Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

Easing the Suffering of the World

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

The Second Paramita…Guidepost and Guardrail

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 f

The Four Dharmas of Gampopa: A Complete Path to Buddhahood

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 [

BECOMING REFUGE – The Three Jewels as a Living Practice

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 […

The Meaning of Lineage, and Lama Q&A

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

Generosity…a Doorway to Enlightened Behavior: A Talk Honoring Volunteers

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 gen

Compassion in Action: Columbus KTC’s Social Outreach Initiative

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 s

Curiosity and Fearlessness: Digging Into Our Practice

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 p

Practical instructions on becoming a Bodhisattva, Part Two

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

How Can We Live Through This Dystopian Age?

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 […]

Finding What’s Real

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

Practical Instructions on Becoming a Bodhisattva

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

Gampopa and His Most Famous Book: Jewel Ornament of Liberation

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

Encouraging the Buddha Within

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 re

Journey to India: Fulfilling a Promise to the Guru

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 [

As You Like It, part 3 – Dissolution and Dedication

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

Questions and Answers with Khenpo Ugyen Tenzin

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 rea

Tolstoy’s Three Questions, Answered by Buddhism

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 al

Mantra Meditation Practice

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 o

Following the Guru’s Instructions

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