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

During the this week-long teaching retreat which was held in Guadalajara, Mexico, Geshe Michael Roach lead us through the section of this great text about the importance of having a teacher to guide you along the spiritual path.

This intensive week of teachings is meant to give us all the ancient secrets for having a successful meditation practice, and then learning how to integrate these deep teachings in a very practical way in our everyday life. This teaching included guided meditations and lectures.

In this course series, we have been working our way through A Gift of Liberation, one of the greatest spiritual classics of Tibet, written by Pabongka Rinpoche (1878-1941), teacher of the teacher of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. This text is an A to Z of Enlightenment—a Lam-Rim, or Steps to Enlightenment—and so far we have been carefully studying how to meditate, and how to prepare for a meditation. During this teaching we will continue a major landmark in this spiritual undertaking: the actual Steps of the Path.

These steps begin with learning how to find our spiritual teacher, and how to interact with them, in a tradition which has flourished for the last 25 centuries.

Taught in english, interpreted en español.

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Classes on Pabongka Rinpoche’s A Gift of Liberation taught by Geshe Michael Roach. (Las clases en Pabongka Rinpoche Un Regalo de Liberación impartidos por Geshe Michael Roach)

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Geshe Michael Roach

Geshe Michael Roach (born December 17, 1952) is the first American to have been awarded the degree of Geshe, or Master of Buddhism, after more than 20 years of study in Tibetan monasteries. He has used this training to become a prominent international teacher, businessman, philanthropist, author, educator, public speaker, textual scholar, and musician. Geshe Michael graduated with honors from Princeton University and has received the Presidential Scholar Medal from the President of the United States at the White House.

In 1981 he helped found Andin International Diamond Corporation and bring it to annual sales of over $100 million, donating his profits to international aid projects. His book about achieving business and personal success through generosity, The Diamond Cutter, has become a global bestseller in 20 languages. He is the founder of the Asian Classics Institute, Diamond Mountain University, the Asian Classics Input Project, Worldview, the Yoga Studies Institute, Star in the East, Global Family Refugee Aid, Three Jewels Community Outreach Centers, and the Diamond Cutter Institute.

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