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A non-sectarian Tibetan Buddhist center located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Come visit us!

“Self-love is the foundation of our loving pract

“Self-love is the foundation of our loving practice. Without it our other efforts to love fail.” - #bellhooks #ReclaimLove #ValentinesDay #RevolutionaryLove @thedreamcorps @RevLoveProject reclaimlove.us

On behalf of the Rime Buddhist Center, thank you f

On behalf of the Rime Buddhist Center, thank you for journeying with us throughout last year as we explored the Rime Center's many thangkas. We wanted to end this series by returning to Palden Lhamo, the Rime Center's personal Dharma Protector. May she clear away the obstacles that you might face for the coming year.
Supplication to Palden Lhamo
Sole Mother, Lady Victorious Over the Three Worlds, please pay attention here and now! You overpower the whole apparent world, samsara and nirvana. By heroically guarding the Dharma and Dharma-holders, with the four types of actions, flashing like lightning. You soar up openly, like the full moon in the midst of a garland of powerful Dharma Protectors. Powerful Dakini Protector, I prostrate to your omniscient being.

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Samantabhadra Buddha arises as our true nature, th

Samantabhadra Buddha arises as our true nature, that state of the primordial universal ground, is given the name the 'Primordial Buddha'. In the primordial universal ground, there are neither sentient beings, nor buddhas; neither ignorance, nor enlightenment. It is a state of natural, unchanging perfection beyond conditions and concepts.

He is typically dark blue in color, naked, having the appearance of a Buddha, with the hands in meditation gesture and the legs in vajra posture. He embraces the consort Samantabhadri. She is usually depicted light colored and also naked. This particular thanka has the yidam golden colored.
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Orgyen Menla or Guru Rinpoche of Medicine. Medicin

Orgyen Menla or Guru Rinpoche of Medicine. Medicine Buddha’s primary motivation is to completely remove physical and mental suffering from all sentient beings in general, but primarily mental and physical illness caused through the imbalance of the elements.
His form is that of Guru Rinpoche. He is deep blue like the color of lapis lazuli. His right hand holds a vajra and an arura plant with fruit, the medicinal plant that heals both the sickness of mind and body. His left an alms bowl filled with nectar that pacifies the chronic disease of delusion and the nectar of immortality. The ornate katvanga staff of a Vajrayana mendicant decorated with streamers rests against the left shoulder. He wears gold earrings and necklaces, the head is covered with a lotus hat, a gift of the King of Zahor, of silk brocade topped with a half-vajra and a single vulture feather. Attired in various robes of different colors reflecting the disciplines of the Vinaya, Bodhisattva and Mantra Vehicles.

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Nagarjuna is revered as an unsurpassed master by a

Nagarjuna is revered as an unsurpassed master by all Buddhist schools. His teachings provide the foundation for the Madhyamika School, which propounds the ‘Middle Way’ philosophy, accepted as the highest view within the sutrayana. From the realm of the nagas he brought back the extensive Prajnaparamita scriptures.

He is often depicted in composite form comprising human and naga characteristics. Often the naga aspect forms a canopy crowning and shielding his human head. The notion of the naga is found throughout Indian religious culture, and typically signifies an intelligent serpent or dragon, who is responsible for the rains, lakes and other bodies of water.

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Barefoot Bran is starting his set. There is still

Barefoot Bran is starting his set. There is still time to join us. Tamales sale, 50/50 raffle, and 20% off all items in the gift shop. Our fundraising goal is $5,000. Check out our website to donate. https://www.rimecenter.org/temple-project/

Nelson and From opening the holiday concert. There

Nelson and From opening the holiday concert. There is still time to join us.

Asanga is one of the most famous Indian scholars.

Asanga is one of the most famous Indian scholars. He lived in the fourth century and was the elder brother of Vasubandhu. He received teachings from Maitreya and transcribed them as the ‘Five Treatises of Maitreya’. Together with Asanga's own commentaries, these texts became the basis for the philosophical schools known as Chittamatra.

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Maudgalyayana is one of the foremost arhat discipl

Maudgalyayana is one of the foremost arhat disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni, renowned especially for his mastery of miraculous powers. Commonly found in images of Shakyamuni Buddha, Maudgalyayana is standing at the right side holding a monk's staff in the right hand and a begging bowl in the left, attired in red and orange coloured robes, encircled by radiant light.
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Shariputra is one of the foremost arhat disciples

Shariputra is one of the foremost arhat disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni. Commonly found in images of Shakyamuni Buddha, Shariputra is standing at the left side holding a monk's staff in the right hand and a begging bowl in the left, attired in red and orange coloured robes, encircled by radiant light.
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Ven. Geshe Tsewang Thinley leading a puja for Lha

Ven. Geshe Tsewang Thinley leading a puja for Lha Bab Duchen, celebration of the Buddha’s return from Tushia. #rimecenter #kcbuddhists

Shakyamuni Buddha accompanied by the Six Ornaments

Shakyamuni Buddha accompanied by the Six Ornaments of India (Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Asanga, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, and Dharmakirti) and the Two Supreme Ones (Gunaprabha and Shakyaprabha), and nine additional scholars making a group of seventeen. The seventeen great Indian panditas were associated with Nalanda monastery.
Seventeen Scholars of Nalanda Monastery. Left side: Nagarjuna, Acharya Aryadeva, Gunaprabha, Dignaga, Bhavaviveka, Buddhapalita, Chandrakirti, and Shantideva. Right side: Arya Asanga, Acharya Vasubandhu, Shakyaprabha, Dharmakirti, Simhabhadra, Vimuktisena, Kamalashila, and Shantarakshita. Bottom center is Dipamkara Atisha.

