September 14, 2023 @ 7:45 pmThis class is for anyone who is contemplating on taking the refuge vows. Taking the refuge vows is generally considered to be the doorway to the learning and incorporating the Buddhist tenets into one’s life. This class will be in-person only.
September 16, 2023 @ 10amThe Rime Sangha will be meeting up at Swope on Saturday September 16th at 10am for a hike through the park. We will be hiking the Wudchuk Run Loop which is a 2.2 mile loop trail and will be meeting at the parking lot near the Go Ape Zipline and Adventure Park. Read more…
September 23, 2023 @10amJoin Lama Matthew Palden Gocha as he leads a discussion of how the three yanas are expressed in the art that is found at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The three yanas are the hinayana, the mahayana, and the vajrayana. Read more…
September 2, 2023 @ 9amDesigned to be accessible for all levels of learning. The retreat will focus on the sadhana practice of Green Tara, which involves chanting the tantric liturgy, meditation, and chanting of mantras. During this retreat, Lama Matthew Palden Gocha will give teachings on Green Tara along with discussion on Yidam sadhana practice. Read more…
July 21, 2023 beginning at 5:45amChökhor 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. Read more…
April 30, 2023 @12pmJoin us Sunday April 30th after the Sunday Service as we welcome Ven. Geshe Thinley back to Kansas City. We will be having a potluck at the Rime Center’s Wayne Ave location. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share.
April 9, 2023 @10:30amLama Matthew Palden Gocha will be offering both a spirit offering and smoke offering during the Sunday Service April 9th. We will be making offerings to help establish auspicious connections as we near the end of the 108 Day Bodhisattva Challenge. Read more.
May 27-28, 2023Due to a flight delay Rinpoche’s teachings are postponed a week and will occur on May 27-28th.
Younge Khachab Rinpoche will be teaching from his upcoming new book, Secret Path of the Siddhas. The teachings of the great masters and siddhas of the past in India and Tibet are made available and accessible to modern practitioners in this guide. Read more.
April 1, 2023 at 9amDesigned to be accessible for all levels of learning, this retreat will focus on developing calm abiding using the guided meditations of B. Alan Wallace. The retreat will focus on releasing ego clinging and training the mind in compassion through mindfulness meditation. Beginners are encouraged to attend. This event will be online only. Read more.
April 5-16, 2023Join Lama Matt and other Rime Sangha members as we participate in this year’s SevenDays events. 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 2023. The events kick off with the SevenDays® Kindness Breakfast. Then 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. The events end with year’s SevenDays® 2023: Kindness Walk.
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. Read more.