Schedule
Connect at any of our weekly events and our special events.
Online Event: Shamatha Intensive
Three Monday Nights in January
7-8:30 PM EST: Jan. 6, 13, and 20
Join Lama Kathy and Lama Tom for this online only, three-week intensive covering the basics of meditation for beginners, and helping intermediate practitioners expand and grow their practice.
Our daily lives are full of busy-ness – work responsibilities, family needs and more – and we are very much in need of silence and calm.
The three-week format will allow practitioners to grow and deepen their daily meditation with the support of teachers and fellow practitioners. Periods of quiet sitting will be interspersed with advice about how to use the fruits of meditation – mindfulness and alertness – in everyday life.
You’ll also learn ways to work with obstacles that may arise in meditation.
Sundays
In person programs
at 645 W. Rich St. Columbus, OH 43215
Introduction to Meditation Class
Sundays, 10am, lower level classroom
- The class consists of a brief introduction to the mission and activities of the KTC
- Short meditation lesson
- Short meditation practice
- Question period.
You may also join this class virtually. Get the Zoom link.
Introduction to Buddhism
Sundays, 11:30am, lower level classroom.
- We offer our free, eight-week Introduction to Buddhism course in the lower level classroom. This happens at the same time, 11:30am, as the Dharma Talk.
- The Introduction to Buddhism course is designed so that you can join at any point – your first visit to KTC is fine! – and covers a variety of basic Buddhist topics.
- You can attend this program virtually if you prefer. Get the Zoom link.
Dharma Talk
Sundays, 11:30am, one-hour in the Shrine Room.
- Dharma Talks are on various topics, taught either by Resident Teacher Lama Kathy Wesley, or by a senior student of the Columbus KTC.
- You can attend this program virtually if you prefer.
Tuesdays
Chenrezig Puja
7pm, all virtual only, times vary
The Chenrezig/Amitabha Sadhana is a one-hour long chanting and meditation practice recited in the Tibetan language. Chenrezig is the Tibetan form of the Indian Buddhist Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, who is invoked as a means to increase compassion in our minds and lives.
Amitabha is the Buddha of the Western Pure Land of Dewachen (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) whose practice is done to benefit both the living and those who have passed away.
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Special Events
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