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The author of Crazy Wisdom, Wes Nisker is also a radio commentator, comedian and Buddhist meditation instructor who has taught around the world. A longtime fixture on San Francisco radio station KFOG, he is the founder and co-editor of the international Theravada Buddhist journal Inquiring Mind and one of the regular teachers at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California.

Books by Wes Nisker

Buddha's Nature

A practical guide to self-awareness and compassion through the techniques of mindfulness

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The Essential Crazy Wisdom

Take a wild and rickety ride through the philosophies of the East and West to discover the madmen, dreamers, and unconventional wisdom seekers in the abridged, better-than-ever version of our best-selling cult classic. THE ESSENTIAL CRAZY WISDOM delivers the most significant, most lunatic, and most compelling insights of the ages. Scoop Nisker patches together the unorthodox teachings that have bubbled up through the words of such crazy visionaries as Rumi, Gautama the Buddha, Mark Twain, Lao Tzu, Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Allen Ginsberg, and Lily Tomlin. Discover the common thread in these multiple perspectives and travel on this comedic course to enlightenment!• Original edition sold over 40,000 copies.

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