Information about Sacred books of various religion

Ramayan: Written by Valmiki in Sanskrit and later on translated to various languages by various poets. The book tells us the importance of human relations and how to maintain them in real life. How a human being should react when a problem comes and what are the priorities in solving the problem are well discussed in this book. How a son should react to his father, how a brother should react to his elder brother and how one should give importance to the words of other members of the family is very well expressed in this book.

Mahabharat is a good book that tells us how people will suffer if they are jealous and greedy. Politics in dealing with people caught from this time only. If one understands the book properly, one will know how the politics will play a bad role and spoil our life.

Bhagavadgita is another book that tells us all the important aspects of our life. What a human being should do. It also says that we should think of the end result but we should do our duty sincerely. One should not go away from doing his duty and one should never expect the end result. Do your duty. The result will come automatically. Many facts of life are well discussed in this book

Quran is the sacred book of Muslims. It reveals the facts of life and also gives the ethics one has to follow during his life.
Bible is the sacred book for Christianity. The Bible is considered to be a product of divine inspiration. I understand it gives the relation between God and human beings.

In Hinduism the Bhavathgita is the holy book, whereas Ramayana and Mahabaratha gives teachings of life.
A collection of sacred texts are in Bible known as the holy book of Christians.
Prophets have mentioned their teaching in Quran, the holy book of Muslims.
The Sikhs follow the guru and do not have any holy book.
In Buddism the teachings of Buddha called the Tripitika which is sacred for them.
In Jainism a collection of sutras written by Lord Mahavira called as Agama sutra is the holy writing and there is no specific holy book.

Due to geographical as well as political reasons many religions evolved on Earth and their number is in hundreds but few of them could attract more people and became the top religions of the world in terms of their followings. Presently, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism are considered the topmost religions of the world. Let us go through them and their holy books one by one.

1. Christianity - From a rough estimate about one third population of the world observes Christianity. Initially it was limited to the Western world but slowly it has engulfed all the areas across the globe. People are generally attracted to this religion due to its basic characteristics of humanistic outlooks. Bible is the holy book of this religion. If we consider religion wise the maximum literature online or offline is available on biblical principles. In many religious sites in internet, there are a large number of articles explaining the chapters and sub chapters of Bible in a lucid way. Bible contains two main parts one is Old Testament and other is New Testament. The old testament mainly covers the origin and creation of the world, God's accordance or covenant with the Israelites and finally the efforts and hardships that Israelites had undergone. It is understood that the ancient Hebrew religion of the Israelites is the source of the material of the Bible and most of its contents have come from the 24 Hebrew religious books. Though this origin is confirmed but there are subtle variations between the Catholic and Protestant Bibles and their contents differ from each other slightly. It is due to the difference in the number and types of books from which they are adopted. Old testament also contains the whole story of Israelites from their conquest of Canaan and then to their defeat and exile in Babylon. The New Testament is mainly concerned with the teachings of Jesus Christ. Christian all over the world believe in his powers as the saviour of the world.

2. Islam - After Christianity, Islam is the most followed religion in the world and those who follow it are known as Muslims. They believe in one Almighty power that is Allah. They consider the last of the prophet Muhammad as the messenger of the Allah and his teachings are said to be preserved in the holy book named Quran. The teachings in Quran are the way of life for the Muslims and they follow it very rigidly. The followers of Quran say that there is only one meaning of the teachings of Quran and there is no other interpretation than what they understand. As Quran was written in two cities that is Medina and Mecca, there are two distinct sections named like that in it. These sections are further subdivided in small ayats. The teachings of Quran can be summarised as - There is only one God and Muhammad is his messenger. Islam is the final religion and this is the judgement of God. Rich should contribute to a common fund to help the poor.

3. Hinduism - Hinduism is one of the major and oldest of the religions and well known for its liberal and cosmopolitan approach. Researchers have found that it was founded in the Indus River Valley region of ancient India more than 5000 years ago. There are many holy books in the Hindu religion and a large assemblage of knowledge and wisdom material is available in our old scriptures and from that point of view this is one of the most rich religion. Vedas, Upnishads, Purans and epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana are the most sacred books of the Hindu religion. The religious material is so huge that it is said that one life time is not suffice to cover that treasure. Many students from foreign countries have done their research work on these scriptures and Hindu religious philosophy. For a common person the epic stories of Mahabharata and Ramayana are sufficient to inculcate the basic philosophy of this religion. One of the interesting thing about this knowledge is that it was orally transferred to the later generations by the saints and sages of that time and finally were written down by the scholars in legible format. The medium of writing was the Sanskrit only and subsequently in modern times they were transferred and translated to the Hindi language platform.

4. Buddhism - This is also a big religious sect but they do not follow any deity as it is and follow the path of Buddhism and its teachings. They do not have any holy books in strict sense but they have compilation of the teachings of Buddha in one form or other. Some of these compiled works are Tripitaka Canon, Tibetan book of the Dead, Memorial Verses on the Middle way, Great Stages of Enlightenment etc. In Buddhism also there are different sects known as Mahayana, Theravada and Zen. Their teachings are similar but Zen do not value the text and rather believe in oral teachings.

5. Judaism - This is the religion followed by the Jews in the world. In fact if we go to the beginning of the things then the origin of Judaism, Christianity and Islam is from the same point known as family of Abrahamic religions. Abraham the ancient figure stands tall in this matter. Though Abraham does not reflect much in the Christianity, it has impact on the Islam and Judaism. In fact these three religions are interconnected in many ways though they are three distinctive religions. The total followers of Judaism are less but it is a prominent religion in the world. Just like Indian scriptures, the holy book of Judaism was orally carried to the later generations before they were finally written. This holy book is known as Torah. This holy book is divided in 3 sections known as Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim. These sections contain many important writings like Five books of Moses, Book of Psalms and Proverbs, and writings of Jewish Prophets.

