Core Spiritual Scriptures



Aesop's Fables ca. 600 BC Greek PDF

Analects of Confucius ca. 200 BC Chinese PDF

Bhagavad Gita (The Song of God) ca. 400 BC Indian PDF

Book of the Dead (Egyptian) ca. 1000 BC Egyptian PDF

Book of the Dead (Tibetan) ca. 700 CE Tibetan PDF

Dead Sea Scrolls ca. 800 BC-1200 CE Judaean PDF

Dhammapada (Teachings of the Buddha) ca. 300 BC Indian PDF

Gnostic Gospels (Nag Hammadi Library) ca. 100-500 AD Coptic PDF

Holy Bible NIV ca. 800 bc-100 CE Palestinian PDF

Holy Quran ca. 600 CE Arabic PDF

Homer - The Iliad ca. 800 BC Greek PDF

Homer - The Odyssey ca. 800 BC Greek PDF

Homeric Hymns ca. 700 BC Greek PDF

I Ching (The Book of Changes) ca. 1000-200 BC Chinese PDF

Mahabharata - Books 1, 2 and 3 ca. 400 BC Indian PDF

Mahabharata - Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 ca. 400 BC Indian PDF

Mahabharata - Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 ca. 400 BC Indian PDF

Mahabharata - Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 ca. 400 BC Indian PDF

Orphic Hymns ca. 600 BC Greek PDF

Sri Guru Granth Sahib ca. 15th-18th Century Gurmukhī (Indian) PDF

Tanakh (Jewish Bible) ca. 450 BC Hebrew PDF

Tao Te Ching (The Way and the Power) by Lao Tzu ca. 600 BC Chinese PDF

Theogony_Works and Days by Hesiod ca. 700 BC Greek PDF

Upanishads ca. 800 BC-300 CE Indian PDF

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali ca. 400 CE Indian a PDF

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali ca. 400 CE Indian b PDF

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali ca. 400 CE Indian c PDF


Sacred Texts:

Ancient Egyptian-

The Pyramid Texts
Book of the Two Ways/The Coffin Texts
Book of the Dead
The Netherworld Guides (Am Duat)

Hinduism-

Vedas (divine knowledge)
Rig Veda
                        Aitareya Brahmana
                        Kaushitaki Brahmana
            Sama Veda
                        Gana
                                    Gramageya
                                    Aranyageya
                        Arcika
                                    Purvarcika
                                    Uttararcika
Yajur Veda
                        Shukla Yajurveda (White/Arranged Vedas)
                                    Upanishds
                                                Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
                                                Isha Upanishad
                                                Taittiriya Upanishad
                        Krishna Yajurveda (Black/Unarranged Vedas)
                                    Samhitas (Joined Verses)
                                    Satapatha Brahmana (Brahmana of a Hundred Paths)
                                    Upanishads
                                                Katha Upanishad
                                                Shvetashvatara Upanishad
                                                Maitrayaniya Upanishad
                                    Srautasutras
Athar Veda
Ramayana
Mahabharata
                                    Bhagavad Gita (Chapters 25-42 of Book 6)

Sikhism-


Sri Guru Granth Sahib

Judaism/Hebrew-

Mikra/Tanakh
            Torah
            Nevi'im
            Ketuvim
Midrash 
Talmud

Christianity-

Holy Bible
            Old Testament
            New Testament

Islam-

Koran
Hadith

Zoroastrianism-

The Zend Avesta
The Pahlavi

Proto-Chinese/Taoism/Confucianism-

I Ching
Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching)
Chang Tzu
Wen Tzu
Classic of History
Classic of Mountains and Seas

Buddhism-

Buddhavacana
Sutras
Vinayas 
Tantras
     Theravada Buddhism 
          Pali Canon
               Mahayana
               Vajrayana 
     East Asian Buddhism
          Chinese Buddhist Canon
               Ä€gama,
               Vinaya and 
               Abhidharma texts 
     Tibetan Buddhism
          Kangyur
          Tengyur

Ancient Greece-

Hesiod
            Theogony
            Works and Days
Homer
            Iliad
            Odyssey 
Homeric Hymns
Aesop
            Fables
Orpheus
            Hymns


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