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Rimé Foundation (formerly Chicago Rimé Center) is an organization supporting the development, practice and integration of the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism. While exploring the richness unique to each lineage, Rimé Foundation honors the unity inherent within the vast spectrum of Tibetan Buddhist teachings and has received the blessings of such eminent figures representing the four major schools as H H Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, H H Dilgo Khyentse, Dzongsar Rinpoche, Dzigar Kongtröl Rinpoche (the reincarnation of Jamgön Kongtrül the Great), Lati Rinpoche, Venerable Kirti Tsenshap Rinpoche and H H Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoche.
Offering a supportive environment of dedicated individuals, Rimé Foundation has sponsored, among others, Kalachakra and Mahamudra initiations and is working to provide the Chicago community access to traditional teachings by notable masters within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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| Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche Geshe Khenrab Gajam Tulku Jigme Tromge Rinpoche Venerable Khenpo Könchog Gyaltshen H H Chetsang Rinpoche Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Lama Ngör Thartse Zhabdrung Kunga Rinpoche Lama Migmar Tseten Lama Lamchen Gyalpo Rinpoche Gangteng Tulku Rinpoche Venerable K C Ayang Rinpoche H E Jetsun Dhampa (IX Khalkha) Lama Mingyur Lhundrup Rolpa'i Dorje H H Pema Norbu (Penor) Rinpoche Lama Dawa Chhödak Arjia Rinpoche Jhado Tulku Rinpoche H E Namkha Drimed Rinpoche |
This term (Tibetan, "ree-may"; English, "unbiased") is the term applied to the current in Tibetan Buddhism that originated in eastern Tibet in the 19th century. It arose from the need to overcome sectarian bias in the evaluation of the doctrinal traditions of the various schools and to accept each tradition on its own merits. The movement was initiated by the Sakyapa teacher Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo 1820-1892). Among his students, the most important were Chögyur Dechen Lingpa (1829-1870) and Jamgön Kongtrül the Great (1811-1899). The fundamental attitude of unbiasedness of the movement is most evident in the person and work of Jamgön Kongtrül. The influence of the Rimé movement is still palpable today, especially in the Karma Kagyu and Nyingmapa schools. The main concern of the first Rimé teachers was a clear structuring of doctrinal and practical materials, based on the example of the Gelugpa school. However, the process within the Rimé movement of reviving transmissions of teachings that had been thought lost and providing them with fresh commentary also embraced the traditions of the other schools. In the Rimé collection of texts, works of the Kagyupa, Sakyapa, Kadampa and Chöd lineages are also found. The Rimé teachers advocated revival of the Bön teachings. In addition to their religious activities, they also found time to be politically active as mediators with the central government in Lhasa. (Term definition extracted from The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen and reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Inc, 300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. |
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