The Knowledge Base – Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand

Idea Images: Opening the Door to the Diamond Way: The Five Houses Course 1 (2025, Arizona)

Here is a collection of Idea Images (Idims) which represent all the important ideas of the final final course on our 14 year journey through the Steps on the Path and the profound teachings of…

byGeshe Michael Roach

Opening the Door to the Diamond Way: The Five Houses Course 1 (2025, Arizona)

Without exaggeration, we can say that the Tibetan master Je Tsongkapa (1357–1419) was the greatest Buddhist writer who ever lived in this world. Over 325 works – totaling more than 12,000…

byGeshe Michael Roach

49 Years After Seeing Emptiness Directly: A Personal Reflection by Geshe Michael Roach (2024, Mexico)

In this heartfelt and candid talk, Geshe Michael Roach marks the 49th anniversary of a profound moment in his spiritual journey—the direct perception of emptiness and the direct experience of…

byGeshe Michael Roach

A Gift of Liberation 44: The Spark of Joy (2024, Kyoto)

The final course on our 14 year journey through the Steps on the Path and the profound teachings of Pabongka Rinpoche's Liberation Thrust into the Palm of Your Hand. Having just finished a…

byGeshe Michael Roach

Idea Images: A Gift of Liberation 44: The Spark of Joy (2024, Kyoto)

Here is a collection of Idea Images (Idims) which represent all the important ideas of the final final course on our 14 year journey through the Steps on the Path and the profound teachings of…

byGeshe Michael Roach

Idea Images: A Gift of Liberation 43: The Modern Bodhisattva (2024, Arizona)

Here is a collection of Idea Images (Idims) which represent all the important ideas of this course. It's a great tool to connect the image mentally with the important idea. There's a tradition…

byGeshe Michael Roach

A Gift of Liberation 43: The Modern Bodhisattva (2024, Arizona)

We're excited to reach the part of Liberation Thrust into the Palm of Your Hand that talks about the six main practices of a bodhisattva, and Geshe Michael will explore with us what it is to…

byGeshe Michael Roach

A Gift of Liberation 42: The Power to Dream: Bringing Great Ideas to Life (2023, Kyoto)

Compassion stands unrivaled as the most potent force for good. How can we integrate compassion as a foundational element of our daily lives? And how can we channel the immense force of…

byGeshe Michael Roach

New: A Gift of Liberation Interactive Outlines

A Gift of Liberation Interactive Outlines

Tibetan Interactive Outline – A Gift of Liberation 01: The Deepest Meditation (2010, Phoenix)

A Gift of Liberation Interactive Outlines

English Interactive Outline – A Gift of Liberation 01: The Deepest Meditation (2010, Phoenix)

A Gift of Liberation 44: The Spark of Joy (2024, Kyoto)

The final course on our 14 year journey through the Steps on the Path and the profound teachings of Pabongka Rinpoche's Liberation Thrust into the Palm of Your Hand. Having just finished a deep explanation of the Perfection of Giving, this final chapter of Pabongka Rinpoche’s Steps on the Path will explore the…

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A Gift of Liberation 21: The Joy of Impermanence Retreat (2016, Arizona)

byGeshe Michael Roach

A Gift of Liberation 22: Unlimited Fortune Retreat (2016, Mexico)

byGeshe Michael Roach

A Gift of Liberation 05: Finding What We Were Always Meant to Be (2011, Arizona)

byGeshe Michael Roach

A Gift of Liberation 34: Victory Over Our Negative Thoughts (2019, Bali)

The Principles of Yoga: The Connection Between Breath and Prana

Yoga Sutra Intensive (2011, Hong Kong, Geshe Michael Roach)

The Principles of Yoga: How Yoga Works, The Karma Onion

On the Meaning of Om: A Brief Essay on the Meaning of the Sacred Syllable Om (2005, Tucson)

The Principles of Yoga: Meet Your Chakras (An In-Depth Exploration of the Chakras)

Daily Practice Series Course 06: The Four Powers to Remove Negative Karma (1999, California)

Entering the Middle Way (Ongoing, Arizona)

byGeshe Michael Roach

Upper Middle Way – The Great Books of Wisdom Series: Making the ancient classics of Tibetan Buddhist literature accessible to the modern world

byGeshe Michael Roach

ACI In-Depth Course 1: Teachings of the Future Buddha: The Uttara Tantra of Maitreya (2003, Arizona)

byGeshe Michael Roach

Meditations on Emptiness: An Explanation of the Steps For Developing an Understanding That Nothing is Itself

byGeshe Michael Roach

22 Metaphors for Bodhichitta: A Special Class (2022, Arizona)

byGeshe Michael Roach

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ACI In-Depth Course 3: Master Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Exchanging Self and Others (2004, New York)

This third course of the ACI In-Depth Course Series presents the entire section on the practice of exchanging ourselves and others, which is a large part of the chapter on meditation (Chapter…

byGeshe Michael Roach

ACI In-Depth Course 2: Master Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, The Chapter on Killing Anger (2004, New York)

byGeshe Michael Roach

ACI In-Depth Course 4: The Art of Interpretation, Part 1 (1998, Bylakuppe, Geshe Thupten Rinchen)

byGeshe Thubten Rinchen

The Devil Debates an Angel, Part 8: If Einstein’s Wrong, Problems Disappear (2014, Phoenix)

Four centuries ago there was a Tibetan master named the First Panchen Lama. He learned the traps that can ruin our meditation, and he learned how to beat these traps. He described all this in…

byGeshe Michael Roach

How to do a Daily Practice 08: A Home of Fragrant Light (1998, New York)

byGeshe Michael Roach

How to do a Daily Practice 07: The Gift of Deathlessness (1998, New York)

byGeshe Michael Roach

How to do a Daily Practice 06: A Pure World (1998, New York)

byGeshe Michael Roach

A Gift of Liberation (Lam Rim) Course Series

A Gift of Liberation 11: The Art of Appreciating Yourself & Your Life (2013, Arizona)

Want a good relationship, financial independence and great energy – as well as inner peace, or peace in our world? Then you must learn to master the Art of Appreciating Yourself and Your Life,…

byGeshe Michael Roach

A Gift of Liberation 12: Master Magnet Retreat (2013, Prescott)

byGeshe Michael Roach

A Gift of Liberation 13: Jorchu: The Meditation Song (2013, Arizona)

byGeshe Michael Roach

A Gift of Liberation 14: The Beauty of a Teacher (2014, Guadalajara)

byGeshe Michael Roach

How to do a Daily Practice

How to do a Daily Practice 19: A Daily Practice (1999, New York)

This collection of classes is for the purpose of having a regular daily practice. It’s different than many of the other courses here on The Knowledge Base which are meant to teach the…

byGeshe Michael Roach

How to do a Daily Practice 05: A Perfect Body & Mind (1998, New York)

This collection of classes is for the purpose of having a regular daily practice. It’s different than many of the other courses here on The Knowledge Base which are meant to teach the…

byGeshe Michael Roach

Idims – La Sabiduría De Nagarjuna Curso 4: El Misterio De Los Capítulos (2022, Arizona)

Atención: Para hacer de esta una herramienta de estudio aún más poderosa, vinculamos cada imagen con el momento exacto en el video donde Geshe Michael explica la idea importante. Simplemente…