According to Diana Mukpo, Trungpa's wife and widow, he ultimately became disillusioned with Tendzin as his heir, and during his final illness he called Tendzin "terrible" and "dreadful" and indicated that he would have gotten rid of him had he had a suitable candidate to replace him with. Rick Fields, the editor of Vajradhatu's publication the "Vajradhatu Sun", wrote that he resigned from his editorial position after Tendzin and the board of directors stopped him from publishing news of the events.