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{{short description|American Buddhist leader, b. 1962}}
{{Infobox religious biography
|name = Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
|image= Sakyong, book signing.jpg
|caption =
|birth_name = Ösel Rangdrol Mukpo
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|dharma name =
|birth_date = November 15, 1962
|birth_place = [[Bodh Gaya]], India
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|nationality = [[Americans|American]], [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]]
|religion = [[Kagyü]] and [[Nyingma]]
|school = [[Shambhala Buddhism|Shambhala Buddhist]]
|lineage = [[Chogyam Trungpa]]
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|reincarnation of = [[Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso|Mipham the Great]]
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|spouse = Khandro Tseyang Ripa Mukpo
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|children = 3 daughters
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{{Infobox Tibetan-Chinese|title=Sakyong Mipham|t=ས་སྐྱོང་མི་ཕམ་|w=Sa-skyong Mi-pham}}

'''Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, Jampal Trinley Dradul''' (born '''Ösel Rangdrol Mukpo''' on November 15, 1962) is an American and Tibetan Buddhist descendant of the [[Shambhala Buddhism|Shambhala]] lineage and Shambhala, a worldwide network of urban Buddhist meditation centers, retreat centers, monasteries, a university, and other enterprises, founded by his father, [[Chögyam Trungpa]] [[Rinpoche]]. In July 2018, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche stepped back from his duties due to an investigation into sexual misconduct and power abuse.<ref name="cbc 2018-07-09">{{cite news |first=Brett |last=Bundale |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-shambhala-international-investigation-1.4739516 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |title=Shambhala leader steps aside amid sexual misconduct allegations |date=July 9, 2018}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche was born Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo in [[Bodh Gaya|Bodhgaya, India]] on November 15, 1962.<ref name=Hayward>{{cite book|last1=Hayward|first1=Jeremy|title=Warrior-King of Shambhala: Remembering Chögyam Trungpa|date=2008|publisher=Wisdom Publications|location=Boston|isbn=978-0-86171-546-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwF9psGBxccC&q=warrior+king+of+shambhala&pg=PP1}}</ref>{{rp|157}} His father, [[Chögyam Trungpa]], was a Buddhist monk who fled Tibet in 1959 (at age 20) and gradually became the head of a large party of refugees. His mother, [[Könchok Paldrön]], was a young nun who met Trungpa in Tibet and fled with him to India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Midal|first=Fabrice|title=Chogyam Trungpa: His Life and Vision|publisher=Shambhala Publications|year=2004|isbn=9780834821866}}</ref> For several years, Mukpo lived with his mother in a Tibetan refugee camp in northwest India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Dragon Thunder" /> His father left India in early 1963 to study at [[Oxford University]].<ref name="Dragon Thunder">{{cite book|last1=Mukpo|first1=Diana J.|title=Dragon Thunder: My Life with Chögyam Trungpa|date=2006|publisher=Shambhala Publications|location=Boston|isbn=1-59030-256-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ec8-HH-hxwkC&q=dragon+thunder&pg=PP1}}</ref>{{rp|72}} At the age of seven, he went to live with his father at [[Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre|Samye Ling]] in Scotland.<ref name=":0" /> Trungpa moved to the United States in 1970, and Ösel Mukpo joined his father there, in Boulder, Colorado along with his new stepmother Diana Mukpo in 1972.<ref name=Hayward />{{rp|157}}<ref name="Dragon Thunder" />{{rp|120}} Ösel Mukpo has two younger half brothers ([[Tulku (film)|Gesar Mukpo]] and Tagtrug “Taggie” Mukpo) and one younger step brother ([[Ashoka Mukpo]]).<ref name=":0" />

