Chuck Stanford Oral History

Oral histories created by University of Kansas students, staff and faculty as part of the Religion in Kansas Project are archived at http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12524 in KU ScholarWorks, the digital repository of the University of Kansas.Oral history interview with Lama Chuck Stanford, co-founder and director of the Rime Buddhist Center in Kansas City, Missouri. This interview was conducted on June 4, 2015, at a Starbucks near Stanford’s home in Southern Johnson County, Kansas. This interview includes discussion of Stanford’s creation of the Rime Buddhist Center, his own story of becoming Buddhist, his thoughts on meditation, and his work in the interfaith community. This interview was conducted for the Religion in Kansas Project as part of a summer fieldwork internship funded by the Friends of the Department of Religious Studies.Friends of the Department of Religious Studie