Trungpa's growing umbrella organization was called Vajradhatu. Students from neighboring towns and across the country became part of the Karma Dzong Meditation Center in Boulder.
Trungpa arrived in Boulder, Colorado, in 1970 with a number of students from Tail of the Tiger in Barnet, Vermont, now known as Karmê Chöling. The center is one of several retreat centers affiliated with Shambhala, a global Buddhist community of predominantly Western students that has been in crisis in recent years due to multiple credible allegations of sexual misconduct against its leader, and public revelations of an institutional history of ongoing abuse. The original center on this land was founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1971 at Red Feather Lakes, Colorado. Retreat center in Boulder, Colorado Shambhala Mountain Center The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya Which Liberates Upon Seeing Chogyam Trungpa Rinpocheĭrala Mountain Center (formerly known as Shambhala Mountain Center) is a spiritual retreat center located on 600 acres in a valley in the northern Colorado Rocky Mountains.