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Shakyamuni Buddha together with Shariputra and Mau

Shakyamuni Buddha together with Shariputra and Maudgalyayana standing at the sides below Shakyamuni. Between them are the eight auspicious symbols. Surrounding Shakyamuni is the elaborate backdrop composed of the 'Six Ornament' design which has two elephants, above them are snow lions, a horse and small boy with a conch shell, a makara, a naga, crowning the top is a single Garuda bird.

The central images are then surrounded by 108 smaller images of Shakyamuni Buddha. These types of paintings with a central peaceful figure and multiples of smaller surrounding figures are generally commissioned for the purpose of generating merit and overcoming obstacles.
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Shri Shmashana Adhipati, Father-Mother. Also known

Shri Shmashana Adhipati, Father-Mother. Also known as Chitipati or Lord of the Charnel Grounds. A protector deity that is usually depicted as two skeletons, one male and the other female. With three round red eyes and wide smiling mouths displaying canine teeth they glare at each other. The Father on the left holds aloft a bone stick with the right hand and in the left a blood filled skullcup held to the heart, wearing a tiger skin, standing on a conch shell. The Mother holds a stalk of grain in the upraised right and a wealth vase in the left, wearing various silks, standing on cowrie shells.

It is important not to confuse the protector deities Shri Shmashana Adhipati, Father & Mother, with the skeleton dancers found in the various systems of Tibetan religious Cham dance. Those skeleton figures are representing worldly spirits, whereas Shri Shmashana Adhipati are enlightened deities categorized as Wisdom protectors. Shri Adhipati is found in the Secret Essence Wheel Tantra and is associated with the Chakrasamvara Cycle of Tantras.

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Lama Aria Drolma teaching at the Rime Center. Even

Lama Aria Drolma teaching at the Rime Center. Event is open to all. #rimecenter #kcbuddhists #lamaariadrolma

Bhavachakra or Wheel of Life is a representation o

Bhavachakra or Wheel of Life is a representation of the samsaric cycle of existence. It is based on the Abhidharma literature of the Theravada and Sutrayana vehicles. The wheel is held in the grip of a wrathful monster representing impermanence. The four wheels represent aspects of samsaric life. The outer wheel represents the twelve links of interdependent origination. The next wheel depicts the six realms of samsara. The third wheel represents positive and negative actions. The inner wheel represents the three poisons.
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Amoghasiddhi, meaning accomplishing what is meanin

Amoghasiddhi, meaning accomplishing what is meaningful', is one of the buddhas of the five families. He has a buddha-like form, green body color and this left hand resting in his lap in the mudra of equipoise and his right hand at chest level facing outwards in the Abhaya mudra of fearlessness. Tantric depictions of Buddhas are commonly shown with jewel ornaments and a crown.
Amoghasiddhi is the embodiment of 'all-accomplishing wisdom'. A wisdom that considers beings and the ways by which they might benefit them, and then appear spontaneously and effortlessly, without change or exertion, to benefit those beings. He represents the Karma family which is connected with action, momentum, and movement. The Vajra family, to which Amoghasiddhi belongs, is associated with the element of wind. Just as the wind can be still and calm, or light, or steady, or powerful and even violent, karma energy can act in the same way. The passive energy of the Karma family is confidence and the active energy is acting, moving, or transforming.

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Amitabha, meaning boundless light is one of the bu

Amitabha, meaning boundless light is one of the buddhas of the five families. He has a buddha-like form, red body color and the his hands in the meditation mudra. Tantric depictions of Buddhas are commonly shown with jewel ornaments and a crown.
Amitabha is the embodiment of 'wisdom of discernment'. A wisdom that while from the point of view of the absolute nature all phenomena are the same in being equal, from the point of view of the phenomena themselves all things in samsara and nirvana are distinct and not confounded. He represents the Lotus family which is connected with perception and is linked to the transmutation of desire. The Lotus family, to which Amitabha belongs, is associated with the element of fire.

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Ratnasambhava, meaning source of preciousness is o

Ratnasambhava, meaning source of preciousness is one of the buddhas of the five families. He has a buddha-like form, yellow body color and the right hand right is in supreme generosity – fulfilling the wishes of beings. This particular image has him with the right hand in the earth touching mudra. Tantric depictions of Buddhas are commonly shown with jewel ornaments and a crown.
Ratnasambhava is the embodiment of 'wisdom of equality'. A wisdom without any concept of good or bad, the wisdom of equality is to regard samsara and nirvana as equal, as having a single mode and one taste. He represents the Ratna family which is connected with equanimity and is linked to the transmutation of greed and pride. The Ratna family, to which Ratnasambhava belongs, is associated with the element of earth.

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Akshobhya, meaning unshakeable, is one of the budd

Akshobhya, meaning unshakeable, is one of the buddhas of the five families. He has a buddha-like form, blue body color and the left hand supporting an upright vajra scepter. This particular image has him with the left hand in the Abhaya mudra of fearlessness and the right hand in the Varada mudra of generosity. Tantric depictions of Buddhas are commonly shown with jewel ornaments and a crown.
Akshobhya is the embodiment of 'mirror-like wisdom'. A wisdom that ‘reflects’ all the phenomena of samsara and nirvana. Holding all the images of space and time, yet untouched by them. The mirror is Mind itself – clear like the sky, empty yet luminous. He represents the Vajra family which is connected with reason and intellect. Its brilliance illuminates the darkness of Ignorance, its sharpness cuts through of anger or aggression. The Vajra family, to which Akshobhya belongs, is associated with the element of water.

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