Great historical masters

List of historical masters from Wikipedia

Important sutras

How to read the suttas, from Access to Insight

Influential schools of Buddhism

What is Theravada Buddhism, by John Bullitt

An Overview of Theravada Buddhism, by Gil Fronsdal

Encyclopedia Britannica entry on Buddhism

Basic Points Unifying Theravada and Mahayana

Theravada-Mahayana Dialog: A Mahayana Perspective, by Yong Pyo-Kim

Nothing Holy: A Zen primer, by Zoketsu Norman Fischer

Life of the Buddha

AUDIO

Teachings by Zoketsu Norman Fischer

The Buddha's Life, by Noah Levine

TEACHINGS 

The Buddha and his Dhamma, by Bhikkhu Bodhi

The Life of the Buddha, by Joseph Goldstein

TEXTS

A sketch of the Buddha's life, exceprts from the Pali Canon

The Essence of the Buddha's Teaching, excerpts from the Pali Canon that document the Buddha's life

Mahayana canon

TEXTS

Mahayana sutras in English

Translations of selected sutras from the Chinese Agamas

Original disciples of the Buddha

TEACHINGS

The Buddha and His Disciples, by Ven. S. Dhammika

TEXTS

List of the Buddha's disciples from Wikipedia

Spread of Buddhism

AUDIO

Lewis Lancaster, "Buddhism in a Global Age of Technology"

Lewis Lancaster, Q&A on the spread of Buddhism

TEACHINGS

Landscape of Dharma: An Overview of Buddhism and an Appreciation of our Tradition, by Lama Surya Das

TEXTS

"A Short History of Buddhism," by Sherab Chodzin Kohn

OTHER

Buddhism in Vietnam, from the Urban Dharma Newsletter

A bibliography on Buddhist traditions and schools in the U.S. and Canada
Tensions in American Buddhism, from Religion and Ethics Newsweekly

A Timeline of Buddhism

Three Vehicles

OTHER

The Three Vehicles and and One Vehicle Practice

Theravada canon

AUDIO

Rupert Gethin, author of The Sayings of the Buddha, on the Pali Canon

Teachings by Zen teacher Zoketsu Norman Fischer

Pali Suttas read aloud

OTHER

A Map of the Pali Canon

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