When the Chocolate Runs Out

by Thubten Yeshe, Nicholas Ribush (Editor), Josh Bartok (Editor)

Overview

To know Lama Yeshe was to know he loved chocolate; it was his favorite metaphor to describe the nature of our attachments.

This funny and trenchant little volume answers the question of how we can be happy even after the "chocolate" has run out. By cutting the cords of attachment, we discover the indestructible happiness that has always been--and always will be--available to us.

Capturing the remarkable personality of Lama, who played an integral role in introducing Tibetan Buddhism to the world, When the Chocolate Runs Out will delight both readers who have known Lama Yeshe for decades and those who have never encountered this timelessly inspiring teacher.

At once lighthearted and profound, this delightful book of wisdom is a perfect companion to How to Be Happy by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780861718795
Publisher:	Wisdom Publications MA
Publication date:	06/22/2011
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Nicholas Ribush is the founding director since 1996 of the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, dedicated to preserving the teachings of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. He graduated from Melbourne University Medical School in 1964 and first encountered Buddhism at Kopan Monastery in 1972. He was an ordained monk from 1974 to 1986. He helped establish Wisdom Publications with Lama Yeshe in 1976, established Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre in New Delhi in 1977, and Kurukulla Center in Boston in 1989. Ribush was a member of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) board of directors from 1983 until 2002. He lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Josh Bartok is the author of the popular Daily Wisdom series, which includes Daily Wisdom, More Daily Wisdom, Nightly Wisdom, and Daily Doses of Wisdom; and is the co-author (with Ezra Bayda) of Saying Yes to Life (Even the Hard Parts). He's also the author of two children's books written in playful rhyme and based on Buddhist scriptures, I See You, Buddha and I See You, Mara.

Editorial Reviews

"Small and beautifully bound, here's a book to carry around, refer to often, and treasure."

Light of Consciousness Magazine

"Lively and enlightening."

Spirituality and Practice

"The content and the style, the pithy right-to-the-point, no nonsense approach of Lama comes through so well and it is pure delight to read."

Merry Colony

"The content and the style, the pithy right-to-the-point, no nonsense approach of Lama comes through so well and it is pure delight to read." —Merry Colony, Director of Education Services for Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition

"Small and beautifully bound, here’s a book to carry around, refer to often, and treasure." —Light of Consciousness Magazine

"Lively and enlightening." —Spirituality and Practice

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