Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

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1. Generosity…a Doorway to Enlightened Behavior: A Talk Honoring Volunteers from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

   Jul 26, 2026

   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 […]

2. Compassion in Action: Columbus KTC’s Social Outreach Initiative from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

   Jul 19, 2026

   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 […]

3. Curiosity and Fearlessness: Digging Into Our Practice from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

   Jul 12, 2026

   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 […]

4. Practical instructions on becoming a Bodhisattva, Part Two from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

   Jul 6, 2026

   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 […]

5. How Can We Live Through This Dystopian Age? from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

   Jun 28, 2026

   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 […]

6. Finding What’s Real from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

   Jun 21, 2026

   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 […]

7. Practical Instructions on Becoming a Bodhisattva from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

   Jun 14, 2026

   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 […]

8. Gampopa and His Most Famous Book: Jewel Ornament of Liberation from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

   Jun 7, 2026

   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 […]

9. Encouraging the Buddha Within from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

   Jun 1, 2026

   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 […]

10. Journey to India: Fulfilling a Promise to the Guru from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

    May 25, 2026

    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 […]

11. As You Like It, part 3 – Dissolution and Dedication from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

    May 18, 2026

    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 […]

12. Questions and Answers with Khenpo Ugyen Tenzin from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

    May 10, 2026

    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 […]

13. Tolstoy’s Three Questions, Answered by Buddhism from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

    May 3, 2026

    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 […]

14. Mantra Meditation Practice from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

    Apr 26, 2026

    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? […]

15. Following the Guru’s Instructions from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

    Apr 20, 2026

    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 […]

16. Transforming Everything to the Bodhisattva Path from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

    Apr 13, 2026

    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 […]

17. Buddha Nature from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

    Apr 6, 2026

    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 […]

18. As You Like It, Part 2 from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

    Mar 30, 2026

    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 […]

19. As You Like It from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

    Mar 23, 2026

    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 […]

20. The Three Yanas from Dharma Talks at Columbus KTC

    Mar 16, 2026

    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 […]