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

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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 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/

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

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In less than 45 minutes our open house holiday concert begins. We look forward to steering you all here.

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Join us for the 34th Annual World Peace Meditation, an interfaith gathering on December 31, at 6:00 a.m. A highlight of the event are the prayers of peace by the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council. The Council is comprised of Faith Directors who belong to 22 distinct faith philosophies represented in the greater community, all of whom are passionate about multi-faith understanding. Working through Directors, Alternates, Advisors and Friends, the Council strives to provide engaging and educational programs about the many diverse faiths and traditions represented in Greater Kansas City by joining religion, spirit and community. #rimecenter #kcbuddhists #worldpeace #kcinterfaith

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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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You did it! Thank you to all who made donations today. We exceeded our goal and raised $5785 for #GivingTuesday. If you would still like to donate to our Rime Temple fundraiser check out our website at http://ow.ly/S5sN50xrfSE. We would also like to invite you to join us this Sunday for our Open House Holiday Concert. Doors open at 5 pm, music starts at 6 pm.

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This #GivingTuesday a Rime Sangha member has donated $1,000 to the Rime Temple building fund. The anonymous donor is challenging other Sangha members and friends of the Rime Center to also donate $1,000. If the Rime Center gets another donor to accept the challenge then they will match that gift with an additional $1,000. Please consider accepting the challenge today. http://ow.ly/FveS50xf9Xq #RimeCenter #KCBuddhist #GivingTuesday

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Generosity is contagious. When you participate in GivingTuesday you’re participating in a global movement for generosity and can inspire others to join in. We invite you to participate in a truly unique project – building the first Tibetan Buddhist Temple in Kansas City. We are asking for your help in raising $5,000 by the end of the day toward our goal for the down payment on the construction loan for the temple. Support us as we open the doors of loving-kindness and achieving peace through compassion.
Check out our website to find out how you can help us meet our goal this Tuesday. http://ow.ly/xbTz50xejls #RimeCenter #KCBuddhists #GivingTuesday

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The Rime Buddhist center will host the 34th Annual World Peace Meditation, an interfaith gathering on December 31, at 6:00 a.m. The Keynote Speaker is Imam Jamal Shakur. The Bodhisattva Award will be given to PeaceWorks Kansas City. #rimecenter #kcbuddhists #worldpeace #kcinterfaith #meditation

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The Rime Center will be having an open house and fundraiser to support its endeavor of building the first Tibetan Buddhist Temple here in Kansas City. Learn about the different programs that the Rime Center offers to the community.

There will be a 50/50 raffle, tamale sale, and more. The Rime Gift Shop will have 20% off all non-book items and will be open throughout the day.
The highlight of the event will be Barefoot Bran’s holiday concert. Bran is a folk singer-songwriter, performer, and recording artist based in and around Kansas City. With a healthy dose of tree hugging and dreaming, Bran crafts his unique, down-to-earth folk songs that aim to tell stories that are inspiring, insightful, and ofttimes humorous.

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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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Join us on December 31st at 6am for the 34th annual World Peace Meditation. The keynote speaker will be Imam Jamal Shakur who is the violence prevention supervisor at Aim 4 Peace. The mission of Aim 4 Peace is to increase the capacity of the community to handle their own disputes non-violently. Their message is simple: Stop Shooting! Start Living! Aim4Peace! #rimecenter #kcbuddhists #worldpeace #kcinterfaith #meditation

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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 Bab Duchen, celebration of the Buddha’s return from Tushia. #rimecenter #kcbuddhists

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In just two weeks the Rime Buddhist Center will celebrate GivingTuesday for our Rime Temple Project fundraiser joining millions around the world participating in the global generosity movement.

We invite you to make a commitment to a truly unique project. Building the first Tibetan Buddhist temple in Kansas City. #rimecenter #kcbuddhist #givingtuesday #rimetempleproject

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The Rime Buddhist center will host the 34th Annual World Peace Meditation, an interfaith gathering on December 31, at 6:00 a.m. In 1986 Fred Culver of the World Center For Global Community began this tradition here in Kansas City where it has been held each year since. You are asked to participate, not only in global interconnection each December 31st, but actively communicating the concept, a moment of oneness to dissolve the sense of separation and return humankind to wholeness and restoring this world to sanity. #rimecenter #kcbuddhists #worldpeace #kcinterfaith #meditation

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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 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 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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RIME BUDDHIST CENTER

700 West Pennway, Kansas City, Missouri 64108
Telephone: (816) 471-7073

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