Wes Nisker

Residential Retreat Teacher

Wes “Scoop” Nisker is an award-winning broadcast journalist and commentator, Buddhist meditation teacher, a bestselling author, and a standup Dharma comic who has been described in the New York Times as “masterful at using humor to lighten the enlightenment journey.” Wes has studied Buddhist meditation for over five decades with teachers in Asia and America, and for the past 35 years has been leading his own retreats and workshops in Buddhist Insight Meditation and philosophy at venues internationally. He was the founder and co-editor of the Buddhist journal “Inquiring Mind” and is the author of multiple bestselling books including Buddha’s Nature, Essential Crazy Wisdom, and Being Nature.

Wes Nisker

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Articles

October 31, 2016

Crazy Wisdom

Wes Nisker

A special kind of wisdom is loose in the world. This wisdom is difficult to codify or categorize; and it refuses to be institutionalized. It is called crazy wisdom. And so it is, both crazy and wisdom. Crazy wisdom is the wisdom of the saint, the Zen master, the poet, the mad scientist, and the fool.

Articles

January 1, 2016

Please Identify Yourself

Wes Nisker

Recently I heard someone on the radio explaining the new crime of "identity theft," and I immediately thought, "Yes! Rob me, please! Take my identity and leave the cash!" I can regard my entire Dharma path as a matter of shifting identities, and it all started with me trying to run away from myself — the sentimental, histrionic drama of me-ness.
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