Teacher Biographies

Lama Chuck Stanford

Chuck Stanford is an ordained Lama within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. His 20 year course of study has included trips to Dharamsala India where he received teachings from H.H. Dalai Lama and to Golok. Lama Stanford is co-founder of the Rime Buddhist Center & Monastery & Institute of Tibetan Studies located in Kansas City.

Lama Stanford is the Buddhist member for Kansas City’s Interfaith Council. In addition he writes a monthly column on Buddhism for the religion section of the Kansas City Star newspaper. He has also written other freelance articles on Buddhism and Tibetan culture. In 1998 after doing extensive research in Dharamsala India he wrote an article on Tibetan Medicine that was published in the Kansas City Star newspaper. He has written a book entitled "Basics of Buddhism" designed to be used as a study guide for use by other Buddhist Centers.

Currently Lama Stanford serves as the spiritual leader and Executive Director of the Rime Buddhist Center which he administers on a day to day basis. In addition he teaches classes on meditation and Buddhism and performs Buddhist ceremonies, including weddings and funerals. He also serves on the boards of the National Conference of Community & Justice, Shawnee Mission Hospital's Board of Institute for Spirituality in Health, and the Friends of the Dept. of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas. Lama Stanford is very involved in prison outreach and serves as a part-time Chaplain at Leavenworth Prison. In addition Lama Stanford has been asked to consult with and give Dharma teachings at Buddhist Centers in other cities.

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His Eminence Khamtrul Rinpoche

His Eminence Khamtrul Rinpoche is a renowned Tibetan Buddhist Scholar from Dharamsala, India. Khamtrul Rinpoche is the Tantric Master for Namgyal Monastery (the personal monastery of His Holiness the Dalai Lama), and the former Minister of the Department of Cultural and Religious Affairs of the Tibetan Government-In-Exile. Rinpoche is the only living Lama outside of Tibet who holds direct and unbroken empowerments, transmissions, and teachings of the Fifth Dalai Lama's complete works. Rinpoche was urged by H.H. the Dalai Lama to preserve and pass along these teachings for future generations.