Buddhist Text or Buddhis Scriptures or Buddhist Manuscripts are found in e a great variety. These Buddhist Text, Scriptures, Manuscripts are Buddhists place varying value on them: attitudes range from worship of the text itself, to dismissal of some texts as falsification of the ineffable truth. They therefore cannot be called "scripture" in the sense of other religions.

There are a vast number of Buddhist scriptures and religious texts , which are commonly divided into the categories of canonical and non-canonical. The former, also called the Sutras (Sanskrit) or Suttas (Pali) are believed to be, either literally or metaphorically, the actual words of the Buddha. The latter are the various commentaries on canonical texts, other treatises on the Dharma, and collections of quotes, histories, grammars, etc However, it should be borne in mind that many divisions are arbitrary, and some texts fall between categories, or can be associated with more than one category.