Welcome to the Rime Center
The Rime Buddhist Center is a non-sectarian Tibetan Buddhist center
located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. We are located in a
beautiful 7,000 sq. foot, 100-year-old church, that can accommodate up
to 250 people. On the second floor is a residential retreat center with
twelve beds, divided into a men's and a women's dorm. The Rime Center
also has a gift shop and bookstore that carries a variety of Dharma
books and practice items.
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Event highlights
Friday May 30, 2008 - Saturday May 31, 2008
Dzogchen Retreat & Teachings With Lama Yeshi Kaytub (Lama Lena)
Dzogchen Retreat & Teachings With Lama Yeshi Kaytub (Lama Lena) - May 30th, 31st & June 1st
Lama Yeshi Kaytub ("Lama Lena") returns to the Rime Center with a Dzogchen retreat featuring teachings from Tsig Sum De Deb, The Three Words of Garab Dorje, which is the essential heart teaching of Dzogchen. Lama Lena will use a heart text in the Nyingma Longchen Nyingthig Lineaage with a commentary by Patrul Rinpoche on the Nature of Mind. The teachings include showing the View of the Natulre of Mind by direct transmission and instruction on this specific meditation and post-meditation experience. It is said that by dedicating one's self to this single practice, full enlightenment can be achieved in a single lifetime.
Schedule
Friday, May 30th 7:30 pm - First Dzogchen teaching
Saturday, May31st 10 a.m. - noon - Second Dzogchen teaching
2 - 4 p.m. - Third Dzogchen teaching
Sunday, June 1st 10:30 a.m. Dharma Talk
Retreat (all teachings) - $100 in advance or $120 at the door.
Residential Retreat: add $25 per night stay which includes two meals per day (breakast and lunch). Retreatants are on their own for dinner; there are many restaurants near the Rime Center and the Rime kitchen is always available for use.
These teachings, as with all Dharma teachings, are available to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. Deferred payments and scholarships are available to those in need.
Lama Yeshi Kaytub ("Lama Lena") returns to the Rime Center with a Dzogchen retreat featuring teachings from Tsig Sum De Deb, The Three Words of Garab Dorje, which is the essential heart teaching of Dzogchen. Lama Lena will use a heart text in the Nyingma Longchen Nyingthig Lineaage with a commentary by Patrul Rinpoche on the Nature of Mind. The teachings include showing the View of the Natulre of Mind by direct transmission and instruction on this specific meditation and post-meditation experience. It is said that by dedicating one's self to this single practice, full enlightenment can be achieved in a single lifetime.
Schedule
Friday, May 30th 7:30 pm - First Dzogchen teaching
Saturday, May31st 10 a.m. - noon - Second Dzogchen teaching
2 - 4 p.m. - Third Dzogchen teaching
Sunday, June 1st 10:30 a.m. Dharma Talk
Retreat (all teachings) - $100 in advance or $120 at the door.
Residential Retreat: add $25 per night stay which includes two meals per day (breakast and lunch). Retreatants are on their own for dinner; there are many restaurants near the Rime Center and the Rime kitchen is always available for use.
These teachings, as with all Dharma teachings, are available to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. Deferred payments and scholarships are available to those in need.
Friday June 20, 2008 - Saturday June 21, 2008
Half-Day Zen Retreat With Zen Priest: Daigaku Rumme
Half-Day Zen Retreat With Zen Priest: Daigaku Rumme - June 20th & 21st
Rime members will have the opportunity to learn more about Zen Buddhism practices June 20-21 with a half-day retreat lead by Zen priest Daigaku Rumme. Rumme, a monk in the Soto tradition, resides at the San Francisco Zen Center and is on the staff of the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center. He was ordained a Soto monk by Harada Sekkei Roshi in 1978 and practiced under him for more than 27 years in Japan. The Zen Soto tradition emphasizes sitting as a way to realize one's Buddha nature. Soto also teaches through the use of koans or paradoxical statements that attempt to aid spiritual insight. This sect of Zen Buddhism developed in China in the 6th century C.E., then spread to Japan and other Asian countries. The retreat will feature several 30-minute periods of seated meditation (zazen) as well as walking meditation (kinhin).
Schedule
Friday, June 20th 7:30 pm Talk: Basic Principles of Zen Practice & Realization
Saturday, June 21st 10 a.m. - noon - Half Day Zen Retreat
Fee
Half-Day Retreat - $60 in advance or $80 at the door.
These teachings, as with all Dharma teachings, are available to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. Deferred payments and scholarships are available to those in need.
Rime members will have the opportunity to learn more about Zen Buddhism practices June 20-21 with a half-day retreat lead by Zen priest Daigaku Rumme. Rumme, a monk in the Soto tradition, resides at the San Francisco Zen Center and is on the staff of the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center. He was ordained a Soto monk by Harada Sekkei Roshi in 1978 and practiced under him for more than 27 years in Japan. The Zen Soto tradition emphasizes sitting as a way to realize one's Buddha nature. Soto also teaches through the use of koans or paradoxical statements that attempt to aid spiritual insight. This sect of Zen Buddhism developed in China in the 6th century C.E., then spread to Japan and other Asian countries. The retreat will feature several 30-minute periods of seated meditation (zazen) as well as walking meditation (kinhin).
Schedule
Friday, June 20th 7:30 pm Talk: Basic Principles of Zen Practice & Realization
Saturday, June 21st 10 a.m. - noon - Half Day Zen Retreat
Fee
Half-Day Retreat - $60 in advance or $80 at the door.
These teachings, as with all Dharma teachings, are available to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. Deferred payments and scholarships are available to those in need.