Favorite Holy Scripture(s)

[SpentaMaynu]

I love reading and because I am almost obsessed with religion and spirituality I love reading the Holy Scriptures of different religions and traditions. I have some difficulty choosing one favorite. I know the Bible the best due to my upbringing, but love the Bhagavad Gita and the Satipatthana Sutta most. The Tao Te Ching and Analects of Confucius is most difficult for me to understand.

Which of these are your favorite? Do you read Scriptures from other faiths? What other Scriptures not on this list do you read or is some of your favorites? (Add the religion in brackets for the less known ones)

 

[Unveiled Artist]

I love reading and because I am almost obsessed with religion and spirituality I love reading the Holy Scriptures of different religions and traditions. I have some difficulty choosing one favorite. I know the Bible the best due to my upbringing, but love the Bhagavad Gita and the Satipatthana Sutta most. The Tao Te Ching and Analects of Confucius is most difficult for me to understand.

Which of these are your favorite? Do you read Scriptures from other faiths? What other Scriptures not on this list do you read or is some of your favorites? (Add the religion in brackets for the less known ones)

Any Buddhist sutras I love reading but because of thick analogies, its hard to understand. The Lotus Sutra, I read half way through so far. Thats a thick read. The Gosho (Nichiren Diashonin's letters to his disciples) are a good read. He explains the Lotus Sutra well. I read a smidget of the Gita and find it poetical. Something Id read for leizure sake.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Since only BhagwadGita is mentioned from Hinduism, it is my favorite book. Other books like Upanishads are not mentioned. I have read and understood the Buddhist suttas, refer back to them whenever necessary. I have read Bible and Qur'an. Would like to study Avesta, when I can prepare myself. I have the URL. Dao, Confucious, Zen - that would be a little too much. I am satisfied with what I have studied. Practically no Western philosophy (Greek is not Western).

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

The Tanakh - unfortunately subsumed under the term 'Bible'.

 

[Jainarayan]

I've read the Bible almost in its entirety, having been born and raised Roman Catholic. I've read the Bhagavad Gita almost to the end. I've read parts of the Tao Te Ching. Though it's little known outside of Heathenism, the Hávamál, The Sayings of Hár (Odin) is a worthy read. It's a guide on how to get along in life.

 

[Breathe]

Bhagavad Gita & Tao Te Ching, as no Guru Granth Sahib can be found on the list.

 

[Aupmanyav]

The Tanakh - unfortunately subsumed under the term 'Bible'.

With nearly all Jews having left India, it is not much relevant to us. Only the oldies have remained with us.

Bhagavad Gita & Tao Te Ching, as no Guru Granth Sahib can be found on the list.

The contents of Sri Guru Granth Sahib are no different from those in Hindu books. Then there is Jainism also with a few beautiful things.

 

[arthra]

Although not as well known as some of the scriptures of the older religions of the world, the Baha'i Writings are for me "favorite"... Baha'i Writings consist of revealed Writings of the Bab (Siyyid Ali Muhammad) and Baha'u'llah as well as commentaries by Abdul-Baha... Only a portion of these Writings have been translated from Farsi and Arabic into English and other languages. The translated Writings are online at

Baha'i Reference Library

You can also read these translations in Farsi and Arabic and they are "searchable".

 

[SSDSSDSSD3]

I voted Book Of Mormon, but only Guru Sahib,(Guru Granth Sahib) is good for me. I'm really interested in the story of the Nephi and Lamintes.

 

[metis]

I get more out of the Bible but actually enjoyed reading the Gita more.

 

[John_Stewart]

Bhagavad-Gita and New Testament (not Old Testament), but not much in the way of Pauline writings.
Also Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara
Gilgamesh Epic - seriously. I used to dislike it greatly. As I have read research on its formation, I have come to appreciate it as a human example, or a sort of allegory, of life and destiny. I take it symbolically, metaphorically.
Sometimes part of the Tao-Te-Ching.
Sometimes select Egyptian religious writings.
Much religious expression is poetic and symbolic. I'm okay with that. I expect to continue learning after death, and never reach an end to learning, loving, living, and longing.

 

[Aupmanyav]

I expect to continue learning after death, and never reach an end to learning, loving, living, and longing.

Don't bank on it. Do your reading now.

 

[raph]

I dont understand the old testament very well, but I like the NT. I voted Quran, because I understand it better, and I love the recitations. I also recommend to everyone, two that are not in this list:

Hidden Words from Baha'u'llah
Bahá'í Reference Library - The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh
Gleanings from the writings of Baha'u'llah
Bahá'í Reference Library - Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

 

[seeking4truth]

There is some beauty in all religious texts but my favorite is the Holy Quran.
eg. ch 59 v.23-25
He is Allah, and there is no God beside Him; the Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the Gracious, the Merciful.
He is Allah and there is no God beside Him, the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Source of Peace, the Bestower of Security, the Protector, the Mighty, the Subduer, the Exalted. Holy is Allah, far above that which they associate with Him.
He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heaven and the earth glorifies Him, and He is the Mighty , the Wise.