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    Ex-members: Shambhala, Boulder-born Buddhist organization, suppressed allegations of abuse

    Ex-members: Shambhala, Boulder-born Buddhist organization, suppressed allegations of abuse

    Further Developments in the Case of Former Member Michael Smith

    Further Developments in the Case of Former Member Michael Smith

    Another Former Boulder Shambhala Member Accused of Sexual Assault on a Child

    Another Former Boulder Shambhala Member Accused of Sexual Assault on a Child

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    Ex-members: Shambhala, Boulder-born Buddhist organization, suppressed allegations of abuse

    Ex-members: Shambhala, Boulder-born Buddhist organization, suppressed allegations of abuse

    Momentum & Next Steps - Community of Marpa House

    Momentum & Next Steps - Community of Marpa House

    Further Developments in the Case of Former Member Michael Smith

    Further Developments in the Case of Former Member Michael Smith

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    Ex-members: Shambhala, Boulder-born Buddhist organization, suppressed allegations of abuse

    Ex-members: Shambhala, Boulder-born Buddhist organization, suppressed allegations of abuse

    The Denver Post "conducted dozens of interviews with current and former members and a review of hundreds of pages of internal documents, police records and private communications," and published this long and in-depth look at Shambhala's response to allegations of abuse. The article contains many interviews and discussions of how the institution sought to protect itself by re-orienting or suppressing complaints, often through victim-blaming, and how internal processes failed
    Momentum & Next Steps - Community of Marpa House

    Momentum & Next Steps - Community of Marpa House

    Marpa House is a residence for practitioners in Boulder, owned by Shambhala, that is currently in the process of being sold to help shore up operational deficits and provide the capital necessary for Shambhala International to continue operating. There has been an offer received by an external developer that will see the end of Marpa House in its current form. In response to the potential sale of Marpa House, there has been a community-led effort to raise funds to purchase it
    Further Developments in the Case of Former Member Michael Smith

    Further Developments in the Case of Former Member Michael Smith

    Message from the Interim Board: Recent Arrests of Former Shambhala Members The Interim Board issued a communication addressing the arrest, stating that neither it nor the International Care and Conduct Panel were aware of any incidents involving Michael Smith prior to his arrest, and that during the subsequent information discovery process, questions arose related to how the case was handled internally by Shambhala leaders in the 1990s. As a result of this, the Interim Board

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