What is the holy book of Buddhists called as?

Answer 1

Buddhists do not actually have a Bible, per se. Rather, they have a variety of sacred texts based on the kind of Buddhism being practiced. These gospels are known as Sutras and describe the teachings of the Buddha, and other Bodhisattvas.

Answer 2

There is no single book of Buddhist scripture. Sutra is the name applied to the various documents that serve as scripture. Heart sutra, diamond sutra and others. With regard to "holy". This word generally refers to something that has been handed down or is assoicated with a relgions god(s). In the case of Buddhism there is no deity and so no "holy". Buddhist texts may be respected for their content or the insights they provide but have no supernatural association.

At its core Buddhism may be Atheistic; however gods and similarly reverenced beings/states may be found in practice. Buddhism is not a single path, Pure Land, Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana and Zen/Chan all take differing views. Relics and stupas are regarded with supernatural regard

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The Buddhist scriptures are comprised of what is called the triple basket (tipitaka) they are the Vinaya pitaka, or the rules of discipline for manastics, the second is the sutta pitaka, which is the actual discourses, some 84000 suttas uttered by the Buddha in his 40 years of teaching, and the third is the abhidhamma pitaka, which a thorough analysis of all phenomena. So with that said, there is no one single book. There are however within the sutta pitaka the nikayas, or discourses, there is the digha nikaya, which is the long discourses of the buddha, there is the majjhima nikaya, which is the middle length discourses, there is the samyuta nikaya, which is the connected discourses, there is the anguttara nikaya, which is suttas grouped by numbers, and the khuddaka nikaya, which is alot of the later stories and suttas.

Answer 3

The sacred book of Buddhism is a very large book called the Tipitaka. The Tipitaka is written in Pali, an ancient Indian language that the Buddha spoke.

Answer 4

The principal Buddhist Religious Books are the Tripitaka (three baskets or works ) and the Jatakas.

Answer 5

Buddhists do not pray as there is no deity in Buddhism. Therefor there is no need for prayer book. There are learned texts and writings in Buddhism, there are not however used as prayers.