Set in a tiny nomad village in the Himalayan plains a thousand years ago, a young girl named Friday embarks on a daring quest to learn yoga and reading, both forbidden for women. As yoga begins to spread from India to Tibet, she dreams of breaking into a secret society of wisdom. The story unfolds with themes of courage and the pursuit of knowledge, as Friday challenges societal norms in her quest for empowerment and enlightenment. Will she succeed in her groundbreaking mission?
The Buddha on Managing Your Business & Your Life
The anniversary edition features over 40 pages of fresh content designed to cultivate a mindset geared towards achieving significant success. It offers practical insights and strategies to inspire readers to plant the mental seeds necessary for personal growth and accomplishment.
The teachings were delivered during a three-year silent meditation retreat in the Arizona desert, where Geshe Michael Roach, the first American to earn the title of Geshe, emerged to share insights with his students. These transcripts capture his unedited talks, preserving the authenticity and depth of his message. The content reflects profound spiritual wisdom, rooted in his extensive training at the Sera Mey Tibetan Buddhist Monastery, and offers a unique perspective on the spiritual journey.
This is a relationship book unlike any one you've ever seen. An American monk who spent 25 years in Tibetan monasteries shares ancient secrets on how to find a partner, keep them, and achieve lasting happiness together. The book consists of answers to 100 questions asked by audiences all over the world during decades of his teachings on the Karma of Love. What's the karma to get my husband to hug me? To get my wife interested in sex again? Can I use karma to stop my girlfriend from texting other guys? Is it possible for physical intimacy to be spiritual? How can we use our relationship to help the world? The answers to the 100 questions are drawn from the teachings of The Diamond Cutter, which is the oldest dated printed book in the world. Michael Roach, the first American in history to receive the coveted Tibetan title of Geshe, or Master of Buddhism, applies the world-changing ideas of his international bestselling personal success book--also called The Diamond Cutter--to every aspect of our relationship: trust, communication, addictions, fun, in-laws, sex, peace, self-esteem, and many others. ,
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.
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.
The author shares strategies for success in business and personal life, drawing on the Diamond Sutra and other sources, as well as on his own experiences implementing the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism in the jewelry trade.
Combining traditional Eastern wisdom with practical business insights, this concise guide provides a step-by-step plan for enhancing both work and life. Designed to be read in just fifty-eight minutes, it offers actionable strategies that encourage readers to embrace a more successful and fulfilling approach to their daily routines.
Special Limited Edtion of the best selling yoga book about The secrets of how yoga works to make us truly whole are revealed here in a delightful story based on how these precious teachings reached Tibet form their home in India, over a thousand years ago.
On March 10, 1959, His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama and his family, fled Lhasa, Tibet under artillery fire, saving a priceless set of 15 scroll paintings called the Tsongkapa Eighty. After reaching India, the paintings were donated to a Kalmyk Buddhist Temple in New Jersey. The authors have extensively researched the paintings and written their history over the centuries. This beautifully rendered full color coffee-table book The Kalmyk Temple and how the paintings arrived there; a photographic journey retracing Je Tsongkapa's steps across Tibet; a definitive list of Je Tsongkapa's writings and the major biographies of his life; all 200 scenes from the original 15 paintings with captions; maps, portraying Je Tsongkapa's travels; painter, Ori Carin's modern interpretations of many scenes. The paintings depict the different roles of Je Tsongkapa's monk, philosopher, writer; meditator, dancer, yoga practitioner, poet, spiritual partner and diplomat; 1,000 color images.