BuddhaNet Crossword Puzzle #25

Across 
	1	According to Zen tradition, its first patriarch. (11)
	7	The ultimate divine reality, for Hinduism. (7)
	8	Complete concentration, absorbed contemplation. (7)
	9	Noble; the noble ones; the elect. (Sanskrit) (4)
	11	One of the great Hindu gods. (5)
	12	Mendicant monk. (Pali) (7)
	14	One of the schools of Chinese Buddhism. (4,3)
	19	God of the dead; sometimes, death personified. (4)
	20	King; chief; ruler. (4)
	21	An age, epoch of time. (5)
	22	"The lesser vehicle"; one of the two major divisions of Buddhism. (8)
	23	The Buddha who is the main object of devotion in the Pure Land School of Chinese Buddhism, and the Jodo and Shin Schools in Japan. (8)

Down 
	1	Ultimate release or liberation (of the soul from the cycle of birth and death). (6)
	2	Celestial nymph. (6)
	3	The perfected disciple; one who has completed the discipline required to attain liberation. (Pali) (6)
	4	In Chinese, Kwan Yin. A Bodhisattva conceived as merciful to those in special need. (14)
	5	The soul, conceived as one in reality with Brahman. (5)
	6	A lay patron of early Buddhism, giver of the famous Jeta grove and monastery. (13)
	7	Enlightenment. (5)
	10	A sage (usually a hermit). (5)
	13	One of Buddha's disciples. (7)
	15	A name for Indra. (5)
	16	- -   - - -  in Chinese. "He who has fully arrived," i.e., the Perfect One. A title of the Buddha. (2,3)
	17	Verses; poem composed of them. (5)
	18	The discriminative and deliberative faculty of mind. (5)

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