The Early Sangha

At the very beginning, the Sangha(Buddhist community) was quite small and consisted of just an informal group of followers. They wandered with the Buddha, as he wandered through the roads of Northern India. It was a diverse community. It is often spoken of as having four parts: monks, nuns, male lay followers, and female lay followers.

1. Buddhist Lay Followers
   
2. Buddhist Nuns
   
3. The First Monasteries
   
4. The First Buddhist Scriptures