Editing Shambhala Training (section)

== Controversy ==

At an October 1975 party at Snowmass Colorado Seminary, Trungpa Rinpoche ordered his Vajra guard (i.e., the Dorje Kasung) to forcibly break into the room of his guests [[W.S. Merwin]] and Dana Naone, who he then ordered to be brought before the crowd and stripped naked, with onlookers ignoring Naone's pleas for help and for someone to call the police.<ref>Sanders, 1977, throughout; Miles 1989, pp. 466–470; and Clark 1980, pp. 23–25</ref>

In 2018, a third-party investigative report documented multiple reports of sexual misconduct an abuse of power, including allegations of sexual assault and statutory rape, by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and a number of other Shambhala spiritual leaders, teachers, and administrators.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Project Sunshine|url=https://andreamwinn.com/offerings/bps-welcome-page/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=Project Sunshine|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Letter from Shambhala Interim Board with links to the report of Wickwire Holm|url=https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2-3-19-WH-Report-Final-Package.pdf|access-date=2020-08-12|website=Letter from Interim Board}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Winn |first=Andrea M. |date=28 June 2018 |title=Buddhist Project Sunshine Phase 2 Final Report |url=https://andreamwinn.com/project_sunshine/Buddhist_Project_Sunshine_Phase_2_Final_Report.pdf |website=andreamwinn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Category: Sexual Misconduct|url=https://www.dechencholing.org/category/sexual-misconduct/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=Dechen Chöling|date=9 March 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In July 2018, following the second of several reports, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche stepped back from leadership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-steps-down-from-shambhala-leadership-amid-probe-into-conduct|title = Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche Steps Down from Shambhala Leadership Amid Probe into Conduct}}</ref>

In 2019, several Shambala community members and former Shambhala teachers were involved in criminal trials, including one individual who pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a child.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Boulder Shambhala community member pleads guilty to child sex assault|url=https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/former-member-of-boulder-shambhala-community-pleads-guilty-to-child-sex-assault/73-55d2f736-0f21-490e-b0c1-f023337fde39|access-date=2021-08-11|website=KUSA.com|date=March 4, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-28|title=Another former Boulder Shambhala member accused of sexual assault on a child|url=https://www.dailycamera.com/2019/06/28/another-former-boulder-shambhala-member-accused-of-sexual-assault-on-a-child|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Boulder Daily Camera|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Denver Post2">{{cite news |last1=Byars |first1=Mitchell |title=Shambhala didn't pressure Boulder family to keep sexual-assault allegations quiet, investigation finds |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/01/03/shambhala-boulder-sex-assault-allegations/ |access-date=11 August 2021 |publisher=Denver Post |date=3 January 2020}}</ref>