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100 holy and religious books from different religions and spiritual traditions worldwide

Hinduism

  1. Vedas (Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda)
  2. Upanishads
  3. Bhagavad Gita
  4. Ramayana
  5. Mahabharata
  6. Brahma Sutras
  7. Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
  8. Puranas (Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu Purana, Shiva Purana, etc.)
  9. Tantras (Kularnava Tantra, Mahanirvana Tantra)
  10. Agamas (Shaiva, Vaishnava, and Shakta Agamas)

Buddhism

  1. Tripitaka (Pali Canon)
  2. Dhammapada
  3. Sutras (Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, etc.)
  4. Jataka Tales
  5. Abhidharma Kosha
  6. Lankavatara Sutra
  7. Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol)
  8. Avatamsaka Sutra
  9. Mahaparinirvana Sutra
  10. Milindapanha

Jainism

  1. Agamas (Jain Sutras)
  2. Tattvartha Sutra
  3. Samayasara
  4. Acharanga Sutra
  5. Kalpa Sutra

Sikhism

  1. Guru Granth Sahib
  2. Dasam Granth
  3. Janamsakhis
  4. Rehatnama

Islam

  1. Quran
  2. Hadith Collections (Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, etc.)
  3. Tafsir (Exegesis of the Quran)
  4. Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence Books - Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i, Hanbali)
  5. Nahjul Balagha

Christianity

  1. Bible (Old Testament & New Testament)
  2. Apocrypha
  3. Book of Enoch
  4. Dead Sea Scrolls
  5. The Gospel of Thomas
  6. The Imitation of Christ (Thomas à Kempis)

Judaism

  1. Torah
  2. Talmud
  3. Midrash
  4. Zohar (Kabbalah)
  5. Sefer Yetzirah

Zoroastrianism

  1. Avesta (Zend-Avesta)
  2. Gathas
  3. Bundahishn
  4. Denkard
  5. Menog-i Khrad

Taoism

  1. Tao Te Ching (Laozi)
  2. Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)
  3. Liezi
  4. Daozang (Taoist Canon)
  5. Hua Hu Ching

Confucianism

  1. The Analects (Lun Yu)
  2. Mencius (Mengzi)
  3. Doctrine of the Mean
  4. The Great Learning
  5. Spring and Autumn Annals

Shinto

  1. Kojiki
  2. Nihon Shoki
  3. Engishiki

Native American & Indigenous Spirituality

  1. Popol Vuh (Mayan Sacred Book)
  2. The White Buffalo Woman Legend
  3. The Sacred Pipe (Black Elk’s Teachings)

African Spirituality

  1. The Odu Ifá (Sacred Text of Ifá Religion - Yoruba, Nigeria)
  2. The Teachings of Ptahhotep (Ancient Egyptian Wisdom)

Ancient Greek & Roman Wisdom

  1. Orphic Hymns
  2. The Golden Verses of Pythagoras

Persian & Sufi Wisdom

  1. Masnavi (Rumi’s Spiritual Poem Collection)
  2. Diwan-e-Hafiz
  3. Fihi Ma Fihi (Rumi’s Discourses)
  4. The Conference of the Birds (Attar of Nishapur)

Mystical & Occult Traditions

  1. The Kybalion (Hermetic Teachings)
  2. Corpus Hermeticum (Hermes Trismegistus)
  3. The Book of the Law (Aleister Crowley)
  4. The Book of Mormon
  5. The Book of Shadows (Wiccan Texts)

Modern Spiritual & Religious Teachings

  1. Autobiography of a Yogi (Paramahansa Yogananda)
  2. The Secret Doctrine (Helena Blavatsky - Theosophy)
  3. A Course in Miracles
  4. The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
  5. The Science of the Mind (Ernest Holmes - New Thought Movement)

Bahá'í Faith

  1. The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
  2. The Book of Certitude (Kitáb-i-Íqán)

Druze & Yazidi Sacred Texts

  1. The Epistles of Wisdom (Druze Faith)
  2. The Black Book & The Book of Revelation (Yazidi Sacred Books)

Esoteric & Other Teachings

  1. The Essene Gospel of Peace
  2. Nag Hammadi Library (Gnostic Texts)
  3. The Chaldean Oracles
  4. The Pistis Sophia
  5. The Book of the Dead (Ancient Egyptian Text)

Philosophical & Ethical Books with Spiritual Significance

  1. Meditations (Marcus Aurelius - Stoicism)
  2. Bhaja Govindam (Adi Shankaracharya’s Teachings)
  3. The Way of the Bodhisattva (Shantideva)
  4. Ashtavakra Gita
  5. Vivekachudamani (Adi Shankaracharya)
  6. Hatha Yoga Pradipika
  7. Shiva Samhita

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