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Most religions have religious texts, commonly called scriptures, they view as sacred. Many religions and spiritual movements believe that their sacred texts are wholly divine or spiritually inspired in origin. The names of sacred scriptures are often capitalized as a mark of respect or tradition.

List of sacred texts of various religions

Ancient Greece

• Homeric Hymns
• Theogony

Atenism

• Great Hymn to the Aten

Ayyavazhi

• The Akilathirattu Ammanai
• The Arul Nool

Bahá'í Faith

• The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
• Kitáb-i-Íqán
• and other Bahá'í literature including works from other faiths

Bön

• Bon Kangyur and Tengyur

Buddhism

• Theravada Buddhism
  • The Tipitaka aka Pāli Canon
    • Vinaya Pitaka
    • Sutta Pitaka
      • Digha Nikaya, the "long" discourses.
      • Majjhima Nikaya, the "middle-length" discourses.
      • Samyutta Nikaya, the "connected" discourses.
      • Anguttara Nikaya, the "numerical" discourses.
      • Khuddaka Nikaya, the "minor collection".
    • Abhidhamma Pitaka
• East Asian Mahayana

• • The Chinese Buddhist Tripiṭaka, including
    • Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra
    • Shurangama Sutra and its Shurangama Mantra
    • 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
  • Tibetan Kangyur and Tengyur

Cheondoism

• The Donghak Scripture
• The Songs of Yongdam
• The Sermons of Master Haeweol
• The Sermons of Revered Teacher Euiam <ref>chondogyo.or.kr</ref>

Christianity

Unless mentioned otherwise, all texts are from the Bible

• Anglicanism:
  • The Bible in local translations
• Catholicism and Roman Catholicism:
  • The Bible in Latin translation including the Deuterocanonical books
• Cerdonianism and Marcionism:
  • Gospel of Marcion (not from the Bible)
  • Pauline epistles

• Gnosticism:
  • Nag Hammadi library and other Gnostic texts (not from the Bible)
  • Some books of the Bible and other New Testament apocrypha

• Latter Day Saint denominations (see Standard Works):
  • The Bible in King James' version
  • The Book of Mormon (not from the Bible)
  • The Pearl of Great Price (not from the Bible)
  • The Doctrine and Covenants (not from the Bible)
• Lutheranism (mainstream):
  • The Bible in local translations
• Orthodox:
  • The Bible in Greek including the Deuterocanonical books
• Protestantism
  • The 66 Book Bible excluding the Deuterocanonical books
• Seventh-day Adventist:
  • The Bible in local translations
• Some forms of Christianity:
  • The Apocrypha (in some Bibles)
  • The Book of Enoch (in Ethiopian Orthodox Church Bible)

Confucianism

• The Five Classics
• The Four Books
• The Thirteen Classics

Discordianism

• The Principia Discordia

Druze

• Rasa'il al-hikmah (Epistles of Wisdom)

Ancient Egyptian religion

• Old Kingdom
  • Pyramid Texts
• First Intermediate Period & Middle Kingdom
  • Coffin Texts
• Second Intermediate Period
  • The Book of the Dead
  • Book of Caverns
  • Book of Gates
  • Amduat
  • Book of the Heavenly Cow
  • Litany of Re

