2019-09-21 Day 5 Dharma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:12:46 Download Listen with Leslie Booker, Vinny Ferraro, Wes Nisker Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation

2019-09-20 Day 4 Dharma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:51 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation

2018-11-22 Excavation of My Notebooks (Retreat at spirit Rock) 38:11 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Retreat

2018-10-05 Day Four, Sitting with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:46 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2018-10-04 The Mystery Continues (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 39:27 Download Listen Musings on evolution Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2018-10-03 Day Two, Sitting Meditation with Guided Practices (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 39:40 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2018-10-02 Day One, Sitting with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:03 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2018-09-03 Totally Great America - Monday night dharma talk 43:05 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-12-14 Crazy Wisdom at IMCB: Poems, Darkness, Galaxy, Big Bang, Be Here now......and much more. 59:42 Download Listen Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2017-10-05 "Knocking on Heavens Door......A Big Perspective Along With Some Levity.....Searching for Self.....And What Are We Doing Here? Enjoy the Laughs!!! 52:09 Download Listen Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2017-07-17 Monday Night Meditation - Part 2 51:26 Download Listen Wes Nisker dharma talk at Monday Night Meditation Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2017-07-17 Monday Night Meditation - Part 1 36:46 Download Listen Wes Nisker introduction and meditation at Monday Night Meditation Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2017-07-05 How to be Earthling 39:43 Download Listen Evolving together on planet earth Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-05-11 "Crazy Wisdom Meets Politics" 55:30 Download Listen Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2016-11-03 Who are You? 44:39 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Liberate the Body-Stretch the Mind

2016-10-21 Second Morning Guided Meditation 40:04 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-08-29 Monday Night Meditation Class 55:39 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-08 Excavation of My Notebooks 46:53 Download Listen Snatches of science, news, poetry and crazy wisdom Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation: A Buddhist Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-05-05 Day Six Metta for the Earth 36:57 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) :  Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-05-03 Identity Crisis 48:54 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) :  Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-04-15 Big Sky Guided Meditation 48:33 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness, Meditation and Modern Science Retreat

2016-04-14 Metta for Self and the Earth 40:45 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness, Meditation and Modern Science Retreat

2016-04-12 Evolving Together 44:16 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness, Meditation and Modern Science Retreat

2015-10-04 How to be an Earthling 30:09 Download Listen Stories celebrating our experience as Earthlings. Earth days (and Earth Care days) are not just a call to “do something” to heal our damaged eco-systems, but more of a spiritual exercise, a time to celebrate all life, regardless of kingdom, phyla, or species: regardless of color of skin, feathers, fur, flowers, leaves or bark. This is a time to reflect on our connection to this planet, and to embrace our basic identity as "earthlings.” Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  A Day of Connection: Sustainable Practice for a Sustainable World

2015-08-10 How Did We Get Here? 53:37 Download Listen How Did We Get Here?- Monday Night Talk Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-07-06 Evolving Together 43:16 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-12-12 Friday Morning Guided Big Sky Meditation 55:11 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2014-12-11 Evolving Together 57:22 Download Listen Evolutionary origin of aggregates. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2014-10-29 1st Noble Kvetch 45:26 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Liberate the Body - Stretch the Mind: Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2014-10-06 How To Be An Earthling 49:21 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-04-20 How To Be an Earthling 26:51 Download Listen with Kevin Griffin on guitar Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Loving the Earth: Awareness, Action and Celebration In collection: Loving the Earth: Awareness, Action and Celebration

2014-04-20 Loving the Earth: Awareness, Action and Celebration 3:41:25 Listen to tracks Show 6 Tracks with Ayya Anandabodhi, Ayya Santussika, David Loy, Jack Kornfield, Margarita Loinaz, Wes Nisker 2014-04-20 (1 day) Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Loving the Earth: Awareness, Action and Celebration Compassion As We Take Action 53:08 Jack Kornfield Download Listen How To Be an Earthling 26:51 Wes Nisker Download Listen Today’s Climate Reality 27:36 Ayya Santussika Download Listen Right Action on Climate 49:44 Ayya Anandabodhi Download Listen Wise Action for the Earth 34:53 David Loy Download Listen In collection: One Earth Sangha

