Longtime Shambhala leaders asked Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche — the hereditary ruler of the Colorado-born Buddhist community — to “step back” from his teachings Tuesday amid new allegations he ...

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche — the Shambhala leader sidelined by a sexual-misconduct scandal — was born Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo in India in 1962, the result of two monastic Tibetans abstaining their ...

Recently, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, author and meditation leader, told a group of beginners to relax, note their breathing, set aside their thoughts, and just be — quietly — who they are.

Boulder’s Naropa University this week removed Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche from its Board of Trustees, saying it found the allegations of sexual misconduct against the leader of Shambhala ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Last summer, the Shambhala Buddhist community was stunned to learn that its leader, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche ...

The head of one of the West’s largest Buddhist groups has stepped down while allegations of sexual assault and misconduct are investigated. Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the leader of the Canada ...

Last week, New York welcomed Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the leader of the Shambhala Buddhist community, when he spoke at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. The Sakyong, which means “king ...

The upstairs room where the author talks are held is where Sakyong Mipham’s late father, Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, taught in the original site of Karma Dzong, the buddhist community he founded ...

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, a Tibetan lama and head of the Shambhala lineage, mounted the stage at Paepcke Auditorium on Friday evening with an aura of divine grace. Shaven head, dressed in flowing robes ...

I was born in Bodha Gaya, India. My father, Chogyam Trungpa, the previous Sakyong (“Earth Lord”), appointed me as his successor in 1979. This was formalized in an enthronement in Nova Scotia ...

In a recent letter to the Shambhala International community, the office of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche said he fully supports a third-party investigation and wishes to provide the time and space for ...