Appearance and Emptiness: What we believe

Acharya Eric Spiegel is among a small number of Western teachers empowered by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche as a senior teacher (Acharya) representing the Shambhala lineage. He has been teaching the Shambhala Dharma since the mid 1970s. Eric has worked extensively with the ill and dying (beginning with AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 90s), helping them to realize their natural wisdom in the face of impermanence, and has had a decades-long career in finance. He lives in a very old house in rural New York State.