Followers of Buddhism do have a sacred text similar to the Christian bible. There are many of these texts read by the followers of the various forms of Buddhism. They include the Pali Canon, Tibetan Book of the Dead, and the Lotus Sutra.
Yes, many. There are three main large branches of Buddhism, Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana and many sects within them. They vary as to which texts are most important and have differences in attribution and translation. There are really way to many to list completely here but here are some of the main ones. There is no single central text like the Torah is in Judaism.
The Buddhavacana are texts which are seen to record the teaching of Buddha. No schools of thought view these as the actual, literal words. In this sense they are not seen as sacred, Buddha is not seen as a deity, but they are special.
The Sutras are perhaps considered the core. They are attributed to Buddha or his close associates.They are:
In Theravada the texts are called the Pali Canon.
It was arranged in it's current written form in 29 BCE, 454 years after Buddhas death. It has three category of texts:
1) Vinaya Pitaka ("Discipline Basket"), dealing with rules for monks and nuns
2) Sutta Pitaka (Sutra/Sayings Basket), discourses, mostly ascribed to the Buddha, but some to disciples .
3)Abhidhamma Pitaka, described as philosophy, psychology, metaphysics.
The Mahayana use the Chinese Buddhist Canon which has 100 major divisions and runs over 80,000 pages. The traditional name for this canon is Dàzàngjīng (大藏經), which means the "Great Treasury of Sūtras.
The Vajrayana use the Tibetan Kangyur and Tengyur. It has 100 volumes and includes somewhat less early texts than the other two because it was put together later. It includes Tantric materiel not in the others.
Typically no, but there are some meditations in the Triptaka and other Sutras that are repeated by some Buddhists while they meditate.
The Holy Bible is the sacred text for Christians.
There are three parts to the Buddhism sacred text.
The Holy Bible.
The Holy Bible.
Judaism torah
The Holy Bible.
The Holy Bible
I believe the sacred text of the church of England is the King James edition of the Holy Bible.
Yes, Buddhism is a recognized world religion with its own sacred text.
Probably the Bible, since they are Christians.
Judaism and Christianity.
No. The Talmud is an explanatory legal treatise in Judaism. It is not a "sacred text" nor is it affiliated with Christianity in any way. (The Jewish sacred text is the Tanakh or Jewish Bible.)