Asian Classics Institute makes the foundational, profound, and transformational teachings of the Buddha available to the world

Stewards of classical Asian traditions in the lineage of Je Tsongkhapa. We train teachers; produce teaching events; archive original works, translations, and recordings of teachings; and distribute this material worldwide

ACI Teacher Accreditation Training
Module 1: The PrinciPAL Teachings of Buddhism (ACI i)

April 12-21, 2019
Diamond Mountain Retreat Center
Bowie, AZ, USA
APPLICATIONS DUE: March 25, 2019

ACI is launching its first live teacher training during the Lam Rim intensive event at Diamond Mountain in April.

Join us to take the first step to hone and master your skills as a teacher, as we pass along the depth and greatness of the ACI core teachings to future generations. This training will be an on-going series of LIVE and ONLINE modules, which all will lead you to continue making these teachings alive for modern peoples and cultures around the world.

Empty Coming, Mental Bombs
retreat Intensive

April 12-21, 2019
Diamond Mountain Retreat Center
Bowie, AZ, USA

Our 32nd Steps to the Path Retreat will be held at Diamond Mountain Retreat Center on April 12-21, 2019.  The retreat includes three major parts: Mental Minefields: Search & Destroy, Empty Going & Empty Coming: A New Way to Live our Life, and Training to Become a Meditation Guide: Training #4: A Garden for Planting Goodness.

2019 Retreat Schedule

2019 Public Talk Schedule

Teacher Training

ACI is commencing a Lam Rim Teacher Training program in 2018, and will continue to expand our offerings for teacher trainings in the ACI courses, in our upcoming practice studios, and on how to run a retreat program.

Translation 

More than 200,000 pages of brilliant commentary have been composed by masters and scholars in the ancient scriptural languages language. The aim of this project is to create and guide a team of students to translate these great classics. We’re beginning by translating into English, and from there, the work will be easily translated into modern Chinese, Spanish, German, Russian and many other languages.

Digital Archives

The digital archives is an active collection of audio and video recordings of teachings by Geshe Michael Roach and his teachers, along with his translations and commentaries on scriptures created by the great masters.  All of this material is accompanied by the original languages and is freely available for download on this website and on our sister site, The Knowledge Base.

Community Outreach

ACI's mission also includes putting the teachings into practice and taking them out into our communities to directly serve others. In Arizona, there are many immigrants who struggle to make a living and to have access to education ACI supports programs to help the children of immigrants, with language instruction, funding for higher education initiatives and other support programs in underserved communities.

Foreign study 

Since 2004, the Foreign Study Program, started by Geshe Michael Roach,  has sent over 50 students to a number of institutions abroad to study the ancient languages and culture. Previous participants are now active translating and teaching this material.  Students who cannot afford to go receive scholarships for airfare as well as for room and board.

Scholarships 

Our goal is to make the teachings accessible to everyone, regardless of financial capacity.  Each year, we support many students on full and partial scholarships. Up to 25% of the participants in our programs are on one of the many types of grants we offer.