Drala Mountain Center

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Drala Mountain Center

Predecessor	Vajradhatu
Formation	February 2000 (2000-02)
Type	501c3 educational non-profit
Location	Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
Coordinates	40°44′N 105°32.5′W / 40.733°N 105.5417°W / 40.733; -105.5417
Website	www.dralamountain.org
Formerly called	Shambhala Mountain Center

Part of a series on
Shambhala Buddhism
King of Shambhala
Core teachings and texts Shambhala Training Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
Key figures Chögyam Trungpa Ösel Tendzin Sakyong Mipham
Organizations Vajradhatu (1973–1999) Naropa University (1974–) Shambhala International (2000–)
Main centers Dechen Chöling Drala Mountain Center Gampo Abbey Karmê Chöling
Related topics Great Stupa of Dharmakaya Kalapa Kings of Shambhala Miksang Pawo Shambhala Shenlha Okar
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Drala Mountain Center (DMC) is a 501c3 educational non-profit originally founded in 2000 as the Shambhala Mountain Center, with the name changing to DMC in 2022.^[1] It operates a spiritual retreat center located on 600 acres in a valley in the northern Colorado Rocky Mountains.^[2] The center hosts Shambhala Training meditation programs as well as yoga instruction, leadership training, children's programs, and various longer term retreats.

Drala Mountain Center also draws visitors who come to see the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya, a religious building which houses the remains of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the Tibetan teacher who founded the new religious movement of which Drala Mountain Center is a part.

Trungpa's son, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, was the spiritual head of Shambhala Mountain Center from 2000 to 2022, when sexual misconduct scandals and organizational conflict caused the parent organization of Shambhala International to officially splinter.^[3] At that time DMC renamed itself, and has faced challenges in recent years due to financial strain, forest fire, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ongoing sexual misconduct scandal.