Upcoming Retreat with Younge Khachab Rinpoche:

Chod: Cutting Through Attachment

Younge Khachab Rinpoche returns to Kansas City to teach the
profound method for developing Bodhichitta - the mind of Enlightenment - Chöd.

The Chöd ritual involves a form of self-sacrifice, whereby the practitioner
visualizes their own body as the offering at a form of tantric feast. The practice engenders a
sense of victory and fearlessness over attachment. It brings about a direct experience of one’s
inherent open and luminous nature. The unique combination of sacred song, ritual instruments,
visualization and supreme generosity redefines our limited sense of self.

February 4-7, 2010
Thursday February 4, 6:30- 7:30pm
Public Talk On The Buddhist Path (FREE)
Kansas City Public Library, Waldo Branch, 201 E 75th St, KCMO

Friday, February 5, 9am-5pm:
Buddhist Meditation Methods - an introduction for Beginners
(Unity Temple on the Plaza, Classroom E
$70 for this event only

Saturday, February 6, 9am-5pm:
Throma Ngakmo Empowerment and Chöd instruction for Tantric Practitioners
(Unity Temple on the Plaza, Classroom E)
PLEASE BE EARLY AS THE EMPOWERMENT IS ESSENTIAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE RETREAT

Sunday, February 7, 9am-2pm:
Chöd instruction for Tantric Practitioners
(Unity Temple on the Plaza, Classroom C)

Unity Temple on the Plaza, 707 W 47th St., Kansas City, MO 64112

$70 for Friday session only. $149 for pre-registration for all three sessions,
received by January 30. Or $195 at the door. No one turned away for
inability to pay – contact us for work exchange, scholarship, or partial scholarship
before January 30 to make arrangements.  Please contact us directly if you are
interested in paying with PayPal.

For more information call us at 816-200-2RSL (2775) or e-mail to rimeshedrubling.kc@gmail.com

For more information call us at 816-200-2RSL (2775)
or e-mail to rimeshedrubling.kc@gmail.com

If you're a student of Rinpoche's, please consider becoming an 'official sponsor'

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Weekly Practice Dharma Gathering:

If you're a student of Rinpoche's, please consider becoming an 'official sponsor'

Meditation & Book Discussion

Join Us Every Sunday
12:30-2:00 PM

Unity Temple On the Plaza
Classroom C
707 W 47th St
Kansas City, MO 64112

Unity's Temple Buddhist Center

Current Topic:
Nagarjuna's Letter To A Friend
Started November 29, 2009

The great Indian Buddhist master Nagarjuna (1st - 2nd century A.D.) wrote his celebrated
poem Letter to a Friend as a letter of advice to a king with whom he was friendly.
Despite its short length (only 123 verses), it is a monument in the Indian Buddhist tradition.
It covers the whole Mahayana path with unusual clarity and memorable imagery, and it is for this
reason that it is widely quoted by Tibet's great masters and scholars in the many commentaries
they have written on the Buddhist path. The poem's condensed style and concentration
of technical subjects, however, make it difficult to understand for the average reader, and
much of it requires a certain amount of explanation if its message is to be conveyed fully.

We will be gathering at 12:30 PM on Sundays for our "20 minute sit" meditation session
(no experience necessary, basic meditation instruction can be provided)
and a discussion of Buddhist topics following (see above).

Bring your books & cushions. Opening prayers and dedication will be provided.

Contact us at (816) 200-2RSL or rimeshedrubling.kc@gmail.com

  If you're a student of Rinpoche's, please consider becoming an 'official sponsor'

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TSA LUNG DVDs STILL AVAILABLE!

DVDs of Khachab Rinpoche performing the Tsa Lung preliminary practices are
available for $25 (includes shipping fee.) 

This DVD is restricted to people who are Rinpoche's student and have had the
Tsa Lung instruction directly from Rinpoche.

Please email your request to the RSL-KC group.

NOTE: We can only ship USPS First Class

If you're a student of Rinpoche's, please consider becoming an 'official sponsor'

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BASIC MEDITATION CLASS:

Finding Your Place:
Methods of Buddhist Meditation

What is Meditation?
Why do we need to meditate?
What is a “practice”?
How do I practice?

When we begin to explore the Buddhist path there are many methods and techniques that often complicate this profound
path to inner knowledge. In this basic meditation course we will learn how to place the mind in meditation using both the
common and special methods of Tibetan Buddhism.

While this class requires a basic knowledge of Buddhism, it is designed to provide beginners with the means
to enter into practice by teaching meditation, basic terminology, general Buddhist concepts and providing
additional resources for personal exploration.

Facilitator: Jon Dilley,
Rime Shedrub Ling-Kansas City

Class information: 816-200-2RSL or rimeshedrubling.kc@gmail.com

4 Weekly sessions starting Thursday, February 11, 2010
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Unity Temple on the Plaza,
Classroom C,
707 W 47th St.,
Kansas City, MO 64112

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