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The Magic of Empty Teachers: Quiet Retreat Teachings

By: Geshe Michael Roach

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The Magic of Empty Teachers: Quiet Retreat Teachings

By: Geshe Michael Roach

These extraordinary teachings on the spiritual path were given between March 3, 2000 and June 6, 2003, when Geshe Michael Roach engaged in a 3 year silent meditation retreat in the Arizona desert wilderness. In order to fulfill a promise to his students, he came blindfolded to the edge of his retreat boundary to teach. These books are transcripts of those talks, with very little editing, in order to preserve the freshness of his language and the several layers of meaning they convey. Geshe Michael Roach is the first American to pass the rigorous training and exam for the title of Geshe, or Master of Buddhism, after twenty years at Sera Mey Tibetan Buddhist Monastery.

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0983747822

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Poems of the Diamond Way

By: Geshe Michael Roach

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Poems of the Diamond Way

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Composed by The First Panchen Lama (1567-1662) and translated by Geshe Michael Roach. This selection of exquisite poetry by Lobsang Chukyi Gyeltsen comes from his biography as it appears in the classic work on the lives of the masters of the Lam Rim lineage written by Yongdzin Yeshe Gyeltsen, tutor to His Holiness the Eighth Dalai Lama. Much of the poetry here was never included in the First Panchen Lama’s traditional collected works, but has rather been taken from a secret tradition of chanting his poems at the tantric college located in his monastery of Tashi Lhunpo. The poems were written throughout his long life, starting from the age of 14, and they convey his inner progress in developing the steps of the path to Enlightenment. They also illustrate the manner in which he conducted his life and practice in the external world. In that sense, these poems are a real example for us to follow, and this selection was made to relate to particular steps of the path that we ourselves are working on.

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1937114384

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9781937114381

The Diamond Cutter

The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life

By: Geshe Michael Roach,Lama Christie McNally

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The Diamond Cutter

The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life

By: Geshe Michael Roach,Lama Christie McNally

With a unique combination of ancient and contemporary wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, The Diamond Cutter presents readers with empowering strategies for success in their work and personal lives. Geshe Michael Roach, one of the great teachers today of Tibetan Buddhism, has richly woven The Diamond Cutter in three layers. The first is a translation of selections from the Diamond Sutra itself, an ancient text comprised of conversations between the Buddha and his close disciple Subhuti. Considered a central work by Buddhists throughout the world, the Diamond Sutra has been the focus of much interpretation over the centuries. In the second layer, Geshe Michael quotes from some of the best commentaries of the Tibetan tradition. In the main text, the third layer, he uses both sutra and commentary as a jumping-off point for presenting his own teaching. Geshe Michael gives fresh insight into ancient wisdom by using examples from his own experience as one of the founders of the Andin International Diamond Corporation, which was started with capital of fifty thousand dollars and which today has annual sales in excess of one hundred million dollars. Much of the success of Andin has come from applying the business strategies presented in The Diamond Cutter. Geshe Michael's easy style and spiritual understanding make this work of timeless wisdom an invaluable source for those already familiar with, and those unfamiliar with, Tibetan Buddhism.

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0385530641

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9780385530644

The Principal Teachings of Buddhism

By: TSONGKAPA,GESHE LOBSANG THARCHIN,PABONGKA RINPOCHE,GESHE MICHAEL ROACH

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The Principal Teachings of Buddhism

By: TSONGKAPA,GESHE LOBSANG THARCHIN,PABONGKA RINPOCHE,GESHE MICHAEL ROACH

Translated By Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Tharchin with Geshe Michael Roach. The entire teachings of Buddhism explained in a few short pages by the greatest Buddhist master of ancient Middle Asia. The spread of the teaching of Gautama Buddha began in India over twothousand years ago and reached perhaps its highest peak in the hidden mountain kingdom of Tibet, five centuries before our time. The great illuminary of this renaissance of the religion of total peace was Tsongkapa (1357-1419). He inspired a movement that at its height saw nearly a million monks and nuns living in thousands of cloisters around the country. Tsongkapa was the greatest commentator in the history of Buddhism and wrote some 10,000 pages in eloquent explanation of the entire range of the ancient Buddhist classics. He undertook the challenge of compressing all this knowledge into a single poem. The result was his famous Three Principal Paths, fourteen verses written for a favored student in a faraway land. Tsongkapa's masterpiece appears here with a commentary by the illustrious Pabongka Rinpoche (1878-1941), generally regarded as the foremost Tibetan teacher of Buddhism during the last century. The work has been translated by Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, one of the last Buddhist masters of old Tibet. The cover shows a statue of Tsongkapa known as "Looks Like Me," named from Tsongkapa's comment at the unveiling of the image. Theoriginal stood in the great Jokang Temple of Lhasa, Tibet, and was destroyed.

