Chögyam Trungpa

Trungpa named the American Thomas Rich, as Ösel Tendzin, his Vajra Regent and successor. In February 1989 the New York Times reported allegations that Tendzin, leading the community after 1987, knew he had AIDS and infected partners.

Dyan Zaslowsky, 'Buddhists in U.S. Agonize on AIDS Issue', New York Times, 21 February 1989; Don Lattin, 'Sex, AIDS Scandal Forces Buddhist Leader Into Retreat', San Francisco Chronicle, 18 February 1989

Tibetan Buddhist teacher in the West (died 1987), founder of the Naropa Institute and of Shambhala Training.

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Primary source

Chögyam Trungpa, Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, 1984, ch. 2, Discovering Basic GoodnessTrungpa's Shambhala teaching of basic goodness.
Every human being has a basic nature of goodness

Scholarship

Dyan Zaslowsky, Buddhists in U.S. Agonize on AIDS Issue, New York Times, 1989, 21 February 1989 (reprinted in News From The Dharma Realm)The February 1989 allegations against Ösel Tendzin, regent of Vajradhatu.
allegations that its leader knew he had AIDS and transmitted it to his sexual partners
Don Lattin, Sex, AIDS Scandal Forces Buddhist Leader Into Retreat, San Francisco Chronicle, 1989, 18 February 1989 (reprinted in News From The Dharma Realm)Trungpa named Ösel Tendzin (born Thomas Frederick Rich) his Vajra Regent and successor.
Trungpa named Tendzin his "vajra regent" and successor