Sam Littlefair

Dharma Bum Temple acts as training wheels for new Buddhists and shows them where to go next when they're ready.

Sam Littlefair learns why there are so few Buddhist apps and how — even if they're not totally necessary — they might help you on your spiritual journey.

Rinchen Dharlo, the president of the Tibet Fund, is retiring after 30 years with organization. Dharlo also served as the North American representative for the Tibetan government-in-exile. He will be succeeded by Lobsang Nyandak, who currently serves as the executive director of the fund. In a letter, Dharlo wrote, “I have worked to the best of my ability with sincere determination for the betterment of our fellow Tibetans in exile as well as inside Tibet... Looking at our achievement, my heart i…

The short film “Reactor” is the story of Michael Stone’s 2012 trip to Japan in the wake of the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima disaster.

Philosopher Timothy Morton is injecting Buddhism into Western philosophy in a way that’s never before been done.

Today marks the 30th birthday of the Panchen Lama, who disappeared when he was six years old. A forensic artist has created an image of what the Panchen Lama might look like 24 years after his disappearance at age 6. The unveiling of the image at a Tibetan community in London was broadcast on the BBC program “The One Show.” The Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima, is one of the most important figures in Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama. Nyima was identified as the Panchen Lama in May 1995, a…

Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh landed in Vietnam this afternoon for his first visit to his home country since 2008.

New theories suggest Buddhist teachings on consciousness may be correct, and the implications for science could be huge.

10 teachers explain what suffering is, how we feel it, and why it isn’t a condemnation — it’s a joyous opportunity.

The winner of Samsung’s new “Catch Up Grant” will spend 100 days binge-watching television in a remote Buddhist monastery — and get paid to do it.