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{{Short description|Tibetan–American Buddhist teacher (born 1962)}} |
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|name = Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche |
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|birth_name = Ösel |
|birth_name = Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo |
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|dharma name = [[Mipham Lhaga]] |
|dharma name = [[Mipham Lhaga]] |
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|birth_date = November 1962, on the 15th day (Full moon) of the tenth lunar month |
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|birth_place = [[Bodh Gaya]], India |
|birth_place = [[Bodh Gaya]], [[India]] |
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|nationality = [[Tibetan Americans|Tibetan–American]] |
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|religion = [[Shambhala Training]] |
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|lineage = Sakyong Lineage, [[Kagyü]] and [[Nyingma]] |
|lineage = Sakyong Lineage, [[Kagyü]] and [[Nyingma]] |
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|title = [[Sakyong]] |
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|occupation = Author |
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|teacher = [[Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Penor Rinpoche]] ( |
|teacher = [[Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Penor Rinpoche]] (Pema Norbu Rinpoche), Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche |
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|reincarnation of = [[Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso|Mipham the Great]] |
|reincarnation of = [[Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso|Mipham the Great]] |
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|spouse = Semo Tseyang Palmo Mukpo, nee Ripa |
|spouse = Semo Tseyang Palmo Mukpo, nee Ripa, Dechen Choying Sangmo |
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|children = 3 daughters: Jetsun Drukmo Yeshe Sarasvati Ziji Mukpo, Jetsun Yudra Lhamo Yangchen Ziji Mukpo, Jetsun Dzedrön Ökar Yangchen Ziji Mukpo |
|children = 3 daughters: Jetsun Drukmo Yeshe Sarasvati Ziji Mukpo, Jetsun Yudra Lhamo Yangchen Ziji Mukpo, Jetsun Dzedrön Ökar Yangchen Ziji Mukpo |
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'''Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, Jampal Trinley Dradül''' |
'''Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, Jampal Trinley Dradül''', born '''Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo''' (November 1962), is a [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhist]] master and holder of the Sakyong Lineage of Mukpodong, his family lineage. The Sakyong was recognized by [[Penor Rinpoche]] in 1995 as the [[Tulku|tülku]] (reincarnation) of [[Ju Mipham Gyatso]], the renown [[Rimé movement|Rimé]] teacher of the late 19th century who stated he would only be reborn in the [[List of mythological places|legendary Kingdom]] of [[Shambhala]]. |
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Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo is the eldest son of [[Chögyam Trungpa]] and of Konchok Peldron (1931–2019), a Tibetan [[Bhikkhunī|bhikṣuṇī]] (nun) that in 1959 joined Trungpa's group while they escaped from [[Tibet]]. He was born in 1962 in [[Bodh Gaya]], [[India]], where Konchok Peldron lived.<ref name=Lady/><ref name=11th/> In 1969, he was sent to [[Samye Ling]] Monastery in [[Scotland]] where his father lived, and then was brought to [[North America]] in 1972, where he lived with his father and stepmother Diana Pybus Mukpo.<ref name=11th/> His mother moved to the renown Tibetan refugee colony and Buddhist center at [[Bir, Himachal Pradesh|Bir, India]].<ref name=Lady/> |
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He formerly was the leader of Shambhala, Inc. a worldwide network of Buddhist meditation centers, retreat centers, a monastery, and other enterprises, which was founded as Vajradhatu by his father, [[Chögyam Trungpa]] [[Rinpoche]]. In July 2018, after more than two decades at the helm Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche stepped back from his administrative and teaching duties due to accusations of sexual misconduct.<ref name="cbc 2018-07-09">{{cite news |first=Brett |last=Bundale |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-shambhala-international-investigation-1.4739516 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |title=Shambhala leader steps aside amid sexual misconduct allegations |date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> He resumed teaching late in 2019 with a group of students in the Netherlands, and subsequently a larger group of international students in Nepal in March 2020. He now teaches most weekends online to his students around the globe. He legally separated from the Shambhala organization in February 2022 after a four year process initiated by the Shambhala organization's Board of Directors. |
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In 1979, the Sakyong was chosen by Trungpa as his heir of the Shambala lineage, and he was conferred with the title of ''Sawang'' (Wyl. ''sa dbang'', "Lord of the Earth").<ref name=11th>Alex Gardner, "The 11th Trungpa, Chogyam Trungpa", ''Treasury of Lives'', January 2022.</ref> His mother Lady Konchok Peldron in 1992 joined with the Shambhala organization at [[Karmê Chöling]] in [[Vermont]], then moved to [[Boulder, Colorado]].<ref name=Lady> Dechen Choling, "The Passing of Lady Konchok", https://www.dechencholing.org/the-passing-of-lady-konchok/</ref> |
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== Biography == |
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Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche was born Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo in [[Bodh Gaya|Bodhgaya, India]] about November 15, 1962, although his mother was not certain of the exact date.<ref name=Hayward>{{cite book|last1=Hayward|first1=Jeremy|title=Warrior-King of Shambhala: Remembering Chögyam Trungpa|date=2008|publisher=Wisdom Publications|location=Boston|isbn=978-0-86171-546-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwF9psGBxccC&q=warrior+king+of+shambhala&pg=PP1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mukpo |first1=Mipham J. |title=Turning the Mind into an Ally |date=2003 |publisher=Riverhead Books |location=New York, NY |isbn=1-57322-345-X |pages=xii}}</ref> His father, [[Chögyam Trungpa]], was a Buddhist monk who fled Tibet in 1959 (at age 20). His mother, Könchok Paldrön, was a nun who met Trungpa in Tibet and was among the refugees who fled with him to India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Midal|first=Fabrice|title=Chogyam Trungpa: His Life and Vision|publisher=Shambhala Publications|year=2004|isbn=9780834821866}}</ref> For several years, Mukpo lived with his mother Konchuk Paldron in a Tibetan refugee camp in northwest India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Dragon Thunder" /> His father left India in early 1963 to study at [[Oxford University]].<ref name="Dragon Thunder">{{cite book|last1=Mukpo|first1=Diana J.|title=Dragon Thunder: My Life with Chögyam Trungpa|date=2006|publisher=Shambhala Publications|location=Boston|isbn=1-59030-256-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ec8-HH-hxwkC&q=dragon+thunder&pg=PP1}}</ref> At the age of seven, he went to live with his father at [[Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre|Samye Ling]] in Scotland.<ref name=":0" /> Ösel was left at Samye Ling in the care of Akong Rinpoche when his father moved to North America. Later that year when Akong travelled to India, he left the boy in the care of Christopher and Pamela Woodman.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Dragon Thunder" /> Diana Mukpo returned to retrieve the boy from the couple who were caring for him near Samye Ling but they refused to surrender him. Social Services took custody of young Ösel and he was moved to Pestalozzi Village, a boarding school for orphaned children established during WWII. He resided there until Social Services could conduct a home inspection in the US.<ref name="Dragon Thunder">{{cite book|last1=Mukpo|first1=Diana J.|title=Dragon Thunder: My Life with Chögyam Trungpa|date=2006|publisher=Shambhala Publications|location=Boston|isbn=1-59030-256-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ec8-HH-hxwkC&q=dragon+thunder&pg=PP1}}</ref> Young Ösel was released to his father's custody in 1972 after more than two years alone in Britain.<ref name=Hayward /><ref name="Dragon Thunder" /> |
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Upon Trungpa's death, the leadership of [[Vajradhatu]] was first carried on by his American disciple, appointed [[Vajrayana|Vajra Regent]] and Dharma heir, [[Ösel Tendzin]] (Thomas Rich). By 1990, after the death of Tendzin, Sakyong Mipham assumed control of [[Vajradhatu]] and [[Shambhala]].<ref name=11th/> Then in 1995 as he was recognized as the tulku of [[Ju Mipham Gyatso]] by the [[Penor Rinpoche|3rd Pema Norbu Rinpoche]], Penor Rinpoche also conferred his title as ''Sakyong'' (Wyl. ''sa skyong'', "Protector of the Earth"). By 2000, both the Vajradhatu and Shambhala organizations were joined under the umbrella organization of [[Shambhala International]].<ref name=11th/> The Sakyong led Shambhala International, a worldwide network of Buddhist meditation centers, retreat centers, a monastery, and other enterprises. |
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Ösel Mukpo has two younger half brothers by his father and Diana Mukpo, ([[Tulku (film)|Gesar Mukpo]] and Tagtrug “Taggie” Mukpo), a half brother, Gyurme Dorje Onchen, by his mother "Lady" Konchuk Paldron and her husband Lama Pema Gyaltson, and two younger step brothers ([[Ashoka Mukpo]]) and David Mukpo, sons of Diana Mukpo and Dr. Mitchell Levy.<ref name=":0" /> |
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In July 2018, and after more than two decades, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche agreed to temporarily step back from his administrative and teaching duties to allow space for an investigation into allegations of [[sexual misconduct]].<ref name="cbc 2018-07-09">{{cite news |first=Brett |last=Bundale |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-shambhala-international-investigation-1.4739516 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |title=Shambhala leader steps aside amid sexual misconduct allegations |date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> He resumed teaching in late 2019. He stepped aside from the Shambhala organization in February 2022 after an ''impasse'' in which the Shambhala Board of Directors could not agree with the Sakyong Potrang—the organization representing the Sakyong—on a way forward together. The Sakyong moved to [[Nepal]] where he teaches his international sangha, and during most weekends he offers online teachings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Teaching Schedule |url=https://sakyonglineage.org/2024-teaching-schedule/ |access-date=March 3, 2024 |website=SakyongLineage.org |publisher=Sakyong Lineage}}</ref> |
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In 1979, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche performed a ceremony officially investing his son Ösel Rangdröl with the title of Sawang ("earth lord"). This confirmed Ösel as his Shambhala heir and the future Sakyong.<ref name=Hayward />{{rp|204}} After his father's death in 1987, the Sawang began his studies with [[Dilgo Khyentse]] Rinpoche, in Nepal which continued until the Mahasiddah's death. At that time and at the instruction of Khyentse Rinpoche, Mukpo began his studies with Pema Norbu Rinpoche([[Penor Rinpoche]]) in India where he attended Shedra at Namdrolling Monastery and continued to oversee the Vajradhatu community. The young Sakyong spent six months each year in the east in his studies, and six months in the west relating to the sangha. |
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==Biography== |
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When Trungpa Rinpoche's Regent Ösel Tendzin died in 1990, the 27 year old Sawang was acknowledged by Jamgön Kongtrül Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche as Trungpa's successor in the Kagyu, Nyingma and Shambhala lineages and head of the Vajradhatu organization.<ref name=Hayward />{{rp|410–411}} Upon discovering that Trungpa Rinpoche had given the boy the name Mipham Lhaga, Penor Rinpoche recognized Mukpo as the [[tulku]] of [[Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso|Mipham the Great]],<ref name=Hayward />{{rp|413}} and in May 1995 he was formally enthroned as Sakyong. Since then he has been known by the title Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. |
