Meditating Me by Trent Glad
Who am I
Without context all around me,
Without the causes of this life?
Who am I
But a composite of my parts?
Where if you take just one away
I am not me. Continue reading
sangha
Grand Opening of the Gift Shop
On Saturday October 22nd we will be having a Grand Re-Opening party.
Come see our newly redesigned and redecorated gift shop and enjoy some exclusive sales on our wonderful merchandise, as well as brand new products.
We will be open from 10am until 7pm and there will be multiple staff members to help with all of your shopping needs.
Snacks and wine will be provided.
Come see us!
Support the Jindak Community to Meet Our Goal of Financial Sustainability
In August the Board met and determined that we need to make changes to how we bring income into the center. With the increase in expenses from the last few years donations are no longer enough for us to break even after we pay our rent and utilities. We are challenging our Sangha members to help us meet our basic financial obligation by signing up for our Jindak Community. It is an easy way to support the Rime Center on a monthly basis.
Our Goal is to raise $5,500 through the Jindak Community on a monthly basis to meet our basic needs of rent and utilities by the end of September. The good news is we have begun this effort with $1,500 already committed, so we only need to get commitments for another $4,000. The Rime Center has both ACH and Paypal options for you to support us in meeting our goal.
Computers will be set up on Sundays to assist you in signing up or you can visit our website to sign up online.
Meditations by Lama Matthew Rice
Are You Ready to Take the Challenge?
I’ve noticed that the Rime Center has always done a great job of introducing people to Buddhism. Whether you are taking the Basics of Buddhism or another core class like Lam Rim and Lojong, you are introduced to the foundational teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. But then what? How, do we engage Sangha members who have gone through the core classes, but still what to deepen their knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism? I’m pleased to say that at the beginning of the year, the Board began looking into that very question. What resulted from that conversation is that the Rime Center wanted to partner with our friends with the Drepung Gomang Monastery and work closely with Geshe Tsewang Thinley to develop a shedra program that would give the Rime Buddhist Center that next level of learning. Continue reading
Santikaro – Entering the Buddha’s Path with Breathing
October 7-9th, 2016
No Set Fee – Pay Whatever You Can Afford
Santikaro, a former Theravada monk, returns to the Rime Buddhist Center to present the full range of practice of mindfulness with breathing.
Mindfulness with Breathing is the primary meditative system of Early Buddhism. In it, the Buddha outlined a series of mindful contemplations that begin with the breathing body and work up through insight into the nature of Mind and Dhamma culminating in true knowing and liberation. Santikaro will offer an overview of this system Friday evening along with guided practice in the basics of mindful breathing. Saturday’s workshop will explore further developments, primarily through guided practices, discussion, and silent meditation.
Karen Maezen Miller – Ordinary Mind is the Way
November 11-13th, 2016
No Set Fee – Pay Whatever You Can Afford
Zen priest Karen Maezen Miller will lead a meditation retreat focused on a fundamental Zen teaching: Ordinary mind is the Way. The emphasis will be on realizing the Dharma in our everyday activities and interactions with one another. The retreat will include zazen (Zen meditation), walking meditation, chanting, numerous Q&As, and the opportunity to meet privately with Maezen. The teachings are personal and informal, and will take place in the Rime Center’s upstairs shrine room.
Continue reading
Younge Khachab Rinpoche: Bardo Teachings
August 27th–28th, 2016
We are extremely delighted to welcome back Younge Khachab Rinpoche the Rime Center, August 27 through 28th. Rinpoche will be giving teachings on the Bardo and working with death and dying in the Tibetan tradition. These are extremely powerful teachings not only for oneself but also for helping your loved ones through this challenging process. Rinpoche will be giving extensive and practical instructions based on his vast study and personal experience. This is an incredible opportunity to receive teachings and instruction from a true Dzogchen master.
Obituary for Sophia Alexandra Reynolds, Tsering Drolkar
Sophia Alexandra Reynolds, 11, of Kansas City, Missouri, died of sudden cardiac arrest on Friday, July 22, 2016, at 7:19 a.m., while vacationing in Estes Park, Colorado, with her father and paternal grandmother.
Sophia was born at 4:32 p.m. on October 27, 2004, in Kansas City, Missouri. She lived in the Volker neighborhood her entire life with her parents. She attended Border Star Montessori School in Brookside, where she would’ve entered the sixth grade this fall. Sophia was active as a Girl Scout Junior, where she had just received her Bronze Award for community service. Continue reading
Chökhor Düchen, the ‘Festival of Turning the Wheel of Dharma’
August 6th, 2016
Chökhor Düchen, the ‘Festival of Turning the Wheel of Dharma’. It occurs on the fourth day of the sixth Tibetan lunar month. For seven weeks after his enlightenment, Buddha did not teach. Finally, encouraged by Indra and Brahma, he turned the Wheel of Dharma for the first time, at Sarnath, by teaching the ‘Four Noble Truths’.
The Rime Center will be hosting a series of Shakyamuni Buddha Pujas and open meditation sessions as an opportunity for you to come in and meditate throughout the day at your own pace and time limit. Continue reading
Mahayana Sutra Studies
Around one hundred Mahāyāna sūtras survive in Sanskrit or Tibetan translations. Mahāyāna sūtras are passed down as the legacy of Gautama Buddha: early versions were not written documents but orally preserved teachings said to be verses that were committed to memory and recited by his disciples, in particular Ananda, which were viewed as a substitute for the actual speech of the Buddha following his death. We will study these rich Buddhist teachings. Continue reading