2013-12-30 Reflections on a Spin around the Sun... 63:44 Download Listen Thoughts, moments, meditations for a New Year,... or how time is always present... Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-11-24 Perfectly Human: Difficult States of Mind 55:01 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-11-17 Liberate the Body & Stretch the Mind: Self & Not-Self 1:15:59 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-10-24 The Mystery Remains 50:38 Download Listen Astronomy, biology and the cultivation of wonder. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-22 Evolving Together 55:35 Download Listen About identity and evolution. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-05-10 Evolving Together 55:41 Download Listen The new story of who we are in the universe - told with humor and dharma. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-04-29 How to Be an Earthling... 46:09 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-11-21 Exploring Identity 51:11 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Retreat

2012-11-19 Loving-kindness for the Earth 24:51 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Retreat

2012-10-21 Who Are We? 51:23 Download Listen How meditation can shift our sense of identity. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-08-30 Labor Day! 44:30 Download Listen Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2012-08-09 Identity and Who Am I? 50:18 Download Listen Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-08-06 The Four Noble Truths 41:20 Download Listen Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-06-25 Science and Wonder 50:20 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation

2012-06-25 Guided Metta Meditation 23:58 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation

2012-06-23 Evolution and Other Matters 58:46 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation

2012-06-21 Difficult Mind States 46:23 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Liberation

2012-01-23 It's About Time 46:43 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-01-05 Time Travel 46:51 Download Listen Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2012-01-02 Be Here Wow Again 58:36 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Retreat

2011-08-11 The Path of the Fool 49:17 Download Listen The Path of the Fool Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2011-08-03 Who Am I? 47:51 Download Listen exact date unknown Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center

2011-08-02 Happiness 30:15 Download Listen exact date unknown Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center