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1937114201

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Door to the Diamond Way

A Guide to Higher Happiness

By: TSONGKAPA,PABONGKA RINPOCHE,GESHE LOBSANG THARCHIN,GESHE MICHAEL ROACH

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Door to the Diamond Way

A Guide to Higher Happiness

By: TSONGKAPA,PABONGKA RINPOCHE,GESHE LOBSANG THARCHIN,GESHE MICHAEL ROACH

Door to the Diamond Way: A Guide to Higher Happiness by Tsongkapa (1357-1419) with an explanation by Pabongka Rinpoche (1871-1941) translated by Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, with Geshe Michael Roach No matter what country we live in, or what religion we believe in, or what work we do, the ancient wisdom of the Buddha can lead us to greater success, and higher happiness. Door to the Diamond Way was written by Tsongkapa (1357-1419), the famous teacher of the first Dalai Lama. In 1402 he climbed atop a mountain called the Lion Crag, far above an ancient Tibetan monastery. Here he fell into a deep vision where he sat among the greatest teachers of two thousand years, immersed directly in the nectar of their wisdom. When he finally came out of his vision, Tsongkapa wrote a song to his teachers called The Source of All My Good. These verses are themselves an exquisite guide to inner and outer personal success. By tradition, they are used to prepare a disciple for the quest to make direct contact with angelic beings—a journey which is itself called “The Diamond Way.” The work has been translated by Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, one of the greatest lamas of modern times, along with Geshe Michael Roach, author of The Diamond Cutter. Profits from the sale of this book go to benefit the Diamond Cutter Classics translation program

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193711421X

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The Garden

A Parable

By: Geshe Michael Roach

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The Garden

A Parable

By: Geshe Michael Roach

With The Garden, centuries of Tibetan Buddhist wisdom are brought to life for readers by one of its greatest Western teachers, Michael Roach. Through a parable in which a young man is brought into a mystical garden by a beautiful embodiment of Wisdom, Roach presents the pantheon of great Tibetan teachers. The nameless seeker lured to the garden meets the dominant historical figures who have contributed fundamental teachings to Tibetan Buddhism, such as Tsong Khapa, the first Dalai Lama, and Master Kamalashila. Unique among works of Buddhism now available, The Garden is destined to become a classic for its lucid revelation of the secrets of the Tibetan tradition and for the wisdom Geshe Michael Roach evokes.

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0307565491

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King of the Dharma

The Illustrated Life of Je Tsongkapa

By: Geshe Michael Roach

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King of the Dharma

The Illustrated Life of Je Tsongkapa

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Over the past six centuries, the teaching lineage of the great monasteries of ancient Tibet has created some of the most influential spiritual figures of the ancient world, and this lineage has continued on up to the present time. More recently the treasures of this lineage have begun to be mined from the deep monastic teachings, in order to address the everyday concerns of modern people. These teachings, still relevant today, started with an extraordinary master who was known as Je Tsongkapa (1357-1419). He trained the first great lamas of this lineage, and was himself a master of a great number of arts, sciences, and philosophies. This book, The King of the Dharma, combines the story of a modern American temple dedicated to these teachings, with rare illustrations of the life of Je Tsongkapa, accompanied by the unique translation of a text describing every panel, as well as a complete bibliography of all of his writings. This is the first time such a complete and detailed translation of the life of this extraordinary Buddhist master—one of the most important spiritual figures ever to walk this world—has ever been available.

