Sakyong Mipham

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Sakyong Mipham, April 30, 2005

Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche (* 1963 in Bodhgaya , India ) is a Buddhist clergyman.

He was born in the birthplace (place of enlightenment) of the Buddha in India and is the son of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Lady Kunchok Palden. Chögyam Trungpa had asked Lady Kunchok to bless her unborn son by making a pilgrimage to all the holy places of the Buddha in India, which she did; he was born in Bodhgaya. Sakyong Mipham spent his earliest eight years with his mother in a Tibetan refugee village in northwestern India. He went to school in the USA and also spent some time at Oxford University in England. In 1987 the Sakyong returned to India to study in the traditional way of Tibetan monks. For several years he practiced and studied under the care of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche , Penor Rinpoche ( Palyul ) and Khenpo Namdral . He belongs to the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism .

Since 1990 he has directed Shambhala International , a school of Tibetan Buddhism with 165 meditation centers worldwide, and teaches Buddhism and Shambala .

After allegations of sexual assault became known in 2018, he took a break from his offices for a period of self-reflection .

Books

  • Mipham Sakyong: Like the wide open space. The power of meditation . dtv, 2005, ISBN 3423244453
  • Mipham Sakyong: Illuminate everyday life. The four Buddhist royal roads . dtv, 2007, ISBN 3423245867
  • Mipham Sakyong: Running with the mind of meditation . Random House, 2013, ISBN 0-307-88817-7
  • Mipham Sakyong: "Running Buddha: Running to find yourself." Arkana, 2013, ISBN 3442341248
  • Mipham Sakyong: The Shambhala Principle: Discovering humanity's hidden treasure. Harmony, 2013, ISBN 0-7704-3743-5
  • Mipham Sakyong: "The Shambhala Principle. The Hidden Treasure of Humanity." Windpferd Verlagsgesellschaft, 2014, ISBN 3864100704

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 'King' of Shambhala Buddhism Is Undone by Abuse Report , New York Times, July 12, 2018, accessed July 12, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Sakyong Mipham
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mipham Rinpoche, Sakyong Jamgon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Buddhist clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Bodhgaya , India