Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In its nearly half-century of existence, Shambhala has become one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist organizations in North America, with Colorado — where it ...

NEW YORK — In a shrine on the sixth floor of a Manhattan office building, a photo of a man in golden robes hangs above an altar. Another photo of him sits upon a throne. He is the head of one of the ...

Ariel Hall loved her Tibetan meditation cushion, a maroon-and-saffron pillow that helped melt away the strains of daily life during visits to her local Shambhala center. She began meditating as a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Longtime Shambhala leaders asked Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche — the hereditary ruler of the Colorado-born Buddhist community — to “step back” from his teachings ...

The Shambhala Buddhist community in North America is being rocked by allegations of sexual abuse at the highest level, according to multiple reports including the New York Times. The allegations ...

As the #MeToo movement has spread, more and more women - and some men - have been coming forward from more and more workplaces and other institutions to share their stories and to demand change. This ...

(RNS) – Colorado police have opened a criminal probe into sexual assault allegations against the leader of Shambhala International, one of the largest Buddhist organizations in the West, according to ...

The Halifax-based spiritual leader of the Shambhala International Buddhist organization is stepping back from teaching and administrative duties several weeks after a report found allegations of ...

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, leader of global Shambhala community, steps down while claims are investigated The head of one of the west’s largest Buddhist groups has stepped down while allegations of ...

Shambhala, the Boulder-born Buddhist and mindfulness community, for decades suppressed allegations of abuse — from child molestation to clerical abuse — through internal processes that often failed to ...

Ariel Hall loved her Tibetan meditation cushion, a maroon-and-saffron pillow that helped melt away the strains of daily life during visits to her local Shambhala center. She began meditating as a ...