Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Second Paramita: Right Conduct by Lama Tom Broadwater. The explanation for the second paramita (transcendent virtue) can be complicated, but most basically the […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Shamatha Doctor is IN: Meditation Q & A with Lama Kathy, Pt. 2 by Lama Kathy Wesley. After reviewing basic Shamatha (calm abiding) […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Shamatha Doctor is IN: Meditation Q & A with Lama Kathy by Lama Kathy Wesley. After reviewing basic Shamatha (calm abiding) meditation techniques […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Nirvana and Samsara are the Same…Wait! What??? pt. 3 by Eric Weinberg. Eric’s first talk in this series, given on February 5, 2023 was […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Turning Confusion into Wisdom: A How-To Guide by Lama Kathy Wesley. It’s said that the teachings of the Buddha claim we can turn our […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled A Palace of Our Own by Lama Kathy Wesley. The new decorations in the main meditation hall at Columbus KTC have sparked several conversations. […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Nirvana and Samsara are the same…Wait! What? part 2 by Eric Weinberg. Part 1 of this talk, given in February, focused on walking the […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Compassionate Communication 2: Emotional Agility by Lama Adam Berner. This talk will explore a middle way approach to our emotions. Rather than acting upon […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Happy Accidents and Intentional Mistakes: Reflections on Marriage by Lama Kathy Wesley. On the occasion of her 50th wedding anniversary, Lama Kathy reflects on […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Generosity…The way of the Bodhisattva…by Lama Tom Broadwater. In this Dharma Talk Lama Tom continues exploring the journey of the Bodhisattva…looking at the transcendent […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Four Clingings by Marcus Casey. In his first teaching after awakening, Shakyamuni Buddha taught that the root of suffering is clinging. In this […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Happier New Year! by Lama Kathy Wesley. On the occasion of the annual KTC Sangha Community Celebration of Losar (New Year), Lama Kathy talks […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Traveling the way of the Boddhisattva by Lama Tom Broadwater. Over the course of the next few months, Lama Tom will lead us through […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Cleaning the Silver by Lama Kathy Wesley. Before Losar (Tibetan New Year) it’s customary to clean one’s shrine to wipe away the negativity of […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Nirvana and Samsara are the same…Wait! What? by Eric Weinberg. Samsara and Nirvana are two sides of the same coin. That is wisdom. This […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Finding Meaning in Everyday Life by Marcus Casey. It’s easy to feel lost in the mundane busy-ness of our lives. In this talk, we […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Compassionate Communication by Lama Adam Berner. The Buddha established the equality of all beings by our common need to be happy and avoid suffering.  […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Is Being Good, Good Enough? by Lama Tom Broadwater. In today’s talk we will look at the motivation and view for the Buddhist practice […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Buddhist Holy Days and How to Observe Them by Lama Kathy Wesley. We’ve just finished observing Christian and Jewish Winter Holidays, so this would […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Practical Advice on Dharma Practice with a New Years Wish by Lama Tom Broadwater. In this New Year’s Day talk Lama Tom takes a […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Let There Be Light by Lama Kathy Wesley. Light is a central theme in many of the world’s faith traditions, and in Buddhism, light […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Skillfully Letting Go of the Past by Lama Tom Broadwater.  As we come to the end of the year, we often look back and […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Kagyu Path: Refuge, Vows, and Transmissions by Lama Kathy Wesley. In this talk in our series describing the Kagyu Path, Lama Kathy outlines […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Sharing the Dharma with Our Imprisoned Brothers by Lama Tom Broadwater, Jim Dunn, and Eric Weinberg.  In this very special Dharma Talk Lama Tom, […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Patience Without Waiting by Lama Adam Berner. For many of us, patience means “waiting out” unpleasantness so we can be happy when it’s over.  […]