In 1979, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche performed a ceremony officially investing his son Ösel Rangdröl with the title of Sawang ("earth lord"). This confirmed Ösel as his Shambhala heir and the future Sakyong.<ref name=Hayward />{{rp|204}} After his father's death in 1987, the Sawang moved to [[Nepal]] and studied with [[Dilgo Khyentse]] Rinpoche for three years, while [[Osel Tendzin]], the Vajra Regent, succeeded Trungpa Rinpoche as Buddhist lineage holder and head of the various organizations established by Trungpa, including [[Vajradhatu]], [[Shambhala Training]], and [[Naropa University]].<ref name=Hayward />{{rp|406}} When Tendzin died in 1990, the Ösel Mukpo was acknowledged as Trungpa's successor in the Kagyu, Nyingma and Shambhala lineages and head of the organizations.<ref name=Hayward />{{rp|410–411}} In May 1995 he was formally enthroned as Sakyong at a ceremony performed by [[Penor Rinpoche]]. After the enthronement, Penor Rinpoche recognized Mukpo as the [[tulku]] of [[Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso|Mipham the Great]],<ref name=Hayward />{{rp|413}} after which he has been known by the title Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is the head of the [[Shambhala Buddhism|Shambhala]] organization, a global network of meditation and retreat centers. He has written several books, including the national bestseller ''Turning the Mind into an Ally'', ''Ruling Your World'', ''Running with the Mind of Meditation'', and ''The Shambhala Principle''. His most recent book, ''The Lost Art of Conversation'', was released in October 2017. In 2018, he stepped back from all teaching and administrative duties due to an investigation and public discussion of his alleged sexual and organizational misconduct.<ref name="The New York Times 2018">{{cite news |title=The 'King' of Shambhala Buddhism Is Undone by Abuse Report |website=The New York Times |date=2018-07-11 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/nyregion/shambhala-sexual-misconduct.html |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> He resumed teaching in March 2020, instructing a group of 108 students in Nepal.<ref name="Shambhala Report">{{cite web |title=Rigden Nepal Pilgrimage March 8-15, 2020 |date=2020-04-16 |website=Shambhala Report |url=https://shambhala.report/r/rigden-nepal-pilgrimage-march-8-15-2020/}}</ref> Further teaching at an event in France in June 2020 was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="Shambhala Dechen Chöling">{{cite web |title=Rigden Abhisheka – Repeaters POSTPONED|website=Shambhala Dechen Chöling |url=https://www.dechencholing.org/program/rigden-abhisheka-repeaters-postponed-20-06-2020/}}</ref>

==Investigation of sexual assault and power abuse==
In February 2018, Buddhist Project Sunshine, an organization founded as a survivors' network for former Shambhala members,<ref name="http://andreamwinn.com/offerings">{{cite web |title=Buddhist Project Sunshine |website=andreamwinn.com |url=http://andreamwinn.com/offerings/bps-welcome-page/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> reported multiple allegations of sexual assault within the Shambhala community.<ref name="BPS report #1">{{cite web |first=Andrea M. |last=Winn |url=http://www.andreamwinn.com/pdfs/Project_Sunshine_Final_Report.pdf |title=Project Sunshine: Final Report, February 27, 2017 –February 15, 2018 |website=andreamwinn.com |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> In June 2018, Buddhist Project Sunshine issued a second report detailing sexual misconduct by Sakyong Mipham that occurred as recently as 2011 and claimed that those within Shambhala International had concealed the misdeeds.<ref name="BPS report #2">{{cite web |first=Andrea M. |last=Winn |others=et al|url=http://andreamwinn.com/project_sunshine/Buddhist_Project_Sunshine_Phase_2_Final_Report.pdf |date=2018-06-28 |title=Buddhist Project Sunshine Phase 2 Final Report |website=andreamwinn.com |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times 2018"/> In response, Sakyong Mipham stepped aside from his leadership role and the Shambhala governing council resigned.<ref name="cbc 2018-07-09"/><ref name="Connor 2018">{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=O'Connor |title=Vermont Buddhists face their own MeToo moment |website=VTDigger |date=2018-10-08 |url=https://vtdigger.org/2018/10/08/vermont-buddhists-face-metoo-moment/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> Sakyong Mipham also issued a statement saying "...that some of these women have shared experiences of feeling harmed as a result of these relationships. I am now making a public apology."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Biddlecombe |first1=Wendy Joan |title=Shambhala head Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche accused of sexual abuse in new report |url=https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-sexual-abuse/ |website=Tricycle |access-date=11 July 2018 |date=28 June 2018}}</ref> In July 2018, Naropa Institute removed him from their board following the allegations of sexual misconduct.<ref name="Boulder Daily Camera 2018">{{cite news |title=Boulder's Naropa University removes Shambhala International leader from its board |website=Boulder Daily Camera |date=2018-07-06 |url=http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_31992200/naropa-university-removes-shambhala-international-leader-board |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref>

