Across
- 3. four truths that depict buddhism’s deepest meanings
- 4. the concept of the transcendent and immanent ultimate reality
- 7. a person sent on a religious mission
- 9. Large peninsula where Indians lived
- 12. the religious and moral law governing individual conduct
- 13. the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism
- 16. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society
- 17. a pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties in China
- 18. the spiritual life principle of the universe
- 19. a defense for China against the nomads of the regions
- 22. there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time
- 24. supporters both of magic and of proto-science
- 25. The ___ Empire was an ancient Indian empire on the Indian subcontinent
Down
- 1. one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions
- 2. rebirth of the aspect of an individual that persists after bodily death
- 5. a member of a people speaking an Indo-European
- 6. means to be good to one's parents
- 7. a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation
- 8. the path to nirvana
- 10. the administrative system of the traditional Chinese government.
- 11. a place of perfect peace and happiness, like heaven
- 14. an important spiritual doctrine shared by Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
- 15. the most ancient Hindu scriptures
- 20. a loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sediment
- 21. all things exist as inseparable and contradictory opposites
- 23. the religion of the majority of people in India and Nepal