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Across 1. Second of Four Noble Truths 4. Choreographed hand movements used in the rituals of Vajrayana Buddhism 8. One who has become enlighted. 10. The teachings of the Buddha and one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism 12. Patterned icons that visually excite 15. The fourth of the Four Noble Truths 17. Wheel of rebirth 18. An ancient languge of India; used in the writing of the earliest Buddhist texts. 21. Basic moral requirements that are binding for all Buddhists 22. The Buddhist doctrine that all existent things are always changing. 23. Buddha's diamond scepter, emphasizes the harnessing of sensual energies to attain nirvana

Down 1. Characteristics that summarize the changing nature of reality 2. The central teachings of Buddhism 3. Future Buddhas. Experience enlightenment but stop before nirvana to help others reach enlightenment. 5. The first of the Four Noble Truths 6. The Buddhist community of monks and nuns 7. The ultimate goal of Buddhists 9. Spiritual leader of Vajrayana Buddhism 11. A Basic Buddhist teaching that rejects both the pleasures of sensual indulgence and the self-denial of asceticism 12. Phrases or syllables chanted to evoke a deity or to enhance meditation 13. Largest of Buddhism's three divisions 14. The Buddhist doctrine denying a permanent self 16. Focuses on the earliest texts and emphasizes monastic lifestyle 19. Siddhartha Guatama and all others who have by their own insight attained perfect enlightenment 20. The moral law of cause and effect of actions; determines the nature of one's rebirth