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Author Archives: Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

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Half-Day Meditation Retreat – Online

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

April 3, 2021 @ 9am

Designed to be accessible for all levels of learning, each retreat will focus on developing shamatha (calm abiding). The retreats will focus on releasing ego clinging and training the mind in compassion through mindfulness meditation. Beginners are encouraged to attend. Read more.

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Meditation Garden Work Day

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

March 27, 2021 @ 1:00 pm

The Rime Center is looking for volunteers to help spread mulch at the new meditation garden site. We are asking volunteers to bring basic garden tools such as rakes, shovels, etc. Volunteers should also bring a pair of heavy duty garden gloves.

Posted in sangha | Tagged Garden, Volunteer

Rime Sangha Hike – Shawnee Mission Park

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

April 11, 2021 @ 1pm

The Rime Sangha will be meeting up at the Shawnee Mission Park on Sunday April 11th at 1pm for a socially distant hike through the park. We will be hiking the Gary L. Haller Trail and Mill Creek Trail at Shawnee Mission Park… Read more.

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Program Committee Planning Meeting

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

March 16, 2021 @ 6pm

The Rime Center’s Program Committee will be having a planning session on Tuesday, March 16th at 6pm. This will be a Zoom event so please email Lama Matt if you would like to join. Please come with you ideas for our Summer programs.

Email Lama Matt

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Free Online Beginner’s Zen Meditation Workshop

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

March 13 @ 9am

What is Zen? See for yourself at a free, two-hour introduction to Zen meditation on Saturday, March 13 at  9am CST on Zoom. Zen teacher Maezen Miller‘s Dewdrop Sangha in partnership with the Rime Center are hosting this wonderful opportunity to learn about establishing a Zen practice. Read more.

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Social Justice Committee Planning Meeting

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

March 22, 2021 @ 6pm

The Rime Center’s Social Justice Committee will be having a planning session on Monday, March 22nd at 6pm. This will be a Zoom event so please email Nicole if you would like to join. Please come with you ideas.

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Chotrul Düchen Online Puja

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

February 27, 2021 @ 6pm

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…

Posted in sangha, Special Events

Half-Day Meditation Retreat – Online

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

March 6, 2021 @ 9am

Designed to be accessible for all levels of learning, each retreat will focus on developing shamatha (calm abiding). The retreats will focus on releasing ego clinging and training the mind in compassion through mindfulness meditation. Beginners are encouraged to attend. Read more…

Posted in sangha, Special Events, Trips & Retreats

Happy Tibetan New Year!

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

If you missed Ven. Geshe Thinley’s Tibetan New Year puja, you can watch it on YouTube.

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