To know Lama was to know he loved chocolate! It was his favorite metaphor to epitomize 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 available to us.

This beautiful little book captures 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 met this timelessly inspiring spiritual teacher.

This little book of wisdom is a perfect companion to How to Be Happy by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935-84) was born in Tibet and educated at the great Sera Monastic University in Lhasa. In 1959 he fled the Chinese oppression and continued his study and practice in Tibetan refugee camps in India. In 1969, with his chief disciple, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, he began teaching Buddhism to Westerners at their Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, and in 1974, at the invitation of their international students, the lamas began traveling the world to spread the Dharma. In 1975, they founded the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FFPMT), an international network of Buddhist projects, including monasteries in six countries and meditation centers in over thirty; health and nutrition clinics, and clinics specializing in the treatment of leprosy and polio; as well as hospices, schools, publishing activities, and prison outreach projects worldwide. Lama Yeshe is also the author of Introduction to Tantra, The Bliss of Inner Fire, and Becoming the Compassion Buddha.

	Contents: When the Chocolate Runs Out
	Salvation Through Chocolate	1
	Sources of Dissatisfaction	5
	The Origin of Our Problems	9
	Attachment and Release	17
	Ego Barges In	27
	Angry Interpretations	33
	The Heart of the Dharma	37
	Inner Psychology	45
	Qualities of Mind	53
	Why Meditate?	61
	Effort and Expectation	73
	Checking Up with Your Own Experience	77
	Sleeping and Waking Up	83
	The Indisputable Fact of Karma	87
	"My Enemies Disappeared"	101
	Embracing All Beings Equally	105
	Equilibrium	113
	True Charity	117
	The Meaning of Emptiness	119
	The Mind of Wisdom	133
	Taking Refuge	139
	How to Meditate	143
	Leading an Inner Revolution - Exchanging Self with Others	155
	Afterword	161
	About the Author	163