According to the Buddha, the nature of our minds is awareness, clarity and emptiness. If we experience our minds in this way, we live in harmony with all of those around us and experience great inner wisdom, clarity and compassion. But discovering and experiencing this inner essence can be difficult without a method or technique. Therefore the Buddha taught tranquility and insight meditation to discover and uncover this nature that we all possess. This weekend seminar teaches both the theory and practice of tranquility and insight meditation based on the Mahamudra meditation teachings of the Karma Kagyu tradition. All four of lama Kathy's talk s are lively and humorous and have extensive question and answer sessions.

Approaching Mahamudra, The Realization of Mind: Practices & Preliminaries, Lama Kathy, 4 DVDs, 7 hours, $48.00

Lama Kathy Wesley has been a student of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche since 1977. She participated in the first three-year retreat at Karme-Ling Retreat Center, completing the retreat in 1996. She now serves the Columbus KTC as its resident teacher. Lama Kathy has taught regularly at Hartford KTC and other KTCs since ths fall of 1998. She is a delightful and warm person who teaches with clarity, compassion and humor.