Weekend Teachings with Lama Lena: How to Die

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Posted on June 16, 2025 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

July 11–13, 2025

The Rime Buddhist Center is honored to welcome back Lama Lena, a renowned teacher of Tibetan Dzogchen, for a profound weekend of teachings on “How to Die.”

During this special weekend, Lama Lena will guide us through the Dzogchen view on death, helping us transform our understanding of dying into a powerful opportunity for liberation. Drawing from ancient practices and deep insight, she will show us how to approach death with clarity, compassion, and fearlessness — and how this knowledge can help us live more fully and authentically.

Whether you are new to Dzogchen or a longtime practitioner, this weekend promises to illuminate your path and deepen your practice. Continue reading →

Weekend Teaching with Pamela Ayo Yetunde

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

May 16-18, 2025

Join us for a transformative weekend with author, theologian, and pastoral counselor Pamela Ayo Yetunde. This special event will feature a public talk on her latest work, Dearly Beloved: Prince, Spirituality, and This Thing Called Life, followed by a weekend teaching on her groundbreaking book, Casting Indra’s Net: Fostering Spiritual Kinship and Community.

This event is open to everyone, but please consider being a sponsor for this retreat for as little at $150. Your sponsorship will ensure everyone can attend these wonderful teachings.

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Upcoming Event: Half Day Green Tara Retreat

Posted on March 9, 2024 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

April 6, 2024 @ 9am

Designed 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. Continue reading →

Upcoming Holiday: Chotrul Düchen, the ‘Festival of Miracles’

Posted on February 17, 2024 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

February 24, 2024

Join us for Chotrul Düchen, the ‘Festival of Miracles’. Chotrul Düchen falls on the fifteenth day of the first Tibetan month’s full moon. The following fifteen days celebrate the Buddha’s miracles to boost his disciples’ devotion. A special puja begins at 7:00 pm. The puja will be in-person and online using Zoom. Continue reading →

Half Day Chenrezig Retreat

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

March 2, 2024 @ 9am

The Rime Center’s Chenrezig retreat is open to all skill levels. It focuses on sadhana practice like tantric liturgy chanting, meditation, and mantra. Replacing old patterns and thoughts with new ones, and overcoming obstacles. It’s an excellent practice to benefit all beings… Continue reading →

Book Discussion: Across Many Mountains, A Tibetan Family’s Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

January 13, 2024

Join curator Kimberly Masteller and others with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in a discussion of Yangzom Brauen’s memoir Across Many Mountains: A Tibetan Family’s Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom. Read more.

38th Annual World Peace Meditation

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Lama Matthew Palden Gocha

The Rime Buddhist Center will host the 38th Annual World Peace Meditation, an interfaith gathering on December 31, at 6:00 a.m. (*please arrive by 5:30 a.m.). The program will consist of religious observances from various cultures and faith traditions including Native American smudging, Tibetan Buddhist chanting and meditation, Sufi whirling, devotional music, and the Muslim “call to prayer.” Members of the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council will offer a prayer for peace from each of their faith traditions.