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| Predecessor | Vajradhatu |
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| Formation | February 2000 |
| Type | 501c3 educational non-profit |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′N 105°32.5′W / 40.733°N 105.5417°W |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | Shambhala Mountain Center |
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Drala Mountain Center (DMC) is a 501c3 educational non-profit originally founded in 2000 as the Shambhala Mountain Center, with the name changing to DMC in 2022.[1] It operates a spiritual retreat center located on 600 acres in a valley in the northern Colorado Rocky Mountains.[2] The center hosts Shambhala Training meditation programs as well as yoga instruction, leadership training, children's programs, and various longer term retreats.
Drala Mountain Center also draws visitors who come to see the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya, a religious building which houses the remains of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the Tibetan teacher who founded the new religious movement of which Drala Mountain Center is a part.
Trungpa's son, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, was the spiritual head of Shambhala Mountain Center from 2000 to 2022, when sexual misconduct scandals and organizational conflict caused the parent organization of Shambhala International to officially splinter.[3] At that time DMC renamed itself, and has faced challenges in recent years due to financial strain, forest fire, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ongoing sexual misconduct scandals. These scandals include allegations of sexual misconduct by both previous spiritual heads of the Shambhala organization: Chögyam Trungpa and Ösel Tendzin.
- ^ "Drala Mountain Center Full Filing". ProPublica NonProfit Explorer. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ Wilson, Jeff (Fall 2004). "Shambala Mountain Center". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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