| Scripture(s) |
Group |
|
Old Testament (Tanakh) |
Judaism; Christianity (different compilations for Jews,
Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants) |
|
Torah |
Judaism |
|
Midrash |
Judaism |
|
Old Testament
- New Testament |
Christianity |
|
Qur'an |
Islam |
|
Sunnah (from hadith) |
Islam: Sunni |
|
Nahjul Balagha |
Islam: Shiite |
|
Avesta |
Zoroastrianism |
|
Vedas |
Hinduism |
|
Upanishads |
Hinduism |
|
Bhagavad Gita (in the Mahabharata) |
Hinduism |
|
Various Puranas (Vishnu Purana, Shiva Purana, Skanda Purana,
Linga Purana, Garuda Purana, Matsya Purana, etc.) |
Hinduism: newer movements, Vaishnavite, Shaivite |
|
Tantras (including Kularnava Tantra) |
Hinduism |
|
Sutras, and their commentaries |
Hinduism |
|
Vachanas |
Lingayats (Virashaiva) |
|
Adi Granth |
Sikhism |
|
Purvas (12 angas including Acarangasutra and Sutrakritanga,
34 angabahya including Uttaradhyayana Sutra and Kalpa Sutra. Also:
Upasakdasanga Sutra, Dashavaikalika Sutra, and Nandi Sutra) |
Jainism: Shvetambara |
|
Purvas (small number; reject most Shvetambara Purvas) |
Jainism: Digambara |
|
large number of scholastic expositions (anuyoga): Samayasara,
Niyamasara, Pravacanasara, and Pancastikaya; Anupreksa; Samadhishataka of
Pujyapada; Tattvarthasutra of Umasvati |
Jainism: Digambara |
|
Tattvarthasutra |
Jainism (minor differences between Digambara and Shvetambara
versions) |
|
Other separate books of Jain Canon: Sanmatitarka, Gomattasara,
Jayadhavala, Adipurana, Dvatrimshika, Aptamimamsa, Mulacara,
Ratnakarandasravakacara, Sagaradharmamrita |
Jainism |
|
Pali Tripitaka |
Buddhism |
|
Jataka stories (semi-cannonical) |
Buddhism: Theravada |
|
Visuddimagga or Path of Purification (semi-cannonical) |
Buddhism: Theravada |
|
Questions of King Milinda (semi-cannonical) |
Buddhism: Theravada |
|
Chinese Tripitaka |
Buddhism: Mahayana |
|
Tibetan Tripitaka |
Buddhism: Mahayana |
|
Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-Pundarika) |
Buddhism: Mahayana |
|
Sukhavativyuha Sutras |
Buddhism: Mahayana: Pure Land |
|
Meditation on Buddha Amitayus (Amitayur Dhyana Sutra) |
Buddhism: Mahayana: Pure Land |
|
Garland Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra) |
Buddhism: Mahayana: Kegon/Hua-yen |
|
Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Astasahasrika
Prajnaparamita Sutra) |
Buddhism: Mahayana |
|
Sutra of Hui Neng (Platform Sutra) |
Buddhism: Mahayana: Zen |
|
Lankavatara Sutra |
Buddhism: Mahayana: Zen |
|
Mahaparinirvana Sutra; Surangama Sutra Buddha; Golden Light
Sutra (Suvarnaprabhasottama) |
Buddhism: Mahayana |
|
writings of Nagarjuna, Shantideva, Aryadeva, Vasubandhu,
Dharmakirti, Gyalwa Longchenpa, Sakya Pandita, Milarepa, and Lama Tsongkhapa |
Buddhism: Tibetan |
|
Mulamadhyamaka Karika and Precious Garland |
Buddhism: Tibetan |
|
Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Bodhisattvacharyavatara) |
Buddhism: Tibetan |
|
Hevajra Tantra; Kalacakra Tantra; Guhyasamaja Tantra |
Buddhism: Tibetan |
|
Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol) |
Buddhism: Tibetan |
|
Five Classics: Book of Songs; Book of History; Spring and
Autumn Annals; Book of Ritual; I Ching (Book of Changes) |
Confucianism (I-Ching is also cannonical for Taoism) |
|
Four Books: Analects; the Great Learning; the Doctrine of the
Mean; the Mencius |
Confucianism |
|
Tao Te Ching |
Taoism |
|
Chuang-tzu |
Taoism |
|
Treatise on Response and Retribution (T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying
P'ien) |
Taoism: popular religious Taoism |
|
Tract of the Quiet Way (Yin Chih Wen) |
Taoism: popular religious Taoism |
|
Kojiki |
Shinto |
|
Nihon Shoki |
Shinto |
|
K-oki |
Tenrikyo |
|
Ofudesaki |
Tenrikyo |
|
Mikagura-uta |
Tenrikyo |
|
Michi-no-Shiori |
Omoto |
|
Johrei |
Sekai Kyusei Kyo |
|
Goseigen |
Mahikari |
|
Nectarean Shower of Holy Doctrines |
Seicho-no-Ie |
|
Song of the Angel |
Seicho-no-Ie |
|
Holy Sutra for Spiritual Healing |
Seicho-no-Ie |
|
Divine Teachings of Kyososama |
Shinreikyo |
|
Chun Boo Kyung |
ancient Korean |
|
Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah |
Bahai Faith |
|
Book of Certitude (Kitab-i-Iqan) |
Bahai Faith |
|
Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah |
Bahai Faith |
|
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf |
Bahai Faith |
|
Book of Mormon |
Christianity: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
|
Doctrine and Covenants |
Christianity: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
|
Pearl of Great Price |
Christianity: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
|
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures |
Christianity: Christian Science |
|
Dianetics |
Scientology |
