There’s a holiday sale and open house at the Rime Buddhist Center! The event will be held on Saturday, December 5, from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Many books will be deeply discounted and the new 2016 calendars will be available to purchase .
Cookies and hot tea will be offered.
Please plan on stopping by and stocking up on items for the holidays!
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The Rime Center is pleased to host this 24-hour interfaith meditation for the earth in conjunction with meditation sit-ins across the globe. Global start time is 8:00 am, November 1st, Paris time. This is why we will begin at 12:45 AM (we are 7 hours behind).
People of all faiths and no faith are invited to join us as we focus our meditative attention on climate crisis and environmental responsibility.
DROP IN AT ANY TIME DURING THESE 24 HOURS – STAY AS LITTLE OR AS LONG AS YOU WISH – TEA AND COOKIES PROVIDED! Continue reading
Zen priest Karen Maezen Miller will lead an introduction to Zen practices and teachings on her newest book Paradise in Plain Sight, during the weekend retreat October 23rd – 25th. Participants will receive a full taste of the Zen tradition. She will teach zazen (Zen meditation) with its emphasis on the breath, walking meditation, and an introduction to Zen chanting. These are the traditional mindfulness practices that are incorporated into a Zen retreat. This retreat will also teach on Zen lessons in fearlessness, forgiveness, presence, acceptance, and contentment. The teachings are personal and informal, appropriate to all practitioners who like Maezen Miller gathers inspiration from the ground beneath her feet to remind us that paradise is always here and now. Continue reading
The Rime Buddhist Center is once gain honored to host the Drepung Gomang Sacred Art Tour. This tour shares the compassion and wisdom of Tibetan Buddhist culture throughout the country. The Monks will be in Kansas City, September 15 through October 4. Events planned include a Sand Mandala creation, cooking classes, cultural performances, in addition to Pujas and Dharma Teachings at the Rime Center. Please visit the KC tour Facebook page for event details, Drepung Gomang Tour – Kansas City.
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In her visit to the Rime Center in 2014, Lama Lena recommended that the Rime Center perform tsoks on a regular basis as a way to benefit the sangha and build stronger bonds with each other. She said that this should be a festive atmosphere with singing and dancing and of course food.
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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, September 11, 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. Continue reading
Join us as we celebrate 20 years of the Rime Center in Kansas City. Come early and help kick off the party with Lama Chuck and Mary.
There will be an open house beginning a 4:30 pm with live music from Cachecanto, featuring Rime member Thomas Nelson. Children of all ages will have fun creating sidewalk chalk art and making prayer flags. Potluck dinner starts at 6:00 pm, in true Rime Center fashion!
We are delighted to welcome back Lama Lena to the Rime Center, June 26 through 28. Lama Lena is a highly accomplished yogini in the Dzogchen tradition who will deliver very clear and accurate teachings on “Dzogchen from a Wandering Yogini.” She is accessible, easy to relate to, open to questions, and willing to deal directly with many of the questions to which we are seeking answers. Continue reading
Saka Dawa is the holiest holiday on the Buddhist calendar. It recognizes the Buddha’s: birth, enlightenment and death. We will start the day at 5:30 a.m. by giving the “Eight Mahayana Precepts” to those would like to receive them. These five precepts (plus three more) are taken for only 24 hours. By taking these eight precepts and keeping them for 24 hours it is considered have merit beyond measure.
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Mark your calendars for a wonderful teaching by the acclaimed Tibetan Buddhist lama and healer, Ven. Phakyab Rinpoche. Register to attend his teachings on Healing through Shamatha Meditation. Shamatha meditation is a simple practice great for beginners and advanced practitioners alike. Shamatha means “calm abiding” in Sanskrit, and this meditation focuses on allowing the mind’s natural state to be accessed by focusing the breath on a specific object and letting all other thought slip away. As the meditation practice deepens, the space between thoughts becomes greater and more profound, making room for our true inner nature of unconditional love, peace, and healing to arise and expand. Continue reading