Rime Buddhist Center 700 West Pennway Kansas City, MO 64108 www.rimecenter.org 816-471-7073 Winter 2018 Brighten the Winter Blues at Increase your knowledge, check out The Rime Center the class schedule! Tsa Lung/Tummo Workshop January 20, 2018 The Rime Center will be offering a one day Tsa Lung/Tummo workshop, Saturday January 20, 2018. The workshop will be facilitated by Lama Matthew Rice. The practice will consist of Tsa Lung and seated meditation in the 32nd Annual World morning from 10:00 am – 12:00 Peace Meditation pm. With an afternoon session December 31st, 2017 at 7 am of Tummo and seated meditation from 2:00 pm – 4 pm. Throughout The Rime Buddhist center will the day Lama Matthew will host the 32nd Annual World be sharing instructions on the Peace Meditation, an interfaith practice so that those who are gathering on December 31, Venerable Tulku Yeshi new to these practices will be at 7:00 am (*please arrive by Rinpoche able to incorporate them into their 6:30 am). The program will Chod Empowerment and Teachings with daily practices. Beginners are consist of religious observances Venerable Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche encouraged to attend, but must from various cultures and faith March 9 – 11, 2018 first have received meditation traditions including Native We are delighted to welcome instruction. American smudging, Tibetan back Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche March Buddhist chanting and meditation, 9th – 11th and give the Chod “Tsa” means “channel” and “Lung” Christian prayer, devotional empowerment and teachings. In means “air.” This is a practice music, Sufi dancing, and the Tibetan language the meaning of for purifying one’s obscurations Muslim “call to prayer.” the word “chod” translates “to cut” through working with the subtle and here, in Tibetan Buddhism, body (tsa, lung and tigle), a rich Members of the Greater Kansas Chod means, “to cut the ego”. practice that totally engages body, City Interfaith Council will offer It is a practice that is based on speech and mind. a prayer for peace from each of the prajnaparamita. The benefit Tummo is our wisdom fire. We Continued on Page 3 Continued on Page7 Continued on Page 6 These teachings are available to everyone regardless of ability to pay. We offer partial and full scholarships to those in need, so don’t let lack of finances prevent you from attending. Download and print out our scholarship form at: www.rimecenter.org. Scholarship forms are not accepted by e-mail. Please submit them either by mail, fax to 816-471-7853, or at the Center. Scholarship forms need to be submitted in advance of the event. We have “suggested” fees however, pay what you can afford. Everyone is welcome! It is our hope that some will pay more to cover the those who cannot afford the fee. We simply want everyone to come enjoy these wonderful teachings. “I consider these three principles of compassion, generosity, and equanimity to be key when working for the benefit of others.” meditations by Lama Matthew Rice (Lobpon Palden Gocha) Lama Matthew Rice (Lobpon Palden Gocha) serves as the spiritual director of the Rime Buddhist Center that he administers on a day-to-day basis. In addition he teaches classes on meditation and Buddhism. He also serves as the Buddhist Director for the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council. Lama Matt is very involved in homeless outreach. He works closely with other Rime members to ensure that the Homeless Outreach program runs smoothly and that it receives the needed supplies for those in need living on the streets. Bodhichitta: The Heart of Enlightenment “The altruism of bodhichitta is the do not have the capability to help of the Bodhisattva, but it is also path of beings of great potential. beings; it is better that I rest in nir- a description on Shantideva’s Therefore train yourself in the vana.” This thought contradicted famous text The Way of the Bod- deeds of bodhisattvas, and do his promise to Amitabha, and he hisattva. The first three chapters this on a grand scale! Shoulder burst into a thousand pieces and explain how to generate bodhi- the responsibility of freeing all felt intense suffering. chitta. The next three chapters beings from samsara. Of all the However, there is an upside to explain how to prevent bodhichitta eighty-four thousand sections of this story. Amitabha, by the power from diminishing. The next three the Buddha’s teachings, none is of his grace, reconstructed the chapters explain how to make more profound than bodhichitta. body of Chenrezig. He gave him the bodhichitta grow and flourish, “– Dudjom Rinpoche eleven faces and a thousand while the final chapter is a prayer I must make a confession. Some- arms similar to the thousand of dedication. times it is very hard to live up to spokes of a universal monarch’s I am happy to announce