Sacred Texts & Religion

Sacred Texts & Religion
Free e-books All of the book links below in RED are from this web site: http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm Ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian Pantheon Names Descriptions & other information on the gods of old Egypt. http://www.vibrani.com/gods.htm Egyptian Book of the Dead - The Papyrus of Ani; Egyptian Book of the Dead. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Books/Papyrus_Ani.html Ra and the Serpent Egyptian myth of creation. http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Resources/StudTxts/raSerpnt.html
Asian Classic Texts
The Asian Classics Input Project works to preserve disappearing books containing the great ideas of the Eastern half of humanity, and to make these books and ideas accessible to the world at large. Downloadable mainly as zipped text & rtf files. Includes ACIP Release V: World.Wide.Wisdom. Over 200 previously unreleased titles from the classics of traditional Asian philosophy in the Tibetan language. http://www.asianclassics.org/
Baha'i Bahá'í Sacred Writings and other books, articles etc. To read online, or downloadable as text, rtf or Word documents. http://www.bahai-library.org/ Baha'i Library Online (in English, French & Spanish) http://bahai-library.com/ The Kitáb-i-Aqdas http://www.ibiblio.org/Bahai/Texts/English/AQD/AQD-4.html Below, a downloadable (.ZIP) HTML version of this "Most Holy Book" of the Bahá'í Faith. http://www.powerup.com.au/~takkenb/Kitab-i-Aqdas/Kitab-i-Aqdas.htm The Kitáb-i-Iqán http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/KI the Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah in HTML, with a FLASH version also. Both at: http://www.upliftingwords.org/writings/hiddenwords
Buddhism BuddhaNet These Buddhist texts may be read online with the Adobe Reader or variants thereof. Texts are presently available in English (UK & US variants), French, German, Spanish & Japanese. The texts may also be downloaded as zipped .pdf files to read offline. http://www.buddhanet.net/ebooks.htm Buddhist Reading Room Sutras & other content for online reading. In American English. Some texts also available for download as ZIP format archives (IBM / Windows users) or StuffIt format (Macintosh users). http://www.buddhistreading.com/ Online Dharma Libraries "Authors and/or publishers of the works have granted us permission to make these electronic editions freely available to the public. In the Buddhist tradition, this is the practice of dana, or "freely-offered generosity."…Extensive collection of Buddhist texts for downloading. http://www.dharmanet.org/files.html Sacred Texts: Buddhism In English, for reading online.Includes modern (early 20th century) compilations of the Buddhist Canon, plus texts of Northern & Southern Buddhist schools,Tibetian Buddhism and much else. http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud More Buddhist e-books for online reading. http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/
Cao Dai
Centre for Studies in Caodaism (Sydney) Online full text Cao Dai scriptures & books, articles, images,& audio- visuals, in Vietnamese, French & English. Includes information on the history, organization, philosophy and practice of Caodaism. An Australian archive in HTML, thanks to Cong-Tam Dao of the University of Sydney. http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-10190
Christianity The Holy Bible (King James version) in HTML http://www.bartleby.com/br/108.html The NET Bible (New English Translation) a completely new translation of the Bible. Includes many thousands of hyperlinked (clickable) translator's notes (which may include theological opinion). Online in HTML. Courtesy of the Biblical Studies Press. http://netbible.bible.org/ The Bible, New International Version Online, in individual chapters. UK version: http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=64#booklist/ US version http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=31#booklist/ Note usage restrictions as explained at the top of the Biblegateway webpage. The Holy Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, in HTML http://www.catholicfirst.com/bibledrv.cfm New American Bible, from United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, in HTML http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible
