• Elizabeth Anscutter

    Elizabeth Anscutter

    Elizabeth first encountered meditation at Shambhala Paris in 1998. Since then, she has been transmitting the teachings as a teacher on the Shambhala path, and deepening her studies and Buddhist […]

     
  • Daniele Bollini

    Daniele Bollini

    Daniele Bollini was born in 1965 in Switzerland and discovered the teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1981. He was Director of the Ticino Shambhala Center from 1990 until 2005, […]

     
  • Christie Cashman

    Christie Cashman

    Christie first encountered the dharma as a young girl. During a long stay in Japan, she made daily visits to Buddhist and Shinto temples and began to feel a deep […]

     
  • Orhun Cercel

    Orhun Cercel

    Orhun Cercel lives in London. The son of a diplomat and of primarily Turkish heritage, Orhun was raised in Taiwan, Turkey, Italy, Argentina, and England. He received a BA in […]

     
  • Sarah Coleman

    Sarah Coleman

    Sarah Coleman is a senior teacher in the Vajradhatu/Shambhala mandala. She has been a student of the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche since 1972, and had the great good fortune to […]

     
  • Peter Conradi

    Peter Conradi

    Peter first encountered the Dharma while Visiting Professor at Colorado University Boulder in 1978-80. He had the good fortune to help serve Trungpa Rinpoche on his last public teaching in […]

     
  • Han De Wit

    Han De Wit

    Han De Wit is a well-known Buddhist teacher from the Netherlands. He studied with Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in the 1970s and 1980 in the United States. He established the first […]

     
  • Mark Duggan

    Mark Duggan

    Shastri Mark Duggan first connected with the teachings of the Dorje Dradul in 1981 and attended seminary with the Varja Regent in 1988. He subsequently studied with Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamso […]

     
  • Herb Elsky

    Herb Elsky

    Herb Elsky is an artist, for several decades specialised in abstract visual art, but in more recent years combining sight and sound into experiences of mind and space. Herbert Elsky […]

     
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    Gérard Étienne

    Gérard Étienne, Cháng Wēn Jū Shì, is a Buddhist lay monk, connected to the Chinese tradition of the 6th Patriarch Huì Nēng and the Pure Land tradition. He has been […]

     
  • Catherine Eveillard

    Catherine Eveillard

    Catherine Eveillard was born and raised in Brittany, France. She lived in Quebec from 1974 to 1995; she started on the Shambhala path in Montreal in 1985. During these years […]

     
  • Yeshe Fuchs

    Yeshe Fuchs

    Yeshe Fuchs has been a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche since 1976 and became a student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche after his father’s death. She has also served the Sakyong […]

     
  • Dorothea Gädeke

    Dorothea Gädeke

    Dorothea Gädeke lives in Freiburg, Germany. She works as a stage performer, radio speaker and voice therapist, voice coach and musician. She is a so-called ‘old student’ of Shambhala, and […]

     
  • Lama Brian Hilliard

    Lama Brian Hilliard

    Lama Brian Hilliard has been a dharma practitioner since 1978. He received the Vajrayogini and Chakrasamvara abhishekas from his root guru, the Mahasiddha Trungpa Rinpoche. He also studied Buddhist Psychology […]

     
  • Karin Hooijmans

    Karin Hooijmans

    Karin Hooijmans has a bachelor in Educational Studies and worked in the field of child and adults psychiatry, in particular with autistic children for many years. As a coach, she […]