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Ásatrú
* The Poetic Edda, especially including the Hávamál
* The Younger Edda
Ayyavazhi
* The Akilattirattu Ammanai
* The Arul Nool
Bahá'í Faith
* The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
* Kitáb-i-Íqán
* and many other writings including ones from other faiths
Bön
* Bon Kangyur and Tengyur
Buddhism
Ancient style of scripture used for the Pali Canon
* Theravada Buddhism
o The Tipitaka aka Pali Canon
* East Asian Mahayana
o The Chinese Buddhist Tripitaka, including
+ Diamond Sutra
+ Pure Land Buddhism
# Infinite Life Sutra
# Amitabha Sutra
# Contemplation Sutra
# other Pure Land Sutras
+ Tiantai, Tendai, and Nichiren
# Lotus Sutra
+ Shingon
# Mahavairocana Sutra
# Vajrasekhara Sutra
* Tibetan Buddhism
o Tibetan Kangyur and Tengyur
Christianity
Christian Bible, 1407 handwritten copy
* The Books of the Bible
* Some forms of Christianity:
o The Apocrypha
* Latter Day Saint denominations (see also Standard Works):
o The Book of Mormon
o The Pearl of Great Price
o The Doctrine and Covenants
* Cerdonianism and Marcionism
o Gospel of Marcion
o the Apostolicon (10 Letters of Paul)
* Paulicianism
o Gospel of Luke
o Pauline epistles
* Gnosticism
o Nag Hammadi library
Confucianism
* The Five Classics
* The Four Books
Discordianism
* The Principia Discordia
* The Apocrypha Discordia
Druze
* Rasa'il al-hikmah (Epistles of Wisdom)
Etruscan religion
* Cippus Perusinus
* Liber Linteus
* Pyrgi Tablets
* Tabula Cortonensis
Hermeticism
* Hermetica, Emerald Tablet and associated writings
Hinduism
The Bhagavad Gita is Lord Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on the battlefield of the Kurukshetra.
* Śruti
o Vedas
+ Rig Veda
+ Sama Veda
+ Yajur Veda
+ Atharva Veda
o Brahmanas
o Aranyakas
o Upanishads
* Smriti
o Itihāsas
+ Mahābhārata (including the Bhagavad Gita)
# Bhagavad Gita
+ Ramayana
o Puranas (List)
+ Bhagavata Purana
o Tantras
o Sutras (List)
o Stotras
o Ashtavakra Gita
o Gherand Samhita
o Gita Govinda
o Hatha Yoga Pradipika
* In Purva Mimamsa
o Purva Mimamsa Sutras
* In Vedanta (Uttar Mimamsa)
o Brahma Sutras of Vyasa
* In Yoga
o Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
* In Samkhya
o Samkhya Sutras of Kapila
* In Nyaya
o Nyāya Sūtras of Gautama
* In Vaisheshika
o Vaisheshika Sutras of Kanada
* In Vaishnavism
o Vaikhanasa Samhitas
o Pancaratra Samhitas
* In Saktism
o Sakta Tantras
* In Kashmir Saivism
o 64 Bhairavagamas
o 28 Saiva Agamas
o Shiva Sutras
* In Pashupata Shaivism
o Pashupata Sutras of Lakulish
o Panchartha-bhashya of Kaundinya (a commentary on the Pashupata Sutras)
o Ganakarika
o Ratnatika of Bhasarvajna
* In Saiva Siddhanta
o 28 Saiva Agamas
o Tirumurai (canon of 12 works)
o Meykandar Shastras (canon of 14 works)
* In Gaudiya Vaishnavism
o Brahma Samhita
o Jayadeva's Gita Govinda
o Krishna-karnamrita
o Chaitanya Bhagavata
o Chaitanya Charitamrita
o Prema-bhakti-candrika
o Hari-bhakti-vilasa
* In Kabir Panth
o poems of Kabir
* In Dadu Panth
o poems of Dadu
Islam
11th Century North African Qur'an in the British Museum
* Qur'an (Islamic Scripture, Al-Quran, 'the Recitation')
* Hadith (sayings and actions of Muhammad)
Jainism
* Svetambara
o 11 Angas
+ Secondary
# 12 Upangas, 4 Mula-sutras, 6 Cheda-sutras, 2 Culika-sutras, 10 Prakirnakas
* Digambara
o Karmaprabhrita, also called Satkhandagama
o Kashayaprabhrita
