Our President and Our Founder

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche - current President of Shambhala Mountain Center and the President of Shambhala International Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is the head of the Shambhala lineage. An incarnation of Mipham the Great, he is also the dharma heir and son of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Shambhala Mountain's founder.

He is the spiritual director of Shambhala, a global network of meditation and retreat centers, and the author of the best-selling books Turning the Mind Into an Ally and Ruling Your World. Rinpoche's background embraces both Eastern and Western cultures. Born in Bodhgaya, India, the site of the Buddha's enlightenment, he grew up in Boulder, Colorado, and received his spiritual training from his father and other distinguished lamas.

Visit www.mipham.com for more on his his biography, teachings and art.

Choumlgyam Trungpa Rinpoche - founder Shambhala Mountain Center

Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche meditation master, scholar, best-selling author, and artist, founded Shambhala Mountain Center thirty years ago. In addition, he established more than 150 meditation centers around the world, as well as Shambhala International, Shambhala Training, and Naropa University.

He is the author of Shambhala, Meditation in Action, The Myth of Freedom, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and Journey without Goal and many others. In 1987, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche passed away in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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