| PALI | Language of the Buddhist scriptures |
| KATHMANDU | 4,344 ft above sea level and east of the Buddhist pilgrimage site Lumbini, the Nepalese capital and Himalayan gateway, site of the Garden of Dreams (9) |
| LAO | Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand. |
| TRIPITAKA | The tree collections of books making up the Buddhist canon of scriptures (9) |
| AGAMA | Collection of Buddhist scriptures |
| ASOKA | Collection of Buddhist scriptures |
| TANTRIC | Endlessly austere after brief taste of Buddhist scriptures? (7) |
| CANON | Originally named Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory, the current name is derived from this Japanese company's first camera, which was in turn named for the Buddhist Bodhisattva of mercy |
| OSAKA | In which Japanese city and port are the Tenmangu, a Shinto shrine founded in 949, and the Buddhist temple of Shitenno-ji, founded in 593? (5) |
| TANTRA | Hindu or Buddhist scriptures |
| SUMATRA | Island graduate absorbed in Buddhist scriptures (7) |
| SUTRAS | Buddhist scriptures |
| SURA | Part of Koran or Buddhist scripture that's timeless |
| SUTTA | Buddhist scripture seems underwhelming to the atheists, initially |
| NIRVANA | You've a nerve, Anna, talking about the Buddhist state of ultimate peace (7) |
| VIENTIANE | Capital city, home to the Buddhist temple, the Great Sacred Stupa |
| SANGHA | Some sang harmoniously in the Buddhist community (6) |
| LAOS | Country home to the Buddhist stupa Pha That Luang |
| MONGOLIA | Nation whose flag features the Buddhist symbol Soyombo |
| SUTRA | A Buddhist scripture |
