BuddhaNet Crossword Puzzle #17

Across 
	4	The "cankers" which obstruct spiritual achievement (e.g., sensual longing, desire for continued separate existence, ignorance). (6)
	8	The ultimate divine reality, for Hinduism. (7)
	9	Ultimate release or liberation (of the soul from the cycle of birth and death). (6)
	10	Heavenly being, god. (4)
	12	Noble; the noble ones; the elect. (Sanskrit) (4)
	13	The five factors constituting an individual person. (8)
	17	One of Buddha's chief disciples. (9)
	19	The discriminative and deliberative faculty of mind. (5)
	20	Philosophical dialogues or treatises of ancient India. (10)
	23	One of the schools of Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, emphasizing abandonment of striving as the way to enlightenment. (3)
	24	Member of the warrior caste, the second highest in the Indian social scheme. (9)
	26	A large number. (6)
	27	Usually spelled Brahmin. A member of the highest, namely the priestly, caste. (8)

Down 
	1	One of the schools of Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, emphasizing abandonment of striving as the way to enlightenment. (4)
	2	God of the dead; sometimes, death personified. (4)
	3	A disciple of Buddha, the earliest convert to his preaching. (8)
	5	An ascetic. (6)
	6	Celestial nymph. (6)
	7	The Evil One; the great tempter. (4)
	11	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)
	14	An age, epoch of time. (5)
	15	Complete concentration, absorbed contemplation. (7)
	16	The deer-park near Benares (now called Sarnath), where Buddha preached his first sermon. (9)
	18	The perfected disciple; one who has completed the discipline required to attain liberation. (Sanskrit) (5)
	21	Ancient Indian Scriptures. (5)
	22	The principle of causality in moral experience. (Pali) (5)
	24	A large number. (4)
	25	King; chief; ruler. (4)

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