Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC: Recent Episodes
Columbus KTC
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.
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 […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Singing Milarepa’s Songs by Lama Kathy Wesley. This coming week the Buddhist calendar celebrates the great poet-saint of Tibet, Milarepa. This great master used […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Happy Losar! by Lama Kathy Wesley. In this special program KTC Celebrates Losar (Tibetan New Year) with special events and ceremonies.
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Emptiness as Affliction, Emptiness as Remedy by Lama Tom Broadwater. There is a pervading FEELING of emptiness among many people – especially the young. […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Training in the Four Immeasureables by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. The Four Immeasureables prayer is present in most of our Sadhanas. Its purpose is to […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Choosing a Teacher: Qualities to Look For by Lama Kathy Wesley. Building on a previous talk concerning wise ways to choose Internet Dharma sources, […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Practice What’s Important Now by Lama Kathy Wesley. A sudden snowstorm wreaks havoc with our outer and inner calm. How can we practice what’s […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled A Complete Roadmap to Happiness by Lama Tom Broadwater. Tibetan Buddhism has a unique way of viewing Hinayana and Mahayana. We see them as […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Holding a Good Heart in Difficult Times by Lama Kathy Wesley. It’s been a difficult week in the world, with acts of violence taking […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled A Consumer’s Guide to Internet Dharma: Choosing Wise Content by Lama Kathy Wesley. With so much dharma available online these days, it’s easy to […]
This Dharma Talk is entitled Happy New Year! by Lama Tom Broadwater. As we celebrate New Years Day, Lama Tom reminds us that, whatever circumstances arise in the new year, […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Always Be Resolving: Navigating the New Year by Lama Kathy Wesley. The yearly tradition of making New Year’s resolutions can have a hidden flaw […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled What is Karma? by Lama Tom Broadwater. There is confusion about Karma even among some Buddhist followers. Hopefully with some clarity, we will explore […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva – Part 4 by Marcus Casey. In this week’s Dharma Talk we continue studying The 37 Practices of a […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Heartfelt Love for Dharma and All Sentient Beings During the Holidays by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. Topics covered in today’s discussion include: • Embracing the […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Gratitude: The Root of Love by Ani Tsekyi Buchanan. Regarding her first Dharma Talk at Columbus KTC, Ani Tsekyi said, “I am here today […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Between Two Worlds by Paul Goldstein. Human existence is noteworthy for being rooted partly in spiritual reality and partly in the ordinary material world. […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Reenchantment of the world: Finding purpose in practice and Bodicitta by Lama Tom Broadwater. Today there is a pervasive sense of disenchantment among us. […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Until We All Shine with Wisdom: Manjushri & Heart Sutra by Lama Kathy Wesley. This month, Columbus KTC begins offering a new 10 AM […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Come to the Feast! An Explanation of the Vajrayana Feast by Lama Kathy Wesley. This coming Wednesday evening, KTC will conduct one of its […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled What To Do When You Don’t Know What to Do by Lama Kathy Wesley. Making decisions isn’t always easy; we have so many choices […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Columbus KTC Shrine – the Life of Gampopa and the First Karmapa by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. We continue our discussion of the Kagyu Lineage […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva – Part 3 by Marcus Casey. In Part 3 of our journey through The 37 Practices of a […]
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 […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Kayas part 2 by Eric Weinberg. In this series of talks Eric seeks to explore the common understandings of what the kayas are. […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Practice Beyond Perfection(ism) by Lama Kathy Wesley. Meditation helps us recognize and begin to work with our habitual thought patterns. But what if our […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Patience within a panoramic view of the Path by Lama Tom Broadwater. The best way to understand patience is within a summarized view of […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled What are the “kayas” anyway? by Eric Weinberg. In this talk Eric seeks to explore the common understandings of what the kayas are. But […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, pt 1 by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. In this series of Dharma Talks we will be studying this essential text […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Strength, Trust, and Stability through Right Conduct by Lama Tom Broadwater. Through the words of great teachers of our lineage we will explore aspects […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Guru Yoga, the Kayas, and Deity Yoga, Opening the gates by Eric Weinberg. This is a continuation of the series of talks about meditation […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Emotional Healing: Facing Life’s Challenges with Curiosity and Courage by Lama Tsultrim Yeshe. Sometimes it can seem like suffering follows us like our shadow. […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Transforming Difficult Emotions by Marcus Casey. We all have difficult emotions and most of the time we find ourselves at their mercy. But there […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Easy Does It: Finding Balance in Your Daily Practice by Lama Kathy Wesley. Sometimes we start our daily meditation practice with a lot of […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Persona Non Grata? by Lama Kathy Wesley. Every day, we present ourselves – to family, friends, co-workers, and even to our own self – […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled How to be Generous in a World of Greed by Lama Tom Broadwater. In this week’s Dharma Talk we will look at ways to […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Everywhere i see my Precious Mothers by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. What is Bodhicitta, and how do we develop it? Quite simply, our interactions with […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Equanimity by Eric Weinberg. Sharon Salzberg sums it up this way, “Equanimity, the secret ingredient in mindfulness. It does not mean indifference, which is […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Keeping It Simple: Holding a Virtuous Mind by Lama Kathy Wesley. With so many prayers and practices available in our Tibetan Buddhist heritage, we […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Interdependence part 2 by Lama Tom Broadwater. This is a continuation of a previous talk on this topic. We will review adding more clarity […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Taking the Bodhisattva Vow by Lama Kathy Wesley. In anticipation of an upcoming Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony at KTC, Lama Kathy recalls her own connection […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled How to Manifest a Pure Realm by Lama Kathy Wesley. Dharma texts describe pure realms – environments manifested by awakened beings upon their enlightenment. […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Jesus and Buddha as Brothers by Lama Kathy Wesley. In this Easter Sunday talk, Lama Kathy discusses unproven but interesting theories about the “lost […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Embracing Suffering on the Path by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. It can be easy to do a daily meditation or dharma practice when things are […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Two Bodhicittas: What are they and why are they so essential? by Lama Tom Broadwater. The Great Masters tell us to keep the […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Sympathetic joy, the third immeasurable by Eric Weinberg. Sympathetic joy is the delight we feel when good happens for someone else. Lets talk about […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled May All Beings be Free of Suffering and the Causes of Suffering by Eric Weinberg. The second of the four immeasurables invites us to […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Showing Gratitude to the Dharma by Marcus Casey. Sometimes when things seem bleak, the best antidote is to practice gratitude. In this talk, we […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled KTC Losar Sunday Dharma Talk and Program by Lama Kathy Wesley. KTC celebrates the Tibetan New Year with ceremonies and a short Dharma Talk […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Tibetan Buddhist Meditation – Three Paths to Freedom – Part Three by Lama Kathy Wesley. As a follow-up to her talk on Basics of […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Tibetan Buddhist Meditation – Three Paths to Freedom by Lama Kathy Wesley. As a follow-up to her talk on Basics of Meditation, Lama Kathy […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Ngondro: Our Path to Mahamudra by Lama Tom Broadwater. For some students who wish to proceed to the profound meditation of Mahamudra, they begin […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Meditation Doctor Is IN: Advice and Tips from Lama Kathy. Have questions about your meditation practice? This talk is for YOU. Lama Kathy […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Working with Mind Training by Eric Weinberg. The teachings on mind training, or lojong, are an invaluable aid. They show us how the wisdom […]
This is a special New Year’s Day Dharma Talk by Lama Kathy Wesley. As part of the Columbus KTC’s annual First Light Lamps for World Peace event, Lama Kathy continues […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Only Thing that Needs Changing Is … by Lama Kathy Wesley. The New Year brings the feeling of having a “fresh slate” for […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Silent Night (& Day): The Practice of Silence and Its Benefits by Lama Kathy Wesley. When people are silent, we often assume they are […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Chenrezig: Lord of Love by Marcus Casey. Join us for the story of Chenrezig and an in-depth discussion of how we should think of […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Three Jewels: inner, outer, and secret – Part 2 by Eric Weinberg. This talk will briefly review Part 1, which dealt with uncovering […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Faith of Milarepa by Lama Tom Broadwater. Milarepa was Tibet’s greatest yogic saint from 10 centuries past. Given the distance in time and […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Developing Confidence in Your Daily Practice by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. We are told that meditation has many benefits, but how do we develop confidence […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Three Jewels; Outer, Inner, Secret by Eric Weinberg. A spiritual path is a dynamic process of transformation. Our understanding of the Three Jewels, […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled After Retreat, the Laundry by Lama Kathy Wesley. With the special shrine for the recently completed Nyingne Retreat in the background, Lama Kathy talks […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Introduction to Nyungne Practice – Part 2 by Lama Kathy Wesley. Centuries ago, an Indian princess with a dreaded disease was exiled to a […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Introduction to Nyungne Practice by Lama Kathy Wesley. Centuries ago, an Indian princess with a dreaded disease was exiled to a forest and left […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Sending Love to a Broken World by Lama Kathy Wesley. With war breaking out in various parts of the world, and so much suffering […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “The essence of thought is dharmakaya, as is taught.” by Eric Weinberg. In this week’s talk, Eric takes the fifth stanza of the Mahamudra […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Awareness is the body of meditation, as is taught” by Eric Weinberg. The Kagyu Lineage Prayer prayer says, “awareness is the body of meditation”. […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled What is emptiness? Part 2 by Marcus Casey. With material drawn from The Sun of Wisdom by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso and The Open Door […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Lama Visit Recap and Dharma Q&A with Lama Kathy by Lama Kathy Wesley. It’s been a few weeks since our Columbus KTC Dharma community […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Detachment is the foot of meditation.” What does this mean? by Eric Weinberg. In a follow up to Lopon Lama Topden’s teaching on the […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Question of Evil – A Buddhist Response by Lama Kathy Wesley. Buddhist teachings say all beings possess a nature of Basic Goodness – […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Are We Really Always Doing Our Best? by Lama Kathy Wesley. One of the strongest teachings of the Buddha is the assertion that all […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled What Is Emptiness? by Marcus Casey. What do we mean when we say emptiness? What don’t we mean? In this talk, we try to […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Devotion, I bet it’s not what you think by Eric Weinberg. Is devotion just a simple act of dedication, or is there something more […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “There’s One Good Thing About Bad Karma …” by Lama Kathy Wesley. When most people hear about the Buddha’s teachings on karma, they mistakenly […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Path of Skillful Means: What Is Empowerment? by Lama Kathy Wesley. Tibetan Buddhism is often called “Vajrayana Buddhism” because of its connection to […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled First Teachings: Buddha and His Female Disciples by Lama Kathy Wesley. In observance of the holy day called Chokhor Duchen (The Great Occasion of […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Remembrance of Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. In this week’s talk, Cathy Lhamo gives a brief review of Thrangu Rinpoche’s life, teachings […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Secrets of Mind Training: 37 Ways to Develop Your Heart by Lama Kathy Wesley. In 12th Century Tibet, a young shepherd boy came upon […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Beyond Mindfulness: Why Train in Love? by Lama Kathy Wesley. As we take mindfulness off the cushion and into our daily lives, we’re encouraged […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Mindfulness All Day Long by Lama Kathy Wesley. Some days it’s great to sit on our meditation seat – our thoughts can begin to […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Four Noble Truths in Daily Life by Marcus Casey. After his enlightenment, the Buddha meditated for several weeks before giving his first teaching. […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Guru Yoga by Eric Weinberg. In this talk Eric combines an understanding and perspective on the precious treasure of guru yoga practice with a […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Beyond Mindfulness by Lama Kathy Wesley. Mindfulness is everywhere these days, or so it seems – it’s being taught at schools, at workplaces, and […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Tonglen by Eric Weinberg. Tonglen is a way of honoring your experience and connecting with what all humans feel. It cuts through our habits […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Q&A with Lama K: Handling Anger, Developing a Heart of Love” by Lama Kathy Wesley. In another installment of her occasional series, Lama Kathy […]
