The world's sacred literature, beautifully read

Sacred Texts is a free, modern reader for the Internet Sacred Text Archive — the world's largest public-domain collection of religious and mythological writing, from the Bhagavad Gita, Bible and Qur'an to the Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada, Vedas and the Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Yes. Every text is completely free to read online or offline, with no account, no subscription and no ads. The scriptures themselves are in the public domain.

Yes. Sacred Texts is an installable app (a Progressive Web App). You can add it to your home screen and download any page or an entire book to read later without an internet connection.

Yes. Built-in narration reads any chapter aloud with adjustable voices and speed, and highlights each line as it is spoken so you can follow along.

The interface and the scriptures can be translated into more than 100 languages — including every major Indian language such as Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu and Marathi — privately on your own device.

Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece and Rome, Norse and Celtic mythology, and a large body of esoteric and occult literature.

All texts come from the public-domain Internet Sacred Text Archive (sacred-texts.com), served through the Internet Archive. Sacred Texts presents them in a fast, calm, mobile-friendly reader.

Sacred Texts was created and is maintained by Chirag Kushwaha as a free, ad-free reading companion dedicated to scholarship and religious tolerance.