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- Illumination of the True Thought: Je Tsongkapa’s Greatest Classic on Emptiness
- The Treasure House of Higher Knowledge Course Series
- The Wisdom of Arya Nagarjuna
- A Gift of Liberation Course Series
- The Devil Debates an Angel Course Series
- ACI In-Depth Course Series
- ACI Daily Practice Courses
- How to do a Daily Practice
- ACI Foundation Courses
Asian Classics Institute (ACI)
The Asian Classics Institute is dedicated to the serious study and personal practice of the original teachings of the Buddha. The Institute was established by Geshe Michael Roach under the spiritual direction of Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, a distinguished scholar and master of Buddhism from Tibet. The purpose of the Institute is to provide a thorough, accurate education to anyone interested.
If you really understand the emptiness of your primary practices, they become much, much more powerful.
This is our third course covering the most famous of all works by Nagarjuna (c. 200AD) which he named simply “Wisdom”.
For 2000 years, hundreds of commentaries were written about these 27 chapters in poetry. And it is really all the emptiness teachings that you've ever heard.
All the emptiness teachings in Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan are based on Nagarjuna's "Wisdom".
If you really understand the emptiness of your primary practices, they become much, much more powerful.
This is our third course covering the most famous of all works by Nagarjuna (c. 200AD) which he named simply “Wisdom”.
For 2000 years, hundreds of commentaries were written about these 27 chapters in poetry. And it is really all the emptiness teachings that you've ever heard.
All the emptiness teachings in Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan are based on Nagarjuna's "Wisdom".
Geshe Michael Roach continues with the famous Gift of Liberation, an outline of the entire steps to enlightenment by Pabongka...
This is a class that Geshe Michael Roach taught on a special woodblock carving called “The Stages of Meditation” (seen...
This is an excellent meditation practice to develop a caring attitude in our hearts toward everyone in our lives, especially...
Good meditation is the foundation of all Buddhist practice, and so the next ACI course presents meditation in the Tsongkapian...
This 10-day retreat is an exploration of Nagarjuna’s Wisdom. We will investigate the deeper meanings of his writings, and how...
We’ll continue with the famous Gift of Liberation, an outline of the entire steps to enlightenment by Pabongka Rinpoche (1878-1941)....
ACI Foundation Course 2: Buddhist Refuge Accurately taking refuge in the Buddha is said to be the one single act...
The Asian Classics Institute (ACI) is launching its first live teacher training during the Lam Rim intensive event at Diamond...
In the pristine, high desert of Arizona, we will go into a 10-day retreat exploration of our mental mind fields....
Geshe Michael Roach gave three days of special teachings on meditation and the nature of the mind in Sedona. These teachings are taken directly from The Angel Debates The Devil, a dialogue between the good and evil that happens in our mind, by Lobsang Chukyi Gyeltsen. The text is at the same time extremely funny and extremely deep, as it reveals the tricky ways that our mind deceives us into believing we are thinking and acting in a way that actually helps us. This teaching will help us to unravel these seductive arguments of the Devil in our own mind to order to be successful in this life, and to learn how to develop the skills necessary to confront any obstacle.
Geshe Michael Roach gives a really inspiring and deep teaching at The Three jewels in New York City about 9...
This brilliant wisdom of Nagarjuna, now shared with us by Geshe Michael Roach, shows how to give and receive more affection with everyone we meet. Ultimately, love serves a purpose beyond our own close relationships, to make a world full of compassion bigger than we can imagine.
This is a special class that Geshe Michael taught to the volunteers during the recent retreat in Thailand. It focuses on Buddhism’s most important idea, from perhaps the most influential work ever written on emptiness, from the most important teacher of emptiness to come after the Buddha — Arya Nagarjuna. Geshe Michael manages to masterfully weave the very heart of this idea into a very real life example that we can all use in our everyday lives.
