Wes Nisker
Wes Nisker | |
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Born | Norfolk, Nebraska, U.S. | December 22, 1942
Died | July 31, 2023 Oakland, California, U.S. | (aged 80)
Nationality | American |
Other names | Scoop |
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Website | www |
Wes "Scoop" Nisker (December 22, 1942 – July 31, 2023) was an American author,
Nisker's radio features could be unconventional, like this traffic report: "People are driving to work to earn the money to pay for the cars they're driving to work in. Back to you." He and his books were covered in various publications of record.[3][4][5] He was the founder and co-editor of the international Theravada Buddhist journal Inquiring Mind[6] and was one of the regular teachers at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County, California.[6]
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Nisker died on July 31, 2023, from complications of Lewy body dementia.[9]
Bibliography
- Nisker, Wes (1994). If You Don't Like the News ... Go Out and Make Some of Your Own. ISBN 978-0-89815-626-3.
- Nisker, Wes (1998). Crazy Wisdom. ISBN 978-1-58008-040-8.
- Nisker, Wes (1999). Buddha's Nature: Who We Really Are and Why This Matters. ISBN 978-0-7126-7066-1.
- Nisker, Wes (2000). Buddha's Nature: A Practical Guide to Discovering Your Place in the Cosmos. ISBN 978-0-553-37999-0.
- Nisker, Wes (1998). Buddha's Nature: Evolution as a Practical Guide to Enlightenment. ISBN 978-0-553-10601-5.
- Nisker, Wes (2004). The Big Bang, The Buddha, and the Baby Boom: The Spiritual Experiments of My Generation. ISBN 978-0-06-251767-8.
- Nisker, Wes (2008). Crazy Wisdom Saves the World Again!: Handbook for a Spiritual Revolution. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-69-3.
- Nisker, Wes (2016). You Are Not Your Fault and Other Revelations: The Collected Wit and Wisdom of Wes "Scoop" Nisker. Soft Skull Press. ]
References
- ^ Garfinkel, Perry (September 2, 2003). "Joke's Not Funny? Blame It on Buddha". The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- ^ Heilig, Steve (April 13, 2003). "Q & A: Wes "Scoop" Nisker: Keeping the faith in more ways than one". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- ^ Gach, Gary (December 6, 1998). "What Would the Buddha Say to Darwin?". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- ^ Spayde, Jon (May–June 2002). "Road-Testing Crazy Wisdom: Learn how to harness own crazy wisdom". Utne Reader. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "Spirit Rock Teachers: Wes Nisker". Archived from the original on October 12, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
- ^ Feinstein, Steve (June 21, 1985). "No News Isn't Good News" (PDF). Radio & Records: 52. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ^ "Topic 188: Scoop Nisker, "The Big Bang, the Buddha, and the Baby Boom"". The Well. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- ^ Sperry, Rod Meade (August 1, 2023). "Remembering Buddhist teacher and author Wes Nisker (1942–2023)". Lion's Roar. Retrieved August 1, 2023.