How Yoga Works

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Geshe Michael Roach is an honors graduate of Princeton University and has received the Presidential Scholar Medallion from the President of the United States at the White House. He is also a recipient of the McConnell Scholarship Prize of Princeton’s renowned Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs.

Michael is the first westerner in the 600-year history of Sera Mey Tibetan Monastic University to be awarded the degree of Geshe, or “Master of Philosophy.” He has also received an honorary doctorate for lifetime achievement in the Congress of Mexico, in 2015.

Michael is the founder of the Asian Classics Input Project (ACIP), which has digitally preserved thousands of ancient Asian books by training and equipping poor people in many countries to do input work during the pas 33 years. More than 10,000 searchable manuscripts representing 25 centuries of ancient Asian philosophy are now available free, online, at ACIP's website. ACIP was founded during Michael's time at Princeton, with the help of Hewlett Packard Foundation.

To contribute towards the expense of this work, Michael helped found Andin International Diamond Corporation of New York, which reached US$250 million in sales and was sold to super-investor Warren Buffett in 2009.

In 2000, Michael wrote The Diamond Cutter, The Buddha on Managing Your Business & Your Life, which has become an international business bestseller, and tells the story of how he used ancient Asian principles for success. His is the author of over 30 volumes, including the best-selling How Yoga Works.