This resource discusses the history of the Buddhist kingdoms, and how their godlike monarch worked. Discusses Buddhist religious rituals and beliefs as well.

A collection of Buddhist art, primarily sculpture, with short descriptions.

Wikipedia article about Buddhism addresses the essential questions about the religion and its traditions.

A page listing and describing the important dates in the Thai Buddhist tradition. These dates are also important in the Laotian and Cambodian tradition.

Buddhanet offers a timeline of the history of Tibetan Buddhism beginning around 200 C.E. and continuing to the present.

BuddhaNet.net offers a short web-article that describes Buddhist missionary activity around the world.

Answers to frequently asked questions about Buddhism.

An easy-to-read entry on Buddhism, from open-source encyclopedia Wikipedia, that answers basic questions about the religion and its practices. Explains the Buddhist belief system and what the word "Buddha" means. Also discusses Buddhist...

A short piece about women in early Buddhism and their significance.

An excerpt from a book concerning Buddhist gods, particularly those with female attributes. Compares them to other religions' deities.

Buddhanet.net offers a series of questions and answers about Buddhist monks and nuns.

An encyclopedia entry about the Buddhist Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. It describes the significance of this figure in Buddhism.

BuddhaNet offers a short explanation of the Three Refuges (a.k.a. the Three Gems) of Buddhism, the Buddha, the Dhamma (Dharma), and the Sangha.

A page describing the importance and history of a number of Zen temples in Japan. Includes pictures of the temples as well as details of the temple construction and history.

Wikipedia offers excellent information on Bodhisattva, or a person striving for Enlightenment, including a table of contents for easy site navigation.

A concise biography of king Asoka is provided on this page. This site introduces the idea that India experienced a renaissance of its own under the regime of Asoka.

An article on Vajrayana, one of the three Buddhist routes to enlightenment. The article includes the history of Vajrayana and its teachings, as well as information about its development in places beyond India, such as China, Japan, and...

A description of Buddhist stupas, their different types, and their history and origins.

A timeline plotting the significant events in Theravda Buddhist history. Timeline starts in 383 B.C.E. and continues to the present.

This Buddhanet.net site, Dharma Data, offers a short definition of the sangha, a word meaning "community" or "congregation."

An in-depth biography of Joshu Sasaki. Focuses on the work he has done founding Zen training centers in the United States.

Buddhanet.net offers the story of how the Buddha created the order of nuns, the bhikkuni.

A page from Karma Triyana Dharmachakra with links to biographies of the Karmapas and other important Kagyu tradition teachers.

Discusses the Three Ways, which are a blend of Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucianist schools of thought, and what each of these philosophies contributes to the Three Ways.