Old & New Testaments of the Bible formatted for eReader (Palm Reader). New Testament as one download. Old Testament is in four parts. King James version. http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com/free/ebooks Latin Vulgate Bible, for Palm This I.8MB .prc file download requires a Palm DOC reader. Find under "L" in the many Bible versions available free at: http://spiritualworx.com/skw_template.php?page=PalmSoftware.php&fext=prc/ Old and New Testament books in groups, in PilotDoc format, zipped. http://www.antioch.com.sg/edgar/bibledoc.html New Testament TNIV version, as PDF for Adobe Reader. http://www.tniv.info/bible/index.php Bible Downloads for Palm OS, Pocket PC, Smartphone and some Symbian devices A variety of Bible versions, plus reader software, available in English, & Albanian, Arabic, Byzantine Greek, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Esperanto, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Romanian, Spanish & Swedish. http://www.olivetree.com/handheld/free/
The Bible, text search of New International Version, in 19 languages. http://www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?version=NIV The Bible, text search of Revised Standard Version http://www.hti.umich.edu/r/rsv The Bible, text search of New American Standard Version http://www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?version=NASB
Christian Classics Electronic Library for the Palm Pilot http://members.aol.com/PilotCCEL Christian Classics Ethereal Library Huge collection of significant Christian works. Especially in English, but with some Russian & Chinese e-texts, plus a few in Latin, Greek, French, German, Czech, Italian & Spanish. Many In ThML (Theological Markup Language, an XML variant), or in HTML. Also as online facsimile, plain text, Open eBook, Palm DocBook, or Microsoft Reader formats. Some MP3 audio files also. From Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Missouri. http://www.ccel.org/ Christian Latin - Online versions of Christian Latin texts from Abelard to Thomas à Kempis. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/christian.html The Catholic Encyclopedia (1914 edition), for online reading or consultation. Hyperlinked. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen Some Catholic devotional works formatted for Palm OS and MS Word. http://www.rosarynmore.com/download.html
Project Wittenberg Works by and about Martin Luther and other Lutherans. http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/wittenberg-home.html Project Wittenberg's Lutheran Electronic Archive: gives priority to documents written by Luther or about Luther. Documents by other Lutherans and Lutheran churches or organizations are produced to a lesser extent. The majority of the works are in HTML or text format. http://www.ctsfw.edu/etext The Walther Library also provides links to a broader range of Protestant and Lutheran works at: http://www.ctsfw.edu/library/probono.php
Coptic Texts The St. Pachomius Library. In HTML. http://www.voskrese.info/spl/index.html Note: For an explanation of the current relationships among the Coptic, Eastern Orthodox and Ethiopian churches see: http://mb-soft.com/believe/txn/coptic.htm Early Christian Writings: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Church Fathers. In HTML. http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ The Ecole Initiative - a "Hypertext Encyclopedia of Early Church History," up to the Reformation. http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) The Book of Mormon, online by chapters in HTML. Downloadable version (.pdb file) for Palm & Windows CE devices also available. Other Mormon e-texts here too. http://scriptures.lds.org/bm/contents
Gnostic The Gospel of Thomas The "Scholars' Translation" of the Gospel of Thomas, by Stephen Patterson and Marvin Meyer. http://www.misericordia.edu/users/davies/thomas/Trans.htm Gospel of Thomas commentary http://www.gospelthomas.com/ The Gnostic Society Library A comprehensive collection of Gnostic texts online. http://www.gnosis.org/library.html
Ecclesiastical calendar conversion. Warning - this gets complicated. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/woolley/calconv.html The Christian Jokes Collection More than 430 religious jokes, compiled by a young woman from South Australia. Her name however is not frivolous, she has Multiple Chemical Sensitivity syndrome. http://www.bubblegirl.net/cjc.html
Desiderata - Meaning, that which is to be desired. Much concentrated & timeless wisdom here. http://artandpoetry.com/art/sherrie/desiderata.html
Epic of Gilgamesh Summary of the ancient text, this version written by the oldest-known named human author. Written c. 2000 B.C. http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/GILG.HTM
