BuddhaNet Crossword Puzzle #16

Across 
	2	The twenty-eighth Ch'an patriarch in India and the first in China. (11)
	6	The Illumined One. The main title of the founder of Buddhism after his enlightenment. (6)
	7	"The greater vehicle"; one of the two major divisions of Buddhism. (8)
	9	Rule of duty or of social obligation  (Hinduism). The truth; the saving doctrine or way (early Buddhism). Reality; essential quality; any reality  (Mahayana Buddhism). (Pali) (6)
	11	Craving; selfish or blind demandingness. (5)
	14	"He who has fully arrived," i.e., the Perfect One. A title of the Buddha. (9)
	15	A large number. (4)
	16	The place where Buddha died. (8)
	19	According to Zen tradition, its first patriarch. (11)
	22	Noble; the noble ones; the elect. (Pali) (5)
	23	Buddha's cousin and closest personal companion among his disciples. (6)
	24	One of the schools of Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, emphasizing abandonment of striving as the way to enlightenment. (4)

Down 
	1	Demonic power, devil. (5)
	2	Enlightenment. (5)
	3	Literally, "body of the law." In Mahayana thought, one aspect of ultimate reality. (10)
	4	The perfected disciple; one who has completed the discipline required to attain liberation. (Pali) (6)
	5	One of Buddha's disciples. (7)
	8	Words or sentences possessing magic power. (7)
	10	"No soul" (doctrine) of Buddhism. (6)
	12	The sage of the Sakyas, i.e., Buddha. (9)
	13	Nun. (9)
	15	An age, epoch of time. (5)
	17	A name for Indra. (5)
	18	King; chief; ruler. (4)
	20	God of the dead; sometimes, death personified. (4)
	21	Noble; the noble ones; the elect. (Sanskrit) (4)

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