Vocab #3

4. The most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit
8. A physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate
11. The virtue of exhibiting love and respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors
13. Built to protect China
15. The idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler
18. The concept of the transcendent and immanent ultimate reality
19. The ancient Indian principle of nonviolence
20. Shows a balance between two opposites with a portion of the opposite element in each section
21. A member of a people speaking an Indo-European
23. Meaning "guardian" or "protector"
24. Focuses on the ability of ordinary people to relate to the basic cosmic forces
25. Freedom from samsara

1. The body of government officials who are employed in civil occupations that are neither political nor judicial
2. One of the world's oldest monotheistic religions
3. A pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties in China
5. A person sent on a religious mission
6. Rebirth of the soul
7. A class or group
9. A place of perfect peace and happiness, like heaven
10. The true or eternal Self
11. 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
12. The eternal and inherent nature of reality
14. A loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sediment
16. The dominant religion of India
17. Right View, Right Resolve, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration
22. The relationship between a person's mental or physical action and the consequences following that action