Entering the Dharma Gate

Retreat with Kathie Fischer

Friday, September 15, 7-9 PM
Saturday, September 16, 9 AM – 4:30 PM

Visiting Zen priest, Sokaku Kathie Fischer offers a meditation retreat open to all. According to Buddhist lore, there are numberless Dharma gates– ways in which to experience the truth of our circumstances with ease and joy. With fifty years of Zen practice, Rev. Fischer will be our knowledgeable, welcoming guide through. 

The retreat begins with a Dharma talk, Friday evening, September 15 and continues all day Saturday, September 16. Registration for Friday only is available. Early bird pricing is available through August 24! 

About Kathie Fischer

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.