Books for other world relgions

[The Fall Guy]

Christianity has the Bible and the Muslims have the Quran but what do the other religions use?

 

[Ruth]

Good question!

 

[tango]

I believe the Hindu holy book is called the Gita. The Hare Krishnas refer to the Bhaghavad Gita.

 

[tango]

Jews have the Tanakh which is essentially our Old testament with the apocryphal books. They also have the Talmud which was traditionally handed down by word of mouth alone but was written down, I think during the time of the Maccabees, to ensure its survival had the Jews of the day been eradicated.

 

[dogs4thewin]

Some systems are so deceneralized that they do not have a book.

 

[tango]

Those who follow the Flying Spaghetti Monster have a wide range of cookbooks to choose from.

 

[MarkFL]

Those who follow the Flying Spaghetti Monster have a wide range of cookbooks to choose from.

Ramen. eace:

My fiancee is a devout Buddhist, and I have never seen her haul out an impressive looking tome bound in leather and gold leaf from which to study. I will ask her tonight about this...

 

[MarkFL]

Okay, my beautiful bride-to-be has pointed me to:

Tripiṭaka

as the holy scripture for Buddhists.

 

[kiwimac]

The Zoroastrians use the Gathas and some use the Venidad as well; Hindus have the Bahagavad Gita, the Ramayana and the Upanishads; Confucians, the Analects; Taoists, the Tao te Ching; Muslims the Qur'an and there are myriads of others as well.

 

[Lamb]

I know the Qur'an can be found on the internet, but what about the others? Thanks!