Columbus Karma Thegsum Chöling

KTC Kids Class
2025-10-05 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-10-19 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-11-02 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-11-16 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Detroit) | 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.

Chenrezig Chant
2025-10-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-14 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-11 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom Meeting
Virtual Chenrezig Chant occurs weekly on Tuesday evenings.
See the Virtual Shrine Room for the most recent Zoom link.

Midday Meditation
2025-10-08 12:15 - 13:30, 2025-10-15 12:15 - 13:30, 2025-10-22 12:15 - 13:30, 2025-10-29 12:15 - 13:30, 2025-11-05 12:15 - 13:30, 2025-11-12 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.

Sunday Dharma Programs (Hybrid)
2025-10-12 08:00 - 12:30, 2025-10-19 08:00 - 12:30, 2025-10-26 08:00 - 12:30, 2025-11-02 08:00 - 12:30, 2025-11-09 08:00 - 12:30, 2025-11-16 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.

The Buddhist Path to Freedom with Khenpo Sangye Trinley
2025-10-27 19:00 - 2025-10-30 20:30 | Columbus KTC, 645 W. Rich St., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
TEACHINGS AVAILABLE IN-PERSON AND ON ZOOM
Twenty-six hundred years ago, the young prince Siddhartha Gautama snuck out of his palace and saw firsthand the truth of the suffering of old age, sickness, and death.
While most of us prefer to distract ourselves from such subjects, the prince could not shake his awareness of these truths. Unable to ignore them, he set out on a journey to find the source of humanity’s suffering and a method for ending it.
He sought answers for six years before taking a seat beneath the Bodhi tree, where he found the resolution he was seeking. He spent the next forty-five years of his life teaching others that they too possessed the ability to free themselves from suffering.
On Monday evening, Khenpo Sangye will provide an introduction to the Buddha’s teachings, explaining how Buddhism differs from other religions and describing the different ways in which the Buddha taught to reach different types of students.
Then on Tuesday evening, we will look into one particular lineage of Buddhism – the one we practice here at KTC!
Khenpo Sangye will provide a teaching on the Dakpo Kagyu lineage prayer, a profound text that lays out the origins of our lineage and concisely describes the means of attaining the ultimate realization.
Finally, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, Khenpo Sangye will teach about Buddha Nature as discussed in the first chapter of Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation. This opening chapter of Gampopa’s great work clearly explains how we possess the same potential for awakening as the Buddha, and how we too can attain enlightenment just like he did.
Please join us for any or all of the programs over the course of the week. We would love to share the blessings of these teachings with you!
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THE FOUR-SESSION WORKSHOP IS WILL BE HELD IN-PERSON at the Columbus KTC Center, 645 W. RIch Street, Columbus, OH.
WANT TO PARTICIPATE BY ZOOM? Zoom tickets also are available to attend all workshops for a donation to KTC’s Operations Fund. All three workshop sessions will be Zoom-cast.
IF YOU LACK FUNDS TO ATTEND, please send a “message to the organizer” using the message button below and request a free ticket. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
LIMITED INCOME? A donation option is available. Write to the organizer at kmwesley@me.com to sign up.
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ABOUT OUR TEACHER
Khenpo Sangye Trinley has been serving as a resident teacher, vajra master, and translator at our home monastery Karma Triyana Dharmachakra since 2018. Originally from Nepal, he received his novice monk vows at the age of 11 in 1980 and became a fully ordained Bhikshu in 1992.
During this time, he completed many years of Buddhist studies under great masters including H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, H.E. the 12th Chamgon Tai Situ Rinpoche, and the previous Kyabje Dilyak Dazang Rinpoche.
Since 1990, he has extensively traveled throughout Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe at the invitations of Buddhist centers and organizations.
In 2001, Khenpo Sangye completed the traditional three-year retreat at Palpung Sherabling retreat center under the guidance of Kyabje Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. After that time, he served the lineage in a variety of posts in Asia and the United States before being sent to KTD in 2018 by His Holiness Gyalwang Karmapa.
Khenpo Sangye is well known for his joy in practicing and sharing the dharma and for his great sense of humor.

