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Kathie Fischer: Reflecting on the Diamond Sutra

Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:41:54
Publish Date: 2019-10-14 06:00:55
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What does “no-self” really mean? Sensei Sokaku Kathie Fischer offers a beautiful talk on what it means to be in “this moment, this body, this place, and this time of no time.” She uses an account of recent pictures which depict plastic bags in the deepest portion of the ocean. This theme of no-self is poignant in the Diamond Sutra, a Mahayana classic on emptiness, and Kathie’s story demystifies what it means to be inherently interconnected with everything on this planet, including the detritus on the bottom of the ocean


Sensei Sokaku Kathie Fischer

Sensei Sokaku Kathie Fischer

Sensei Sokaku Kathie Fischer was ordained a Zen priest at San Francisco Zen Center in 1980, and received Dharma Transmission in 2011. She began her formal practice in 1971 at the Berkeley Zen...
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