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- 5. Siddhartha Gautama and all others who by their own insight attained perfect enlightenment.
- 8. the monotheistic religion of the Jews
- 10. focused, disciplined concentration intended to enable experience of the sacred in Hinduism
- 11. anointed, a special messenger sent by god
- 12. either Jews as a religious people or that land and state of Israel
- 13. literally means, 'knowledge'; applies to the entire collection of Indian sacred literature, including the Upanishads
- 14. What someone receives after achieving nirvana.
- 18. Path defines the basic practices of Buddhism that lead to nirvana.
- 19. Hindu god of preservation and love; appears on earth on verious forms (avatars) in times of crisis
- 22. An important person in Christianity; was crucified
- 23. the largest of the two main branches of Islam
- 24. Founding Father of Judaism and Christianity
- 25. Commandments Rules of Judaism
- 27. Hindu god of destruction and rejuvenation
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- 1. Noble Truths The central teachings of Buddhism
- 2. Hindu God of creation
- 3. The ultimate goal of all Buddhists
- 4. Creator of Islam
- 6. Largest Religion in the World
- 7. one of the jesus 12 disciples, also, any earlier preacher of christianity
- 9. the scriptures sacred to christians, consisting of the books of the hebrew bible and the new testament
- 11. release from the cycle of death and rebirth in Indian religions; liberation
- 15. a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from Vedic religion.
- 16. a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha
- 17. Muslim scripture
- 20. The mother of Jesus
- 21. Pillars the basic obligations individual Muslims observe
- 24. God of Islam
- 26. pilgrimage each Muslim is supposed to make once in a lifetime to the shrines in and around Mecca
- 28. the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.