Across
- 3. Confucian virtue in honoring your elders
- 4. The nature of reality
- 7. A Hindu priest, part of the highest caste
- 10. Destiny or fate
- 13. noble truths Four central spiritual teachings
- 15. The region where India and its neighboring countries reside
- 16. Ancient Chinese political theory stating each dynasty peaks and falls, giving way to a new dynasty
- 18. wall A fortification more than 1,500 miles long across Northern China built in the 3rd century BC
- 19. Ancient Hindu scriptures
- 20. Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-Tzu
- 22. Persian empire's religion, focused on good vs. evil
- 24. service Ancient Chinese promotion exam based on one's "merits", or score
- 25. A person's soul
- 26. A major Indian religion
Down
- 1. Chinese philosophy on the concept of dualism, one cannot exist without the other
- 2. A state where suffering, desire, and sense of self does not exist, final goal of Buddhism
- 5. release from the cycle of rebirth
- 6. Chinese political philosophy justifying the emperor's rule
- 8. The rebirth of a soul in a new body
- 9. A dynasty of Bhraman kings who ruled India from the 4th to the 7th centuries
- 11. An ancient Indo-European people who settled in Northern India and the Middle East
- 12. Respect for all living things
- 14. Yellow-gray windblown sediment deposited in Midwest America and Eastern China
- 17. A hereditary class in Hindu society
- 21. A person sent on a religious mission
- 23. path Eight aspects one must overcome to reach nirvana