One-hour Dharma Talks (many with Question and Answer sessions) by Lama Kathy Wesley and the Dharma Instructors of Karma Thegsum Choling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center in Columbus, Ohio. Talks emphasize daily life applications of traditional Tibetan teachings including the Six Perfect virtues, Karma, Rebirth, Compassion and Wisdom.
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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 for self righteousness but […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 of […]
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 generosity of an aspiring bodhisattva includes […]
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 sangha is ready to […]
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 popular television character […]
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 Practices of a […]
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 […]
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 the way things […]
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 of a Bodhisattva, composed […]
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 introduces the great […]
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 reminders of our […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 ready for […]
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 all human beings should be […]
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 our spiritual path? […]
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 – it’s how learning and blessing […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Transforming Everything to the Bodhisattva Path by Marcus Casey. In difficult times we often struggle with anger and aversion. In times of prosperity we […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Buddha Nature by Paul Goldstein. Buddha Nature is the pure compassion we already hold, and our meditation practice helps us uncover it. Our Buddha […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled As You Like It, Part 2 by Eric Weinberg. In last week’s Dharma Talk Eric described using imagination and curiosity – particularly in Vajrayana […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled As You Like It by Eric Weinberg. In Shakespeare’s romantic comedy As You Like It, the main character pretends to be someone else and […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Three Yanas by Sally Crandall. Every mind processes the world in a unique way. Buddhism provides three Yanas or “vehicles” which allow practitioners […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Becoming a Citizen of the World by Lama Kathy Wesley. The teachings of the Buddha encourage us to reach out and share ourselves with […]
