The Diamond Cutter

ThenowclassicworkonBuddhismandbusinessfromtheforemostAmericanteacherofTibetanBuddhism—reissuedinatenthanniversaryeditionwithcompellingcasestudiesthatshowcaseitsprinciplesinactionaroundtheglobe.WithauniquecombinationofancientandcontemporarywisdomfromTibetanBuddhism,THEDIAMONDCUTTERpresentsreaderswithempoweringstrategiesforsuccessintheirpersonalandprofessionallives.Thebookispresentedinthreelayers.ThefirstisatranslationofTheDiamondSutra,anancienttextofconversationsbetweentheBuddhaandhisclosedisciple,Subhuti.ThesecondcontainsquotesfromsomeofthebestcommentariesintheTibetanBuddhisttradition.Andthethirdlayer,themaintext,isthepracticalapplicationofBuddhistphilosophiestotheworldofbusiness,baseduponGesheMichaelRoach'sseventeen-yearsofexperienceasanemployeeoftheAndinInternationalDiamondCorporation,acompanythatgrewduringhistenurefromfouremployeestoaworldleaderinthejewelryindustry.Roach’seasystyleandspiritualunderstandingmakeTHEDIAMONDCUTTERaninvaluablesourceoftimelesswisdomforthosefamiliarorunfamiliarwithTibetanBuddhism.Hisfocusonpracticalpersonalandbusinessapplicationshasresonatedwithandchangedthelivesofhundredsofthousandsofindividualstheworldoversinceitsoriginalpublication.