Editing Shambhala Training (section)

==History==
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[[File:Trungpa from Khenpo gangshar2 cropped image.jpg|thumb|Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche]]

Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche arrived in North America in 1970, and began teaching Western students from within the [[Kagyu]] and [[Nyingma]] lineages of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. These students formed a growing spiritual community, which incorporated as [[Vajradhatu]] (now [[Shambhala International]]) in 1973.

Beginning in 1976, Trungpa Rinpoche presented a series of teachings known as the "Shambhala teachings" to the community. These teachings presented the principle of [[basic goodness]], and a secular rather than religious approach to enlightenment.<ref name="Trungpa Gimian 2019 p.">{{cite book | last1=Trungpa | first1=Chögyam | last2=Gimian | first2=Carolyn Rose | title=Shambhala : The Sacred Path of the Warrior | publication-place=Boulder, Colorado | date=2019 | isbn=978-1-61180-692-2 | oclc=1105218701 | page=8}}</ref>

In 1977, Trungpa Rinpoche first trained senior students to teach Shambhala Training, a series of weekend meditation programs offered widely throughout the community,<ref name="chronicleproject.com">{{cite web |title=11th Trungpa Chronology |url=http://www.chronicleproject.com/chronology.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013212638/http://chronicleproject.com/chronology.html |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and in 1978, Trungpa Rinpoche conducted the first annual Kalapa Assembly, an intensive training program for advanced Shambhala teachings and practices.<ref name="chronicleproject.com" />

In 1984, Trungpa Rinpoche published the book <em>[[Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior]]</em>, which gives a detailed presentation of the core Shambhala teachings.

In 1987, Trungpa died of illnesses related to his long-term alcohol abuse. He was 47 years old. After Trungpa's death, Vajra Regent [[Ösel Tendzin]] became spiritual head of Vajradhatu until around 1989. Tendzin died in 1990 at the age of 48 from [[AIDS]]-related complications. Both Trungpa and Tendzin had sexual relationships with many of their students, with Tendzin passing along the HIV virus to at least one student who later died of the disease. This history led to a period of instability and conflict within the organization, until Trungpa Rinpoche's eldest son, Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo, became spiritual and executive head of the Vajradhatu community. 

In 1995, Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo was endorsed by [[Penor Rinpoche]], head of the Nyingma lineage, as the reincarnation of [[Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso|Ju Mipham]], and enthroned as Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.<ref>Sakyong Shambhala Bio https://web.archive.org/web/20070928004539/http://www.mipham.com/biography.html</ref>

Beginning in 2000, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche moved to enclose the previously secular teachings of Shambhala within the container of a new lineage known as Shambhala Buddhism.<ref>[http://www.shambhala.org/lodge/collaboration/index.htm Kalapa Assembly 2000 Collaborations<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020060432/http://www.shambhala.org/lodge/collaboration/index.htm |date=October 20, 2007 }}</ref><ref>Mipham Rinpoche, Sakyong. (2000) "Shambhala Buddhism". Published letter</ref> In the following years, the Shambhala and Buddhist curricula were merged, and Shambhala versions of practices such as [[Ngöndro]] were developed.

In 2018, Sakyong Mipham was accused of multiple counts of sexual misconduct and abuse of power and temporarily stepped back from teaching. Further investigation found enough of the accusations to be credible and established a pattern of abuse of power. In September 2020, an investigative report detailed a culture of abuse dating back to early days of the [[Shambhala Buddhism|Shambhala]] organization.<ref name="thewalrus.ca">{{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=2022-01-10|language=en-US}}</ref> In February 2022, the Shambhala organization reorganized itself to be self-governing and financially independent of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche,<ref>shambhala.report https://shambhala.report</ref> and continued to offer the Shambhala Training path under its new structure.