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Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche was born Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo in [[Bodh Gaya]], [[India]] on the 15th day (full moon) of the 10th Lunar month, in November 1962 although his mother was not certain of the exact Western date.<ref name=Hayward>{{cite book|last1=Hayward|first1=Jeremy|title=Warrior-King of Shambhala: Remembering Chögyam Trungpa|date=2008|publisher=Wisdom Publications|location=Boston|isbn=978-0-86171-546-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwF9psGBxccC&q=warrior+king+of+shambhala&pg=PP1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mukpo |first1=Mipham J. |title=Turning the Mind into an Ally |date=2003 |publisher=Riverhead Books |location=New York, NY |isbn=1-57322-345-X |pages=xii}}</ref> His father, [[Chögyam Trungpa]], was a Buddhist monk who escaped from Tibet in 1959, at age 20. His mother, Könchok Paldrön, was a nun who met Trungpa in 1959, in Tibet, and was among those who escaped with him to India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Midal|first=Fabrice|title=Chogyam Trungpa: His Life and Vision|publisher=Shambhala Publications|year=2004|isbn=9780834821866}}</ref> For several years, Mukpo lived with his mother Konchuk Peldron in Bir, India, a Tibetan refugee colony in northwest India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Dragon Thunder" /> His father left India in early 1963 to study at [[Oxford University]].<ref name="Dragon Thunder">{{cite book|last1=Mukpo|first1=Diana J.|title=Dragon Thunder: My Life with Chögyam Trungpa|date=2006|publisher=Shambhala Publications|location=Boston|isbn=1-59030-256-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ec8-HH-hxwkC&q=dragon+thunder&pg=PP1}}</ref> |
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At the age of seven, he went to live with his father at [[Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre|Samye Ling]] in Scotland.<ref name=":0" /> Ösel was left at Samye Ling in the care of Akong Tulku Rinpoche when his father moved to North America in 1970. Later that year when Akong travelled to India, he left the boy in the care of Christopher and Pamela Woodman.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Dragon Thunder" /> Diana Mukpo returned to retrieve the boy from the couple who were caring for him near Samye Ling but they refused to surrender him. British Social Services took custody of young Ösel and he was moved to Pestalozzi Village, a boarding school in East Sussex for displaced children of war conflicts, established before WWII.<ref>"The Pestalozzi Story", https://pestalozzi.org.uk/the-pestalozzi-story/</ref> He resided there until Social Services could conduct a home inspection in the U.S.<ref name="Dragon Thunder">{{cite book|last1=Mukpo|first1=Diana J.|title=Dragon Thunder: My Life with Chögyam Trungpa|date=2006|publisher=Shambhala Publications|location=Boston|isbn=1-59030-256-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ec8-HH-hxwkC&q=dragon+thunder&pg=PP1}}</ref> Young Ösel was released to his father's custody in 1972 after more than two years of separation in Britain.<ref name=Hayward /><ref name="Dragon Thunder" /> |
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Ösel Mukpo has five half brothers : Two younger half-brothers by his father and Diana Mukpo, [[Tulku (film)|Gesar Mukpo]] and Tagtrug "Taggie" Mukpo; a half-brother, Gyurme Dorje Onchen, by his mother Lady Konchuk Paldron and her husband Lama Pema Gyaltson; and two younger step-brothers [[Ashoka Mukpo]] and David Mukpo, sons of Diana Mukpo and Mitchell Levy.<ref name=":0" /> |
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In 1979, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche performed a ceremony officially investing his son Ösel Rangdröl with the title of ''Sawang'' ("Earth Lord"). This confirmed Ösel as his Shambhala heir and the future ''Sakyong''.<ref name=Hayward />{{rp|204}} After his father's death in 1987, the Sawang began his studies with [[Dilgo Khyentse]] Rinpoche, in Nepal which continued until the Mahasiddah's death. At that time and at the instruction of Khyentse Rinpoche, Mukpo began his studies with Pema Norbu Rinpoche([[Penor Rinpoche]]) in India where he attended Shedra at Namdrolling Monastery and continued to oversee the Vajradhatu community. The young Sakyong spent six months each year in the east in his studies, and six months in the west relating to the sangha. |
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When Trungpa Rinpoche's Regent Ösel Tendzin died in 1990, the 27-year-old Sawang was acknowledged by [[Jamgön Kongtrül Rinpoche]] and [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] as Trungpa's successor in the Kagyu, Nyingma and Shambhala lineages and head of the Vajradhatu organization.<ref name=Hayward />{{rp|410–411}} Upon discovering that Trungpa Rinpoche had given the boy the name Mipham Lhaga, Penor Rinpoche recognized Mukpo as the [[tulku]] of [[Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso]], Mipham the Great,<ref name=Hayward />{{rp|413}} and in May 1995 he was formally enthroned by Penor Rinpoche as ''Sakyong''. Since then, he has been known by the title of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. |
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After assuming the leadership of Vajradhatu in 1990, the Sakyong completed his training under the guidance of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and Penor Rinpoche. As he took his seat as Chödak [(Tib. ཆོས་བདག, Wyl. chos bdag), or custodian of a terma cycle] and holder of the Shambhala Terma cycle of his father, the Sakyong began moving the sangha to practice this cycle of teachings. He began by talking about the singularity of the Shambhala teachings and Buddhism, which had previously been taught separately. Shambhala Training had often been referred to as a "secular" path. |
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In 2002 the Sakyong began running. His first marathon was Toronto in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moses |first1=Michele |title=I'm a Runner: Sakyong Mipham |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a20796320/im-a-runner-sakyong-mipham/ |publisher=Runner's World |date=July 8, 2014}}</ref> He trained and ran in nine marathons, including Big Sur, Chicago, and the New York and Boston Marathons in 2005<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schmidt |first1=Michael S |title=Lama Feels Spirit of City While Testing His Soles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/07/sports/sportsspecial/lama-feels-spirit-of-city-while-testing-his-soles.html |access-date=November 7, 2005 |publisher=New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Sakyong by a mile |url=https://alexwright.com/blog/archives/000969.html |website=alexwright.com |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026151624/https://alexwright.com/blog/archives/000969.html |archive-date=Oct 26, 2021 |language=en |date=April 21, 2005 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
In 2002 the Sakyong began running. His first marathon was Toronto in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moses |first1=Michele |title=I'm a Runner: Sakyong Mipham |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a20796320/im-a-runner-sakyong-mipham/ |publisher=Runner's World |date=July 8, 2014}}</ref> He trained and ran in nine marathons, including Big Sur, Chicago, and the New York and Boston Marathons in 2005<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schmidt |first1=Michael S |title=Lama Feels Spirit of City While Testing His Soles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/07/sports/sportsspecial/lama-feels-spirit-of-city-while-testing-his-soles.html |access-date=November 7, 2005 |publisher=New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Sakyong by a mile |url=https://alexwright.com/blog/archives/000969.html |website=alexwright.com |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026151624/https://alexwright.com/blog/archives/000969.html |archive-date=Oct 26, 2021 |language=en |date=April 21, 2005 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In 2005 the Sakyong met and married Semo |
In 2005 the Sakyong met and married Semo Tseyang Palmo Ripa, daughter of the Tibetan Buddhist [[Terton]] Namkha Drimed Rabjam Ripa Rinpoche, a Nyingma master and holder of the Ripa family lineage,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lowe |first1=Lezlie |title=Opinion: Big Love |url=https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/big-love-959200 |agency=The Coast |publisher=The Coast |date=June 8, 2006}}</ref> who is also seen as the manifestation of [[Atara Sale]]. |
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They first met when Penor Rinpoche invited the Gesar Lingdro dancers to perform at Namdroling monastery where the Sakyong was studying. The Sakyong's mother, Konchuk Peldron also knew the Ripa family, and had close ties to the bride's paternal uncle, though the Sakyong did not meet them until this time.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shambhala News Service |title=The Sakyong's Married |url=https://shambhalasangha.livejournal.com/4310.html |website=Shambhalasangha.livejournal.com}}</ref> |
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In late 2008 and early 2009 the Sakyong received the Rinchen Terdzo, or the complete cycle of terma teachings of the Nyingma school of Buddhism from |
In late 2008 and early 2009 the Sakyong received the Rinchen Terdzo, or the complete cycle of terma teachings of the Nyingma school of Buddhism from Namkha Drimed Rinpoche in Orissa, India.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blaine |first1=Walker |title=The Great River of Blessings: The Rinchen Terdzo in Orissa, India |date=2011 |publisher=Highland Publications |location=Halifax, NS |url=http://www.sakyongfoundation.org/projects/chandragoro/the-great-river-of-blessings/}}</ref> This cycle of teachings had been given to Namkha Drimed Rinpoche by the Sakyong's father, Chogyam Trungpa in Tibet. |
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In 2009 he began teaching the Scorpion Seal terma, the highest teachings of the Shambhala lineage to more than two thousand students.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilton |first1=James |title=Shambhala and the Kagyu Lineage |url=http://radiofreeshambhala.org/2009/01/shambhala-kagyu/ |website=radiofreeshambhala.org |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214185053/http://radiofreeshambhala.org/2009/01/shambhala-kagyu/ |archive-date=February 14, 2009 |language=en |date=January 21, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> For the next several years he taught extensively on these deep teachings at the four Shambhala retreat centers, [[Shambhala Mountain Center]] in Colorado, [[Karme Choling]], in Vermont, Dorje Denma Ling, in Nova Scotia, and [[Dechen Choling]], in France. He continued to write and teach on this terma cycle until the summer of 2018. |
In 2009 he began teaching the Scorpion Seal terma, the highest teachings of the Shambhala lineage to more than two thousand students.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilton |first1=James |title=Shambhala and the Kagyu Lineage |url=http://radiofreeshambhala.org/2009/01/shambhala-kagyu/ |website=radiofreeshambhala.org |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214185053/http://radiofreeshambhala.org/2009/01/shambhala-kagyu/ |archive-date=February 14, 2009 |language=en |date=January 21, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> For the next several years he taught extensively on these deep teachings at the four Shambhala retreat centers, [[Shambhala Mountain Center]] in Colorado, [[Karme Choling]], in Vermont, Dorje Denma Ling, in Nova Scotia, and [[Dechen Choling]], in France. He continued to write and teach on this terma cycle until the summer of 2018. |
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While on retreat he wrote volumes of practices and commentaries on the Buddhadharma and the Shambhala teachings of his father.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thorpe |first1=James |title=The Sakyong in Deep Retreat |url=https://shambhalatimes.org/2011/01/04/the-sakyong-in-deep-retreat/ |publisher=Shambhala Times |date=November 4, 2011}}</ref> The Sakyong came out of retreat to teach, including giving an empowerment at Shambhala Mountain Center in the summer of 2010, and then returned to teaching full time in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shambhala Process Team History of teachings |url=https://shambhala-process-team.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CorePracticeTimelineVajradhatuShambhala1971To2018_VersionAug-22_2019.pdf}}</ref> Namkha Drimed Rinpoche also bestowed the Nyingma Kama empowerments on the Sakyong, which represent the oral transmission the Nyingma received from India from the time of their arrival in Tibet. |
While on retreat he wrote volumes of practices and commentaries on the Buddhadharma and the Shambhala teachings of his father.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thorpe |first1=James |title=The Sakyong in Deep Retreat |url=https://shambhalatimes.org/2011/01/04/the-sakyong-in-deep-retreat/ |publisher=Shambhala Times |date=November 4, 2011}}</ref> The Sakyong came out of retreat to teach, including giving an empowerment at Shambhala Mountain Center in the summer of 2010, and then returned to teaching full time in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shambhala Process Team History of teachings |url=https://shambhala-process-team.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CorePracticeTimelineVajradhatuShambhala1971To2018_VersionAug-22_2019.pdf}}</ref> Namkha Drimed Rinpoche also bestowed the Nyingma Kama empowerments on the Sakyong, which represent the oral transmission the Nyingma received from India from the time of their arrival in Tibet. |
