On April 16th, Napa Valley Insight Meditation will host a talk by Wes Nisker.

Wes “Scoop” Nisker is a Buddhist meditation teacher, author, radio commentator, and performer. His most recent book is entitled “Crazy Wisdom Saves the World Again! (Stonebridge) His other bestselling books include Essential Crazy Wisdom (Ten Speed Press), The Big Bang, The Buddha, and the Baby Boom (HarperSanFrancisco), and Buddha’s Nature (Bantam). He is also the founder and co-editor of the Theravada Buddhist journal “Inquiring Mind.” Mr. Nisker has studied Buddhist meditation for three decades with teachers in Asia and America, and for the past 15 years has been leading his own retreats and workshops in Buddhist insight meditation and philosophy at venues internationally. He is an affiliate teacher at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California.