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He has passed more than six years in deep retreat, including a traditional “Great Retreat” of 3 years, 3 months, and 3 days in silence and meditation, from

In 1975 Geshe Michael began a lifetime of service for Tibetan refugees, collecting contributions and clothing in the Princeton area and shipping them to the refugee camps.

In 1993, near the end of his Geshe studies, Geshe Michael determined that he would try to make the entire Geshe program available to westerners in their own language.

As for other practices meant to transform the inner body, Geshe Michael received empowerment into the “unsurpassed yoga” (anuttara) systems of the Tibetan tradition–including

How Geshe Michael Roach became a monk and then a businessman

Diamond Cutter Classics proudly unveils our new weekly program, Xuanzang’s Tower. Share in the process of translation discovering the richness of the ancient

Geshe Michael grew up playing rock & roll with his brothers, and helped pay for his first trips to India by playing Arab fusion jazz with the Tarbouche

The most important step in the process of planting seeds is what Geshe Michael Roach likes to call “Coffee Meditation”. As he’