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. […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled My Perfect Teacher by Lama Tom Broadwater. Devotion is a needed quality in any student of Tibetan Buddhism. But what happens if we find […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Kagyu Path: Meditation, Compassion & Devotion by Lama Kathy Wesley. When Khenpo Karthar Rinpoché founded Columbus KTC in 1977, he gave us a […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Buddhist Pilgrimage – Join the Journey by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. Why do people travel to the ends of the earth to experience spirituality? Where […]
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Kagyu Path: Lineage by Lama Kathy Wesley. KTC Columbus represents the Karma Kagyu lineage. But what IS lineage, and why is it important...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Dharma Path; A Path to Self Recognition by Eric Weinberg. When the Buddha became enlightened he realized that all beings have the same nature...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Once More with Feeling by Lama Tom Broadwater. As a follow-up to September’s talk on the twelve links of dependent origination, we will take...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Empathy: Finding One’s Heart by Lama Kathy Wesley. Empathy is getting a lot of attention these days in the media, with some saying it’s...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Why Chant the Tashi Prayer? by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. Weekly, we gather on Zoom or in person to practice meditation or attend classes on...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Balancing Practice and Study by Lama Adam Berner. The Karma Kagyu is known as the practice lineage, and Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche once said, “No...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled A Teaching on Interdependence and Emptiness by Lama Tom Broadwater. Thirty years ago, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche gave a talk. In this talk he spoke...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Transforming Confusion into Wisdom: The Five Buddha Families, Part 2 by Lama Kathy Wesley. We can sometimes feel intimidated by the path to awakening;...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Transforming Confusion into Wisdom: The Five Buddha Families, Part 1 by Lama Kathy Wesley. We can sometimes feel intimidated by the path to awakening;...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Daily Practice: the Four Immeasureables Prayer by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. In this Dharma Talk we will be exploring the Four Immeasurables Prayer – its...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled This Precious Life by Lama Kathy Wesley. When we face hard times, it’s hard to remember what the Buddha taught about our lives –...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Absolute and Relative Bodhicitta: What They Are, Why They Matter, and a Simple Way to Meditate on Them by Eric Weinberg. Eric sums up...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “The Essence of Buddhism, Part 2” by Lama Tom Broadwater. In “The Essence of Buddhism, Part 1,” Lama Tom explained that the essence of...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Vivid and Insubstantial by Lama Adam Berner. Ourselves and everything we experience are both vivd and insubstantial. Fixation on either one alone inevitably leads...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Finding the Sacred in Every Moment: The Purpose of Buddhist Ritual by Lama Kathy Wesley. Tibetan Buddhism is famous for its many types of...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Independence Day: Freeing Ourselves from Samsara” by Lama Kathy Wesley. The Buddha taught ways to free ourselves from the bondage of Samsara – the...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Customs and Rituals – Why we take off our shoes” by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. Have you ever wondered why we have so many customs...
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This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Essence of Buddhist Teaching by Lama Tom Broadwater. When the Dalai Lama says love is his religion, he is expressing the very heart of...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Mantra of Great Compassion by Lama Kathy Wesley. One of the main practices of the Columbus KTC since the beginning is the practice of...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind To Dharma by Eric Weinberg. The great Nyingma Lama Dudjom Lingpa said, “It is vital that you...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Doing No Harm by Lama Adam Berner. Our lives are a process, full of change and uncertainty. Forgetting this, we suffer. One method the...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Short Vajradhara Lineage Prayer by Lama Tom Broadwater. This short prayer outlines the Kagyu path in a very concise and beautiful way. We...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “All My Mothers, Throughout Space …” by Lama Kathy Wesley. Using a famous Refuge prayer as her basis, Lama Kathy will talk about Buddhist...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Searching for Certainty: Are You Certain? by Lama Kathy Wesley. Fear and anxiety appear to be part of the human condition. We spend a...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Seven Branch Prayer, Part 2 – The Why and How of Accumulating Merit by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. In many of our Sadhana liturgies there...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled In the Footsteps of Our Kagyu Masters: A Spiritual Treasury of Our Ancestors by Lama Tom Broadwater. This talk will include a very brief...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled To Fill the World with Love by Lama Kathy Wesley. Hearing the news of war in Europe and strife in local and national politics,...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Equality, Illusion, and Intention” by Lama Adam Berner. The first step toward finding true happiness is to understand suffering. We’ll explore how equality, illusion,...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Forgiving Heart by Lama Tom Broadwater. In the abstract, forgiveness makes so much sense! But where the “rubber meets the road” forgiveness can...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Re-arising and Renewal: KTC Comes Home by Lama Kathy Wesley. In this first Dharma Talk after the opening of the new KTC center, Lama...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Servant’s Heart by Lama Kathy Wesley. As we approach the reopening of Columbus KTC after six years of “nomad life,” it’s a great...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Seven Branch Prayer by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. In many of our Sadhana liturgies there is a special prayer insert, called the Seven Branch. This...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Song of the Wild Asses by Lama Tom Broadwater. Milarepa, beloved 12 century Tibetan saint had a difficult student to teach…Rechumpa. We will...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Exploring Buddhist Prayer: Taking Refuge” by Lama Kathy Wesley. In this first in an occasional series on Buddhist Prayer, Lama Kathy reviews a prayer...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “Vajrayana Part 2: The Radiance of Mind” by Lama Kathy Wesley. In this second installment, Lama Kathy picks up from her “Vajrayana Part 1”...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Confession Practices in Buddhism by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. How do Buddhist practitioners cope with being human? With honesty of thought, word and actions. In...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “The Last Six Years: Not All Wanderers Are Lost” by Lama Kathy Wesley. Six years ago this week, the Columbus KTC’s temple was destroyed in...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Meditation and Living on the Dot by Lama Adam Berner. Our lives can feel so spread out. Stretched from the distant past into a...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled “What Is Vajrayana Buddhism?” Part 1 by Lama Kathy Wesley. Tibetan Buddhism is often described as “Vajrayana Buddhism.” But what does this term mean?...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled When You Feel Powerless by Marcus Casey. In these times of upheaval, we often frustrated or angry. Much of that frustration arises because we...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Giving Ourselves the Gift of Generosity by Lama Adam Berner. Generosity is a primary teaching of the Buddha because it helps us tackle attachment...