Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Part 6 of The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva by Marcus Casey. Continuing to unpack the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, we explore the […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Easing the Suffering of the World by Lama Kathy Wesley. This week’s tragic avalanche, landslides, and flooding in Tibet and Nepal took our world […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Second Paramita…Guidepost and Guardrail by Lama Tom Broadwater. Ethics and the teaching of ethics are not a religious instrument for self righteousness but […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Four Dharmas of Gampopa: A Complete Path to Buddhahood by Lama Kathy Wesley. May my mind follow the dharma May the dharma become […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled BECOMING REFUGE – The Three Jewels as a Living Practice by Eric Weinberg. The three Jewels are not just something beyond us we take […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Meaning of Lineage, and Lama Q&A by Lama Kathy Wesley. With the upcoming visit of Drupon Khenpo, Lama Kathy explains the function of […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Generosity…a Doorway to Enlightened Behavior: A Talk Honoring Volunteers by Lama Tom Broadwater. All generosity is beneficial. The generosity of an aspiring bodhisattva includes […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Compassion in Action: Columbus KTC’s Social Outreach Initiative by Lama Kathy Wesley. With the dedication of KTC’s new building, the sangha is ready to […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Curiosity and Fearlessness: Digging  Into Our Practice by Lama Kathy Wesley. “Be Curious, Not Judgmental.” This bit of wisdom from a popular television character […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Practical Instructions on Becoming a Bodhisattva, Part Two by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. Our class will study the Tibetan Buddhist poem, 37 Practices of a […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled How Can We Live Through This Dystopian Age? by Lama Tom Broadwater. We are sometimes a bit lost in this dystopian age. Distrust of […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Finding What’s Real by Lama Kathy Wesley. Understanding the world through the teachings of the Buddha, we learn the difference between the way things […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled  Practical Instructions on Becoming a Bodhisattva by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. Our class will study the Tibetan Buddhist poem, 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, composed […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled  Gampopa and His Most Famous Book: Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Lama Karma Drodhul. Lama Karma Drodhul, visiting from KTD Monastery introduces the great […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled  Encouraging the Buddha Within by Lama Kathy Wesley. On Saka Dawa, Buddhism’s holiest day, Lama Kathy talks about the importance of reminders of our […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled  Journey to India: Fulfilling a Promise to the Guru by Lama Kathy Wesley. In this talk, Lama Kathy describes a recent visit to India […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled  As You Like It, part 3 – Dissolution and Dedication with Eric Weinberg. In this third installment in a series of talks about Sadhana […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Questions and Answers with Khenpo Ugyen Tenzin. With the recent installation of the Sertok, or spire on its roof, Columbus KTC was ready for […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Tolstoy’s Three Questions, Answered by Buddhism by Lama Tom Broadwater. The great writer Tolstoy posed three “Great Questions” that all human beings should be […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Mantra Meditation Practice by Marilyn Stephen. Mantra meditation is a central practice of Tibetan Buddhism. But how does it fit into our spiritual path? […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Following the Guru’s Instructions by Lama Kathy Wesley. The teacher-student relationship is central to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition – it’s how learning and blessing […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Transforming Everything to the Bodhisattva Path by Marcus Casey. In difficult times we often struggle with anger and aversion. In times of prosperity we […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Buddha Nature by Paul Goldstein. Buddha Nature is the pure compassion we already hold, and our meditation practice helps us uncover it. Our Buddha […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled As You Like It, Part 2 by Eric Weinberg. In last week’s Dharma Talk Eric described using imagination and curiosity – particularly in Vajrayana […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled As You Like It by Eric Weinberg. In Shakespeare’s romantic comedy As You Like It, the main character pretends to be someone else and […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Three Yanas by Sally Crandall. Every mind processes the world in a unique way. Buddhism provides three Yanas or “vehicles” which allow practitioners […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Becoming a Citizen of the World by Lama Kathy Wesley. The teachings of the Buddha encourage us to reach out and share ourselves with […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Singing Milarepa’s Songs by Lama Kathy Wesley. This coming week the Buddhist calendar celebrates the great poet-saint of Tibet, Milarepa. This great master used […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Happy Losar! by Lama Kathy Wesley. In this special program KTC Celebrates Losar (Tibetan New Year) with special events and ceremonies.

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Emptiness as Affliction, Emptiness as Remedy by Lama Tom Broadwater. There is a pervading FEELING of emptiness among many people – especially the young. […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Training in the Four Immeasureables by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. The Four Immeasureables prayer is present in most of our Sadhanas. Its purpose is to […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Choosing a Teacher: Qualities to Look For by Lama Kathy Wesley. Building on a previous talk concerning wise ways to choose Internet Dharma sources, […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Practice What’s Important Now by Lama Kathy Wesley. A sudden snowstorm wreaks havoc with our outer and inner calm. How can we practice what’s […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled A Complete Roadmap to Happiness by Lama Tom Broadwater. Tibetan Buddhism has a unique way of viewing Hinayana and Mahayana. We see them as […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Holding a Good Heart in Difficult Times by Lama Kathy Wesley. It’s been a difficult week in the world, with acts of violence taking […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled A Consumer’s Guide to Internet Dharma: Choosing Wise Content by Lama Kathy Wesley. With so much dharma available online these days, it’s easy to […]

This Dharma Talk is entitled Happy New Year! by Lama Tom Broadwater.  As we celebrate New Years Day, Lama Tom reminds us that, whatever circumstances arise in the new year, […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Always Be Resolving: Navigating the New Year by Lama Kathy Wesley. The yearly tradition of making New Year’s resolutions can have a hidden flaw […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled What is Karma? by Lama Tom Broadwater. There is confusion about Karma even among some Buddhist followers. Hopefully with some clarity, we will explore […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva – Part 4 by Marcus Casey. In this week’s Dharma Talk we continue studying The 37 Practices of a […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Heartfelt Love for Dharma and All Sentient Beings During the Holidays by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. Topics covered in today’s discussion include: • Embracing the […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Gratitude: The Root of Love by Ani Tsekyi Buchanan. Regarding her first Dharma Talk at Columbus KTC, Ani Tsekyi said, “I am here today […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Between Two Worlds by Paul Goldstein. Human existence is noteworthy for being rooted partly in spiritual reality and partly in the ordinary material world. […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Reenchantment of the world: Finding purpose in practice and Bodicitta by Lama Tom Broadwater. Today there is a pervasive sense of disenchantment among us. […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Until We All Shine with Wisdom: Manjushri & Heart Sutra by Lama Kathy Wesley. This month, Columbus KTC begins offering a new 10 AM […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Come to the Feast! An Explanation of the Vajrayana Feast by Lama Kathy Wesley. This coming Wednesday evening, KTC will conduct one of its […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled What To Do When You Don’t Know What to Do by Lama Kathy Wesley. Making decisions isn’t always easy; we have so many choices […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Columbus KTC Shrine – the Life of Gampopa and the First Karmapa by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. We continue our discussion of the Kagyu Lineage […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva – Part 3 by Marcus Casey. In Part 3 of our journey through The 37 Practices of a […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Remembering Khenpo Karthar Rinpoché by Lama Kathy Wesley. On the 6th anniversary of KTC founder Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s passing, Lama Kathy shares stories about […]