Shastri Henry Chapin

Henry is a long time student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. He was appointed as a Shastri in 2010 (Shastri literally means “teacher learned in the texts and commentaries”). He has been teaching Shambhala Trainings in Canada, Australia, the USA and New Zealand for several decades

Henry lives in Ottawa where he is active in prison outreach and hospital chaplaincy work and volunteers at a group home for people with HIV/AIDS.