Jeremy Hayward

JEREMY HAYWARD became a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1970. He  helped to found the Naropa University under the guidance of Chögyam Trungpa in 1974, and in 1977 he helped to create the Shambhala Training program. He published a book on the Shambhala teachings in 1995: Sacred World, the Shambhala Path to Gentleness, Bravery and Power.  Jeremy was appointed acharya in 1996 and was acharya-in-residence at Dechen Chöling from 1999 to 2005, and at Dorje Denma Ling from 2005 to 2012. In 2008 his memoirs of life with Trungpa Rinpoche were published entitled, Warrior-King of Shambhala: Remembering Chögyam Trungpa.