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The Sakyong received the Gongter, or Mind Terma<ref>{{cite web |title=Mind terma |url=https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Mind_terma |website=www.rigpawiki.org |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318002707/https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Mind_terma |archive-date=2023-03-18 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> of the Terton, |
The Sakyong received the Gongter, or Mind Terma<ref>{{cite web |title=Mind terma |url=https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Mind_terma |website=www.rigpawiki.org |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318002707/https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Mind_terma |archive-date=2023-03-18 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> of the Terton, Namkha Drimed Rinpoche in the fall of 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sakyong Gives Talk at Gongter |url=https://www.ripaladrang.org/sakyong-gives-talk-at-gongter/ |website=Ripa Ladrang}}</ref> This Gongter of [[Gesar of Ling]] teachings is the largest terma cycle of [[Gesar]] in the world. |
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Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche has written several books, including the national bestseller ''Turning the Mind into an Ally'', ''Ruling Your World'', ''Running with the Mind of Meditation'', and ''The Shambhala Principle'' and ''The Lost Art of Conversation''. His most recent book ''Garuda 108 Poems'', was released in 2019. In 2018, he temporarily stepped back from all teaching and administrative duties to allow for an investigation and public discussion of his alleged sexual misconduct.<ref name="The New York Times 2018">{{cite news |title=The 'King' of Shambhala Buddhism Is Undone by Abuse Report |website=The New York Times |date=2018-07-11 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/nyregion/shambhala-sexual-misconduct.html |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> He resumed teaching with a small group of students in the Netherlands late in 2019, and then in March 2020, instructing a group of 108 students in Nepal.<ref name="Shambhala Report">{{cite web |title=Rigden Nepal Pilgrimage March 8-15, 2020 |date=2020-04-16 |website=Shambhala Report |url=https://shambhala.report/r/rigden-nepal-pilgrimage-march-8-15-2020/}}</ref> His teachings have continued regularly in person and online since then. |
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche has written several books, including the national bestseller ''Turning the Mind into an Ally'', ''Ruling Your World'', ''Running with the Mind of Meditation'', and ''The Shambhala Principle'' and ''The Lost Art of Conversation''. His most recent book ''Garuda 108 Poems'', was released in 2019. In 2018, he temporarily stepped back from all teaching and administrative duties to allow for an investigation and public discussion of his alleged sexual misconduct.<ref name="The New York Times 2018">{{cite news |title=The 'King' of Shambhala Buddhism Is Undone by Abuse Report |website=The New York Times |date=2018-07-11 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/nyregion/shambhala-sexual-misconduct.html |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> He resumed teaching with a small group of students in the Netherlands late in 2019, and then in March 2020, instructing a group of 108 students in Nepal.<ref name="Shambhala Report">{{cite web |title=Rigden Nepal Pilgrimage March 8-15, 2020 |date=2020-04-16 |website=Shambhala Report |url=https://shambhala.report/r/rigden-nepal-pilgrimage-march-8-15-2020/}}</ref> His teachings have continued regularly in person and online since then.<ref>https://sakyonglineage.org/sakyong-miphams-teachings/</ref> |
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==Shift in Shambhala== |
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In 2000, the Sakyong began talking about [[Shambhala Buddhism]] as a single entity and path, with no separation between spiritual and secular. In 2004 at Vajrayana seminary at Shambhala Mountain Center, the Sakyong received and introduced the Primordial Rigden Ngondro, titled the Magical Heart of Shambhala. The following year, he held the first Rigden Abhisheka, an empowerment to practice the [[Vajrayana]] teachings of Shambhala. Later that year thangka painter Cynthia Moku, under the direction of the Sakyong released the first Thangka of the Primoridal Rigden deity. |
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The changes to the Shambhala curriculum, and the introduction of the Shambhala teachings as a Buddhist path led to some confusion in the minds of the community. Many people thought the Sakyong misunderstood what his father, [[Chögyam Trungpa]], had intended with these teachings. There were actually complaints about the replacement of the primary thangka of Vajradhara with the Primordial Rigden from the organization's meditation centers. The curriculum was also changing as older programs initiated by Trungpa were replaced with shorter, more accessible programs. The Sakyong also stopped teaching the Kagyu teachings of his father, which he held and had offered through the 1990s. |
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In 2009 the Sakyong sent a letter to the community providing guidelines and restrictions on inviting teachers from other lineages to teach at Shambhala centers. This, he said, was to help us "know who we are" as a community. Students saw this as another change from how his father had done things. In response, older students began to migrate to other teachers who were teaching the [[Kagyu]] practices of his father. Many resented the direction he took the organization. By the time of the [[MeToo movement|''#MeToo'' sexual abuse scandals]], older students had decided clearly that they were following the Shambhala Vajrayana of the Sakyong, or they had found other teachers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cote |first1=Benoit |title=Twenty Years of Ruling and Teaching |url=https://shambhalatimes.org/2011/03/03/twenty-years-of-ruling-and-teaching-part-four-blossoming/ |website=Shambhala Times |publisher=Shambhala |access-date=2023-07-02}}</ref> |
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==Controversies== |
==Controversies== |
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In 2018, Buddhist Project Sunshine, an organization founded as a [[Sexual abuse#Survivor|survivors' network]] for former Shambhala Buddhist members,<ref name="http://andreamwinn.com/offerings">{{cite web |title=Buddhist Project Sunshine |website=andreamwinn.com |url=http://andreamwinn.com/offerings/bps-welcome-page/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> reported multiple allegations of [[sexual assault]] within the Shambhala community.<ref name="BPS report #1">{{cite web |first=Andrea M. |last=Winn |url=http://www.andreamwinn.com/pdfs/Project_Sunshine_Final_Report.pdf |title=Project Sunshine: Final Report, February 27, 2017 –February 15, 2018 |website=andreamwinn.com |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="BPS report #2">{{cite web |first=Andrea M. |last=Winn |others=et al|url=http://andreamwinn.com/project_sunshine/Buddhist_Project_Sunshine_Phase_2_Final_Report.pdf |date=2018-06-28 |title=Buddhist Project Sunshine Phase 2 Final Report |website=andreamwinn.com |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times 2018"/> In response, and in order to allow time for the community to investigate these accusations, Sakyong Mipham temporarily stepped aside as leader, and the Shambhala governing council resigned and appointed an interim Board of Directors and a Process Team.<ref name="Leadership Transition">{{cite web |last1=Kalapa Council |title=Kalapa Council Quarterly Update |url=https://mailchi.mp/3e8a63b04a08/kalapa-council-quarterly-update-767293?e=640de0a0dd |website=Shambhala.report |publisher=Shambhala |access-date=July 10, 2023 |ref=Letter dated July 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bundale |first1=Bret |title=Shambhala Leader Steps Aside Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-shambhala-international-investigation-1.4739516 |access-date=July 10, 2023 |agency=CBC |publisher=The Canadian Press |date=July 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Connor 2018">{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=O'Connor |title=Vermont Buddhists face their own MeToo moment |website=VTDigger |date=2018-10-08 |url=https://vtdigger.org/2018/10/08/vermont-buddhists-face-metoo-moment/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> In response, Sakyong Mipham issued a letter to the community, saying that: |
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After assuming the leadership of Vajradhatu in 1990, the Sakyong completed his training under the guidance of HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and HH Penor Rinpoche. As he took his seat as Chödak [(Tib. ཆོས་བདག, Wyl. chos bdag), or custodian of a terma cycle] and holder of the Shambhala Terma cycle of his father, the Sakyong began moving the sangha to practice this cycle of teachings. He began by talking about the singularity of the Shambhala teachings and Buddhism, which had previously been taught separately. Shambhala Training had often been referred to as a "secular" path. In 2000, the Sakyong began talking about Shambhala Buddhism as a single entity and path, with no separation between spiritual and secular. In 2004 at Vajrayana seminary at Shambhala Mountain Center, the Sakyong received and introduced the Primordial Rigden Ngondro, titled the Magical Heart of Shambhala. The following year, he held the first Rigden Abhisheka, an empowerment to practice the vajrayana teachings of Shambhala. Later that year thangka painter Cynthia Moku, under the direction of the Sakyong released the first Thangka of the Primoridal Rigden deity. The changes to the Shambhala curriculum, and the introduction of the Shambhala teachings as a Buddhist path caused upheaval in the community. Many people believed the Sakyong misunderstood what his father, Chogyam Trungpa had intended with these teachings. There were many complaints about the replacement of the primary thangka of Vajradhara with the Primordial Rigden from the organization's meditation centers. The curriculum was ever changing as older programs initiated by Trungpa Rinpoche were replaced with shorter, more accessible programs. The Sakyong also stopped teaching the Kagyu teachings of his Father, which he held and had offered through the 1990's. |
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{{blockquote|...some of these women have shared experiences of feeling harmed as a result of these relationships. I am now making a public apology. In addition, I would like you to know that over the years, I have apologized personally to people who have expressed feeling harmed by my conduct, including some of those who have recently shared their stories. I have also engaged in mediation and healing practices with those who have felt harmed. Thus I have been, and will continue to be, committed to healing these wounds."<ref name="Apology letter June 25, 2018">{{cite web |last1=RInpoche |first1=Sakyong Mipham |title=Letter to the Community |url=https://shambhala.report/r/a-message-from-sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-2/ |website=Shambhala.report |access-date=July 2, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Biddlecombe |first1=Wendy Joan |title=Shambhala head Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche accused of sexual abuse in new report |url=https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-sexual-abuse/ |website=Tricycle |access-date=11 July 2018 |date=28 June 2018}}</ref>}} |
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In July 2018, Naropa Institute removed Sakyong Mipham from their board following the allegations of [[sexual misconduct]].<ref name="Boulder Daily Camera 2018">{{cite news |title=Boulder's Naropa University removes Shambhala International leader from its board |website=Boulder Daily Camera |date=2018-07-06 |url=http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_31992200/naropa-university-removes-shambhala-international-leader-board |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> |
