Reading Check Lists for Major Series: Sacred Books of the East

Upanishads

• Khândogya-upanishad
• Talavakâra-upanishad or Kena-upanishad
• Aitareya-âranyaka
• Kaushîtaki-brâhmana-upanishad
• Vâgasaneyi-samhitâ-upanishadka aka Îsâ or Îsâvâsya-upanishad
• Katha-upanishad
• Mundaka-unpanishad
• Taittirîyaka-upanishad
• Brihadâranyaka-upanishad
• Svetâsvatara-upanishad
• Prasña-upanishad
• Maitrâyana-brâhmana-upanishad

Dharma-sûtras

• Âpastamba’s aphorisms on the sacred law
• Gautama institutes of the sacred law
• Vâsishtha Dharmasâstra
• Baudhâyana Dharma-sûtra

Theravada

Mahayana