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Reflections on the Four Noble Truths and the 8 Fold Path by Jim Dunn. The Dharma is so vast, it can be easy to...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Creating Sacred Spaces by Lama Kathy Wesley. As the Columbus KTC Rebuilding Project enters the final phase of Basic Construction, Lama Kathy will talk...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Goodwill Toward All by Lama Kathy Wesley. The Winter holidays are fast approaching, and as Buddhists we may wonder how to relate to holidays...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Training Ourselves in Gratitude by Lama Tom Broadwater. How are our apparent “enemies” kind to us? Why would we show gratitude to disagreeable people?...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled On and Off the Cushion – Bringing Life to Practice and Bringing Practice to Life by Eric Weinberg. How can we use meditation to...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Genius of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoché by Lama Kathy Wesley. During the 43 years Khenpo Karthar Rinpoché taught in the United States, he represented...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Resilience Made Simple by Lama Tom Broadwater. There are enormous amounts of literature and study on resilience. However it is possible to distill much...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled A Mindful Day’s Work (and Reward) by Lama Adam Berner. Lama Adam explores ways in which we can support our practice of mindfulness in...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Moving Beyond Anger in the Face of Injustice by Marcus Casey. Can anger ever be righteous? Is there ever a good reason to be...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled How Do Buddhist Pray? And … Why? by Lama Kathy Wesley. When we hear that Buddhism is a “non-theistic” spiritual path, and hear that...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled My Favorite Dharma Book: Mountain Dharma, Part 2 by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. Cathy Lhamo continues her exploration of Karma Chagme’s comprehensive book Mountain Dharma...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Finding Our Learning Zone: The Middle Way, Day-to-Day by Lama Adam Berner. While it is important for us to know our potential for enlightenment,...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Finding Love in the Well of Emptiness by Lama Kathy Wesley. When people hear Buddhist teachings on Emptiness – that things in this world...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Monk Who Questioned Chenrezik by Lama Tom Broadwater. This is the chapter title from Ringu Tulku’s book “Confusion Arising from Wisdom,” a commentary...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Dealing with Disappointment by Lama Kathy Wesley. The last 18 months have been a roller coaster of complex emotions for everyone. How do we...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Practice: Why Consistency Matters and Some Ways to Build It by Eric Weinberg. This talk is a reflection on questions. How do we live...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled How to Speak with Integrity in an Angry and Polarized World by Lama Tom Broadwater. The Buddha established some easily understood ways to speak....
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Creating a Culture of Kindness by Jim Dunn. One answer to the challenges that we are facing is developing and deepening our spiritual practice. ...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Remember: The Power of Recollection in Dharma by Lama Kathy Wesley. How often each day do we answer questions such as “what is your...
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...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Death and Dying by Lama Tom Broadwater. There are many difficulties we face in life – pain, aging, illness, even death. We may find...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Introduction to the Four Thoughts by Jim Dunn. Sometimes even spiritual seekers become weary along their path; remembering the “Four Reminders” – also called...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled The Three Trainings by Eric Weinberg. One of the earliest teachings given by the Buddha in the sutras is the teaching on the “Three...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Jewel Ornament of Liberation, Chapters 20 – 21: “Perfect Buddhahood;” and “The Activities of a Buddha,” by Lama Kathy Wesley. We all hear about...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Jewel Ornament of Liberation, Chapters 18 – 19: “The Aspects of the Five Paths;” and “The Levels of the Path,” by Eric Weinberg. The...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Jewel Ornament of Liberation, Chapters 15 – 17: “The Perfection of Diligence;” “The Perfection of Meditative Concentration;” and “The Perfection of Wisdom-Awareness,” by Lama...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Jewel Ornament of Liberation, Chapters 12 – 14: “The Perfection of Generosity;” “The Perfection of Moral Ethics;” and “The Perfection of Patience,” by Marcus...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Jewel Ornament of Liberation, Chapter 8,by Lama Adam Berner. Lama Adam discusses Taking Refuge based on Chapter 8 of Thrangu Rinpoche’s commentary on the...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Jewel Ornament of Liberation, Chapter 7: “The Instructions on Meditation on Loving-Kindness and Compassion,” by Cathy Lhamo Jackson. The teachings of the Buddha focus...
This is the first episode of a new podcast series entitled, “A Lotus Blooms in Central Ohio.” This series will cover the history and activities of the Columbus Karma Thegsum...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Jewel Ornament of Liberation, Chapters 4 – 6: “The Instructions on Impermanence;” “The Meditations on the Suffering of Samsara;” and “Karma and Its Results,”...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Jewel Ornament of Liberation, Chapter 3: “The Spiritual Friend,” by Lama Kathy Wesley. Once we have established the wish to accomplish spiritual awakening for...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Jewel Ornament of Liberation, Chapter 2, by Eric Weinberg. We have all been through difficulties in our lives; however, we still have great potential....
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Lama Tom Broadwater. Lama Tom will begin our study of The Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa. This text...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Introduction to the Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Lama Kathy Wesley. In this week’s talk Lama Kathy gives an overview of the upcoming eleven-part...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled A Mindful Life: Advice for Daily Living by Lama Kathy, Lama Tom, and Lama Adam. As part of a retreat program for KTC, the...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Mind’s Veils by Eric Weinberg. According to the Dharma we all have Buddha nature – minds that are clear, open, and limitless. So why...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Hindrances to Meditation and Practice by Lama Tom Broadwater In Buddhism there are said to be 5 hindrances, or mind states, that inhibit our...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Surviving in a Partisan World by Lama Kathy Wesley As the 2020 US presidential election approaches, more people are reporting feeling stressed and concerned...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled To Be a Blessing To the World by Lama Kathy Wesley In observance of the start of construction of the new Columbus Karma Thegsum...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s Six Perfections: Meditation and Wisdom by Lama Kathy Wesley As we train in the Buddhist methods that change our lives, Meditation...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s Six Perfections: Joyful Effort by Lama Kathy Wesley Using the teachings of her master Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche as a guide, Lama...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s Six Perfections: Ethics by Lama Kathy Wesley Once we learn the perfect virtue of generosity, we find ourselves opening more to...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s Six Perfections: Generosity by Lama Kathy Wesley The path of wisdom and compassion has many practices, all of which increase our...
