Audio (and eBook) Biographies of Buddha’s Disciples and
Forest Tradition Bhikkhus, Mae Chees, and Bhikkhunīs
Note: Access to Insight has an Index of Proper Names with links to Sutta references for material that is available on its website as well as Contributing Authors and Translators with brief biographical paragraphs on most of the listings. The website Sangha Fathers of Sri Lanka has well over 30 brief biographies. Another excellent resource is Nyanaponika Thera and Hellmuth Hecker’s book, Great Disciples of the Buddha — Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy, edited with an introduction by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (Many of his biographies may be found below in their original Wheel publications.)