Wes Nisker's Birthday Bash: A Community Celebration (WN1Z23)

Please only register for one of the two formats: On-Land or Online.

Registration for the online program closes at 2:00 pm (Pacific Time) on January 29, 2023. Please read “Important Notes” below*

A Benefit for Wes Nisker and Spirit Rock

Program Hosts: Jack Kornfield, PhD, Joseph Goldstein (via video), Wes Nisker, Joanna Macy (via video), Vinny Ferraro, Will Kabat-Zinn, Kevin Griffin, Teja Bell, Barbara Gates, and Rose Nisker. Facilitated by Nina Wise.

Description:
Join us for a joyful afternoon of poetry, humor, music, and other Dharma delights to celebrate our beloved Wes “Scoop” Nisker! All friends, students, colleagues and our community are warmly invited to gather to honor Wes’ decades-long contribution to the Buddhist community and his pioneering work weaving together radio, activism and the Dharma.

This is a belated 80th birthday celebration, Being Nature book launch (an updated edition of his book Buddha’s Nature), and benefit, all rolled into one! Wes has recently moved into an assisted living facility due to increasing health challenges, and this benefit will support his care, and Spirit Rock.

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 is a member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council. He was the founder and co-editor of the Buddhist journal “Inquiring Mind”, and is the author of the bestselling books including Buddha’s Nature; The Big Bang, the Buddha, and the Baby Boom; Essential Crazy Wisdom; and Being Nature.

Wes will be present for a book signing following the program on the land only.

*Important Notes:

Access to Recording

A recording will be available for all participants (on land & online) following the program in approximately 10 days. You will have ~90 days from the original program date to view the recording.

Online Sliding Scale Rates:**

Benefactor – $275
Sustainer – $160
BASE – $125
Scholarship – $0-$55
**Our sliding scale options for this program include financial support for the teacher.

Cancellation Policy for Online Programs:

• NO REFUNDS.
• Open credit or donation to Spirit Rock: any time prior to midnight the night before the online event/program.
• No open credits: the day of the event, or later.

On-Land Attendees

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