Shambhala Vajradhatu International

Formed in 1973 by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Shambhala Vajradhatu is a worldwide organization with its headquarters in Halifax, Nova Scotia, two other main centers in Boulder, Colorado and Marburg, Germany, and more than 100 meditation centers around the world. The Shambhala board of directors also oversees the Naropa Institute (a four-year liberal arts college) and Gampo Abbey, the premier Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in North America.