sacred teachings
Revered spiritual knowledge
Sacred teachings are doctrines, wisdom, or spiritual knowledge held to be divinely revealed or spiritually authoritative within a religious tradition.
The phrase implies content too important for casual treatment—transmitted carefully across generations through scripture, oral tradition, or initiation: The elders passed down sacred teachings about the land.
Unlike ordinary instruction, sacred teachings carry obligations of reverence and often restrictions on who may receive or share them.
- commandmentsAuthoritative rules demanding compliance
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- catechismReligious teaching guide
- holy scriptureReligious text from deity
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
dharma · spiritual path · creed · religious doctrine · morality · scripture · ancient texts · creation myth · esoteric · oral tradition · passing down · parable · mysticism · transmission · hadith · prayer · theology · tantra
- Indigenous CanadaFirst Nations, Metis, Inuit, Cree, Ojibwe
- Guru Traditionsparampara, disciples, master, spiritual lineage, darshan
- dharma talks
sacred teachingsfolk wisdom
Traditional communal knowledge
conventional wisdom · common sense · academic scholarship · worldly wisdom · scientific theories