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In August 2018, Buddhist Project Sunshine released another report containing further allegations against Sakyong Mipham that included [[Pedophilia|sexual encounters with minors]],<ref name="BPS report #3">{{cite web |first1=Andrea M. |last1=Winn |first2=Carol |last2=Merchasin |url=http://andreamwinn.com/project_sunshine/Buddhist_Project_Sunshine_Phase_3_Final_Report.pdf |date=2018-08-23 |title=Buddhist Project Sunshine Phase 3 Final Report; The nail: Bringing things to a clear point |website=andreamwinn.com |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="Agsar 2018">{{cite web |last=Agsar |first=Wendy Joan Biddlecombe |title=Report Reveals New Sexual Assault Allegations Against Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche |website=Tricycle: The Buddhist Review |date=2018-08-23 |url=https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/shambhala-sex/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> a charge that the Sakyong has denied.<ref name="CBC 2018-08-23">{{cite news |first=Brett |last=Bundale |title=Buddhist leader accused of sexual misconduct denies new allegations |publisher=[[CBC News]] |website=CBC |date=2018-08-23 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/allegations-sexual-misconduct-shambhala-sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-1.4796223 |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> In December 2018, the [[Larimer County, Colorado]] Sheriff's Office opened an investigation of the allegations of sexual assault,<ref name="ThinkProgress 2018-12-09">{{cite news |first=Joshua |last=Eaton |title=Colorado police investigating alleged sexual assaults by Buddhist leaders |website=ThinkProgress |date=2018-12-09 |url=https://thinkprogress.org/colorado-police-investigating-alleged-sexual-assaults-by-buddhist-leaders-d5374c4f702d/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="The Denver Post 2018-12-12">{{cite news |first=Jackson |last=Barnett |title=Larimer County sheriff investigating "possible criminal activity" at Shambhala Mountain Center |website=The Denver Post |date=2018-12-12 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/12/12/shambhala-mountain-center-investigation/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> and the investigation was closed in February 2020, with no charges being filed.<ref name ="The Denver Post 2020/02/18">{{cite news |first=Carina |last=Julig |title=Larimer County Closes Investigation into Shambhala Mountain Center |website=The Denver Post |date=2020-02-18 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/02/18/larimer-county-sheriffs-office-closes-investigation-into-shambhala-mountain-center/|access-date=2021-03-20}}</ref> |
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In 2009 the Sakyong sent a letter to the community providing guidelines and restrictions on inviting teachers from other lineages to teach at Shambhala Centers. This, he said, was to help us 'know who we are' as a community. Students saw this as another change from how his father had done things, and was therefore suspect. |
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In February 2019, Shambhala International's interim governing council issued a report by Wickwire Holm, a Canadian law firm, that detailed two credible allegations of sexual misconduct against Sakyong Mipham.<ref name="2-3-19-WH-Report-Final-Package">{{cite web |author=Shambhala Interim Board |title=Report to the Community on the Wickwire Holm Claims Investigation into Allegations of Sexual Misconduct |website=Document cloud |date=2019-02-03 |url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5720340-Wickwire-Holm-report-on-Shambhala.html |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="The Denver Post 2019-02-03">{{cite news |first=Jackson |last=Barnett |title=Shambhala report details sexual misconduct from Buddhist leader Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche |website=The Denver Post |date=2019-02-03 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/02/03/shambhala-sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-sexual-misconduct/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="CBC 2019-02-04">{{cite web |first=Brett |last=Bundale |title=Report finds 'sexual misconduct' by leader of Buddhist group |publisher=CBC News |website=CBC |date=2019-02-04 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sexual-misconduct-claims-buddhist-church-1.5004557 |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> Later that month, six members of his Kusung, the Shambhala body protectors, wrote an open letter corroborating a pattern of physical and sexual misconduct and other concerns.<ref name="An Open Letter & Statements 16 Feb 2019">{{cite web |author=Long-Serving Kusung |title=An Open Letter to the Shambhala Community |website=drive.google.com |date=2019-02-16 |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W3fN12nEY-l0U2yejz3O4vcqaCMfusIa/view |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="Halifax Examiner 2019">{{cite news |first=Tim |last=Bousquet |title=Six former members of the Shambhala inner circle write an open letter detailing physical, sexual, and psychological abuse at the hands of Mipham Mukpo |website=Halifax Examiner |date=2019-02-19 |url=https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/six-former-members-of-the-shambhala-inner-circle-write-an-open-letter-detailing-physical-sexual-and-psychological-abuse-at-the-hands-of-mipham-mukpo/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> Sakyong Mipham subsequently stated that he would cease teaching for the "foreseeable future".<ref name="Estevan Mercury">{{cite web |title=Shambhala Buddhist leader drops teaching in wake of report on sexual misconduct |date=2019-02-21 |website=Estevan Mercury |url=https://www.estevanmercury.ca/shambhala-buddhist-leader-drops-teaching-in-wake-of-report-on-sexual-misconduct-1.23641582 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225044842/https://www.estevanmercury.ca/shambhala-buddhist-leader-drops-teaching-in-wake-of-report-on-sexual-misconduct-1.23641582|archive-date=2019-02-25}}</ref> |
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In response, older students began to migrate to other teachers who were teaching the Kagyu practices of his father. Many resented the direction he took the organization. By the time of #MeToo, older students had decided clearly that they were following the Shambhala Vajrayana, or had found other teachers. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Cote |first1=Benoit |title=Twenty Years of Ruling and Teaching |url=https://shambhalatimes.org/2011/03/03/twenty-years-of-ruling-and-teaching-part-four-blossoming/ |website=Shambhala Times |publisher=Shambhala |access-date=07/02/2023}}</ref> |
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In February 2018, Buddhist Project Sunshine, an organization founded as a survivors' network for former Shambhala members,<ref name="http://andreamwinn.com/offerings">{{cite web |title=Buddhist Project Sunshine |website=andreamwinn.com |url=http://andreamwinn.com/offerings/bps-welcome-page/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> reported multiple allegations of sexual assault within the Shambhala community.<ref name="BPS report #1">{{cite web |first=Andrea M. |last=Winn |url=http://www.andreamwinn.com/pdfs/Project_Sunshine_Final_Report.pdf |title=Project Sunshine: Final Report, February 27, 2017 –February 15, 2018 |website=andreamwinn.com |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> In June 2018, Buddhist Project Sunshine issued a second report detailing sexual misconduct by Sakyong Mipham that occurred as recently as 2011 and claimed that those within Shambhala International had concealed the misdeeds.<ref name="BPS report #2">{{cite web |first=Andrea M. |last=Winn |others=et al|url=http://andreamwinn.com/project_sunshine/Buddhist_Project_Sunshine_Phase_2_Final_Report.pdf |date=2018-06-28 |title=Buddhist Project Sunshine Phase 2 Final Report |website=andreamwinn.com |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times 2018"/> In response, Sakyong Mipham stepped aside from his leadership role and the Shambhala governing council resigned.<ref name="cbc 2018-07-09"/><ref name="Connor 2018">{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=O'Connor |title=Vermont Buddhists face their own MeToo moment |website=VTDigger |date=2018-10-08 |url=https://vtdigger.org/2018/10/08/vermont-buddhists-face-metoo-moment/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> Sakyong Mipham also issued a statement saying "...that some of these women have shared experiences of feeling harmed as a result of these relationships. I am now making a public apology."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Biddlecombe |first1=Wendy Joan |title=Shambhala head Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche accused of sexual abuse in new report |url=https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-sexual-abuse/ |website=Tricycle |access-date=11 July 2018 |date=28 June 2018}}</ref> In July 2018, Naropa Institute removed him from their board following the allegations of sexual misconduct.<ref name="Boulder Daily Camera 2018">{{cite news |title=Boulder's Naropa University removes Shambhala International leader from its board |website=Boulder Daily Camera |date=2018-07-06 |url=http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_31992200/naropa-university-removes-shambhala-international-leader-board |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> |
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He returned to teaching in March 2020, leading a pilgrimage to [[Nepal]] and instructing a group of 108 students.<ref name="Shambhala Report">{{cite web |title=Rigden Nepal Pilgrimage March 8-15, 2020 |date=2020-04-16 |website=Shambhala Report |url=https://shambhala.report/r/rigden-nepal-pilgrimage-march-8-15-2020/}}</ref> In September 2020, [[The Walrus]] published an investigative report detailing a [[Sexual abuse|culture of abuse]] dating back to early days of the Shambhala Buddhist organization, with all three leaders of the organization, including its founder, Chögyam Trungpa, having been credibly accused of sexual misconduct and [[abuse of power]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-28|title=Survivors of an International Buddhist Cult Share Their Stories {{!}} The Walrus|url=https://thewalrus.ca/survivors-of-an-international-buddhist-cult-share-their-stories/|access-date=2022-02-08|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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In August 2018, Buddhist Project Sunshine released another report containing further allegations against Sakyong Mipham that included sexual encounters with minors,<ref name="BPS report #3">{{cite web |first1=Andrea M. |last1=Winn |first2=Carol |last2=Merchasin |url=http://andreamwinn.com/project_sunshine/Buddhist_Project_Sunshine_Phase_3_Final_Report.pdf |date=2018-08-23 |title=Buddhist Project Sunshine Phase 3 Final Report; The nail: Bringing things to a clear point |website=andreamwinn.com |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="Agsar 2018">{{cite web |last=Agsar |first=Wendy Joan Biddlecombe |title=Report Reveals New Sexual Assault Allegations Against Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche |website=Tricycle: The Buddhist Review |date=2018-08-23 |url=https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/shambhala-sex/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> a charge that the Sakyong has denied.<ref name="CBC 2018-08-23">{{cite news |first=Brett |last=Bundale |title=Buddhist leader accused of sexual misconduct denies new allegations |publisher=[[CBC News]] |website=CBC |date=2018-08-23 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/allegations-sexual-misconduct-shambhala-sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-1.4796223 |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> In December 2018, the [[Larimer County, Colorado]] Sheriff's Office opened an investigation of the allegations of sexual assault.<ref name="ThinkProgress 2018-12-09">{{cite news |first=Joshua |last=Eaton |title=Colorado police investigating alleged sexual assaults by Buddhist leaders |website=ThinkProgress |date=2018-12-09 |url=https://thinkprogress.org/colorado-police-investigating-alleged-sexual-assaults-by-buddhist-leaders-d5374c4f702d/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="The Denver Post 2018-12-12">{{cite news |first=Jackson |last=Barnett |title=Larimer County sheriff investigating "possible criminal activity" at Shambhala Mountain Center |website=The Denver Post |date=2018-12-12 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/12/12/shambhala-mountain-center-investigation/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> The investigation was closed in February 2020, and no charges were filed.<ref name ="The Denver Post 2020/02/18">{{cite news |first=Carina |last=Julig |title=Larimer County Closes Investigation into Shambhala Mountain Center |website=The Denver Post |date=2020-02-18 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/02/18/larimer-county-sheriffs-office-closes-investigation-into-shambhala-mountain-center/|access-date=2021-03-20}}</ref> |
