A woman told the organization he had pressured her into sex in 2013 even after she said multiple times that she did not want to sleep with him. It was one of the most high-profile departures in an organization that’s been in tailspin since the sexual assault allegations against its leader.īut Rinzler was already facing fallout from Shambhala over an allegation against him. “I personally have clarity that it is time for me to officially leave Shambhala as an organization and no longer teach there.” “I am feeling a lot of pain around what is happening in the Shambhala community,” Rinzler wrote on his private Facebook page at the time. He failed to mention that he had been accused of sexual misconduct himself.
Rinzler announced that he was leaving the Buddhist group Shambhala International on July 1 after several women came forward to accuse its leader, Sakyong Mipham, of sexual assault.