In August 2018, Buddhist Project Sunshine released another report containing further allegations against Sakyong Mipham that included sexual encounters with minors,<ref name="BPS report #3">{{cite web |first1=Andrea M. |last1=Winn |first2=Carol |last2=Merchasin |url=http://andreamwinn.com/project_sunshine/Buddhist_Project_Sunshine_Phase_3_Final_Report.pdf |date=2018-08-23 |title=Buddhist Project Sunshine Phase 3 Final Report; The nail: Bringing things to a clear point |website=andreamwinn.com |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="Agsar 2018">{{cite web |last=Agsar |first=Wendy Joan Biddlecombe |title=Report Reveals New Sexual Assault Allegations Against Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche |website=Tricycle: The Buddhist Review |date=2018-08-23 |url=https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/shambhala-sex/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> a charge that the Sakyong has denied.<ref name="CBC 2018-08-23">{{cite news |first=Brett |last=Bundale |title=Buddhist leader accused of sexual misconduct denies new allegations |publisher=[[CBC News]] |website=CBC |date=2018-08-23 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/allegations-sexual-misconduct-shambhala-sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-1.4796223 |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> In December 2018, the [[Larimer County, Colorado]] Sheriff's Office opened an investigation of the allegations of sexual assault.<ref name="ThinkProgress 2018-12-09">{{cite news |first=Joshua |last=Eaton |title=Colorado police investigating alleged sexual assaults by Buddhist leaders |website=ThinkProgress |date=2018-12-09 |url=https://thinkprogress.org/colorado-police-investigating-alleged-sexual-assaults-by-buddhist-leaders-d5374c4f702d/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="The Denver Post 2018-12-12">{{cite news |first=Jackson |last=Barnett |title=Larimer County sheriff investigating "possible criminal activity" at Shambhala Mountain Center |website=The Denver Post |date=2018-12-12 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/12/12/shambhala-mountain-center-investigation/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> The investigation was closed in February 2020, and no charges were filed.<ref name ="The Denver Post 2020/02/18">{{cite news |first=Carina |last=Julig |title=Larimer County Closes Investigation into Shambhala Mountain Center |website=The Denver Post |date=2020-02-18 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/02/18/larimer-county-sheriffs-office-closes-investigation-into-shambhala-mountain-center/|access-date=2021-03-20}}</ref>
In February 2019, Shambhala International's interim governing council issued a report by Wickwire Holm, a Canadian law firm, that detailed two credible allegations of sexual misconduct against Sakyong Mipham. <ref name="2-3-19-WH-Report-Final-Package">{{cite web |author=Shambhala Interim Board |title=Report to the Community on the Wickwire Holm Claims Investigation into Allegations of Sexual Misconduct |website=Document cloud |date=2019-02-03 |url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5720340-Wickwire-Holm-report-on-Shambhala.html |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="The Denver Post 2019-02-03">{{cite news |first=Jackson |last=Barnett |title=Shambhala report details sexual misconduct from Buddhist leader Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche |website=The Denver Post |date=2019-02-03 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/02/03/shambhala-sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-sexual-misconduct/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="CBC 2019-02-04">{{cite web |first=Brett |last=Bundale |title=Report finds 'sexual misconduct' by leader of Buddhist group |publisher=CBC News |website=CBC |date=2019-02-04 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sexual-misconduct-claims-buddhist-church-1.5004557 |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> Later that month, six members of his Kusung (body protectors) wrote an open letter corroborating a pattern of physical and sexual misconduct and other concerns.<ref name="An Open Letter & Statements 16 Feb 2019">{{cite web |author=Long-Serving Kusung |title=An Open Letter to the Shambhala Community |website=drive.google.com |date=2019-02-16 |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W3fN12nEY-l0U2yejz3O4vcqaCMfusIa/view |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><ref name="Halifax Examiner 2019">{{cite news |first=Tim |last=Bousquet |title=Six former members of the Shambhala inner circle write an open letter detailing physical, sexual, and psychological abuse at the hands of Mipham Mukpo |website=Halifax Examiner |date=2019-02-19 |url=https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/six-former-members-of-the-shambhala-inner-circle-write-an-open-letter-detailing-physical-sexual-and-psychological-abuse-at-the-hands-of-mipham-mukpo/ |access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> Sakyong Mipham subsequently stated that he would cease teaching for the "foreseeable future".<ref name="Estevan Mercury">{{cite web |title=Shambhala Buddhist leader drops teaching in wake of report on sexual misconduct |date=2019-02-21 |website=Estevan Mercury |url=https://www.estevanmercury.ca/shambhala-buddhist-leader-drops-teaching-in-wake-of-report-on-sexual-misconduct-1.23641582 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225044842/https://www.estevanmercury.ca/shambhala-buddhist-leader-drops-teaching-in-wake-of-report-on-sexual-misconduct-1.23641582|archive-date=2019-02-25}}</ref> He returned to teaching in March, 2020, instructing a group of 108 students in Nepal.<ref name="Shambhala Report">{{cite web |title=Rigden Nepal Pilgrimage March 8-15, 2020 |date=2020-04-16 |website=Shambhala Report |url=https://shambhala.report/r/rigden-nepal-pilgrimage-march-8-15-2020/}}</ref>

