Chenrezig Chant
2030-03-26 19:00 - 20:00, 2030-04-02 19:00 - 20:00, 2030-04-09 19:00 - 20:00, 2030-04-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2030-04-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2030-04-30 19:00 - 20:00, 2030-05-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2030-05-14 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Detroit) | Zoom Meeting
Virtual Chenrezig Chant occurs weekly on Tuesday evenings.
See the Virtual Shrine Room for the most recent Zoom link.

Midday Meditation
2030-03-27 12:15 - 13:30, 2030-04-03 12:15 - 13:30, 2030-04-10 12:15 - 13:30, 2030-04-17 12:15 - 13:30, 2030-04-24 12:15 - 13:30, 2030-05-01 12:15 - 13:30, 2030-05-08 12:15 - 13:30, 2030-05-15 12:15 - 13:30 | Zoom Meeting
Virtual Midday Meditation occurs each Wednesday afternoon from 12:15-1:30.
See the Virtual Shrine Room for the most recent Zoom link.

Queer Sangha Group
2030-03-27 18:00 - 19:00, 2030-04-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Columbus KTC, 645 W. Rich St., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
This queer-focused, queer-led group is for LGBTQI+ practitioners and those seeking fellowship with queer sangha. We will gather for practice, conversation, and community rooted in dharma, belonging, and queer lived experience.
This is a space for the questions, humor, complexity, history, resilience, and joy that queer people may bring to the path. A space for honest conversation and shared practice, where queer experience does not have to be translated, minimized, or left outside the shrine room door.
We hope this group will help KTC’s queer sangha become more visible, connected, and accessible, including for people who are newer, returning, questioning, far away, or looking for a way to connect with our community.
The Queer Sangha group will meet at 6:00 PM on the 4th Wednesday of the month in the KTC Community Room. Come in person if possible, or, if you would like to attend by Zoom, please email queersangha@columbusktc.org in advance and we will send you the Zoom information. Please also email if you have any questions or want to learn more about the group.

Sunday Dharma Programs (Hybrid)
2030-03-31 08:00 - 12:30, 2030-04-07 08:00 - 12:30, 2030-04-14 08:00 - 12:30, 2030-04-21 08:00 - 12:30, 2030-04-28 08:00 - 12:30, 2030-05-05 08:00 - 12:30, 2030-05-12 08:00 - 12:30 | Columbus KTC, 645 W. Rich St., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
After six years of waiting – after an arson fire moved us into borrowed spaces for four years, and a pandemic kept us from meeting in person for two years more – Columbus KTC opened its new location on Sunday March 20, 2022!
Although we’re returning to in-person programs, we will still be serving our Zoom and livestream audiences. So you might see signs in the Classroom and Shrine Room reminding you that by entering the room, you agree to be seen on camera for the folks watching from home.
You can find the full schedule for the current week and instructions to join our online sessions in our virtual shrine room.

To help support these virtual programs and other activities sponsored by Columbus KTC, please consider making a donation.

KTC Kids Class
2030-04-07 11:30 - 12:30, 2030-04-21 11:30 - 12:30, 2030-05-05 11:30 - 12:30 | Columbus KTC, 645 W. Rich St., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
Thanks to the work of a dedicated core of volunteers, the KTC Children’s Class started with smiles and applause in October 2023.

Meeting in the Children’s Room on the lower level of the KTC from 11:30 to 12:30 on the First and Third Sundays of the month, youths ages 5-10 practice meditation together, hear stories told by the Buddha about virtuous actions (called Jataka Tales), do yoga poses, make crafts, play games and light candles on the special Youth Shrine and pray for those in need.

Activities are aimed at younger children, but those up to age 12 are welcome to attend.

Please register your child ahead of time through our Eventbrite link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/ktc-childrens-program…

Questions or interested in volunteering? Please email kids@columbusktc.org.

Lojong Lojong Practice and Study Group
2030-04-14 12:45 - 13:30, 2030-05-12 12:45 - 13:30 | Columbus KTC, 645 W. Rich St., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
Sitting Meditation opens our minds in a way most of us have never experienced before. When we meditate, we become keenly aware of our thoughts, feelings, and emotions, and see how they influence our moment-to-moment experience of our lives.
But sometimes we feel overwhelmed by our thoughts and feelings, leaving us with the impression that our thoughts and feelings are “out of control” and beyond our ability to engage and work with them.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could find a technique to help us work with our thoughts and see them in perspective?
More than 2500 years ago, the Buddha Shakyamuni said that love and compassion were “the way” – the way to work with emotions, feelings and even thoughts themselves.
This new monthly Sunday session will focus on Lojong – a Tibetan word meaning “Mind Training,” – that teaches us how to meditate on love and compassion and begin changing our minds from within – from the heart.
We will meet monthly on Second Sundays after the regular Sunday Dharma Talk to learn about compassion meditation and practice it together.
Special Lojong prayers and meditation periods will be interspersed with advice about how to use the principles of love and compassion in everyday life.
You can join the class at any time; we hope to develop a small community of practitioners dedicated to living out the principles of Lojong in their daily lives and supporting each other in their practice.