Hinduism The Vedas - claimed to be mankind's oldest scriptures, and considered by Hindus to be a direct revelation of God. Read online in HTML. In 7 parts and 21 chapters. English translation by Professor Raimon Panikkar. Click on the Vedic Experience link. http://www.himalayanacademy.com/books/vedic_experience/VEIndex.html Huge collection of online HTML Hindu e-books and PDFs. http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/
Bhagavad-Gita. In audio versions in16 languages, or as HTML in English only. http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/ Dharmic Scriptures. This page at present contains the four Vedas as a zipped Word file for downloading, plus Vedas Exerpts, Vedic Samhitas & Brahmanas Introduction, and the Upanishads, as Word files. Expansion into other formats is planned. http://www.dharmicscriptures.org/scriptures.htm Upanishads - The Texts Available individually online, or downloadable gathered as one PDF file. http://sanatan.intnet.mu/upanishads/upanishads.htm Upanishads - Transliteration Key http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/upanishad.html Dvaita Text Resources Some classic Hindu texts as PDF files in Sanskrit, some with Roman script versions. http://www.dvaita.net/ Hindu Insights Many mini-texts on Hinduism for reading on this award- winning site. http://www.hinduism.co.za/ Ars Floreat A number of spiritual and sacred texts, including the Bible, the Koran, Plato and some Hindu scriptures, presented in Dutch, from an overall philosophical basis of the Advaita Vedanta tradition of India. In PDF. http://www.arsfloreat.nl/
Islam The Koran (Qur'an) The Qur'an, in four side-by-side English translations. Available by chapters for online reading. http://www.quran.org/quran/quranframe.htm The Koran An electronically scanned version of M. H. Shakir's English translation of the Holy Qur'an, as published by Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, Inc., in searchable SGML form. http://etext.virginia.edu/koran.html The Koran in the original Arabic, downloadable as a full e-reader software program with support for various fonts and font sizes, 2D animations, MP3 audio sounds, search engine, text color, underline color, tags etc, as prepared by Samir Alicehajic of Zagreb, Croatia. English and German translations are included in the "Koran 6.51" version software. Bosnian, Dutch, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese & Turkish translations which may be imported into the above software are also available. An online HTML English Koran translation, plus Hadith (sayings of the Prophet) also feature on this site. http://www.yildun.com/ Holy Qur'an Viewer, version 2.910 ( as Developed by Jamal Al-Nasir) - Supports Multiple Qur'an Languages, Remote Recitation, Manuscripts. A hadith viewer, a more basic Koran viewer, other e-reader software and some other downloadable literature are also available at this site. http://www.divineislam.co.uk/DivineIslam/Software/QuranViewer2/ Hadith (Sayings and Traditions) A variety of texts online in HTML, some audio also. http://www.al-islam.org/links.asp?CatId=70 Stories of the Prophets (as a 2.52Mb Self Extracting EXE file). http://www.DivineIslam.co.uk/DivineIslam/Software/Prophets_Stories/ International Islamic Digital Library "An ambitious project to create a centralized repository of knowledge on Islam and the Muslim communities which is authoritative, comprehensible & reliable". This Malaysian initiative includes books, manuscripts, multimedia, theses, articles & conference papers. Users need to register. http://www.iidl.net/ Islam Denounces Terrorism (online e-book). http://www.divineislam.co.uk/DivineIslam/Articles/Terrorism/terrorism1.shtml Harun Yahya Islamic books online in HTML, or for PDF and MS Word download, from noted Turkish author Harun Yahya. Many titles available in English here. Other languages accessible from the site. http://www.harunyahya.com/m_book_index.php NZ Muslim Net Many Muslim e-books in English. Variously as Adobe PDF, Flash, MP3 Audio, HTML & self-contained software programs. http://www.nzmuslim.net/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=MostPopular
Shi'ite Encyclopedia (Revised 2001 edition). View online in HTML. Or download chapter by chapter in Text or MS Word, or the entire encyclopedia as a zipped file. http://www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia
Sufism, the Way of the Heart "The Ways to God are as numerous as the breaths of humankind." -Sufi Tradition.