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In February 2019, Shambhala International's interim governing council issued a report by Wickwire Holm, a Canadian law firm, that detailed two credible allegations of sexual misconduct against Sakyong Mipham.<ref name="2-3-19-WH-Report-Final-Package">{{cite web |author=Shambhala Interim Board |title=Report to the Community on the Wickwire Holm Claims Investigation into Allegations of Sexual Misconduct |website=Document cloud |date=2019-02-03 |url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5720340-Wickwire-Holm-report-on-Shambhala.html |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="The Denver Post 2019-02-03">{{cite news |first=Jackson |last=Barnett |title=Shambhala report details sexual misconduct from Buddhist leader Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche |website=The Denver Post |date=2019-02-03 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/02/03/shambhala-sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-sexual-misconduct/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="CBC 2019-02-04">{{cite web |first=Brett |last=Bundale |title=Report finds 'sexual misconduct' by leader of Buddhist group |publisher=CBC News |website=CBC |date=2019-02-04 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sexual-misconduct-claims-buddhist-church-1.5004557 |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> Later that month, six members of his Kusung (body protectors) wrote an open letter corroborating a pattern of physical and sexual misconduct and other concerns.<ref name="An Open Letter & Statements 16 Feb 2019">{{cite web |author=Long-Serving Kusung |title=An Open Letter to the Shambhala Community |website=drive.google.com |date=2019-02-16 |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W3fN12nEY-l0U2yejz3O4vcqaCMfusIa/view |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="Halifax Examiner 2019">{{cite news |first=Tim |last=Bousquet |title=Six former members of the Shambhala inner circle write an open letter detailing physical, sexual, and psychological abuse at the hands of Mipham Mukpo |website=Halifax Examiner |date=2019-02-19 |url=https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/six-former-members-of-the-shambhala-inner-circle-write-an-open-letter-detailing-physical-sexual-and-psychological-abuse-at-the-hands-of-mipham-mukpo/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> Sakyong Mipham subsequently stated that he would cease teaching for the "foreseeable future".<ref name="Estevan Mercury">{{cite web |title=Shambhala Buddhist leader drops teaching in wake of report on sexual misconduct |date=2019-02-21 |website=Estevan Mercury |url=https://www.estevanmercury.ca/shambhala-buddhist-leader-drops-teaching-in-wake-of-report-on-sexual-misconduct-1.23641582 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225044842/https://www.estevanmercury.ca/shambhala-buddhist-leader-drops-teaching-in-wake-of-report-on-sexual-misconduct-1.23641582|archive-date=2019-02-25}}</ref> He returned to teaching in March, 2020, instructing a group of 108 students in Nepal.<ref name="Shambhala Report">{{cite web |title=Rigden Nepal Pilgrimage March 8-15, 2020 |date=2020-04-16 |website=Shambhala Report |url=https://shambhala.report/r/rigden-nepal-pilgrimage-march-8-15-2020/}}</ref> In September 2020, [[The Walrus]] published an investigative report detailing a culture of abuse dating back to early days of the [[Shambhala Buddhism|Shambhala Buddhist]] organization, with all three leaders of the organization, including its founder, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, having been credibly accused of sexual misconduct and abuse of power.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-28|title=Survivors of an International Buddhist Cult Share Their Stories {{!}} The Walrus|url=https://thewalrus.ca/survivors-of-an-international-buddhist-cult-share-their-stories/|access-date=2022-02-08|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Lineage of Sakyongs == |
== Lineage of Sakyongs == |
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The Lineage of Sakyongs is the Mukpo family lineage of [[Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche]]. The Sakyong is the second in the family to hold this title and has the responsibility of propagating the teachings of Shambhala. This tradition emphasizes confidence in the basic goodness of all beings and teaches courageous self-rulership based on wisdom and compassion. The term "Sakyong" literally means "earth-protector" in Tibetan. Sakyongs are regarded as ''[[chögyal]]s'' ([[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] ''dharmarajas'') – "kings of truth" or "Dharma Kings" – who combine the spiritual and worldly paths. This Shambhala path is specifically meant for lay practitioners. |
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The Lineage of Sakyongs is the Mukpo family lineage of [[Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche]]. The [[Sakyong]] is the second in the family to hold this title and has the responsibility of propagating the teachings of [[Shambhala Buddhism|Shambhala]]. This tradition emphasizes confidence in the basic goodness of all beings and teaches courageous self-rulership based on wisdom and compassion. The term "Sakyong" literally means "earth-protector" in Tibetan. Sakyongs are regarded as ''[[chögyal]]s'' ([[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] ''dharmarajas'') – "kings of truth" or "Dharma Kings" – who combine the spiritual and worldly paths. This Shambhala path is specifically meant for lay practitioners. |
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In Tibetan Buddhism, the first Dharmaraja of Shambhala, [[Dawa Sangpo]], was said to have been empowered directly by the Buddha. Dawa Sangpo recognized that he could not give up his throne and responsibilities in order to pursue the path of a monastic. Thus, he requested teachings that could allow him to continue to rule his kingdom, while practicing the dharma. |
In Tibetan Buddhism, the first Dharmaraja of Shambhala, [[Dawa Sangpo]], was said to have been empowered directly by the Buddha. Dawa Sangpo recognized that he could not give up his throne and responsibilities in order to pursue the path of a monastic. Thus, he requested teachings that could allow him to continue to rule his kingdom, while practicing the dharma. |
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The Blazing Jewel of Sovereignty is the ritual empowerment for the Sakyong. |
The Blazing Jewel of Sovereignty is the ritual empowerment for the Sakyong. |
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Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche was the first in this lineage of Sakyongs to receive this empowerment. He is referred to as the "Druk Sakyong", or "Dragon Earth-Protector". He received this ritual empowerment from |
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche was the first in this lineage of Sakyongs to receive this empowerment. He is referred to as the "Druk Sakyong", or "Dragon Earth-Protector". He received this ritual empowerment from [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] in Boulder, Colorado {{Citation needed|date=February 2024|reason=Citation and date needed}}. |
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Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche was first empowered as "Sawang" by his father, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1979. The empowerment of the Blazing Jewel of Sovereignty was conferred upon him by his teacher Penor Rinpoche in May 1995<ref>{{cite news |title=Sakyong Enthronement |url=https://www.shambhala.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/31.pdf | |
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche was first empowered as "Sawang" by his father, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1979. The empowerment of the Blazing Jewel of Sovereignty was conferred upon him by his teacher Penor Rinpoche in May 1995<ref>{{cite news |title=Sakyong Enthronement |url=https://www.shambhala.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/31.pdf |volume=10|issue=3 |publisher=Snow Lion Publications |date=1995}}</ref> |
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In April 2023, this empowerment was bestowed upon Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche's eldest daughter, Jetsun Drukmo Rinpoche, who will succeed him as lineage heir. |
In April 2023, this empowerment was bestowed upon Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche's eldest daughter, Jetsun Drukmo Rinpoche, who will succeed him as lineage heir. |
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[[File:Khandro Tseyang.jpg|thumb|Sakyong Mipham's wife Khandro Tseyang. ([[:Image:Khandro Tseyang.jpg|Credits]]) ]] |
[[File:Khandro Tseyang.jpg|thumb|Sakyong Mipham's wife Khandro Tseyang. ([[:Image:Khandro Tseyang.jpg|Credits]]) ]] |
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==Family== |
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=== Sakyong Wangmo and family === |
=== Sakyong Wangmo and family === |
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The [[wikt:consort|consort]] of the Sakyong is referred to as the Sakyong Wangmo. The current Sakyong Wangmo is Sakyong Mipham's wife Khandro Tseyang Ripa Mukpo, the daughter of [[Terton]] Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche. The Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo were married in a public ceremony on 10 June 2006 in [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax, Nova Scotia]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Armstrong|first1=Jane|title=Heaven and Halifax at Buddhist "royal wedding"|url=http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=66,2794,0,0,1,0#.U9g8roBdVAs|access-date=30 July 2014|work=The Globe and Mail|date=3 June 2006}}</ref> Khandro Tseyang was officially empowered as Sakyong Wangmo by Penor Rinpoche at a ceremony in Halifax in August 2008.<ref name="Sakyong Wangmo Dot">{{cite journal|last1=Bodley|first1=Laurie|title=The Sakyong Wangmo empowerment|journal=The Dot|date=Winter 2008–2009|volume=6|issue=3|pages=1, 6–7|url=http://www.shambhala.org/dot/pdf/vol6-no3.pdf|access-date=30 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406100119/http://shambhala.org/dot/pdf/vol6-no3.pdf|archive-date=6 April 2013}}</ref> The Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo have three daughters. The first, Drukmo Yeshe Sarasvati Ziji Mukpo (Lady Dragon Wisdom), was born on 11 August 2010. The second, Jetsun Yudra Lhamo Yangchen Ziji Mukpo, was born 12 March 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brooks Arenburg|first1=Patricia|title=Halifax's Shambhala royal family welcomes second child|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1000347-halifax-s-shambhala-royal-family-welcomes-second-child|access-date=30 July 2014|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=13 March 2013}}</ref> The third, Dzedrön Ökar Yangchen Ziji Mukpo, was born on 10 April 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Watters|first1=Haydn|title=Shambhala Buddhist community's queen gives birth in Halifax|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/shambhala-buddhist-community-s-queen-gives-birth-in-halifax-1.3030421|access-date=18 April 2015|agency=CBC News Nova Scotia|date=13 April 2015}}</ref> |
The [[wikt:consort|consort]] of the Sakyong is referred to as the Sakyong Wangmo. The current Sakyong Wangmo is Sakyong Mipham's wife Khandro Tseyang Ripa Mukpo, the daughter of [[Terton]] Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche. The Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo were married in a public ceremony on 10 June 2006 in [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax, Nova Scotia]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Armstrong|first1=Jane|title=Heaven and Halifax at Buddhist "royal wedding"|url=http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=66,2794,0,0,1,0#.U9g8roBdVAs|access-date=30 July 2014|work=The Globe and Mail|date=3 June 2006}}</ref> Khandro Tseyang was officially empowered as Sakyong Wangmo by Penor Rinpoche at a ceremony in Halifax in August 2008.<ref name="Sakyong Wangmo Dot">{{cite journal|last1=Bodley|first1=Laurie|title=The Sakyong Wangmo empowerment|journal=The Dot|date=Winter 2008–2009|volume=6|issue=3|pages=1, 6–7|url=http://www.shambhala.org/dot/pdf/vol6-no3.pdf|access-date=30 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406100119/http://shambhala.org/dot/pdf/vol6-no3.pdf|archive-date=6 April 2013}}</ref> The Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo have three daughters. The first, Drukmo Yeshe Sarasvati Ziji Mukpo (Lady Dragon Wisdom), was born on 11 August 2010. The second, Jetsun Yudra Lhamo Yangchen Ziji Mukpo, was born 12 March 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brooks Arenburg|first1=Patricia|title=Halifax's Shambhala royal family welcomes second child|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1000347-halifax-s-shambhala-royal-family-welcomes-second-child|access-date=30 July 2014|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=13 March 2013}}</ref> The third, Dzedrön Ökar Yangchen Ziji Mukpo, was born on 10 April 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Watters|first1=Haydn|title=Shambhala Buddhist community's queen gives birth in Halifax|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/shambhala-buddhist-community-s-queen-gives-birth-in-halifax-1.3030421|access-date=18 April 2015|agency=CBC News Nova Scotia|date=13 April 2015}}</ref> |
