Japanese Buddhist Sect 3 Crossword Clue

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	noun • school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan • a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight • street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
	32%	8		Buddhist sect
	noun • a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts • an offensive name for the early conservative Theravada Buddhism; it died out in India but survived in Sri Lanka and was taken from there to other regions of southwestern Asia
	32%	10		Buddhist sect that follows the Vinaya Pitaka
	noun • the religious doctrine of Hinayana Buddhism

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New York Times25 Feb 1993	Down 47
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