POLISHING THE DIAMOND, ENLIGHTENING THE MIND by Jae Woong Kim
The Diamond Sutra is one of the most beloved and profound Buddhist scriptures for it contains the heart of the Buddha's teachings. Through instruction and stories Master Kim, a Korean Buddhist teacher, reveals the technique of "surrendering" to maintain meditative peace.
THE DIAMOND CUTTER: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life by Geshe Michael Roach
Empowering strategies for work and life by an author who built a multi-million dollar business, is a fully ordained Buddhist monk, received a geshe (doctor of philosophy) degree. Written in an easy, acessible style, and based on the Diamond Sutra, an ancient text of a conversation between the Buddha and a disciple.
" One rule my Tibetan Lama had given me about going to work in a normal business office was that I keep quiet about being a Buddhist. I was to wear my hair at normal length (rather than shaved ) , dress in normal clothes. Whatever Buddhist principles I used in my work had to be applied quietly, without any announcement or fanfare.