Resources on Religions of East and South Asia: Subject Headings

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Buddhism
Central Asian Religions
Confucianism
Eastern Religious Philosophies
Hinduism
Jainism
Sikhism
Shintoism
Taoism(Daoism)
Zoroastrianism

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• Buddhism or (Hinduism, Sikhism, etc.) and
  • - Customs and practices
  • - Doctrines
  • - History
  • - Rituals
• Christianity and other religions
• Gurus
• Hindu mysticism
• Transcendental meditation
• Name of important personality (See names in adjacent column.)
• Title of sacred writings (See titles in adjacent column.)

  IMPORTANT PEOPLE  AND SACRED WRITINGS

BUDDHIST:  Gautama, the Buddha; The Great Buddhaghosa

                    "Mahayana Sutra" (Suttas or Sutras)

                    "Visuddhimagga" (Way of Purification)

                    "Tripitaka" (Pali Canon) 

                    "Dhammapada" (Footsteps of the Law)

CONFUCIAN: Confucius; Mencius

                     "Analects"

                     "Book of Mencius"

                     "I Ching" (Book of Changes)

HINDU:          Mahatma Gandhi; Rabindranath Tagore; Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

                     "Rig Veda"

                     "Upanishads"

                      "Bhagavad-Gita" (Song of God)

JAINIST:           Vardhamana Mahavira

                        "Karma-Granthas"

                        "Uttaradhyayana Sutra"

                        "Sutrakritanga"

SHINTO:           Amaterasu Omikami (Shinto Deity)

                        "The Kojiki" (Records of Ancient Matters- An Historical Account)

                        "Nihongi" (Chronicles of Japan- An Historical Account)

SIKH:                 Guru Gobind Singh; Guru Arjan

                         "Adi Granth"

                         "Dasam Granth"

                         "Shri Guru Granth Sahib"

                         "Gur Sobha" (The Spendor of the Guru)

TAOIST(DAOIST)    Lao Tzu; Zhange Daoling

                          "Tao-te Ching" or Daodejing" (Book of the Way and its Virtues)

ZOROASTRIANISM  Zarathushtra

                     "The Avesta"

                     "The Gathas"