that this the words spoken by Dudjom wheel and a thousand eyes, sym- famous text will be taught this Rinpoche. The path of a the Bo- bolic of the thousand buddhas year by Geshe Tsewang Thin- dhisattva is one that brings much of the present kalpa. Chenrezig ley as part of our Tier 3 course. meaning to my life, but the con- could henceforth help the beings As this is such an important part stant stream of suffering that we in this form as well as with his of the Mahayana path, Geshe have been hearing lately, whether other forms of two or four arms. la is going to take his time with it’s natural disasters or the sus- Amitabha asked Chenrezig to the text, looking at each chapter tained hate and violence in our retake his promise with still more in detail while helping us apply country and in the world, I have vigor than before and then trans- those teaching to our daily lives. moments of feeling overwhelmed mitted to him the six syllable man- I hope that you can join us in this by it all. tra: OM MANI PADME HUNG.” journey of discovery. To awaken There is a story about Chenrezig, So this coming year, I am also go- bodhichitta in your own heart and after he had many kalpas work- ing to retake my promise to con- mind is one of the greatest gifts ing for the benefit of all beings in tinue to arouse bodhichitta and that you can give to yourself and each of the six realms, he looked allow it to flourish in my heart and others. with the eye of knowledge from mind. But I will also not be alone. “With their boundless wisdom, be- the top of mount Meru to see if he You can join me in this journey. ings’ only guides, have investigat- had liberated many beings and There is a famous prayer, “Bod- ed thoroughly and seen its value. whether the number of beings in hichitta is precious, may it arise Thus whoever longs for freedom samsara had diminished. Alas, he for whom it has not arisen, once from conditioned states should saw that they were still innumer- arisen, may it not diminish, but grasp this precious bodhichitta able. He became very sad and ever grow and flourish.” Not only and guard it well.” - Shantideva being discouraged, he thought, “I does this prayer hold the essence 2 The Rime Jewel Newsletter — © 2018 Rime Buddhist Center Winter 2018 Help Update Our Mailing List Tsa Lung/Tummo Workshop, From Page 1 If you would like to sign up for the weekly e-mail updates, no longer wish to receive naturally have this warmth within Dear Rime Member, Friends, mailings from the Rime Center or you have us in the area below the navel moved, contact us at: [email protected] and Supporters, or 816-471-7073. chakra, but we are not usually Join a Committee aware of it and we do not use Joining a Rime Committee is an excellent it. When we develop proper Another year is coming to a way to contribute to the sangha and to be- close and the Rime Buddhist come more involved with the Rime Center. If concentration and begin to you are interested in becoming involved and work with our inner fire, we can Center Board is grateful for your serving on a committee, please contact the completely transform ourselves. continued support in helping us following chairs about coming to a meeting: Using visualization, breath build a community that values Gift Shop Committee techniques and movement, we the Buddha’s teachings of love, Daniel Scharpenburg Daniel.scharpen- connect to our inner fire and [email protected] compassion, and wisdom. There Finance Committee generate it greater and greater. Vickie Cumberland vickie.cumberland@ We work with our breath, is no doubt that this would not rimecenter.org bringing it to a higher level, and have been possible without your Membership Committee Sergio Moreno [email protected] this changes our blood. This support. That is why we are Dharma School Committee warm blood in turn affects our asking you to keep the Rime Brianna Durham [email protected] hormones. Buddhist Center in mind when Library Committee On a physical level, the inner fire William Hunter [email protected] you are making your year-end Prison Outreach is responsible for the temperature Andrea VanBecelaere prison.outreach@ of our body—the heat of digestion tax-deductible contribution. rimecenter.org Community Outreach and metabolism, the heat that Lama Matthew, Gabi, and the Vickie Cumberland vickie.cumberland@ powers chemical reactions and board want to continue the work rimecenter.org builds hormones. On an energetic of our founders in making the Program Committee level, the Tummo fire blazes Chairs: Matt Rice spiritualdirector@rimecen- Rime Center not just a place ter.org through the channels, melting Volunteer Coordinator away the subtlest blockages for study and meditation, but Lora Lee Reese [email protected] also a home that nurtures and Newsletter Team and surging energy throughout N i c o l e E s q u i b e l , M a t t R i c e the body.