1)Buddhism
The sacred book of Buddhism is called the Tripitaka (called Tipitaka in Pali).
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching written by Thich Nhat Hanh
Real Happiness, by renowned Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg
On the Path to Enlightenment written by renowned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind written by Shunryu Suzuki
When Things Fall Apart Written by renowned Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön
Radiant Mind is a collection of essential Buddhist teachings and texts edited by Jean Smith
Being Upright by Reb Anderson on zen Buddhism.
The Poetry of Zen translated and edited by Sam Hamill and J.P. Seaton. Originally this is a collection of Chinese and Japanese Zen poetry.
After The Ecstasy, The Laundry by American vipassana teacher Jack Kornfield

2)Jainism
Jainism doesn't have any holy books as like Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. The holy book of Jainism is a collection of texts known as Agam Literature or the Agam Sutras. Jains look at this book to get the sermons of Mahaveera.

3) Hinduism
As we know there are Vedas and Upanishads which are considering the oldest manuscript of humanity. We can not mention exact authors for these scripts. Then Mahabharatha by Vedavyasa and Ramayana by Valmiki are other sacred books of Hindus. Bhagavadgeetha, which is considering a great book is a part of Mahabharatha. Also, there are lot of books by many scholars who interpret the different methods of Hinduism.
"Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda" s an excellent book on Hinduism which has 9 volumes.
" Hinduism Made Easy" by Shalu Sharma is a good book to know about Hinduism

4) Holy Quran is the one and only sacred book of Islamism.

5)Holy Bible is the sacred book of Christianity.

There are different religion in the world. Some major religion of the world and it's holy books are as follows:-
1.Christianity- It is considered the largest religion of the world with approx 2.4 billion followers worldwide. It is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ who lived on the holy land 2000 years ago. Bible is the holy book of this religion which consists of old and new Testaments. The Bible is considered a divine inspiration that records the relationship between God and humankind.
2. Hinduism- Hinduism is the oldest living religion in world. It is also known as Sanatan Dharma. This religion is based on the four holy books known as the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, the Bhagawad Gita, and the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata. It originated in the area South Asian subcontinent. Bhagawad Gita teaches us to do our duty without expecting a result.
3.Islam - Islam is a religion originated in the Arabian peninsula in 5th century CE. It was founded by Mohammed, whom the Muslims consider as a prophet of Allah, their God. It's holy book is Quran. According to the quran, there is only one God and Muhammad is his messenger.
4. Buddhism - It is originated in South Asia, founded by Prince Gautama Siddharta in 5th century BCE. The Buddhists followed the teachings of the Buddha which are embodied in their holy book, the Tripitaka.
5. Confucianism - This is an ancient religion which originated in China in 5th BCE, founded by Kong Fu Zi (Confucius). The holy book of this religion is Shishu Wujing.
6.Taoism- This is another ancient religion from China, founded by Lao Zithen the 4th Century BCE. Its holy book is the Dao Dejing .
7.Judaism -The religion of the Jews, of ancient origins. The Holy Book is known as Touro.
8. Bahaism -Bahaism is a religion founded in the 19th century by Bahaullah, a Persian holy man. It's holy book is seven valley and four valleys. The Seven Valleys explains the journey of the soul through seven stages of life that focus on finding the right path.

Different religions of India are its pride, it is a matter of great pride that people of different cultures, who believe in different religions, live together and respect all religions in this country.

Hindu - There are many sacred texts in Hinduism which are recognized -
Vedas - Vedas are the oldest Hindu texts. It is believed that the Vedas are sentenced emanating from the mouth of God, there are four in the Vedas number - Rigveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda, and Yajurveda. These four Vedas are considered to be the pillars of Hinduism. Some copies of these Vedas has written in the Sanskrit language have become extinct today but that left this is still a little difficult to understand.

Srimad Bhagavad Gita - In simple words, if we say about Srimad Bhagavad Gita, then we can say that it is a collection of knowledge related to human life, the ocean. that help us to provide inspiration to all about to live life. Divine knowledge of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita was narrated by Lord Sri Krishna to Arjuna in the war of Mahabharata when Arjuna was distracted from his duty in the war of Mahabharata.

Upanishads - The principles contained in the Vedas, such as self-knowledge, yoga, meditation, philosophy, etc., and the collection of questions and reasoning to understand or explain them correctly, are called Upanishads. The disciples should sit under a tree near the Guru and receive knowledge from the Guru and question or reason to understand that knowledge. The Upanishads explain the knowledge contained in the Veda.

Ramayana - This is a unique Sanskrit epic written by the early poet Valmiki, which describes the great character and various struggles of Lord Rama. Ramayana teaches us how a person should not lose his restraint even in difficult situations. Conflict is a part of human life and it makes us stronger, the weak one gets left behind in the race of life.



Christianity - Bibles - Unlike other religious writings, the Bible describes real events, places, people, and their interactions that took place in reality. Historians also acknowledged the authenticity of the Bible. Using the way writers write and their personality, God tells us who he is and what it is like to experience him.

Islam - Holy Quran - This is also the religious holy book of Islam, it is said that the Quran is the last and the supreme book sent by Allah / God, even before that many books or texts have/have come in Islam religion but this last and It is considered to be the best.

Buddhist - Tripitaka - It is considered to be a sacred book collection of Buddhism. The Buddhist Dhamma Granth Tripitaka is divided into three parts, Vinayapitaka, Sutpitaka, and Abhidhamma Pitaka. Lord Buddha told some simple ways to live a happy life, those descriptions are given in these texts.