Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s Six Perfections: Patience Part 1  by Lama Kathy Wesley When difficulty arises in our lives, we often react out of habit, […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Mantras: Sound of the Sacred World by Lama Kathy Wesley Buddhist teachings say we all possess the potential for enlightenment, or Buddhahood – called […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Growing Our Identities as Buddhist Heroes by Lama Tom Broadwater The affects, actions and attitude of a Bodhisattva are “eternal because they implant the […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Unhooking from Mental Afflictions by Lama Kathy Wesley. Much of the suffering we experience in our lives come from habits we feel unable to […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Our Common Enemy by Lama Kathy Wesley. During difficult times, fear can overwhelm us and we can fail to see things clearly. This can […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Buddhism Beyond Boundaries: The Practice of Being Human by Lama Tom Broadwater Practitioners have access to an ancient body of skillful means going back […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Who and What Is My Teacher?”  by Lama Tom Broadwater. Buddhist texts on the qualifications for teachers and students can fill whole libraries. So […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Shantideva and the Path of Love, Part 3”  by Lama Kathy Wesley. Once we begin to train our minds through meditation and mindfulness, we […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Shantideva and the Path of Love, Part 2”  by Lama Kathy Wesley. In the 8th Century, the Indian Buddhist saint Shantideva said that “except […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Shantideva and the Path of Love, Part 1”  by Lama Kathy Wesley. When the world seems hopelessly mired in confusion, delusion, and anger, we […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Making Friends with Your Meditation, Part 4”  by Lama Kathy Wesley. In this final talk in the four-part series, Lama Kathy reviews meditation techniques […]

This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Making Friends with Your Meditation, Part 3”  by Lama Kathy Wesley. After we’ve been meditating for a while, we might experience some relief from […]

This week’s 1 P.M. Dharma Talk is entitled “Making Friends with Your Meditation, Part 2”  by Lama Kathy Wesley. Once we’ve established a regular habit of practicing sitting meditation, we […]

This week’s 1 P.M. Dharma Talk is entitled “Making Friends with Your Meditation, Part I”  by Lama Kathy Wesley. These days more and more people are connecting to the practice […]

This week Lama Kathy will cover the third level of the Buddha’s teachings, the Vajrayana. Also called “The Indestructible Path,” the Vajrayana builds on the foundation of the Hinayana’s ethics […]

This week’s 12 Noon Dharma Talk is entitled “The Teachings of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoché: Transition to Perfection” by Lama Tom Broadwater. At the beginning of the spiritual path is the […]

In this Dharma Talk, Lama Kathy will review the first two of the three levels (often called the Three Yanas) of the Buddha’s teaching. The initial level of teaching, called […]

This week’s 12 Noon Dharma Talk is entitled, “Four Noble Truths.” Two thousand five hundred years ago, a prince in northern India left his palace to find a solution to […]

The first part of this talk answers questions from viewers of Lama Kathy’s video webcasts and covers the topics of the traditional Tibetan Buddhist 3-Year Retreat and meditation practice. In […]

This week’s talk, given by Lama Kathy Wesley, is entitled, “What Is Buddhist Retreat? & How to Do Retreat at Home.” With so many of us under “stay-at-home” orders due […]

This week’s talk, given by Lama Kathy Wesley, is entitled, “Prayers for a Pandemic, Part 2.” In this second talk given during the COVID-19 epidemic, Lama Kathy reviews the previous […]

This week’s talk, given by Lama Kathy Wesley, is entitled, “Prayers for a Pandemic, Part 1.” The COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic took much of the world by surprise in late 2019 […]

This week’s talk, given by Lama Kathy Wesley, is entitled, “Finding Inner Strength and Resolve.” When we try to make changes in our lives, sometimes we meet with inner resistance […]

This week’s talk, given by Lama Kathy Wesley, is entitled, “Path of Compassion, Path of Bodhisattvas, Part II: The Bodhisattva Vow.” The aspiration to be of benefit to others is […]

This week’s talk, given by Lama Kathy Wesley, is entitled, “Path of Compassion, Path of Bodhisattvas, Part I: The Bodhisattva Attitude.” Finding purpose and meaning in life is a quest […]