The Rime Center’s Winter/Spring Newsletter, ‘The Rime Jewel’, is out now. Read about our upcoming events and classes. You can also look back at our Fall happenings with Illuminations. Finally, don’t miss out on our upcoming holidays.
Author Archives: Lama Matthew Palden Gocha
Upcoming Special Event: Online Half-Day Meditation Retreat
December 3, 2022 @ 9am
Join us for our last online half-day meditation for the year. The retreat will focus on releasing ego clinging and training the mind in compassion through mindfulness meditation. Beginners are encouraged to attend. Read more.
Upcoming Special Event: Bodhi Day – Online Puja
December 8, 2022 @6pm
The Rime Center will be hosting a special online puja to commemorate Bodhi Day. It is the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that Shakyamuni Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment, also known as bodhi in Sanskrit and Pali. Bodhi Day is observed in many mainstream Mahayana traditions. Register in advance for this event to get the Zoom link.
Upcoming Special Event: Rime Membership Class
December 7, 2022 @ 7:45pm
Interested in becoming an official member of the Rime Center? Beginning Wednesday December 7th, join us at 7:45 pm for our membership class. Upon completion of the classes, students are inducted as new members of the Rime Center sangha and are given a mala personally blessed by H.H. Dalai Lama. This event will be in-person and online. Read more.
#Justice4KCK Rally
Social Justice Committee Update
Join local community and national leaders on Thursday, November 17th at 1 PM CST in the fight to hold Roger Golubski and the KCKPD accountable for their crimes against the residents of Kansas City, Kansas. If you are unable to attend the rally, tune in to the livestream at YouTube.com/@teamroc. Read more.
Letter of Solidarity for the Dialogue Institute of Kansas City and the Kansas City Raindrop Foundation
On October 21,2022, the offices and community center of the Dialogue Institute of Kansas City and Kansas City Raindrop Foundation, was the target of vandalism. Three teenage vandals broke in through a window and ransacked the building leaving a swastika, the anarchy symbol and obscene phrases scrawled across walls. On Nov 10, 2022 Lama Matt and other community leaders came together to stand in solidarity with the Dialogue Institute and Raindrop against this act of hate. Lama Matt read the following statement at the event.
The Buddha taught about our interconnectedness to all sentient beings around us. In the Buddhist scripture, The Flower Garland Sutra, the Buddha uses the metaphor of Indra’s net. Continue reading
Upcoming Holiday Event – Lha Bab Düchen, the ‘Festival of the Descent from Heaven’
November 15, 2022 beginning @ 6:30am
The Rime Center will be open during the day for Lha Bab Düchen. Come in and meditate at your own pace and time limit. Lama Matt will be offering the 24 hour Mahayana vows to those who wish to make special effort for the day. The vows will be given in-person at 6:30am. A special puja to commemorate Lha Bab Duchen beginning at 6:00 pm. Read more.
RESCHEDULED Special Event – Circle Experience: Sangha Circle, Gratitude and Community
December 11, 2022 @ 1:30pm
Join us for a story sharing experience where all are equal and have uninterrupted opportunities to speak from the heart, while others listen from the heart, as the talking piece moves around the circle. The theme will be about gratitude and community. Read more.
Amitabha Empowerment and Phowa Transmission with Ven. Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche
October 28-30, 2022
We are delighted to welcome back Venerable Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche, October 28-30th. Rinpoche will give the Amitabha empowerment and give teachings on the practice of phowa. The Phowa practice, or Transference of Consciousness at the time of death Read more.
This event is open to everyone, but please consider being a sponsor for this retreat. Your sponsorship will ensure everyone can attend these wonderful teachings.
Upcoming Class – Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha
Beginning November 2 @ 7:45 pm
This classic text of teaching verses from the earliest period of Buddhism in India conveys the philosophical and practical foundations of the Buddhist tradition. The text presents two distinct goals for leading a spiritual life: the first is attaining happiness in this life (or in future lives); the second goal is the achievement of spiritual liberation, freedom, absolute peace. Read More.