Etruscan religion

• Cippus Perusinus
• Liber Linteus
• Pyrgi Tablets
• Tabula Cortonensis

Hermeticism

• Hermetica, Emerald Tablet and associated writings

Hinduism

• Śruti
  • Vedas
    • Rig Veda
    • Sama Veda
    • Yajur Veda
    • Atharva Veda
  • Brahmanas
  • Aranyakas
  • Upanishads
• Smriti
  • Itihāsas
    • Mahābhārata (including the Bhagavad Gita)
      • Bhagavad Gita
    • Ramayana
  • Puranas (List)
    • Bhagavata Purana
  • Tantras
  • Sutras (List)
  • Stotras
  • Ashtavakra Gita
  • Gherand Samhita
  • Gita Govinda
  • Hatha Yoga Pradipika
  • Yoga Vasistha
• In Purva Mimamsa
  • Purva Mimamsa Sutras
• In Vedanta (Uttar Mimamsa)
  • Brahma Sutras of Vyasa
• In Yoga
  • Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
• In Samkhya
  • Samkhya Sutras of Kapila
• In Nyaya
  • Nyāya Sūtras of Gautama
• In Vaisheshika
  • Vaisheshika Sutras of Kanada
• In Vaishnavism
  • Vaikhanasa Samhitas
  • Pancaratra Samhitas
• In Saktism
  • Sakta Tantras
• In Kashmir Saivism
  • 64 Bhairavagamas
  • 28 Shaiva Agamas
  • Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta
  • Vijnana Bhairava Tantra
• In Pashupata Shaivism
  • Pashupata Sutras of Lakulish
  • Panchartha-bhashya of Kaundinya (a commentary on the Pashupata Sutras)
  • Ganakarika
  • Ratnatika of Bhasarvajna
• In Shaiva Siddhanta
  • 28 Saiva Agamas
  • Tirumurai (canon of 12 works)
  • Meykandar Shastras (canon of 14 works)
• In Gaudiya Vaishnavism
  • Brahma Samhita
  • Jayadeva's Gita Govinda
  • Krishna-karnamrita
  • Chaitanya Bhagavata
  • Chaitanya Charitamrita
  • Prema-bhakti-candrika
  • Hari-bhakti-vilasa
• In Kabir Panth
  • poems of Kabir
• In Dadu Panth
  • poems of Dadu

Islam

• Qur'an (Islamic holy books, Al-Quran, The Recitation, Final Testament)
• Hadith (oral traditions of the words and deeds of Muhammad)

Jainism

• Svetambara
  • 11 Angas
    • Secondary
      • 12 Upangas, 4 Mula-sutras, 6 Cheda-sutras, 2 Culika-sutras, 10 Prakirnakas
• Digambara
  • Karmaprabhrita, also called Satkhandagama
  • Kashayaprabhrita
• Nonsectarian/Nonspecific
  • Jina Vijaya
  • Tattvartha Sutra
  • GandhaHasti Mahabhashya (authoritative and oldest commentary on the Tattvartha Sutra)

Judaism

• The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
  • Torah (teachings)
  • Nevi'im (prophets)
  • Ketuvim (writings)
• The Talmud
  • Mishnah
  • Gemara

LaVeyan Satanism

• The Satanic Bible (primary text)
• The Satanic Rituals (contains additional rituals)

Lingayatism

• Siddhanta Shikhamani
• Vachana sahitya
• Mantra Gopya
• Shoonya Sampadane
• 28 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
• Haran Gawaita

Manichaeism

• The Arzhang

Meher Baba

• God Speaks

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 Urantia Book
• Isis Unveiled

Orphism

• Orphic Poems

Pastafarianism

• The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

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

Scientology

• Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
• List of Scientology texts

Shinto

• The Kojiki
• The Nihon Shoki or Nihongi

Sikhism

• The Guru Granth Sahib
• The Dasven Padshah Da Granth

Spiritism

• The Spirits Book
• The Book on Mediums
• The Gospel According to Spiritism
• Heaven and Hell
• The Genesis According to Spiritism

Swedenborgianism

• The Bible
• The works of Emanuel Swedenborg

Taoism

• Daozang
• Tao Te Ching
• Zhuangzi

Tenrikyo

• The Ofudesaki
• The Mikagura-uta
• The Osashizu

Thelema

• Holy Books of Thelema especially The Book of the Law

Unification Church

• Divine Principle

Yazidi

• Yazidi Black Book
• Yazidi Book of Revelation

Zoroastrianism

• Primary religious texts, that is, the Avesta collection:
  • The Yasna, the primary liturgical collection, includes the Gathas.
  • The Visperad, a collection of supplements to the Yasna.
  • The Yashts, hymns in honor of the divinities.
  • The Vendidad, describes the various forms of evil spirits and ways to confound them.
  • shorter texts and prayers, the Yashts 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:
  • The Denkard (middle Persian, 'Acts of Religion'),
  • The Bundahishn, (middle Persian, 'Primordial Creation')
  • The Menog-i Khrad, (middle Persian, 'Spirit of Wisdom')
  • The Arda Viraf Namak (middle Persian, 'The Book of Arda Viraf')
  • The Sad-dar (modern Persian, 'Hundred Doors', or 'Hundred Chapters')
  • The Rivayats, 15th-18th century correspondence on religious issues
• For general use by the laity:
  • The Zend (lit. commentaries), various commentaries on and translations of the Avesta.
  • The Khordeh Avesta, a collection of everyday prayers from the Avesta.

See also

Secular poetry, religious literature

1. Biblical poetry
2. Oxford religious poetry anthologies