This week’s Dharma Talk is entitled Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s Six Perfections: Patience Part 2 by Lama Kathy Wesley When difficulty arises in our lives, we often react out of habit,...
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...
This week’s talk, given by Lama Kathy Wesley, is entitled, “Going with the Flow of Blessings: The Buddhist New Year and Calendar.” The Buddha’s teachings on Interdependence tell us that...
This week’s talk, given by Lama Kathy Wesley, is entitled, “How Do We Pray when Our Teacher Passes Away?” Buddhist Teachings say that our spiritual masters are essential to the...
This week’s talk, given by meditation instructor Eric Weinberg, is the first talk in a series examining the book, “Freedom Through Meditation” by His Holiness 17th Karmapa. Talk 1: Love...
This week’s talk, given by Lama Kathy Wesley, is entitled, “The Eightfold Noble Path, Part III: Coming to Freedom through Meditation and Wisdom.” After changing our view of the world...
This week’s talk, given by Lama Kathy Wesley, is entitled, “The Eightfold Noble Path, Part II: Right View Produces Right Speech and Action.” The Eightfold Noble Path is the “how-to”...
This week’s talk, given by Lama Kathy Wesley, is entitled, “The Eightfold Noble Path, Part I: Our Path Out of Confusion.” First given 2,500 years ago, the Buddha’s teachings on...
This week’s talk, given by Senior Meditation Instructor Cathy Lhamo Jackson, is entitled, “The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer: A Guide to Practice, Talk 5.” The view of Mahamudra – that our...
This week’s talk, given by Meditation Instructor Marcus Casey, is entitled, The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer: A Guide to Practice, Talk 4. How can the nature of thought be nothing whatsoever,...
This week’s talk by Lama Kathy Wesley is entitled: Khenpo Karthar Rinpoché: A Remembrance, Talk 3, I Am Always With You. In this final installment of Lama Kathy’s remembrance of...
This week’s talk by Lama Kathy Wesley is entitled: Khenpo Karthar Rinpoché: A Remembrance, Talk 2: Reading Transmission and Carrying a Lineage. Since the time of the historical Buddha, the...
This week’s talk, given by Senior Meditation Instructor Cathy Lhamo Jackson, is entitled, “The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer: A Guide to Practice, Talk 3.” All beginning students in our lineage are...
This week’s talk by Lama Kathy Wesley is entitled: Khenpo Karthar Rinpoché: A Remembrance, Talk 1: An Unexpected Retreat. After returning from a four-month retreat at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery...
This week’s talk, given by Meditation Instructor Eric Weinberg, is entitled, “Teacher-Student Relationship in Buddhism, Part 2.” The devotion students have for their teacher and teachers have for their students...
This week’s talk, given by Meditation Instructor Eric Weinberg, is entitled, “The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer: A Guide to Practice, Talk 2.” The Mahamudra Lineage prayer presents the entire path of...
This week’s talk, given by Meditation Instructor Marcus Casey, is entitled, The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer: A Guide to Practice, Talk 1. In it we explore the fascinating history of the...
This week’s talk, given by Meditation Instructor Marcus Casey, is entitled, How to Deal with Difficult Emotions. We all struggle at times with emotions that overwhelm us. Usually we tend...
This week senior meditation instructor Cathy Lhamo Jackson concludes our series of talks based on the book Interconnected: Embracing Life in Our Global Society, by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang...
This week’s talk, given by Meditation Instructor Eric Weinberg, is entitled, “Teacher-Student Relationship in Buddhism.” We can sense the presence of Buddha nature in a spiritual friend, our Lama. To...
In this very special Dharma Talk, led by Cathy Lhamo Jackson and Marcus Casey, we honor the life and activity of our beloved teacher Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche who passed on...
This week’s talk, given by Meditation Instructor Jim Dunn, is entitled, “Lenses for Global Society,” and is the 11th in our series of talks based on the book Interconnected: Embracing...
This week’s talk, given by Meditation Instructor Jim Dunn, is entitled, “The Value of Community,” and is the 10th in our series of talks based on the book Interconnected: Embracing...
This week’s talk, “Sharing Resources,” is given by Meditation Instructor Marcus Casey, and continues our series based on the book Interconnected: Embracing Life in Our Global Society, by His Holiness...
This week’s talk, “Responsibility as Opportunity,” is given by Meditation Instructor Eric Weinberg, and continues our series based on the book Interconnected: Embracing Life in Our Global Society, by His...
This week’s talk, given by Meditation Instructor Jim Dunn, is entitled, “Authentic Freedom,” and is the 7th in our series of talks based on the book Interconnected: Embracing Life in...
This week’s talk, given by Meditation Instructor Eric Weinberg, is entitled, “Opening Heart and Mind”, and is the 6th in our series of talks based on the book Interconnected: Embracing...
“There are no worlds that are apart from all other worlds. Our inner world evolves in conjunction with our outer world”– His Holiness XVII Karmapa In this week’s talk, given...
This weeks dharma talk, by meditation instructor Eric Weinberg, concludes our series on the Lives of the Karmapas, focusing on His Holiness The Seventeenth Karmapa. Eric presents a brief sharing...
This week’s talk, given by Meditation Instructor Marcus Casey, continues our series based on the book Interconnected: Embracing Life in Our Global Society, by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa....
This week senior meditation instructor Cathy Lhamo Jackson, continues our series on the Lives of the Karmapas, presenting highlights from the amazing life of His Holiness the 16th Karmapa, Rangjung...
This week’s talk by meditation instructor Eric Weinberg is entitled, “Honoring the 3rd Jewel.” Although much has been taught on experiencing one’s own enlightened nature (Buddha) & the teachings on...
