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: All Day Yoga

The Principles of Yoga: Introduction to Prana and Channels

The Distinction Between Inner and Outer: Deep Insight from The Wheel of Time

The Principles of Yoga: Meet Your Inner Channels (An In-Depth Exploration of the Subtle Body of Yoga)

Love and the Yoga Sutra (2011, Singapore)

Entering the Middle Way (Ongoing, Arizona)

Emptiness: A Deep Dive (2010, Los Angeles)

byGeshe Michael Roach

ACI Course 13: The Art of Reasoning (1998, New York)

byGeshe Michael Roach

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

byGeshe Michael Roach

Locking The Door to the Lower Realms: Ultimate Protection on the Path of Preparation (Mexico, 2016)

byGeshe Michael Roach

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

byGeshe Michael Roach

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

This second course of the ACI In-Depth Course Series presents the entire chapter on “the art of not getting angry,” or the chapter on patience (Chapter Six) from The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s…

byGeshe Michael Roach

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

byGeshe Michael Roach

The Devil Debates an Angel, Part 10: Is a Perfect World Possible When People Want Opposite Things? (2014, Sedona)

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 11: Doing your Personal Practice at Home (1998, New York)

byGeshe Michael Roach

How to do a Daily Practice 10: All Day Meditation (1998, New York)

byGeshe Michael Roach

How to do a Daily Practice 08: A Home of Fragrant Light (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 02: Guided Meditation through the Preliminaries and a Meditation for Protection (1997, 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 07: The Gift of Deathlessness (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

How to do a Daily Practice 03: Guided fixed meditation on the Image of a Teacher or Enlightened Being (1998, New York)

byGeshe Michael Roach

How to do a Daily Practice 15: Meditation to Help Those Who Have Recently Died (1999, New York)

byGeshe Michael Roach

How to do a Daily Practice 13: Office Meditation (1998, New York)

byGeshe Michael Roach

The Wisdom of Arya Nagarjuna

Idea Images – The Wisdom of Arya Nagarjuna Course 4: The Mystery of The Chapters (2022, 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

Idims – La Sabiduría De Nagarjuna Curso 6 (2024, Arizona)

byGeshe Michael Roach

Arya Nagarjuna’s 8 Impossibles in the Kitchen: Highest Wisdom for Real Life (2018, Thailand)

byGeshe Michael Roach

The Wisdom of Arya Nagarjuna Course 3: The Emptiness of Mantra (2021, Arizona)

byGeshe Michael Roach

Relationships

Parejas espirituales: Cultivando relaciones personales y de negocios (2012, Lima)

Michael Roach, primer monje budista estadounidense que alcanzó el grado de Gueshe y uno de los más populares profesores de Budismo Tibetano en Occidente, vendrá al Perú como parte su gira…

byGeshe Michael Roach