Sokaku Kathie Fischer
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Sokaku Kathie Fischer began practicing Zen in 1971 with Sojun Mel Weitsman at the Berkeley Zen Center. She was ordained a Zen priest at San Francisco Zen Center in 1980 by Zentatsu Richard Baker, and continued residential practice at Zen Center for 15 more years. She received Dharma transmission from Sojun Weitsman in 2011 while in the midst of her 28-year career as a school teacher in Mill Valley. Since retiring from teaching science to adolescents she has turned her attention to studying and teaching Dharma. Kathie and her husband Norman are parents of adult twin sons and grandparents of three children. That's the SFZC bio on her. In our podcast we hit on various topics, one of them being Richard Baker. This was recorded soon before Baker's stroke in May 2025 from which he's recovering nicely.
"Finding Your Own Place" sesshin talk in the Fall 1988 Wind Bell
Video of Dharma Talks:
- No Coming, No Going: Full Commitment to Practice, Upaya Online Programs
- The Wisdom of Yogacara, Upaya Online Programs
- When a Fish Enters The Flowing Stream, Everything is Provided, Upaya Online Programs
- YouTube Dharma Talk with Sensei Kathie Fischer
Kathie holding 2-year-old son, Noah, on priest ordination day, 1/6/1980