Yet Another Stain On Shambhala Published in Frank Magazine , September 26, 2025 Just when my Buddhist buddies at the Shambhala Centre thought that scandal was a thing of the past, another flaming bag of dog shit just appeared on their doorstep. It seems the enterprise has just been cursed from the start. When Chogyam Trungpa founded Shambhala Buddhism in Colorado in the '70s, the Tibetan lama immediately attracted legions of followers. But by the time he moved to Nova Scotia, with hundreds of adherents, in 1986, Shambhala’s future was an open question. The guru’s cocaine use, alcoholism, and Jeffrey Epstein-like proclivities had tarnished the brand. “[S]exual abuse... committed against countless women students... Trungpa demanding women and girls at all hours of the day and night,” reported The Walrus . When he died in 1987, disillusioned Shambhalytes fled for the exits. Enter Sakyong Mipham , Trungpa’s son, in 1990, to clean up the mess pater had left behind. W...
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