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=== Books === |
=== Books === |
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* ''Garuda: 108 Poems'', Kalapa Publications, 2019 |
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* ''The Lost Art of Good Conversation'', Harmony Books, 2017, {{ISBN|9780451499431}} |
* ''The Lost Art of Good Conversation'', Harmony Books, 2017, {{ISBN|9780451499431}} |
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* ''The Vow: Illuminating the Sun and Moon'', Dragon, Shambhala Media, 2014 |
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* ''The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure'', Harmony Books, 2013, {{ISBN|0770437435}} |
* ''The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure'', Harmony Books, 2013, {{ISBN|0770437435}} |
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* ''The Supreme Thought: Bodhichitta and the Enlightened Society Vow'', Dragon, Shambhala Media, 2013, {{ISBN|9781550550542}} |
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* ''Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind'', Harmony Books, 2012, {{ISBN|0307888169}} |
* ''Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind'', Harmony Books, 2012, {{ISBN|0307888169}} |
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* ''Treatise on Enlightened Society'', Dragon, Shambhala Media, 2012, {{ASIN| B082891BNL}} |
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* ''Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies for Modern Life'', Morgan Road Books, 2005, {{ISBN|0-7679-2065-1}} |
* ''Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies for Modern Life'', Morgan Road Books, 2005, {{ISBN|0-7679-2065-1}} |
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* ''Snow Lion's Delight: 108 Poems'', Vajradhatu Books, 2005, {{ISBN|9781550550221}} |
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* ''Turning the Mind into an Ally'', Riverhead Books, 2004, {{ISBN|1-57322-345-X}} |
* ''Turning the Mind into an Ally'', Riverhead Books, 2004, {{ISBN|1-57322-345-X}} |
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* ''Taming the Mind and Walking the Bodhisattva Path'', Vajradhatu Publications, 1999, {{ASIN|B000JI0B9S}} |
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* ''Smile of the Tiger'', Vajradhatu Books, 1998, {{ISBN|978-1550550115}} |
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=== Articles === |
=== Articles === |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Mahayana-Motivation/ Mahayana Motivation] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', February 2, 2018. |
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* [http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2996&Itemid=247 It's All in the Mind] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', November 2006. |
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* [https://tricycle.org/article/sakyong-mipham-conversation/ Why We Must Practice the Art of Good Communication] in ''[[Tricycle Magazine]]'', January 16, 2018. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/The-path-through-obstacles/The Path Through Obstacles] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', November 6, 2017. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Slow-down-you-move-too-fast/ Slow Down You Move too Fast] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', August 20, 2017. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/How-to-practice-mindfulness/ How to Practice Mindfulness] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', July 28, 2017. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/the-myth-of-permanence/ The Myth of Permanence] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', June 13, 2017. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Just-Leap/ Just Leap] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', June 10, 2017. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Ut's-Not-Us-and-them/ It's Not Us and Them] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', June 3, 2017. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Shamatha-Meditation:-Training-the-mind/ Shamatha Meditation: Training the Mind] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', April 17, 2017. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/going-at-our-own-pace-on-the-path-of-meditation/ Going at Our Own Pace on the Path of Meditation] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', March 29, 2017. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Confined-by-Cowardice/ Confined by Cowardice] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', March 29, 2017. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/True-Listening/ True Listening] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', October 14, 2016. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Deep-Seeing/ Deep Seeing] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', September 2, 2016. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Running-into-meditation/ Running Into Meditation] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', August 23, 2016 . |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/a-simple-sense-of-delight/ A Simple Sense of Delight] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', June 3, 2016. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Let-it-shine/ Let it Shine] in ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', .May 25, 2016 |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Obstacles-on-the-Path/ Obstacles on the Path] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', July 13, 2014. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Let-Your-Confidence-Shine/ Let Your Confidence Shine] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'',June 30, 2014. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Who-are-we-really?/ Who Are We, Really?] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', May 1, 2014. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/the-great-vow/ The Great Vow] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', September 1, 2013. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/the-great-reversal/ The Great Reversal] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', July 1, 2013. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Are-we-basically-good/ Are We Basically Good] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', May 5, 2013. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/the-supreme-thought/ The Supreme Thought] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', March 7, 2013. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/We-Need-to-be-warriors/ We Need to be Warriors] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', November 15, 2012. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/The-power-of-self-reflection/ The Power of Self-Reflection] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', May 9, 2012. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Stop-relax-wake-up-March-2012/ Stop, Relax, Wake Up] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', January 19, 2012. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/joined-at-the-heart/ Joined at the Heart] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'',November 29, 2011. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/In-Sync/ In Sync] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', August 2, 2011. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Sunny-side-up/ Sunny Side Up] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', May 24, 2011. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/love-and-emptiness/ Love and Emptiness] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', November 17, 2010. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Lost/ Lost] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', September 1, 2010. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/what-turns-the-wheel/ What Turns the Wheel] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', July 19, 2010. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/time-to-be-pragmatic/ Time to be Pragmatic] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', May 1, 2010. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/how-to-be-a-peacemaker/ How to be a Peacemaker] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', March 1, 2010. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/peace-in-the-fast-lane/ Peace in the Fast Lane] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', January 1, 2010. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/ready-steady-go/ Ready, Steady, Go] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', September 1, 2009. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/the-jewel-you-carry-with-you/ The Jewel You Carry with You.] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', May 1, 2009. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/how-will-I-use-this-day/ How Will I Use This Day?] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', February 1, 2009. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/contemplating-compassion/ Contemplating Compassion] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', July 1, 2008. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/there's-no-I-in-happy/ There's No "I" in Happy] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', March 1, 2007. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/from-seed-to-bloom/ From Seed to Bloom] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', January 1, 2007. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/its-all-in-your-mind/ It's All in the Mind] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', November 2006. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/good-mind/ Good Mind] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', September 1, 2006. |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/the-wish-fulfilling-jewel/ The Wish Fulfilling Jewel] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', July 1, 2006 |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/the-mind-of-the-dragon-and-the-power-of-non-self/ The Mind of the Dragon and the Power of Non-Self] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', November 1, 2005 |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/a-reign-of-goodness/ A Reign of Goodness] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', September 1, 2005 |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/no-real-winners/ No Real Winners] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', July 1, 2005 |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/waves-of-compassion/ Waves of Compassion] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', May 1, 2005 |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/No-complaints/ No Complaints] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', November 1, 2004 |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Harness-the-wind/ Harness the Wind] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', September 1, 2004 |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Make-Your-Decisions-for-others/ Make your Decisions for Others] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', July 1, 2004 |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/Seeing-Wisdom-As-the-essence-of-phenomena/ Seeing Wisdom as the Essence of Phenomena] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', May 1, 2004 |
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* [https://www.lionsroar.com/End-Blame/ End Blame] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', March 1, 2004 |
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| Title | Sakyong |
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| Born | Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo November 1962, on the 15th day (Full moon) of the tenth lunar month |
| Nationality | Tibetan–American |
| Spouse | Semo Tseyang Palmo Mukpo, nee Ripa, Dechen Choying Sangmo |
| Children | 3 daughters: Jetsun Drukmo Yeshe Sarasvati Ziji Mukpo, Jetsun Yudra Lhamo Yangchen Ziji Mukpo, Jetsun Dzedrön Ökar Yangchen Ziji Mukpo |
| Occupation | Author |
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| Religion | Shambhala Training |
| Lineage | Sakyong Lineage, Kagyü and Nyingma |
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| Teacher | Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Penor Rinpoche (Pema Norbu Rinpoche), Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche |
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Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, Jampal Trinley Dradül, born Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo (November 1962), is a Tibetan Buddhist master and holder of the Sakyong Lineage of Mukpodong, his family lineage. The Sakyong was recognized by Penor Rinpoche in 1995 as the tülku (reincarnation) of Ju Mipham Gyatso, the renown Rimé teacher of the late 19th century who stated he would only be reborn in the legendary Kingdom of Shambhala.
Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo is the eldest son of Chögyam Trungpa and of Konchok Peldron (1931–2019), a Tibetan bhikṣuṇī (nun) that in 1959 joined Trungpa's group while they escaped from Tibet. He was born in 1962 in Bodh Gaya, India, where Konchok Peldron lived.[1][2] In 1969, he was sent to Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland where his father lived, and then was brought to North America in 1972, where he lived with his father and stepmother Diana Pybus Mukpo.[2] His mother moved to the renown Tibetan refugee colony and Buddhist center at Bir, India.[1]
In 1979, the Sakyong was chosen by Trungpa as his heir of the Shambala lineage, and he was conferred with the title of Sawang (Wyl. sa dbang, "Lord of the Earth").[2] His mother Lady Konchok Peldron in 1992 joined with the Shambhala organization at Karmê Chöling in Vermont, then moved to Boulder, Colorado.[1]
Upon Trungpa's death, the leadership of Vajradhatu was first carried on by his American disciple, appointed Vajra Regent and Dharma heir, Ösel Tendzin (Thomas Rich). By 1990, after the death of Tendzin, Sakyong Mipham assumed control of Vajradhatu and Shambhala.[2] Then in 1995 as he was recognized as the tulku of Ju Mipham Gyatso by the 3rd Pema Norbu Rinpoche, Penor Rinpoche also conferred his title as Sakyong (Wyl. sa skyong, "Protector of the Earth"). By 2000, both the Vajradhatu and Shambhala organizations were joined under the umbrella organization of Shambhala International.[2] The Sakyong led Shambhala International, a worldwide network of Buddhist meditation centers, retreat centers, a monastery, and other enterprises.
In July 2018, and after more than two decades, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche agreed to temporarily step back from his administrative and teaching duties to allow space for an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.[3] He resumed teaching in late 2019. He stepped aside from the Shambhala organization in February 2022 after an impasse in which the Shambhala Board of Directors could not agree with the Sakyong Potrang—the organization representing the Sakyong—on a way forward together. The Sakyong moved to Nepal where he teaches his international sangha, and during most weekends he offers online teachings.[4]
Biography
[edit]Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche was born Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo in Bodh Gaya, India on the 15th day (full moon) of the 10th Lunar month, in November 1962 although his mother was not certain of the exact Western date.[5][6] His father, Chögyam Trungpa, was a Buddhist monk who escaped from Tibet in 1959, at age 20. His mother, Könchok Paldrön, was a nun who met Trungpa in 1959, in Tibet, and was among those who escaped with him to India.[7] For several years, Mukpo lived with his mother Konchuk Peldron in Bir, India, a Tibetan refugee colony in northwest India.[7][8] His father left India in early 1963 to study at Oxford University.[8]
At the age of seven, he went to live with his father at Samye Ling in Scotland.[7] Ösel was left at Samye Ling in the care of Akong Tulku Rinpoche when his father moved to North America in 1970. Later that year when Akong travelled to India, he left the boy in the care of Christopher and Pamela Woodman.[7][8] Diana Mukpo returned to retrieve the boy from the couple who were caring for him near Samye Ling but they refused to surrender him. British Social Services took custody of young Ösel and he was moved to Pestalozzi Village, a boarding school in East Sussex for displaced children of war conflicts, established before WWII.[9] He resided there until Social Services could conduct a home inspection in the U.S.[8] Young Ösel was released to his father's custody in 1972 after more than two years of separation in Britain.[5][8]
Ösel Mukpo has five half brothers : Two younger half-brothers by his father and Diana Mukpo, Gesar Mukpo and Tagtrug "Taggie" Mukpo; a half-brother, Gyurme Dorje Onchen, by his mother Lady Konchuk Paldron and her husband Lama Pema Gyaltson; and two younger step-brothers Ashoka Mukpo and David Mukpo, sons of Diana Mukpo and Mitchell Levy.[7]
In 1979, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche performed a ceremony officially investing his son Ösel Rangdröl with the title of Sawang ("Earth Lord"). This confirmed Ösel as his Shambhala heir and the future Sakyong.[5]: 204 After his father's death in 1987, the Sawang began his studies with Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, in Nepal which continued until the Mahasiddah's death. At that time and at the instruction of Khyentse Rinpoche, Mukpo began his studies with Pema Norbu Rinpoche(Penor Rinpoche) in India where he attended Shedra at Namdrolling Monastery and continued to oversee the Vajradhatu community. The young Sakyong spent six months each year in the east in his studies, and six months in the west relating to the sangha.
When Trungpa Rinpoche's Regent Ösel Tendzin died in 1990, the 27-year-old Sawang was acknowledged by Jamgön Kongtrül Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche as Trungpa's successor in the Kagyu, Nyingma and Shambhala lineages and head of the Vajradhatu organization.[5]: 410–411 Upon discovering that Trungpa Rinpoche had given the boy the name Mipham Lhaga, Penor Rinpoche recognized Mukpo as the tulku of Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso, Mipham the Great,[5]: 413 and in May 1995 he was formally enthroned by Penor Rinpoche as Sakyong. Since then, he has been known by the title of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
After assuming the leadership of Vajradhatu in 1990, the Sakyong completed his training under the guidance of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and Penor Rinpoche. As he took his seat as Chödak [(Tib. ཆོས་བདག, Wyl. chos bdag), or custodian of a terma cycle] and holder of the Shambhala Terma cycle of his father, the Sakyong began moving the sangha to practice this cycle of teachings. He began by talking about the singularity of the Shambhala teachings and Buddhism, which had previously been taught separately. Shambhala Training had often been referred to as a "secular" path.
In 2002 the Sakyong began running. His first marathon was Toronto in 2003.[10] He trained and ran in nine marathons, including Big Sur, Chicago, and the New York and Boston Marathons in 2005[11][12]
In 2005 the Sakyong met and married Semo Tseyang Palmo Ripa, daughter of the Tibetan Buddhist Terton Namkha Drimed Rabjam Ripa Rinpoche, a Nyingma master and holder of the Ripa family lineage,[13] who is also seen as the manifestation of Atara Sale.
They first met when Penor Rinpoche invited the Gesar Lingdro dancers to perform at Namdroling monastery where the Sakyong was studying. The Sakyong's mother, Konchuk Peldron also knew the Ripa family, and had close ties to the bride's paternal uncle, though the Sakyong did not meet them until this time.[14]
In late 2008 and early 2009 the Sakyong received the Rinchen Terdzo, or the complete cycle of terma teachings of the Nyingma school of Buddhism from Namkha Drimed Rinpoche in Orissa, India.[15] This cycle of teachings had been given to Namkha Drimed Rinpoche by the Sakyong's father, Chogyam Trungpa in Tibet.
In 2009 he began teaching the Scorpion Seal terma, the highest teachings of the Shambhala lineage to more than two thousand students.[16] For the next several years he taught extensively on these deep teachings at the four Shambhala retreat centers, Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado, Karme Choling, in Vermont, Dorje Denma Ling, in Nova Scotia, and Dechen Choling, in France. He continued to write and teach on this terma cycle until the summer of 2018.
In 2010 his first daughter, Jetsun Drukmo Yeshe Sarasvati Ziji Mukpo was born. The birth of their first child was also a year of deep retreat and writing for the Sakyong. The Sakyong's father had died at the age of 47, and so he marked this milestone by going into retreat in Nepal.
While on retreat he wrote volumes of practices and commentaries on the Buddhadharma and the Shambhala teachings of his father.[17] The Sakyong came out of retreat to teach, including giving an empowerment at Shambhala Mountain Center in the summer of 2010, and then returned to teaching full time in 2012.[18] Namkha Drimed Rinpoche also bestowed the Nyingma Kama empowerments on the Sakyong, which represent the oral transmission the Nyingma received from India from the time of their arrival in Tibet.
The Sakyong received the Gongter, or Mind Terma[19] of the Terton, Namkha Drimed Rinpoche in the fall of 2015.[20] This Gongter of Gesar of Ling teachings is the largest terma cycle of Gesar in the world.
