Objects at Shambhala Archives
Teachers
Behind the scenes at Archives
Welcome – The Shambhala Archives is a repository of recordings and holdings from Vidyadhara The Venerable Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, The Kongma Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche—the current lineage holder of the Shambhala Tradition, and other Buddhists teachers.
We invite you explore this site to learn more about the Shambhala Archives—what we have been doing, and what we are planning for the future.
If you’re curious about the restoration process that takes place at the Shambhala Archives then please click here to see some amazing videos made by Ethan Neville.
Projects
The Shambhala Archives has over 50,000 photographs of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and other great dharma teachers, as well as photographic records of community history.
This includes renovations of the Boulder and Halifax Centres, the establishment of the original Maitri Farm, Karme Choling (ToT), Shambhala Mountain Centre (RMDC) and Dechen Choling, the students of Vidya and Alaya schools, and much more.
Collections
The holdings of the Shambhala Archives include a large collection of video, photographic, audio materials, and Trungpa Rinpoches belongings, as well as documents, books, manuscripts and artwork. These include the works and teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, and many other Buddhist teachers.
News
Thank You & Welcome Iryna!
The Shambhala Archives would like to thank the 74 individual donors in the US and Canada, and the Shambhala Trust, who all have generously helped us reach the goal of $15,200 for the VCTR Ladrang Project. With these funds, we were able to sign a six-month contract...