| Scripture(s) | Group |
|---|
| Old Testament (Tanakh) | Judaism; Christianity (different compilations for Jews, Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants) |
| Torah | Judaism |
| Midrash | Judaism |
| Old Testament - New Testament | Christianity |
| Qur'an | Islam |
| Sunnah (from hadith) | Islam: Sunni |
| Nahjul Balagha | Islam: Shiite |
| Avesta | Zoroastrianism |
| Vedas | Hinduism |
| Upanishads | Hinduism |
| Bhagavad Gita (in the Mahabharata) | Hinduism |
| Various Puranas (Vishnu Purana, Shiva Purana, Skanda Purana, Linga Purana, Garuda Purana, Matsya Purana, etc.) | Hinduism: newer movements, Vaishnavite, Shaivite |
| Tantras (including Kularnava Tantra) | Hinduism |
| Sutras, and their commentaries | Hinduism |
| Vachanas | Lingayats (Virashaiva) |
| Adi Granth | Sikhism |
| Purvas (12 angas including Acarangasutra and Sutrakritanga, 34 angabahya including Uttaradhyayana Sutra and Kalpa Sutra. Also: Upasakdasanga Sutra, Dashavaikalika Sutra, and Nandi Sutra) | Jainism: Shvetambara |
| Purvas (small number; reject most Shvetambara Purvas) | Jainism: Digambara |
| large number of scholastic expositions (anuyoga): Samayasara, Niyamasara, Pravacanasara, and Pancastikaya; Anupreksa; Samadhishataka of Pujyapada; Tattvarthasutra of Umasvati | Jainism: Digambara |
| Tattvarthasutra | Jainism (minor differences between Digambara and Shvetambara versions) |
| Other separate books of Jain Canon: Sanmatitarka, Gomattasara, Jayadhavala, Adipurana, Dvatrimshika, Aptamimamsa, Mulacara, Ratnakarandasravakacara, Sagaradharmamrita | Jainism |
| Pali Tripitaka | Buddhism |
| Jataka stories (semi-cannonical) | Buddhism: Theravada |
| Visuddimagga or Path of Purification (semi-cannonical) | Buddhism: Theravada |
| Questions of King Milinda (semi-cannonical) | Buddhism: Theravada |
| Chinese Tripitaka | Buddhism: Mahayana |
| Tibetan Tripitaka | Buddhism: Mahayana |
| Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-Pundarika) | Buddhism: Mahayana |
| Sukhavativyuha Sutras | Buddhism: Mahayana: Pure Land |
| Meditation on Buddha Amitayus (Amitayur Dhyana Sutra) | Buddhism: Mahayana: Pure Land |
| Garland Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra) | Buddhism: Mahayana: Kegon/Hua-yen |
| Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra) | Buddhism: Mahayana |
| Sutra of Hui Neng (Platform Sutra) | Buddhism: Mahayana: Zen |
| Lankavatara Sutra | Buddhism: Mahayana: Zen |
| Mahaparinirvana Sutra; Surangama Sutra Buddha; Golden Light Sutra (Suvarnaprabhasottama) | Buddhism: Mahayana |
| writings of Nagarjuna, Shantideva, Aryadeva, Vasubandhu, Dharmakirti, Gyalwa Longchenpa, Sakya Pandita, Milarepa, and Lama Tsongkhapa | Buddhism: Tibetan |
| Mulamadhyamaka Karika and Precious Garland | Buddhism: Tibetan |
| Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Bodhisattvacharyavatara) | Buddhism: Tibetan |
| Hevajra Tantra; Kalacakra Tantra; Guhyasamaja Tantra | Buddhism: Tibetan |
| Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol) | Buddhism: Tibetan |
| Five Classics: Book of Songs; Book of History; Spring and Autumn Annals; Book of Ritual; I Ching (Book of Changes) | Confucianism (I-Ching is also cannonical for Taoism) |
| Four Books: Analects; the Great Learning; the Doctrine of the Mean; the Mencius | Confucianism |
| Tao Te Ching | Taoism |
| Chuang-tzu | Taoism |
| Treatise on Response and Retribution (T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien) | Taoism: popular religious Taoism |
| Tract of the Quiet Way (Yin Chih Wen) | Taoism: popular religious Taoism |
| Kojiki | Shinto |
| Nihon Shoki | Shinto |
| K-oki | Tenrikyo |
| Ofudesaki | Tenrikyo |
| Mikagura-uta | Tenrikyo |
| Michi-no-Shiori | Omoto |
| Johrei | Sekai Kyusei Kyo |
| Goseigen | Mahikari |
| Nectarean Shower of Holy Doctrines | Seicho-no-Ie |
| Song of the Angel | Seicho-no-Ie |
| Holy Sutra for Spiritual Healing | Seicho-no-Ie |
| Divine Teachings of Kyososama | Shinreikyo |
| Chun Boo Kyung | ancient Korean |
| Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah | Bahai Faith |
| Book of Certitude (Kitab-i-Iqan) | Bahai Faith |
| Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah | Bahai Faith |
| Epistle to the Son of the Wolf | Bahai Faith |
| Book of Mormon | Christianity: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Doctrine and Covenants | Christianity: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Pearl of Great Price | Christianity: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures | Christianity: Christian Science |
| Dianetics | Scientology |