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche has written several books, including the national bestseller Turning the Mind into an Ally, Ruling Your World, Running with the Mind of Meditation, and The Shambhala Principle and The Lost Art of Conversation. His most recent book Garuda 108 Poems, was released in 2019. In 2018, he temporarily stepped back from all teaching and administrative duties to allow for an investigation and public discussion of his alleged sexual misconduct.[21] He resumed teaching with a small group of students in the Netherlands late in 2019, and then in March 2020, instructing a group of 108 students in Nepal.[22] His teachings have continued regularly in person and online since then.[23]
Shift in Shambhala
[edit]In 2000, the Sakyong began talking about Shambhala Buddhism as a single entity and path, with no separation between spiritual and secular. In 2004 at Vajrayana seminary at Shambhala Mountain Center, the Sakyong received and introduced the Primordial Rigden Ngondro, titled the Magical Heart of Shambhala. The following year, he held the first Rigden Abhisheka, an empowerment to practice the Vajrayana teachings of Shambhala. Later that year thangka painter Cynthia Moku, under the direction of the Sakyong released the first Thangka of the Primoridal Rigden deity.
The changes to the Shambhala curriculum, and the introduction of the Shambhala teachings as a Buddhist path led to some confusion in the minds of the community. Many people thought the Sakyong misunderstood what his father, Chögyam Trungpa, had intended with these teachings. There were actually complaints about the replacement of the primary thangka of Vajradhara with the Primordial Rigden from the organization's meditation centers. The curriculum was also changing as older programs initiated by Trungpa were replaced with shorter, more accessible programs. The Sakyong also stopped teaching the Kagyu teachings of his father, which he held and had offered through the 1990s.
In 2009 the Sakyong sent a letter to the community providing guidelines and restrictions on inviting teachers from other lineages to teach at Shambhala centers. This, he said, was to help us "know who we are" as a community. Students saw this as another change from how his father had done things. In response, older students began to migrate to other teachers who were teaching the Kagyu practices of his father. Many resented the direction he took the organization. By the time of the #MeToo sexual abuse scandals, older students had decided clearly that they were following the Shambhala Vajrayana of the Sakyong, or they had found other teachers.[24]
Controversies
[edit]In 2018, Buddhist Project Sunshine, an organization founded as a survivors' network for former Shambhala Buddhist members,[25] reported multiple allegations of sexual assault within the Shambhala community.[26][27][21] In response, and in order to allow time for the community to investigate these accusations, Sakyong Mipham temporarily stepped aside as leader, and the Shambhala governing council resigned and appointed an interim Board of Directors and a Process Team.[28][29][30] In response, Sakyong Mipham issued a letter to the community, saying that:
...some of these women have shared experiences of feeling harmed as a result of these relationships. I am now making a public apology. In addition, I would like you to know that over the years, I have apologized personally to people who have expressed feeling harmed by my conduct, including some of those who have recently shared their stories. I have also engaged in mediation and healing practices with those who have felt harmed. Thus I have been, and will continue to be, committed to healing these wounds."[31][32]
In July 2018, Naropa Institute removed Sakyong Mipham from their board following the allegations of sexual misconduct.[33]
In August 2018, Buddhist Project Sunshine released another report containing further allegations against Sakyong Mipham that included sexual encounters with minors,[34][35] a charge that the Sakyong has denied.[36] In December 2018, the Larimer County, Colorado Sheriff's Office opened an investigation of the allegations of sexual assault,[37][38] and the investigation was closed in February 2020, with no charges being filed.[39]
In February 2019, Shambhala International's interim governing council issued a report by Wickwire Holm, a Canadian law firm, that detailed two credible allegations of sexual misconduct against Sakyong Mipham.[40][41][42] Later that month, six members of his Kusung, the Shambhala body protectors, wrote an open letter corroborating a pattern of physical and sexual misconduct and other concerns.[43][44] Sakyong Mipham subsequently stated that he would cease teaching for the "foreseeable future".[45]
He returned to teaching in March 2020, leading a pilgrimage to Nepal and instructing a group of 108 students.[22] In September 2020, The Walrus published an investigative report detailing a culture of abuse dating back to early days of the Shambhala Buddhist organization, with all three leaders of the organization, including its founder, Chögyam Trungpa, having been credibly accused of sexual misconduct and abuse of power.[46]
Lineage of Sakyongs
[edit]The Lineage of Sakyongs is the Mukpo family lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The Sakyong is the second in the family to hold this title and has the responsibility of propagating the teachings of Shambhala. This tradition emphasizes confidence in the basic goodness of all beings and teaches courageous self-rulership based on wisdom and compassion. The term "Sakyong" literally means "earth-protector" in Tibetan. Sakyongs are regarded as chögyals (Sanskrit dharmarajas) – "kings of truth" or "Dharma Kings" – who combine the spiritual and worldly paths. This Shambhala path is specifically meant for lay practitioners.
In Tibetan Buddhism, the first Dharmaraja of Shambhala, Dawa Sangpo, was said to have been empowered directly by the Buddha. Dawa Sangpo recognized that he could not give up his throne and responsibilities in order to pursue the path of a monastic. Thus, he requested teachings that could allow him to continue to rule his kingdom, while practicing the dharma.
The Blazing Jewel of Sovereignty is the ritual empowerment for the Sakyong. Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche was the first in this lineage of Sakyongs to receive this empowerment. He is referred to as the "Druk Sakyong", or "Dragon Earth-Protector". He received this ritual empowerment from Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in Boulder, Colorado [citation needed].
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche was first empowered as "Sawang" by his father, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1979. The empowerment of the Blazing Jewel of Sovereignty was conferred upon him by his teacher Penor Rinpoche in May 1995[47]
In April 2023, this empowerment was bestowed upon Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche's eldest daughter, Jetsun Drukmo Rinpoche, who will succeed him as lineage heir.
Family
[edit]Sakyong Wangmo and family
[edit]The consort of the Sakyong is referred to as the Sakyong Wangmo. The current Sakyong Wangmo is Sakyong Mipham's wife Khandro Tseyang Ripa Mukpo, the daughter of Terton Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche. The Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo were married in a public ceremony on 10 June 2006 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[48] Khandro Tseyang was officially empowered as Sakyong Wangmo by Penor Rinpoche at a ceremony in Halifax in August 2008.[49] The Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo have three daughters. The first, Drukmo Yeshe Sarasvati Ziji Mukpo (Lady Dragon Wisdom), was born on 11 August 2010. The second, Jetsun Yudra Lhamo Yangchen Ziji Mukpo, was born 12 March 2013.[50] The third, Dzedrön Ökar Yangchen Ziji Mukpo, was born on 10 April 2015.[51]
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[edit]Books
[edit]- Garuda: 108 Poems, Kalapa Publications, 2019
- The Lost Art of Good Conversation, Harmony Books, 2017, ISBN 9780451499431
- The Vow: Illuminating the Sun and Moon, Dragon, Shambhala Media, 2014
- The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure, Harmony Books, 2013, ISBN 0770437435
- The Supreme Thought: Bodhichitta and the Enlightened Society Vow, Dragon, Shambhala Media, 2013, ISBN 9781550550542
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- The Jewel You Carry with You. in Shambhala Sun, May 1, 2009.
- How Will I Use This Day? in Shambhala Sun, February 1, 2009.
- Contemplating Compassion in Shambhala Sun, July 1, 2008.
- There's No "I" in Happy in Shambhala Sun, March 1, 2007.
- From Seed to Bloom in Shambhala Sun, January 1, 2007.
- It's All in the Mind in Shambhala Sun, November 2006.
- Good Mind in Shambhala Sun, September 1, 2006.
- The Wish Fulfilling Jewel in Shambhala Sun, July 1, 2006
- The Mind of the Dragon and the Power of Non-Self in Shambhala Sun, November 1, 2005
- A Reign of Goodness in Shambhala Sun, September 1, 2005
- No Real Winners in Shambhala Sun, July 1, 2005
- Waves of Compassion in Shambhala Sun, May 1, 2005
- No Complaints in Shambhala Sun, November 1, 2004
- Harness the Wind in Shambhala Sun, September 1, 2004
- Make your Decisions for Others in Shambhala Sun, July 1, 2004
- Seeing Wisdom as the Essence of Phenomena in Shambhala Sun, May 1, 2004
- End Blame in Shambhala Sun, March 1, 2004
- Personal Practice in Shambhala Sun, January 1, 2004
- A Courageous Activity in Shambhala Sun, September 1, 2003
- A Healthy Sense of Self in Shambhala Sun, July 1, 2003
- Nine Stages to Training the Mind in Shambhala Sun, May 1, 2003
- Taking the First Step in Shambhala Sun, November 1, 2002
- Looking in All the Wrong Places in Shambhala Sun, September 1, 2002
- Riding the Energy of Basic Goodness in Shambhala Sun, July 1, 2002
- The Buddha's Bravery in Shambhala Sun, March 1, 2002
- The Great Stupa Which Liberates Upon Seeing in Shambhala Sun, January 1, 2002
- Take the Big View in Shambhala Sun, November 1, 2001
- Using the Power of Thought in Shambhala Sun, September 1, 2001
- Did You Hear? in Shambhala Sun, July 1, 2001
- Meditation and Post Meditation in Shambhala Sun, May 1, 2001
- Do I Exist or Not? in Shambhala Sun, March 1, 2001
- How We Make Ourselves Suffer in Shambhala Sun, January 1, 2001
- What is this Thing Called Mind in Shambhala Sun, November 1, 2000
- Becoming a Buddhist in Shambhala Sun, September 1, 2000
- Endless Migration in Shambhala Sun, July 1, 2000
- Wisdom in the Words in Shambhala Sun, March 1, 2000
- Meditation is the Practice of Being Alive in Shambhala Sun, July 1, 1994
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Dechen Choling, "The Passing of Lady Konchok", https://www.dechencholing.org/the-passing-of-lady-konchok/
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References
[edit]- Hayward, Jeremy (2008) Warrior-King of Shambhala: Remembering Chögyam Trungpa ISBN 0-86171-546-2
External links
[edit]- Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche's homepage
- Interview with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche on relationships, loneliness and "Ruling Your World."
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