The Rime Center’s Summer Newsletter, ‘The Rime Jewel’, is out now. Read about our upcoming events and classes. You can also look back at our Spring happenings with Illuminations. Finally, don’t miss out on our upcoming holidays.
Author Archives: Lama Matthew Palden Gocha
Upcoming Class: Free Meditation Workshop
May 25, 2022
Want to learn to meditate, but just don’t know how to get started? Join us online for this free in-person meditation workshop. The wonderful thing about meditation is that it can be used anywhere, and has been proven to lower blood pressure, relieve stress, and help you cope with anxiety. In this one session workshop you will learn this simple technique that can change your life. Read more…
Service Guild Volunteers Wanted!
We are looking for volunteers to help out in various capacities with the Rime Service Guild. The Service Guild exists to foster a sense of connection and community among members of our sangha and to make visitors feel cared for and welcome. Service Guild volunteers have a unique opportunity to make a difference and to set the tone for interactions and relationships within the Rime Center’s walls. If you are interested in becoming an active volunteer with the Service Guild please go to Volunteer Sign Up Form.
Rime Sangha at the SevenDays Kindness Walk
Lama Matt and other members of the Rime Sangha showed up for this year’s SevenDays Kindness Walk. SevenDays overcomes hate by promoting kindness and understanding through education and dialogue.
Bodhisattva Vows Given
Pictured from left to right: Jason Greet, Andrew Hergert, Lauren Higgins, Lama Matt, Daniel Scharpenburg, Julie Farr, and Fanny Mandelberger.
Congratulations to those who took Bodhisattva vows today with Lama Matt.
Help Support SevenDays
April 13-24, 2022
Join Lama Matt and other Rime Sangha members as we participate in this year’s SevenDays events. Following the April 13, 2014 tragedy at the Jewish Community Campus and Village Shalom in Overland Park, Kansas, a group of caring individuals decided that we, as a community, have the power to outshine and overcome such senseless acts of hate. SevenDays is a challenge for young and old, to embrace diversity across races, religions and cultures.
SevenDays provides opportunities to encourage all people to increase kindness through knowledge, mindset, and behaviors. They accomplish this with their SevenDays® themed experiences held in April 2022. Each day, a new theme will help us to practice kindness with the hope to promote understanding so we can Make a Ripple to Change the World. Join Lama Matt and other Rime sangha members for this year’s SevenDays® 2022: Kindness Walk. Walk site map. Learn about this year’s Give SevenDays Kindness Walk. Continue reading
Refuge and Pratimoksha Vows Given
Pictured from left to right: Tully Hicks, Lauren Higgins, John Eskew, Nicole Miller, Lama Matt, Jason Greer, and Jeff Smith.
Congratulations to those who took Refuge and Pratimoksha vows today with Lama Matt.
Preparing for the Refuge Vows – Online
July 27, 2022 @ 7:30pm
This online class is for anyone who is contemplating on taking the refuge vows. The aim of this class is to provide the student with the understanding the what, why and how before making the commitment to take the refuge vows. Read more…
Refuge & Lay Pratimoksha Vows Ceremony
April 2, 2022 @12:30pm
On Sat April 2nd at 12:30 pm Lama Matt will be offering the Refuge and Lay Pratimoksha vows to those who have attended the Preparing for the Refuge Vows class. The refuge ceremony is when one “officially” becomes Buddhist. The act of taking refuge is a declaration of one’s intention to follow the Buddhist path. If you are interested in taking the vows, please sign up for the Preparing for the Refuge Vows class by March 30th.
Chotrul Düchen Online Puja
March 18, 2022 @ 7pm
The Rime Center will be hosting a special puja to commemorate the Chotrul Düchen, the ‘Festival of Miracles’. It is one of the four major Buddhist holidays, and celebrate the fifteen days on which the Buddha displayed a different miracle. Read more…