Biographies
Buddha: The Life of Siddhartha Gautama
Light of Asia: The Great Renunciation
The Buddha: His Life and Teaching by Piyadassi Thera
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas by Mingun Sayadaw
The Buddha by David Grubin (Documentary)
Traditional Biographical Sources
Buddhacharita by Asvagosha (Sanskrit)
The Buddhacarita, or Acts of the Buddha (Cantos 1-14) & The Buddha’s Mission and Last Journey (Cantos 15-28), tr. E. H. Johnston, D. Litt.
Buddhacarita: In Praise of the Buddha’s Acts, tr. Charles Willemen
Lalitavistara Sutra (Sanskrit)
The Play in Full: Lalitavistara, tr from Tibetan by Dharmachakra Translation Committee
The Lalita-Vistara, or Memiors of the Early Life of Sákya Siñha, tr. from Sanskrit Rájendralála Mitra (incl. only ch. 1-15 of 27)
Lalitavistara, translated by Bijoya Goswami, Asiatic Society, Calcutta, India, 2001
Nidana-Katha
Nidana-Katha: The Story of the Lineage, tr. T.W. Rhys Davids
Mahavastu
Buddhavamsa
Buddhavamsa: Chronicle of the Buddhas, Chapter XXVI: The Twenty-Fifth Chronicle: The Lord Gotama, tr. I.B. Horner
Jataka Tales
The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births, E. B. Cowell
The Romantic Legend of Sâkya Buddha, tr. Samuel Beal
Selected Articles related to the Buddha
See also: Early Buddhism