Sacred or Holy Texts (Jesus Christ, ritual, Torah, tradition, mission)

[Green Gaia]

What texts, books, documents, writings, etc., does your religion view as sacred or holy? By which I mean, which are revealed or are from God?

Then which do you view as imporant, but perhaps not holy or sacred?

[jewscout]

Originally Posted by Maize

What texts, books, documents, writings, etc., does your religion view as sacred or holy? By which I mean, which are revealed or are from God?

Then which do you view as imporant, but perhaps not holy or sacred?

traditional Judaism holds that the Written Torah and the Oral Torah were given to the nation of Israel at Mt. Sinai
http://www.jewfaq.org/torah.htm

[michel]

Originally Posted by Maize

What texts, books, documents, writings, etc., does your religion view as sacred or holy? By which I mean, which are revealed or are from God?

Then which do you view as imporant, but perhaps not holy or sacred?

The holy Bible, which I look upon with mixed views.........

The old testament, to me, is at best, a 'fabled history book'.....the New testament, well, I believe thaat much of it is an accurate representation of what happened. It is, however, still written by man.....and therefore fallible.

[Seyorni]

In Hinduism writings are generally classified as Shruti or Smriti.
The Sruti texts are Hindu canon. They are the official, intuited/revealed sacred texts of Hinduism.
The Vedas are Shruti.

The Smriti texts are revered commentary or religious stories. They are works that illuminate and clarify the Hindu world-view.
The Bhagavad-Gita is Smriti.

[Angama]

Jewscout, is what you mentioned the same thing as the Talmud?

AA

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by Maize

What texts, books, documents, writings, etc., does your religion view as sacred or holy? By which I mean, which are revealed or are from God?

The Holy Bible (we use the KJV), The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, The Doctrine and Covenants, and The Pearl of Great Price. These four books, collectively, are known as "The Standard Works." They constitute the only official source of LDS doctrine. We believe them all to have been revealed by God to to be otherwise sacred in nature.

By the way, just for purposes of comparison, my KJV is 1590 pages in length. The BofM is 531 pages long, the D&C is 294 pages, and the PoGP is 61.

Then which do you view as imporant, but perhaps not holy or sacred?

Probably any books writtern by any of our General Authorities, particularly those by any of the three members of "The First Presidency" (i.e. the President of the Church and his two counselors) or by any of the twelve Apostles. None of their writings, however, are canonical in nature. We view them as worthwhile commentaries on doctrine, but not as defining doctrine.

[anders]

My philosophy, or rather the way I look at the world and my life, judges texts and testimonials according to their ability to explain or at least comment on what I regard as facts. So, "religious" books are generally out. I discard even Buddhist texts, despite items like the Buddha's telling you not to uncritically accept anything from your spiritual leader unless it makes sense to you and your life, because I can't accept the theory of rebirth.

So, the concept of texts, books, documents, writings, etc. being sacred or holy or revealed from God is just not conceivable to me.

impor[t]ant, but perhaps not holy or sacred might mean material that makes me think about or is helpful in making the lives of myself and my environment more pleasant.

In that case, I for myself would include Chinese grammars as well as the writings of Zhuang Zi and the Lonely Planet guide for China (no, I don't get a commission), and the recycling manual of my community.

[Angama]

Originally Posted by anders

on what I regard as facts

Unless you manage to test absolutely everything for yourself. You are in essense putting your trust in the experts. In most of the cases in you will not do this, but rather find logic/reason in what is said. Something that can be done with text.

[Singh]

SIkhism has only one Holy/Sacred text. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

[ayani]

there are lots of texts that have helped to open my eyes to compassion, patience, prayerfulnes, and mindfulness.

none of them being religious canonical works...

Thich Naht Hanh, Nasdijj, and Viktor Frankl's works have been a great inspiration, help, and light.