people who invaded India and spoke an Indo-European language.

1. The self or self-existent essence of human beings.
2. the path to nirvana, comprising eight aspects.
3. Buddhist ethics relating to the respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors.
5. a state in which there is no suffering.
6. a Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu
9. A physiogrraphical region in South Asia situated on the Indian plate.
11. A major and oldest religion founded in India.
13. A social system used in Hindu society based on hereditary status.
14. An ancient empire of India that lasted around two centurys.
16. A monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia.
20. The cycle of which dynasties fall and rise.
21. The rebirth of a soul in a new body.
23. wall A wall built in in China to stop the Mongols from invading.