“Freestyle Dharma Q & A” is an occasional series of talks that take a deep dive into topics of curiosity and interest. In today’s talk, Lama Kathy discusses why not...
In this week’s talk meditation instructor Jim Dunn continues to explore the book Interconnected, by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa. Today, we look at Chapter 3. In this chapter,...
This week, senior meditation instructor Cathy Lhamo Jackson continues our series on the Lives of the Karmapas, taking a look at highlights from lives of the 14th and 15th Karmapas,...
This week meditation instructor Jim Dunn explores chapter two in our continuing discussion of the book, Interconnected, by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa. In this chapter, we’ll look at...
This week’s talk by Lama Kathy Wesley is entitled: A Harmonious Path for Buddhist Communities. Dharma communities, like other human endeavors, struggle with human difficulties like anger, impatience, negative emotions...
This week’s talk by Lama Kathy Wesley is entitled: The Gentle Power of Love: Part 3. Aspiration is a key method for beginning our training in love. If we can...
In this weeks dharma talk by meditation instructor Eric Weinberg, we continue our series on the Lives of the Karmapas, focusing on the Twelfth and Thirteenth Karmapas. The 18th Century...
This week’s talk, given by Meditation Instructor Marcus Casey, Is the first in a series based on the book Interconnected: Embracing Life in Our Global Society, by His Holiness the...
This week, Meditation Instructor Jim Dunn gives a Dharma Talk entitled: Offering Respect and Kindness: An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics. According to Buddhist teachings, we can transform the habits of...
Happy Saka Dawa! In honor of this sacred day commemorating the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana, Meditation Instructor Eric Weinberg recalls his life and his teachings – particularly his thoughts...
This week Lama Kathy Wesley gives a talk entitled, “The Gentle Power of Love: Part 2.” Mindfulness helps us see our inner thoughts, feelings and motivations in ways that were...
This week Lama Kathy Wesley gives a talk entitled, “The Gentle Power of Love: Part 1.” For many of us, the practice of Mindfulness is the introduction to our path...
This week meditation instructor Jim Dunn concludes our examination of the book Ultimately Perfect by His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche, taking a look at Chapter 6: Ultimately Perfect. What is...
This week’s talk, given by Lama Kathy Wesley is entitled: “Beyond Belief and Disbelief Part 2: The Four Seals of Buddhism.” Many people struggle with Buddhist concepts such as impermanence...
This week’s dharma talk by meditation instructor Eric Weinberg continues our examination of The Lives of the Karmapas. The 8th Karmapa Mikyo Dorje & The 9th Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje find...
This week’s talk by meditation instructor Eric Weinberg is a continuation of our study of the book, Ultimately Perfect, by His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche, this week, addressing Chapter 5:...
This week’s talk by Lama Kathy Wesley is entitled: “Belief or Disbelief.” Do we have to believe all facets of Buddhist teaching before we can commit ourselves to a contemplative path?...
This week’s talk by Lama Kathy Wesley is entitled: “The Six States of Existence.” According to the teachings of the Buddha we are all evolving, every moment of our lives. We –...
This week’s dharma talk by meditation instructor Eric Weinberg begins with a few personal reflections, after which he continues our examination of The Lives of the Karmapas. The Sixth Karmapa, Thongwa Donden,...
This week’s dharma talk by meditation instructor Marcus Casey, continues our examination of the book Ultimately Perfect by His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche. Today we look at Chapter 4: Dharma for the...
This week Lama Kathy Wesley gives a talk entitled, “How Do We Disagree?” It’s so easy to label and dismiss others when we disagree over matters of politics – and even...
This week Lama Kathy Wesley gives a talk entitled, “Tibetan New Year Update.” This is a shorter than usual dharma talk, which includes updates about the Columbus KTC rebuilding project, and...
In this weeks dharma talk by meditation instructor Marcus Casey, we continue our series on the Lives of the Karmapas. Today, we focus on the Fourth and Fifth Karmapas as...
This week’s dharma talk, given by Lama Kathy Wesley, is entitled “We All Will Live the Life of the Buddha.” Reciting the prayer “Praising the 12 Deeds of the...
This week’s dharma talk by meditation instructor Marcus Casey, continues our examination of the book Ultimately Perfect by His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche. Today we look at Chapter 3: Stress Management. We...
This week meditation instructor Eric Weinberg continues our series on the history of the Karmapas with an examination of the life of the Third Karma, Rangjung Dorje, entitled “Aspiring to...
This week Lama Kathy Wesley gives a talk entitled, “Bringing Your Light to the World.” In observance of the western New Year, the Columbus KTC Dharma Community participates in a Lamp-Lighting...
This week’s dharma talk by Lama Kathy Wesley is entitled “The Most Important Decision of Each Moment.” Mindfulness meditation makes us more aware of our daily thoughts and patterns. This is...
What is dharma and how can it help us to meet the challenges we all face on a daily basis? In this week’s talk by mediation instructor Eric Weinberg, entitled...
This week meditation instructor Marcus Casey continues our series of talks on the lives of the Karmapas. Today we explore the power of practice to subdue the ego and overcome...
This week’s podcast is the second part of a two part talk give by Senior Meditation Instructor Cathy Lhamo Jackson entitled: A Buddhist Walks Into a Hospital. As a hospital...
The Buddha taught that all beings possess the potential for spiritual awakening, and as such all are worthy of care and respect. But sometimes we act against our own best...
This week’s talk is given by meditation instructor Marcus Casey. What is the purpose of life? Is the meaning of life only the meaning we give it? We explore these...
This week’s talk by senior meditation instructor Cathy Lhamo Jackson is entitled: “A Buddhist Walks Into A Hospital.” As a hospital chaplain, Cathy Lhamo has gained valuable insights regarding end...
Welcome to the weekly Dharma Talk podcast from the Columbus Karma Thegsum Choling Buddhist meditation center. This week Lama Kathy Wesley give a talk entitled: “Facing Tragedy and Finding Hope.”...
