Across
- 5. the cause and effect between people's actions and consequences, usually in cycles of death and rebirth
- 8. extensive bulwark erected in ancient China, one of the largest building-construction projects ever undertaken
- 10. the oldest texts of Hinduism
- 12. one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions, having originated in ancient Persia
- 13. focuses on the ability of ordinary people to relate to the basic cosmic forces
- 16. member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith
- 18. consists of eight practices: right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samadhi
- 19. a world religious tradition that combines the beliefs, cultural practices, and philosophy of ancient and modern India
- 20. a political theory that explains the rise and fall of dynasties in dynastic China
- 24. the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form
- 25. the explanation of a ritual by a learned priest
- 26. an empire set up in Northern India
Down
- 1. all things exist as inseparable and contradictory opposites
- 2. all appointive positions in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Government of the United States, except positions in the uniformed services
- 3. the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods
- 4. the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering
- 6. cosmic law, the rules that created the universe from chaos, as well as rituals
- 7. a division of society based on differences of wealth, inherited rank or privilege, profession, occupation, or race
- 9. an unstratified, geologically recent deposit of silty or loamy material that is usually buff or yellowish brown in color and is chiefly deposited by the wind
- 11. real Self" of the individual, innermost essence
- 14. is the landmass south of the towering Himalayan Mountains and bordered by the Indian Ocean
- 15. the freedom from the eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth
- 17. an ancient spiritual concept that began in India and centers around avoiding all forms of violence and respecting all living things
- 21. a place of perfect peace and happiness, like heaven
- 22. Aryan, name originally given to a people who were said to speak an archaic Indo-European language and who were thought to have settled in prehistoric times in ancient Iran and the northern Indian subcontinent
- 23. the virtue of exhibiting love and respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors