Geshe Michael Roach was born in California and graduated from Princeton University with honors. He has also received the Presidential Scholar Medallion from the President of the United States, at the White House.
He was the first American to complete and receive the “Geshe” degree after 25 years of study. At the same time, he helped to found Andin International Diamond Corporation in New York City, which grew from a small investment to $250 million USD in annual sales, and was purchased in 2009 by super-investor Warren Buffet. Geshe Michael’s profits from Andin International were used almost entirely to create and support several charitable organizations.
Nearly 30 years ago, he founded The Asian Classics Institute, which provides 18 free online courses containing a complete education in the greatest books of Asian philosophy, and trains refugees in professional skills required to research, input and digitize stunning and revolutionary ancient Asian manuscripts which would otherwise be lost forever. The refugees are then employed to locate, rescue and “digitize” the decaying books.
The words of the original texts are entered into a database in a universal code, which can then be easily read, discussed and translated into modern language by Geshe Michael’s young team of translation experts. As of 2018, more than 10,000 books have been rescued from destruction and made available online, free of charge. Much of the preservation and input work has been done at Geshe Michael’s facilities in Ulan Bataar, Mongolia, Varanasi, India, and the Institute for Oriental Manuscripts in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. Modern translation efforts are now managed at Geshe Michael’s worldwide headquarters facility in Sedona, Arizona.
DCI was named after one of the foundational books of Asian philosophy, “The Diamond Cutter Sutra”, which gives a profound and detailed description of the Asian presentation of cause and effect. The Diamond Cutter Sutra provides a clear method for creating specific results or solving problems in any area of government, business or personal life.
As a result of the groundbreaking work of DCI in using these great universal ideas to create success and building bridges among nations, DCI now hosts public and private events year-round in 35 cities and 20 countries annually and has developed a wide-spread and influential global audience among powerful international government, corporate and professional organizations such as China’s Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, British Airways, the Congress of the government of Mexico, and Young President’s Organization (YPO).
Geshe Michael has been featured on Forbes.com, and has appeared on business and lifestyle television programs in many countries and languages, teaching corporations and individuals alike how to reach all goals and achieve ultimate success by using the universal principles found in “The DCI System”.