* Nonsectarian/Nonspecific
o Jina Vijaya
o Tattvartha Sutra
o GandhaHasti Mahabhashya (authoratative and oldest commentary on the Tattvartha Sutra)
Judaism
A Sefer Torah opened for liturgical use in a synagogue service
* The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
o Torah
o Nevi'im
o Ketuvim
* The Talmud
o Mishnah
o Gemara
Lingayatism
* Siddhanta Shikhamani
* Vachanas
* Mantra Gopya
* Shoonya Sampadane
* 28 Shaivite Agamas
* Karana Hasuge
* Basava Purana
Mandaeanism
* The Ginza Rba
* Book of the Zodiac
* Qolusta, Canonical Prayerbook
* Book of John the Baptizer
* Diwan Abatur, Purgatories
* 1012 Questions
* Coronation of Shislam Rba
* Baptism of Hibil Ziwa
Manichaeism
* The Arzhang
Meher Baba
* God Speaks
Neopaganism
* Indigenous and Aboriginal mythologies
New Age religions
Various New Age religions may regard any of the following texts as inspired:
* A Course in Miracles
* Conversations with God
* Oahspe
* The Bible
* The Gnostic Gospels
* The Urantia Book
Orphism (religion)
* The Orphic Poems
Rastafari movement
* The Bible
* the Holy Piby
* the Kebra Negast
* The speeches and writings of Haile Selassie I
* Royal Parchment Scroll of Black Supremacy
Samaritanism
* The Samaritan Pentateuch
Satanism
* The Satanic Bible
Scientology
* Dianetics (Scientology source)
* List of Scientology texts
Sikhism
* The Guru Granth Sahib
* The Dasam Granth Sahib
Shinto
* The Kojiki
* The Nihon Shoki or Nihongi
Spiritism
* The Spirits Book
o The Book of Mediums
o The Gospel According to Spiritism
o Heaven and Hell
o The Genesis According to Spiritism
Swedenborgianism
* The Bible
* The writings of Emanuel Swedenborg
* Some also consider a number of posthumously published manuscripts of Swedenborg to also be sacred.
Taoism
* Daozang
o The Tao Te Ching
o The Zhuangzi
Thelema
* The Holy Books of Thelema especially Liber Al vel Legis
Unification Church
* Divine Principle
* Wolli Hesul (Explanation of the Divine Principle)
* Wolli Kangron (Exposition of the Divine Principle)
Zoroastrianism
Yasna 28.1 (Bodleian MS J2)
* Primary religious texts, that is, the Avesta collection:
o The Yasna, the primary liturgical collection, includes the Gathas.
o The Visparad, a collection of supplements to the Yasna.
o The Yashts, hymns in honor of the divinities.
o The Vendidad, describes the various forms of evil spirits and ways to confound them.
o shorter texts and prayers, the five Nyaishes ("worship, praise"), the Sirozeh and the Afringans (blessings).
* There are some 60 secondary religious texts, none of which are considered scripture. The most important of these are:
o The Denkard (middle Persian, 'Acts of Religion'),
o The Bundahishn, (middle Persian, 'Primordial Creation')
o The Mainog-i-Khirad, (middle Persian, 'Spirit of Wisdom')
o The Arda Viraf Namak (middle Persian, 'The Book of Arda Viraf')
o The Sad-dar (modern Persian, 'Hundred Doors', or 'Hundred Chapters')
o The Rivayats (modern Persian, traditional treatises).
* For general use by the laity:
o The Zend (lit. commentaries), various commentaries on and translations of the Avesta.
o The Khordeh Avesta, a collection of everyday prayers from the Avesta.
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1 comment:
http://sacred-texts.com/ has a good selection of these holy books, if you ever need to look something up in one.
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