This week’s talk by Lama Kathy Wesley is entitled: “What Illness Teaches Us.” No one plans to get a major illness, so when one strikes, one’s dharma practice can be...
Meditation instructor Marcus Casey continues our series of talks on the lives of the Karmapas, based on the books: History of the Karmapas and The Karmapas and Their Mahamudra Forefathers....
This week meditation instructor Eric Weinberg gives the first in a series of talks based on the book Ultimately Perfect by His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche, taking a look at...
This is the first in a series of talks meant to introduce the lineage holders of the Karma Kagyu. We will be mainly relying on History of the Karmapas by...
Lama Tom Broadwater continues his teaching from the book The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva. What is diligence, and how can it be applied to overcome obstacles to practicing...
The Buddha’s Body, Speech and Mind are often referred to as the “Three Bodies of the Buddha” and are called “Nirmanakaya” (form body), “Samboghakaya,” (majestic body), and “Dharmakaya” (Wisdom body)....
As we go through our daily lives, we’re often confronted with criticism from other people. Whether true or untrue, these criticisms frequently get under our skin and bruise our ego....
Now that we have heard the teaching on Cultivating Bodhichitta, what steps will we take to realize these principles in our daily lives? After a short summary talk, we will...
Meditation Instructor Marcus Casey continues our study of the book Cultivating True Compassion by Thrangu Rinpoche, covering the chapter which focuses on The Bodhisattva Vow. Our high ideals in wanting...
Meditation Instructor Eric Weinberg continues our study of Chapter 3 of the book Cultivating True Compassion by Thrangu Rinpoche. The title of today’s talk is Training in Bodhichitta, Part 2:...
Meditation Instructor Marcus Casey continues our examination of the book Cultivating True Compassion by Thrangu Rinpoche. Once we aspire to transform ourselves through love and compassion, we need to discipline...
Meditation Instructor Cathy Lhamo Jackson reviews the proper posture for Shamata, or quiet sitting meditation, and gives a teaching on the Mahamudra Lineage Prayer, detailing its history, its meaning, and...
Part 3 of Lama Kathy Wesley’s talk, “Lamas, Rituals, and Aspirations: Tibetan Buddhism Explained.” In this third segment, Lama Kathy shares a bit of her own story about how she...
“Lamas, Rituals, and Aspirations: Tibetan Buddhism Explained” Part 2. In this second lecture, Lama Kathy reviews how to properly view and evaluate a teacher, how to practice level-headed devotion, and...
When Western scholars began to study Tibetan Buddhism decades ago, they called it ‘Lamaism’ because of its emphasis on the role of the teacher as a spiritual guide for the...
Dharma at the End of the Day Being tired at the end of the day, it’s easy to gear back, switch off and go numb as a reaction to the...
Thrangu Rinpoche starts by showing how great masters studied and practiced bodhicitta (“the mind of awakening”) and then describes how we begin our practice and then develop in love through...
Living a life of love and compassion is an ideal for us all, but how do we even start on such a path? The great Indian Buddhist master Atisha gives...
Series description: Being a dharma practitioner means developing mindfulness and insight not just when we’re on the cushion, but in our everyday lives. This series, loosely based on Bokar Rinpoche’s...
Talk Eleven: Mahamudra in Five Easy Steps: The Practice of Chenrezig Mahamudra meditation is said to be a means of attaining buddhahood in one lifetime. But how can we, as...
Talk Ten: A Story about the Mahamudra Lineage How did Mahamudra meditation become the main practice of our Kagyu tradition? This talk briefly covers the history of the Mahamudra lineage...
Talk Nine: What Are Thoughts, Really? When we are new to meditation, we experience thoughts as coaches, cheerleaders, critics and judges. Then we learn how to let go of them...
Calm abiding can help us pacify mental suffering, but the ego-fixation at the root of our attachment, aversion and bewilderment will continue to disturb us until they are dealt with...
We’ve all felt foolish, at one time or another, and this talk – given appropriately on April Fool’s Day – takes a look at the teachings the Buddha gave about...
Lama Tom Broadwater – Shantidevas “Way of the Bodhisattva,” Chapter Four. In this chapter Shantideva writes about carefulness as it relates to our maintaining Bodhicitta…the mind and heart of awakening...
Series description: Being a dharma practitioner means developing mindfulness and insight not just when we’re on the cushion, but in our everyday lives. This series, loosely based on Bokar Rinpoche’s...
Sleepiness and agitation can be problems in meditation, but the Tibetan tradition has antidotes for them both. Learning how to apply them correctly, we gain confidence in our ability to...
Meditation can be described as placing “body at ease” and “mind at ease.” The talk describes the role of physical posture in meditation and reviews basic techniques for placing the...
Meditation can be described as placing “body at ease” and “mind at ease.” The talk describes the role of physical posture in meditation and reviews basic techniques for placing the...
The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva, Chapter 3: Taking Hold of Bodhichitta. Lama Tom Broadwater discusses how we can generate and hold onto Bodhichitta. There is a group recitation...
How do we prepare for a session of Calm Abiding Meditation (called “shamatha” in Sanskrit, or “shinay” in Tibetan)? To help us stay on our meditation seats, we first must...
Lama Tom Broadwater discusses how Bodhicitta arises. Stantdeva talks about making offerings, doing prostrations, and confession as steps of purification that are grounds for Bodhicitta.
It’s great that meditation helps us better understand our minds, but it also shows us the delusion and confusion that has kept us trapped in a world of suffering that...
Once we learn to tame the mind with meditation, we begin to gain insight into how our minds work and how they create perception, emotion, and our experience of life....
Worry and anxiety are sometimes so close and immediate in our minds that we don’t always recognize their presence – but we can definitely feel their negative effects. Through understanding...
This stand-alone New Year’s Day talk reviews common dharmic aspirations and how we might strategize success in our dharma practice in the coming year. Working to combat negative habits such...
In the first part of this two-part Dharma Talk, Lama Kathy explains the Tibetan fasting retreat called “Nyungne” and talks about the benefits of this two-and-a-half day retreat. In the...
