Christianity:
- Bible (Old Testament and New Testament)
- The New Testament, particularly the Gospels (e.g., Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)
- Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
- Psalms
- Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, etc.)
- Acts of the Apostles
- Epistles (Romans, Corinthians, etc.)
- Book of Genesis
- Book of Psalms
- Book of Proverbs
Islam:
- Quran
- Hadiths (e.g., Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim)
- Sunnah (customs and practices of the Prophet Muhammad)
- Tafsir (Quranic exegesis)
- Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence)
- Sirah (biographical accounts of the Prophet)
- Riyad as-Salihin (The Gardens of the Righteous)
- Al-Muwatta (Malik’s collection of hadith)
- Sahih al-Tirmidhi
- Sahih ibn Khuzaymah
Hinduism:
- Bhagavad Gita
- Vedas (Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda)
- Upanishads (e.g., Chandogya Upanishad, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad)
- Ramayana
- Mahabharata
- Puranas (e.g., Vishnu Purana, Shiva Purana)
- Manusmriti (Laws of Manu)
- Arthashastra (Kautilya’s treatise on statecraft)
- Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
- Srimad Bhagavatam
Buddhism:
- Tripitaka (Pali Canon)
- Dhammapada
- Heart Sutra
- Lotus Sutra
- Diamond Sutra
- Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol)
- The Awakening of Faith
- The Lankavatara Sutra
- Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (Shunryu Suzuki)
- The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (Sogyal Rinpoche)
Sikhism:
- Guru Granth Sahib
- Dasam Granth
- The Five Banis (Nitnem)
- Rehit Maryada (Sikh code of conduct)
- Bhai Gurdas Vaaran
- Bhai Nand Lal’s Divan
- Janamsakhis (Sikh hagiographies)
- Sikh Rahit Maryada (Sikh code of conduct)
- Zafarnama
- Suraj Prakash (Bhai Santokh Singh’s historical work)
Judaism:
- Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
- Talmud (Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmud)
- Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
- Mishnah
- Midrash (e.g., Midrash Rabbah)
- Zohar (central text of Kabbalah)
- Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers)
- Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law)
- Tanya (Likkutei Amarim)
- Sefer Yetzirah (Book of Creation)
Confucianism:
- The Analects of Confucius
- Mencius
- Doctrine of the Mean
- The Great Learning
- The Book of Rites (Liji)
- The Book of Filial Piety (Xiaojing)
- The Classic of Poetry (Shijing)
- The Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu)
- The Record of Rites (Liji)
- The I Ching (Yijing)
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