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1937114279

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The Tibetan Book of Yoga

Ancient Buddhist Teachings on the Philosophy and Practice of Yoga

By: Geshe Michael Roach

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The Tibetan Book of Yoga

Ancient Buddhist Teachings on the Philosophy and Practice of Yoga

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Yoga came to Tibet from India more than a thousand years ago, and it was quickly absorbed into the culture's rich traditions. In this small book readers will discover Heart Yoga, which developed over the centuries in the Gelukpa tradition of the Dalai Lamas. The program presented here combines popular yoga exercises wtih special Tibetan poses, and methods of working from the inside to give a healthy and a happy heart. Roach discovered a number of previously unknown Tibetan works on yoga in the course of his ongoing efforts to find and preserve ancient Tibetan Buddhist texts. He discusses the ideas and insights presented in these texts and places them within the context of the Buddhist tradition. To help readers incorporate this ancient wisdom in their daily lives, he provides a specific regime of yoga postures and meditations. Combining instructive illustrations with the unique philosophical underpinnings of the Buddhist approach, Geshe Roach has created a unique program for yoga on a physical and spiritual level.

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0307552314

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The Essential Yoga Sutra

Ancient Wisdom for Your Yoga

By: Geshe Michael Roach,Lama Christie McNally

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The Essential Yoga Sutra

Ancient Wisdom for Your Yoga

By: Geshe Michael Roach,Lama Christie McNally

The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali is a classic Sanskrit treatise consisting of 195 “threads,” or aphorisms, describing the process of liberation through yoga. Although little is known about Patanjali (most scholars estimate that he lived in India circa 200–300 B.C.), his writings have long been recognized as a vital contribution to the philosophy and practice of yoga. This new, expert translation of the original Sanskrit text of Patanjali’s best-known work presents his seminal ideas and methods in accessible, plain-language English. Patanjali organized the sutra into four parts: Samadhi (absorption), Sadhana (practice), Vibhuti (supernatural powers), and Kaivalya (liberation). Each represents a step in breaking free of our limited definition of consciousness and training the mind to achieve oneness with the universe. Geshe Michael Roach, one of the most respected teachers of Tibetan Buddhism in America and a renowned scholar of Sanskrit, provides authoritative commentary on each of the sutras. His notes and clarification are straightforward and highly readable, untainted by obscure, academic terminology or New Age jargon. The first edition of the Yoga Sutra to present a Buddhist perspective, this paperback original will be welcomed by students and spiritual seekers alike.

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0307499979

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The Book

By: Geshe Michael Roach

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The Book

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This gem of a book explains how to use the Buddhist Vows of Freedom as the path to Enlightenment.

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Poems of the Diamond Way

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The Diamond Cutter

The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life

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The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life

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Door to the Diamond Way

A Guide to Higher Happiness

By: TSONGKAPA,PABONGKA RINPOCHE,GESHE LOBSANG THARCHIN,GESHE MICHAEL ROACH

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A Guide to Higher Happiness

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King of the Dharma

The Illustrated Life of Je Tsongkapa

By: Geshe Michael Roach

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The Tibetan Book of Yoga

Ancient Buddhist Teachings on the Philosophy and Practice of Yoga

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The Principal Teachings of Buddhism

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Karmic Management

What Goes Around Comes Around in Your Business and Your Life

By: Geshe Michael Roach,Lama Christie McNally,Michael Gordon

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What Goes Around Comes Around in Your Business and Your Life

By: Geshe Michael Roach,Lama Christie McNally,Michael Gordon

Readable in fifty-eight minutes: Traditional Eastern wisdom and real-life business experience come together in this brief and practical guide, which offers a step-by-step plan that will help readers adopt a more successful way of working and living. KARMIC MANAGEMENT is a little book with a revolutionary message. It turns traditional business mentality on its head by stating simply that helping others become successful—suppliers, customers, even competitors—is the real key to success in life as well as in business. Drawing from their own entrepreneurial experiences, the authors explain how, in eight basics steps that take less than one hour in total, readers can learn to apply KARMIC MANAGEMENT to meet goals, both personal and professional. Each lesson opens with a quotation from a Buddhist text and explains how it applies to life and work in the twenty-first century. The authors show readers how to identify the things that aren’t working for them, discover their most valuable assets, and use their new insights to improve the lives of others. To-do lists throughout the book provide practical tools and exercises, and real-life examples highlight the power of KARMIC MANAGEMENT to make dreams come true.

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