Buddhism Keywords

1. Formulation of the things which prevent successful meditation: Sense Desire, Anger, Doubt, Anxiety and Sloth. (4, 10)
6. Story of one of the Buddha's former lives. (6)
7. 'Lesser Vehicle': word used by the Mahayana or 'Greater Vehicle' (q.v.) to describe the Theravada, sometimes regarded as derogatory. (8)
10. Concrete image which represents something abstract, especially an idea not easily described in words (eg. the Buddha is a symbol of Enlightenment). (6)

2. Noble Formulation of Buddhist practice into 8 elements: Right View, Right Aspiration, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration. (9, 4)
3. The three most important ideals of Buddism: the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha (5, 6)
4. A Buddhist monk (7, 7)
5. Idea in Pure Land Buddhism that you cannot reach salvation by your own power (Jiriki), but only by the power of Amitabha Buddha, whom you should have absolute faith in. (6)
8. Sitting meditation practice in the Zen tradition. (5)
9. Female equivalent of upasaka. (7)

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