Sufiportal. Sufi e-books in German and English. http://sufiportal.de/download.php?s=list&kid=14 Selections from the Diwan of Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ABewley/diwan.html
The Hikam of Ibn 'Ata'llah http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ABewley/hikam.html
Jainism
The Jaina Sutras - Akaranga Sutra and Kalpa Sutra, plus a variety of other Jain texts. Online in plain text and HTML. http://www.sacred-texts.com/jai/index.htm
Judaism The modern English translation of the Torah that you will find online here was published by the Jewish Publication Society in 1985. There are also versions of the Nevi'im & Ketuvim, & links to Readings. Note: The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh is roughly equivalent to the Christian Old Testament, and has three parts, Torah, Nevi'im & Ketuvim. The Torah, in the narrow sense (the Written Torah) is the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible. The Nevi'im are the Prophets - Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the Twelve Minor Prophets. The Ketuvim is the Writings, including Psalms and Proverbs, Esther and Ecclesiastes, Daniel, Chronicles, Ruth, and the love poetry of Song of Songs. If you take the T (from Torah), the N (from Nevi'im) and the K (from Ketuvim), and put them together in one word, you have TNK. Add some vowels and it becomes the Tanakh.Text versions of the Torah, Nevi'im & Ketuvim are available at: http://jewish.com/modules.php?name=Content The Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in four HTML language editions - Hebrew, Aramaic, English and parallel Hebrew and English. Zipped version available for download. Book-by-book printer-friendly version and MP3 recordings of the books of the Hebrew Bible also provided, plus The JPS Bible for the Palm Pilot. A Torah encyclopedia as well, in a single ZIP in English, and other Torah resources, all from: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/ Jewish Torah Audio. Hundreds of hours of commentary, stories, poetry etc, all in RealAudio or downloadable audio format. Describes itself as "The first world-wide Jewish audio since Mount Sinai". http://www.613.org/ Divrei Torah -- Commentaries. Many sources online. http://www.shamash.org/tanach/dvar.shtml#shamash Seforim e-books Hundreds of seforim (Hebrew books by rabbis) as Adobe .pdfs. http://www.hebrewbooks.org/ SeforimOnline.org also distribute old and out of print Hebrew books in PDf for free. http:// http://www.seforimonline.org/
Myths & Legends Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org/
Proverbs One Proverb A collection of illuminating proverbs and sayings from around the world, available in two ways. Firstly, provides random proverbs and sayings online in HTML - click till relevance reaches out to you. Also as free e-books for Palm eReader, MobiPocket and iSilo readers, and (in beta) for iPods. http://oneproverb.net/frame1.html http://oneproverb.net/opPDAbook.HTML
Sprituality (various) Science and Health with the Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, to read online in HTML http://www.spirituality.com/dt/toc_SH.jhtml Theosophical texts online A large collection in plain text, including books by Blavatsky, Judge, Tingley, Purucker, and others; introductory manuals on theosophy and material on the world's sacred traditions. http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/tup-onl.htm Pantheism The religion of nature. Basic beliefs and Belief statement. http://www.pantheism.net/beliefs.htm Religion of Expressionism (Chiropractic) A 5.27Mb PDF download requiring the Adobe Reader. http://www.triuneoflife.org/ Summum Bonum The return of Amen Ra. Online in HTML, or downloadable as a self-extracting .exe file (instructions on site) for Windows, Macintosh, Palm &Pocket PC. http://www.summum.us/philosophy/book.shtml
Shinto The Kojiki (excerpts). the Nihongi (excerpts), the Yengishiki (Shinto Rituals). PlusThe Book of Tea & other texts. http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/
Sikhism Shri Guru Granth Sahib in text form, the thirty one ragas. http://www.sacred-texts.com/skh/granth/index.htm Select writings - IN HTML, English with Sanskrit. http://www.sikhs.org/transl.htm
Taoism The Tao Te Ching online, in English, Chinese & German translations. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/taoism/ttc-list.htm The I Ching in English & Chinese, HTML. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/taoism/iching.htm Taoism Information Page. Many more Taoist texts online. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/taoism/
Zen/Western Zen Zen Buddhism A treasury of Zen texts. http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/zen/index.htm Zen Guide Koans, stories & collected words online. Pithy and provocative. http://www.zenguide.com/zenmedia/index.cfm The Tao Of Programming & much else Modern internationalism -from Russia with love, in English, some classic & Modern Zen texts. http://klein.zen.ru/English Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Read this classic online in HTML, or download as a PDF. http://bonigv.tripod.com/ Zen Fun http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/resources/zen_fun.html
Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian Archives. Provide the complete text of the Avesta, the most ancient scriptures of Zoroastrianism, as well as many Pahlavi scriptures. It also includes information about the Avestan language, and other useful information for students of Zoroastrian religion. http://www.avesta.org/avesta.html
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