Once we learn to tame the mind with meditation, we begin to gain insight into how our minds work and how they create perception, emotion, and our experience of life....
Once we learn to tame the mind with meditation, we begin to gain insight into how our minds work and how they create perception, emotion, and our experience of life....
Meditation: Advice to Beginners By Bokar Rinpoche Presented by Eric Weinberg Talk Two: The Meditating Mind: What’s It Like? Buddhist texts speak of the Mind being like the sky –...
Meditation: Advice to Beginners By Bokar Rinpoche Presented by Eric Weinberg Talk One: Why Meditate? In a busy world, meditation can seem like a pointless task. Why reduce our busy-ness?...
When we feel discouraged about ourselves, or about our ability to practice the dharma or meditation, we need to find ways to stay encouraged about dharma – and about life....
The Buddha’s core teaching that “all things come from causes” can help us feel more gratitude every day of our lives. By understanding the interconnectedness of all beings and all...
When we’re on a journey we may feel tired and upset along the way, but if we open our minds to the world and develop compassion for ourselves and others,...
Every Buddha began their journey with the heartfelt desire to awaken for the benefit of all beings. We can formalize this intention by taking the bodhisattva vow. Lama Tom explores...
Even though Buddha didn’t teach the existence of a soul, this common English slogan has some meaning for Buddhists. Meditation, reflection and self-awareness can lead to changes in our lives,...
Guidelines of Mind Training and Conclusion, from The Seven Points of Mind Training, by the Ven. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche — Eric Weinberg
Taking time away from a busy life is not easy, but when we do, we are able to absorb ourselves in our practice and find new meaning and new freedom...
Sometimes it’s difficult to see beyond the mundane complexities of our lives – our assignments, our work, our chores – so to get closer to our spiritual life, sometimes we...
This talk is the ninth in a series of talks on The Seven Points of Mind Training, by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. It gives instructions on the fifth point of mind...
When we see other beings suffer, it’s difficult to remain unmoved. We feel the sting of injustice; we feel the rush of anger; we feel the flood of compassion; we...
Mantra Practice is connected to various aspects of enlightenment, as embodied in the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas real? How do we relate to them? How can they...
What is the function of Mantra meditation, and how does it work? Lama Kathy explains the meaning of the word “Mantra,” and how meditation on mantras is part of a...
We may feel sympathy for the Buddhist teachings about karma, and want to believe their hopeful message, but can we really take hold of the idea that because we are...
This talk is the seventh in a series of talks on The Seven Points of Mind Training, by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. It gives instructions on how to transform adverse conditions...
Buddhist teachings say the first of the perfect virtues that lead to Buddhahood is Generosity. How can we reach beyond our illusions and delusions of self and other and practice...
This talk is the sixth in a series of talks on The Seven Points of Mind Training, by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. It gives instructions on how to transform adverse conditions...
This talk is the fifth in a series of talks on The Seven Points of Mind Training, by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. It gives instructions on how to transform adverse conditions...
This talk is the fourth in a series of talks on The Seven Points of Mind Training, by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. It gives instructions on how to train in relative...
This talk is the third in a series of talks on The Seven Points of Mind Training, by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. It gives instructions on how to train in ultimate...
Even after we become comfortable with Buddhist study and practice, doubts about the path – and obstacles to deepening our practice – can arise. Bodhicitta can help us engage these...
Session five from a weekend teaching with Lama Kathy Wesley A basic wish in life is to be free from suffering and find happiness. But how do we free ourselves from negative habits,...
Session four from a weekend teaching with Lama Kathy Wesley A basic wish in life is to be free from suffering and find happiness. But how do we free ourselves from negative habits,...
Session three from a weekend teaching with Lama Kathy Wesley A basic wish in life is to be free from suffering and find happiness. But how do we free ourselves from negative habits,...
Session two from a weekend teaching with Lama Kathy Wesley A basic wish in life is to be free from suffering and find happiness. But how do we free ourselves from negative...
Session one from a weekend teaching with Lama Kathy Wesley A basic wish in life is to be free from suffering and find happiness. But how do we free ourselves from negative...
This talk is the second in a series of talks on The Seven Points of Mind Training, by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. The talk covers Chapter 1, pages 11–20. Topics Discussed:...
This talk is the first in a series of talks on The Seven Points of Mind Training, by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. This talk discusses: The sources of the mind-training teachings....
Diligence is the fourth of the 6 Paramitas. How we practice this virtue is important. Being diligent is not a simple mustering of energy, gritting our teeth and enduring the...
Once we’ve chosen to follow the teachings of the Buddha, we face the challenge of remembering the teachings in times of adversity. We struggle to establish a regular dharma practice,...
This talk is the last in a series of talks on Chenrezik: for the Benefit of All Beings, by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. This talk discusses: The Chenrezik practice and the...
Modern life is full of distractions that make it difficult for us to see deeper meaning and possibilities in our minds and lives. The Buddha’s teachings describe the causes and solutions for suffering and show us how to make life meaningful.
In these turbulent times, we yearn to find a secure anchor for our behavior and spiritual life. The heroic path of the Bodhisattva provides such an anchor. The Bodhisattva strives...
How can we stay positive in a divisive political climate? How can the teachings of mindfulness and compassion lead us when we feel like being led astray by angry political forces – both outside of us, and within us? This talk reviews Buddhist basics and how they relate to keeping one’s calm in the face of political strife.
The last facet of the discipline of New Year’s Resolutions concerns how to replace negative habits with positive ones. But sometimes we just don’t do the things that are good for us. How can we coach ourselves to “do the right thing” and be kind to ourselves at the same time? We discuss strategies here.
New Year is a time for Resolutions – and some of our Resolutions have to do with improving the way we treat ourselves and how we treat others. We want to improve our relationships with others, but sometimes we just can’t resist that “itch” to act in a selfish way. How do we resist? This talk will discuss the problem and offer possible solutions.
New Year’s Message 2016. Lama Kathy takes a look at the previous year and suggests three Resolutions we can make for deepening our dharma practice in 2017.