Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Taking a Moment by Lama Kathy Wesley. American governmental elections offer a real-time example of the Buddhist concept of impermanence – one elected official […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Bringing Tough Times and Hard Feelings to the Path by Eric Weinberg. There are plenty of tough times and hard feelings these days. Is […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled When the Road to Meditation Gets Tough  by Lama Tom  Broadwater. We may experience difficulties in meditation at the beginning, struggling to establish a […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Meditation Doctor Is IN: Lama Kathy Answers Your Questions  by Lama Kathy Wesley. As Columbus KTC’s first-ever Shamatha Intensive program continues with weekly […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Let Me Introduce You by Lama Kathy Wesley. The Columbus KTC’s Main Shrine holds beautiful representations of the enlightened beings of the past. In […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Ghosts of Christmas: A Bardo Story by Lama Kathy Wesley. We’ve all heard the Tibetan word “bardo” (which means “in-between”) used in reference to […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Year End Reflections on the Progress of Our Center by Lama Tom  Broadwater. As the year comes to a close, Lama Tom reflects on […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Dharma by Heart: Reciting Inspiration Aloud by Lama Kathy Wesley. We all have times when our inspiration flags, when it’s hard to practice and […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Calming Down and Waking Up; Buddha Nature on the Cushion and Off by Eric Weinberg. “We’re not meant to read the sentence ‘All beings […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Next Level Gratitude by Lama Kathy Wesley. The Thanksgiving holiday prompts a wave of reflection as we take stock of what we are grateful […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Dharma Talk: What We Say Matters by Lama Kathy Wesley. The Buddhist teaching on right speech is classic: “we are what we think, all […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled When practice becomes faint hearted… by Lama Tom Broadwater. In this Dharma Talk we will explore the Four Thoughts as ways to enliven our […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Spiritually Regrouping After the Election” by Lama Kathy Wesley. US Presidential elections are always stressful, and especially so when our candidate doesn’t win the […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Practice in tense times by Eric Weinberg. These are tense times. In times like these some of us are looking for a spiritual off […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Cultivating Inner Strength by Lama Kathy Wesley. In difficult times, fear and doubt can upset our inner equilibrium and crowd out our positive intentions. […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Words of Our Teachers by Lama Lodro Lhamo. Lama Lodro Lhamo, visiting Columbus KTC from Karma Triyana Dharmachakra monastery in Woodstock, NY, describes the […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Learning to Live in the Present by Marcus Casey. In every moment we have a choice as to whether our mind is accepting, and […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Mandala from the inside out by Eric Weinberg. This talk is about taking the concept of mandala and bringing it to life in our […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Who Wants to be a Bodhisattva? by Lama Kathy Wesley. Serving all sentient beings until they become awakened Buddhas sounds like a difficult task, […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Perfection of Wisdom-Awareness – The Sixth Paramita by Lama Tom Broadwater. It is through wisdom awareness that all the other virtues are brought […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Developing a stable mind in an unstable world by Lama Tom Broadwater. How do we regain our ability to control our minds in this […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Dorje Chang Prayer – Brilliant by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. In this week’s Dharma Talk Cathy Lhamo will explain the Karma Kagyu lineage’s main Supplication: […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Living Out Loud: Why Buddhists Make and Take Vows” by Lama Kathy Wesley. Commitment can be a real challenge for us sometimes;  and yet, […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled What are the five Buddha Families by Eric Weinberg. Each of the five buddha families represents a particular emotion, which has both a confused […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Expanding on the Possible: Strategy for Practice by Lama Tom Broadwater. The 4th Paramita is about diligent effort. We’ll look at obstacles to diligent […]