2011-06-07 One Earth Sangha 40:24:32 Listen to tracks Show 28 Tracks with Ayya Anandabodhi, Ayya Santacitta, Ayya Santussika, Bob Doppelt, Catherine McGee, Chas DiCapua, David Loy, Donald Rothberg, Jack Kornfield, James Baraz, Joanna Macy, Malcolm Margolin, Margarita Loinaz, Mark Coleman, Nina Wise, Paul Hawken, Rob Burbea, Sayadaw Vivekananda, Tara Brach, Thanissara, Various, Wes Nisker One Earth Sangha is oriented toward Buddhist and mindfulness practitioners seeking dharma, practices and community around care for the Earth. See their website here: One Earth Sangha Follow Your Heartbreak 51:12 James Baraz Download Listen (On Climate Change) Earth’s Crisis - On the Edge of the Roof 1:19:32 Tara Brach Show 2 Tracks Meditation: Opening to Aliveness 26:50 Download Listen Earth's Crisis - On the Edge of the Roof - (on climate change) 52:41 View Download Listen All In This Together 57:20 Catherine McGee Download Listen Learning from Climate Change 42:00 Ayya Santacitta Download Listen The Broader Context of Mindfulness 57:25 Mark Coleman Download Listen The Meditator as Revolutionary 1:10:02 Rob Burbea Download Listen The Brahma Viharas and the Climate Challenge 52:39 Ayya Anandabodhi Download Listen 400 and Rising 42:10 Ayya Anandabodhi Download Listen The Necessity of Fantasy 68:38 Rob Burbea Download Listen Planet Earth as Divine Messenger 52:06 Ayya Santacitta Download Listen Practicing in Times of Big Changes 34:50 Ayya Santacitta Download Listen The Dharma Of Global Climate Change 60:01 Chas DiCapua Download Listen Earth As Witness: International Dharma Teachers' Statement on Climate Change 63:47 James Baraz, Bob Doppelt Download Listen Appropriate Response at the Tipping Point 3:32:40 James Baraz Show 4 Tracks Appropriate Response at the Tipping Point: Concern for the Planet as Dharma Practice 46:36 Download Listen Seeing the System You Are Part Of 59:40 Download Listen Karma and Sila as Gaia Practices 53:57 Download Listen Stewardship and Intention as Gaia Practices 52:25 Download Listen Practice & Climate Change 48:46 Thanissara Download Listen Responses to Climate Change: Awareness, Action and Celebration 4:05:21 Various, Bob Doppelt, Donald Rothberg, James Baraz, Joanna Macy, Malcolm Margolin, Nina Wise, Paul Hawken Show 6 Tracks From Me to We 53:12 James Baraz, Bob Doppelt Download Listen Connecting Inner and Outer Responses to Climate Change 37:28 Donald Rothberg Download Listen Active Hope 49:37 Joanna Macy Download Listen Reflections on the Day 26:30 Nina Wise Download Listen Loving the Earth: Awareness, Action and Celebration 3:41:25 Various, Ayya Anandabodhi, Ayya Santussika, David Loy, Jack Kornfield, Margarita Loinaz, Wes Nisker Show 6 Tracks Compassion As We Take Action 53:08 Jack Kornfield Download Listen How To Be an Earthling 26:51 Wes Nisker Download Listen Today’s Climate Reality 27:36 Ayya Santussika Download Listen Right Action on Climate 49:44 Ayya Anandabodhi Download Listen Wise Action for the Earth 34:53 David Loy Download Listen Buddhist Perspective On Climate Change 67:11 Sayadaw Vivekananda Download Listen The Anatomy of Ignorance 2 - The Social Roots of Ignorance and climate Disruption 64:06 Donald Rothberg Download Listen Dharma practice and the climate Crisis 61:12 Donald Rothberg Download Listen The Four Noble Truths of Responding to Climate Change 66:01 Donald Rothberg Download Listen Attached Files: Placeholder (File) Placeholder (File) The Eco-Crisis as a Spiritual Crisis 54:27 David Loy Download Listen Healing Ecology - A Buddhist Perspective on the Eco Crisis 1:36:38 David Loy Download Listen Climate Change, Capitalism, and Buddhadharma 57:26 Joanna Macy Download Listen For The Sake of Life on Earth, part 1 41:42 Joanna Macy Download Listen For the Sake of Life on Earth, part 2 42:35 Joanna Macy Download Listen Mindfulness and Climate Action 5:46:13 Various Show 5 Tracks Mindfulness and Climate Action : 1 1:13:52 Thanissara, Jack Kornfield, Ruth King, Tara Brach Download Listen Mindfulness and Climate Action : 2 69:28 Thanissara, Ayya Anandabodhi, Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Susie Harrington Download Listen Mindfulness and Climate Action : 3 68:37 Thanissara, Catherine McGee, Chris Cullen, James Baraz Download Listen Mindfulness and Climate Action : 4 65:35 Thanissara, Bonnie Duran, Chas DiCapua, Vinny Ferraro Download Listen Mindfulness and Climate Action : 5 68:40 Thanissara, Ayya Santacitta, Ayya Santussika, David Loy Download Listen Attached Files: Mindfulness and Climate Action Background Paper by Kritee Kanko and Lou Leonard (PDF)

2011-05-11 The Dharma, the Cosmos, and You - Part 1 55:45 Download Listen Questions about identity -- with a reflection on modern science to arouse awe and wonder. Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) :  Spring Vipassana Retreat

2011-05-11 The Dharma, the Cosmos, and You - Part 2 1:07 Download Listen Continued: Questions about identity -- with a reflection on modern science to arouse awe and wonder. Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) :  Spring Vipassana Retreat

2011-04-24 Closing Thoughts 55:34 Download Listen with Joanna Macy and participants Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  World as Lover, World as Self

2011-04-23 Buddha Blues and Performance 35:21 Download Listen Talk and performance Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  World as Lover, World as Self

2011-04-23 The Elements; Q&A 63:46 Download Listen Our Bones=earth; Blood, tears, sweat, fluids=water; warmth=fire/sun; breath=air; space=where we are/where it happens Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  World as Lover, World as Self

2011-04-22 Readings and Group Haiku 1:22:37 Download Listen Includes group break-up, sharing haiku and reading of haiku. Periods of silence. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  World as Lover, World as Self