== Lineage of Sakyongs ==

The [[Sakyong]] holds and propagates the teachings of [[Shambhala Buddhism|Shambhala]]. This tradition emphasizes confidence in the basic goodness of all beings and teaches courageous rulership based on wisdom and compassion. The term "Sakyong" literally means "earth-protector" in Tibetan, although it is colloquially understood to mean "king." Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is regarded by Tibetans as a ''[[chögyal]]'' ([[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] ''dharmaraja'') – "king of truth" – who combines the spiritual and worldly paths. The first Dharmaraja of Shambhala, [[Dawa Sangpo]], was said to have been empowered directly by the Buddha. The Sakyong is the earthly embodiment or emanation of the [[Kings of Shambhala|Rigden]] – enlightened awareness – and in this sense he is a ''[[tulku]]'' (Tibetan), or ''nirmanakaya'' ([[Sanskrit]]) of the Rigden.

Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche is regarded as the first in this lineage of Sakyongs, and as such he is referred to as the "Druk Sakyong", or "Dragon Earth-Protector".
[[File:Khandro Tseyang.jpg|thumb|Sakyong Mipham's wife Khandro Tseyang. ([[:Image:Khandro Tseyang.jpg|Credits]]) ]]

=== Sakyong Wangmo and family ===
The [[wikt:consort|consort]] of the Sakyong is referred to as the Sakyong Wangmo. The first Sakyong Wangmo was Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche's wife, Diana Mukpo. The current Sakyong Wangmo is Sakyong Mipham's wife Khandro Tseyang Ripa Mukpo, the daughter of [[Terton]] Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche. The Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo were married on 10 June 2006 in [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax, Nova Scotia]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Armstrong|first1=Jane|title=Heaven and Halifax at Buddhist "royal wedding"|url=http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=66,2794,0,0,1,0#.U9g8roBdVAs|access-date=30 July 2014|work=The Globe and Mail|date=3 June 2006}}</ref> Khandro Tseyang was officially empowered as Sakyong Wangmo by Penor Rinpoche at a ceremony in Halifax in August 2008.<ref name="Sakyong Wangmo Dot">{{cite journal|last1=Bodley|first1=Laurie|title=The Sakyong Wangmo empowerment|journal=The Dot|date=Winter 2008–2009|volume=6|issue=3|pages=1, 6–7|url=http://www.shambhala.org/dot/pdf/vol6-no3.pdf|access-date=30 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406100119/http://shambhala.org/dot/pdf/vol6-no3.pdf|archive-date=6 April 2013}}</ref> The Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo have three daughters. The first, Drukmo Yeshe Sarasvati Ziji Mukpo (Lady Dragon Wisdom), was born on 11 August 2010. The second, Jetsun Yudra Lhamo Yangchen Ziji Mukpo, was born in March 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brooks Arenburg|first1=Patricia|title=Halifax's Shambhala royal family welcomes second child|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1000347-halifax-s-shambhala-royal-family-welcomes-second-child|access-date=30 July 2014|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=13 March 2013}}</ref> The third, Dzedrön Ökar Yangchen Ziji Mukpo, was born on 10 April 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Watters|first1=Haydn|title=Shambhala Buddhist community's queen gives birth in Halifax|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/shambhala-buddhist-community-s-queen-gives-birth-in-halifax-1.3030421|access-date=18 April 2015|agency=CBC News Nova Scotia|date=13 April 2015}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

=== Books ===
* ''The Lost Art of Good Conversation'', Harmony Books, 2017, {{ISBN|9780451499431}}
* ''The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure'', Harmony Books, 2013, {{ISBN|0770437435}}
* ''Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind'', Harmony Books, 2012, {{ISBN|0307888169}}
* ''Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies for Modern Life'', Morgan Road Books, 2005, {{ISBN|0-7679-2065-1}}
* ''Turning the Mind into an Ally'', Riverhead Books, 2004, {{ISBN|1-57322-345-X}}

=== Articles ===
* [http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2996&Itemid=247 It's All in the Mind] in ''[[Shambhala Sun]]'', November 2006.

== See also ==
* [[Shambhala Training]]
* [[Rigden kings]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* Hayward, Jeremy (2008) ''Warrior-King of Shambhala: Remembering Chögyam Trungpa'' {{ISBN|0-86171-546-2}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.mipham.com/ Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche's homepage]
* [http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/08/shambhala-buddhisms-sakyong-mipham-rinpoche-relationships-loneliness-ruling-your-world/ Interview with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche on relationships, loneliness and "Ruling Your World."]

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