Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled My Favorite Dharma Book: Mountain Dharma by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. This is an Introduction to Karma Chagme’s comprehensive book Mountain Dharma written in 1659. […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Two Truths by Lama Adam Berner. Lama Adam talks about The Two Truths using a chapter from Kalu Rinpoche’s book Luminous Mind. Topics discussed […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Rhythm of Practice by Eric Weinberg. This Dharma Talk is about the music and grace notes of life and how Dharma practice creates conditions […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Vajrayana: Path of Connection by Lama Kathy Wesley. The Buddha’s teachings describe methods for breaking through our confusion about the nature of mind and […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Transforming Adversity into the Path byMarcus Casey. One of the most important ways to take our practice off the cushion is to learn to […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Four Immeasurable: Stepping into the World of the Bodhisattvas by Lama Adam Berner. Lama Adam talks about our potential to experience the awakened […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Ask The Lama: Questions and Answers about Buddhism by Lama Kathy Wesley. In this talk, Lama Kathy will read questions submitted by dharma friends […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Life Changing Practice of Taking One Step Back by Lama Kathy Wesley. Sometimes we feel helpless in the face of our bad habits; […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Karma Chakme Rinpoche: Tibets 17th Century Mahasiddha and Author of Mountain Dharma by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. In this dharma talk Cathy Lhamo gives us […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Saka Dawa Sunday: What Is Enlightenment?byLama Kathy Wesley. The Buddha’s teaching on the Six Realms describes the experiences of all the beings in the […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Rediscovering Openness, Pt. 2: Transforming Our Kleshas by Lama Adam Berner. Lama Adam describes how our afflictive emotions can be transformed into the Five […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Why We Need Virtue: The Seven-Branch Prayer, Part 3 by Lama Kathy Wesley. Lama Kathy concludes this series about the Seven-Branch Prayer by describing […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Common Meditation Mistakes and Their Remedies by Marcus Casey. Do you sometimes get discouraged in your meditation practice? Do you struggle with consistency? In […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Why We Need Virtue: The Seven-Branch Offering Prayer, Part 2 by Lama Kathy Wesley. According to the Buddha, cultivating virtuous mind states and virtuous […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Cultivation of Bodhicitta, Aspiration Bodhicitta and Action Bodhicitta by Eric Weinberg; based on chapters 9,10 and 11 of the Jewel Ornament Of Liberation by […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Why We Need Virtue: The Seven-Branch Offering Prayer by Lama Kathy Wesley. Since the time of the Buddha Shakyamuni, followers of the Dharma have […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Faith and Doubt by Jim Dunn. When we meet a new spiritual practice, such as Buddhist practice, we may wonder about the practices, where […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Rediscovering Openness, Pt. 1 by Lama Adam Berner. In Part 1 of a series based on Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s The Five Buddha Families commentary, […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled White Tara: Princess of Health and Longevity by Lama Kathy Wesley. With a White Tara Retreat planned for late March at our “home” monastery […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled From Being Blessed to Becoming a Blessing; Practicing Guru Yoga by Eric Weinberg. Guru Yoga is a brilliant way of integrating the foundational teachings […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Learning How to Let Go When Things Go Wrong by Lama Kathy Wesley. Learning how to let go when things go wrong is a […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Calling the Guru From Afar Pt. 1 by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. In the late 19th century, a great Tibetan Buddhist master named Jamgon Kongtrul […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Finding True Love by Lama Kathy Wesley. In this talk, Lama Kathy talks about humanity’s quest for unconditional love, and how we can work […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Transforming Suffering into Motivation by Marcus Casey. As much as we may want to look away from our own suffering and the suffering around […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Eight Worldly Concerns by Lama Adam Berner. Lama Adam teaches from a chapter of Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo’s book Into the Heart of Life. This […]