2011-04-22 Thoughts about Thinking 1:31:07 Download Listen Also Big Sky Meditation; Q&A-including reflections on Ancestor Walk and Truth Mandala from day before Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  World as Lover, World as Self

2011-04-21 Practice-Reconnecting and Identity 25:04 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  World as Lover, World as Self

2011-02-10 Four Kinds of Love 52:37 Download Listen In honor of Valentine's Day, Wes reflects on everybody's favorite 4-letter word. As usual, he provides an insightful and entertaining perspective on the topic illustrated with a wealth of poetry. A discussion with the sangha ends the evening. Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2010-12-02 A New Story: Was the World Made for Man? 56:35 Download Listen An insightful and humorous exploration of the place of humans in the universe. Includes a reading of Mark Twain's essay "Was the World Made for Man." The evening ends with a discussion with sangha members. Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2010-11-21 Hindrances and Such 56:19 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-09-30 On Religion and Politics and/or (Politics and Spirituality) 53:28 Download Listen On Religion and Politics and/or (Politics and Spirituality) Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2010-04-15 April holidays 55:31 Download Listen Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2009-11-25 4 Foundations as an Evolutionary Journey 58:34 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving

2009-07-06 Staying In Wonder 54:48 Download Listen Rhythms, cycles, spiral dances of thought, non-thought Evolving magic of awareness and breath... the universe being aware of its self... of self Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-02-12 Charles Darwin's 200Th Birthday 63:33 Download Listen Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2009-01-15 Death Reflection 52:52 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Scientists Retreat

2009-01-14 Evolutionary Wisdom 49:10 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-11-28 Be Here Wow #3 66:18 Download Listen Evolution and dharma - mystery of life. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving

2008-08-21 Wes Nisker Reflects... 50:13 Download Listen Wes talks about his new book, "The Best of Inquiring Mind: 25 Years of Dharma, Drama, & Uncommon Insights". He reads a really wonderful poem right at the end of the talk (reviewer's comment). Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2008-08-04 Inquiring Mind: 25 Years Of Dharma In The West 55:33 Download Listen Review of personalitites and ideas published in 25 years of Inquiring Mind - journal of the Vipassana Community. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-05-19 The Fool's Path 42:25 Download Listen Accepting Our Human Condition, Laughing With Ourselves, Stumbling Toward Enlightenment. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-04-13 The Fool's Path 54:49 Download Listen San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-11-23 Be Here Wow Again 59:18 Download Listen Be Here Wow Again Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-11-09 The Mystery 65:52 Download Listen Scientific story of who we are, with dharma lessons Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-11-05 Ordinary Mind States 49:04 Download Listen Thinking problems and emotional problems - and how to work with them

2007-10-14 Day of the Dead 56:40 Download Listen San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-10-08 Hell, Death & Other Delights 57:10 Download Listen Death, Impermanence, Death Poems, Autumn Melancholy Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-09-19 Identity And You 44:30 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation in Nature

2007-05-03 The Fleeting Impermanence Of Life 45:25 Download Listen Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2007-04-22 Earth Day 46:43 Download Listen San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2006-08-20 Your Brain on Evolution 62:37 Download Listen San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2005-09-05 A Labor of Love: a Dialogue 64:49 Download Listen with Jack Kornfield, Wes Nisker Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-20 The Time of Our Lives 56:11 Download Listen

2005-02-16 Identity Crisis 69:56 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2004-05-17 Joy and Wonder 56:50 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2004-04-26 Arousing the Mystery 55:06 Download Listen

2004-04-21 The Human Condition 43:39 Download Listen

2004-03-01 Wonderland Awe 45:32 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-06-30 Evolution in the Revolution 54:23 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-04-14 Big Band, The Buddha and the Baby Boom 1:19:21 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-30 Into the Next Millenium 36:15 Download Listen

2000-12-30 Into The Next Millennium 39:43 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1997-12-29 New Year 1998 59:44 Download Listen A brief talk on impermanence and a New Year's ritual. Spirit Rock Meditation Center