December 3 @ 7:45 pm

Join Lama Matt as he discusses the five stages to learning Buddhist philosophy with its progressively more subtle and refined views of reality and the means to realize it through meditation practice.

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When denied or repressed, unconscious anger can have a negative impact with destructive consequences. But when recognized and used mindfully, it can be a positive source of vitality, courage, and dedication as well as a powerful mobilizing factor in our solidarity and commitment to enacting social change. Join Chaplain Sergio as he discusses liberation through anger. Read more…

Geshe Thinley continues his discussion of the stages of the path. This is the step-by-step approach to the Buddha’s teachings originally set out by the great Atisha. Because it condenses all the exoteric sutra scriptures into a meditation manual that is easy to understand, scholars and practitioners rely on its authoritative presentation as a gateway that leads to a full understanding of the teachings. Read more…

Under the Bodhi Tree takes us back to the principles at the heart of Buddha’s teachings—conditionality and dependent co-arising. Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikkhu makes the case for dependent co-arising as a natural law, and builds a compelling presentation from there of Buddhist philosophy, meditation, and practice. Read more…

Have you received empowerment from a teacher and asked to do a tantric practice, but you are unsure what it all means? Join Lama Matthew Palden Gocha for this 4 part course that will introduce you to the ground of the Vajrayana and the preliminary practices. Read more…

Join us as we learn to use skillful means in our daily life with energy and enthusiasm. Each week, there will be an exercise from the book to practice throughout the week. Weekly topics include Inner Freedom, Change, Self-Knowledge and Humility. The text is straightforward and easily accessible to any level of student. Read more…

Geshe Thinley will be leading a discussion on the Stages of the path. This is a step-by-step approach to the Buddha’s teachings originally set out by the great Atisha. Because it condenses all the exoteric sūtra scriptures into a meditation manual that is easy to understand, scholars and practitioners rely on its authoritative presentation as a gateway that leads to a full understanding of the teachings. Read more…

Join us as Dr. Nora and Luis explorer the Heart Sutra, a short prayer sutra loved and revered in all Buddhist traditions. Serious practitioners memorize and recite the sutra as part of their meditation practice. This sacred text gives the student closer to understanding the concept of emptiness which he terms, no separate self, which is not easy to grasp. Read more…

This class is for anyone who is contemplating on taking the refuge vows. Taking the refuge vows is generally considered to be the doorway to the learning and incorporating the Buddhist tenets into one’s life. The aim is to provide the student with the understanding the what, why and how before making the commitment to take the refuge vows. Read more…

Interested in becoming an official member of the Rime Center? Beginning February 23rd join us at 9:30 am for the Rime Center’s Membership class. Upon completion of the class, students are inducted as new members of the Rime Center sangha and are given a mala personally blessed by H.H. Dalai Lama. Read more…