Register here

Lha Bap Du Chen Festival of Aspirations and Stupa Offering Puja
2025-11-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Columbus KTC, 645 W. Rich St., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
In observance of the Great Occasion (Du Chen) of the Buddha’s Descent from Heaven (Lhabab) where he taught Abhidharma to his mother (and other gods) to repay her kindness, KTC presents a morning prayer session you can attend before going to work, and a Stupa Offering Puja that folks can attend on their lunch break.
It is said that the positive effects of dharma practice on the Great Occasions are multiplied many hundreds of times, so this is an ideal time to be with your Dharma family for practice.
To take advantage of the blessings of this day, KTC will offer a session of Aspirational Prayers beginning at 10 AM.
The one-hour program will include a prayer of offering and praise to the Buddha, as well as one of the five main “monlams” (aspiration prayers) recited in the Kagyu tradition.
Saying these prayers helps us accumulate a mind of virtue, which in turn helps us see the power of love and wisdom in our lives and sets our spiritual course – both now, and in the future.
Here’s a rundown of the prayers we will be reciting:

The Tashi Prayer (usually recited before the Chenrezig practice at KTC) can be downloaded at this link: https://www.columbusktc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/8-Auspicious-Tashi-prayer-1.pdf
Refuge and Dedications: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1l8qrfwy71xexhf/refuge%20and%20dedications%20.pdf?dl=0
The Lama Rinpochema Prayer (usually recited in place of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoché’s longevity supplication): https://www.columbusktc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Lama-Rinpochema.Both-translations.pdf
Praise of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha: https://www.columbusktc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Praise-of-the-12-Deeds-of-Buddha.pdf
The Aspiration for Mahamudra Prayer: https://columbusktc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Chakchen-Monlam.pdf

At 11 AM, we will spend an hour making offerings to our KTC Stupa and reciting the Stupa Offering Puja created by our founder, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. Making offerings to a stupa on the holiday is especially powerful and effective.
Here’s a copy of the Stupa Offering Puja for downloading: http://www.lamakathy.net/resources/pdf/stupa_practice.pdf
You can attend one or both of the practice sessions, which are free of charge.

“The Manjushri Prayer and Sadhana for Wisdom” A Workshop with Lama Kathy
2025-11-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Columbus KTC, 645 W. Rich St., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
IN-PERSON and ON ZOOM!
We all want and need wisdom in our lives. It is said that when the Buddha attained his spiritual awakening, he realized what are called the Two Wisdoms – the Wisdom that Knows How Things Appear, and the Wisdom that Knows How Things Really Are.
But how do we as beginning students of the Buddha approach these two wisdoms? How do we know what to study, and how to study?
Using a teaching by KTC Founder Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche as a guide, Lama Kathy Wesley will tell the story of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, and will introduce a short prayer and sadhana recited regularly by monastics and laypeople throughout the Tibetan Buddhist world.
These prayers are said to produce good conditions (both inner and outer) for the study of dharma and the development of wisdom.
The workshop is being held to introduce these prayers, which will be recited at 10 AM Every Fourth Sunday at KTC starting on Nov. 23, 2025.
ABOUT TICKETS: Our Columbus KTC Facebook event listing for this event says tickets are free, but we would appreciate a small donation to benefit Columbus KTC’s Operations Fund during this time. You can donate as little as $1, or any amount you wish – it is all appreciated!
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE financial means, or have difficulty registering online, please write lamakathy@columbusktc.org and she will register you at no cost.
CAN’T ATTEND, but want to help KTC’s Operations Fund?
Hop over to our KTC donations page at this link: https://columbusktc.kindful.com
ABOUT LAMA KATHY: A student of buddhism since meeting Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche in 1977, Lama Kathy participated in the first 3-Year Retreat conducted by Khenpo Rinpoche in the United States. Since graduating from retreat in 1996, Lama Kathy has served as the Resident Teacher of the Columbus KTC.
Register here
