Dreams & Lightning: Kamalashila’s Surprise Ending to The Diamond Cutter Sutra, Part 1

The Diamond Cutter Sutra is perhaps the greatest book ever written on this planet—and the explanation of it by the ancient sage Kamalashila is the deepest there is. Here are the famous last words of the sutra: Anything Caused by anything Is a star, dust in your eye; A candle, an illusion, Dew, a bubble, dreams & lightning— Passing like a cloud. Returning to New York City, Geshe Michael Roach presents Kamalashila’s surprise ending to the Diamond Cutter and teach us how to develop five different sets of eyes, so that we can see far beyond what we see ordinarily see. Amazingly, Kamalashila also predicts the arising of the worldview of science: a belief held and ingrained so deeply by many across the globe that we aren’t even aware we have it. In a few brilliant pages, he shatters this worldview, and replaces it with a way of looking at the world which will lead to a planet of peace and enlightenment. Hosted by the Three Jewels of New York, in association with the Asian Classics Institute, this free 2-day event at the Lincoln Center culminates the inauguration of the new location of the Three Jewels in New York City. Join us to learn how to live and act more compassionately in the modern world through the words of ancient wisdom. The Knowledge Base (https://www.theknowledgebase.com) is an ongoing project to preserve and publish the life work of Geshe Michael Roach. The Knowledge Base Archive currently contains over 10,000 hours of teachings by Geshe Michael Roach and more than 12,000 pages of original translations, books and course materials. Geshe Michael 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, and textual scholar. The Knowledge Base features thousands of classes and thousands of pages of translations.