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	Podcast:		Upaya Zen Center
	Episode:		Kathie Fischer & Matthew Kozan Palevsky: Zazenkai: Letting Go of Attachment to Non-Attachment
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		00:44:18
	Publish Date:		2019-10-19 06:00:09
	Description:		Sensei Sokaku Kathie Fischer and Matthew Kozan Palevsky give a very pragmatic talk on attachment and how to cultivate non-attachment through zazen. During zazen, we are continuously distracted by our thoughts, but we keep bringing our attention back to the breath. Kozan says, “there’s nothing wrong with thoughts, it’s only when we are attached to them.” Sensei Kathie speaks on several topics including Upaya, also known as skillful means. She explains that when we see that nothing is inherently true, and nothing inherently false, we must practice upaya which is the radical teaching of responding to whatever living situation that we’re in. 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... More Matthew Kozan Palevsky Matthew Kozan Palevsky first traveled to Upaya in 2006 for a weeklong silent retreat, or sesshin. He returned eight years later to join the resident body and was ordained as a novice priest by... More
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