Nirvana Talks

Nirvana ( neer-VAH-nə, -⁠VAN-ə, nur-; Sanskrit: निर्वाण nirvāṇa [nɪrʋaːɳɐ]; Pali: nibbāna; Prakrit: ṇivvāṇa; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lamp) is a concept in the Indian religions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism that refers to the extinguishing of the passions which is the ultimate state of salvational release and the liberation from duḥkha ('suffering') and saṃsāra, the cycle of birth and rebirth.

In Indian religions, nirvana is synonymous with moksha and mukti. All Indian religions assert it to be a state of perfect quietude, freedom, highest happiness as well as the liberation from attachment and worldly suffering and the ending of samsara, the round of existence. However, non-Buddhist and Buddhist traditions describe these terms for liberation differently. In Hindu philosophy, it is the union of or the realization of the identity of Atman with Brahman, depending on the Hindu tradition. In Jainism, nirvana is also the soteriological goal, representing the release of a soul from karmic bondage and samsara. In Buddhism, nirvana refers to the abandonment of the 10 fetters, marking the end of rebirth by stilling the "fires" that keep the process of rebirth going.

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The Grass Hut and the Bodhimandala

Serial: TL-00730

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Zoom, Mandala, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Nirvana
Feb 27 2022
Hybrid

The One Not Busy and the Many Moonscapes: Book of Serenity cases 21 & 37

Serial: TL-00728

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Book of Serenity, Conversation, Nirvana, Shuso Ceremony, Samsara
Feb 14 2022
Zoom

Yoga Room Class - August 10th, 2021

#YRB-2021-Summer, Happiness, Samsara, Nirvana
Aug 10 2021
The Yoga Room

Things Fall Apart

War, Aspects of Practice, Berkeley Zen Center, Nirvana, confusion
Aug 07 2021

Yoga Room Class - August 3rd, 2021

#YRB-2021-Summer, Happiness, Patience, Nirvana
Aug 03 2021
The Yoga Room

Yoga Room Class - July 27th, 2021

#YRB-2021-Summer, resistance, Patience, Nirvana
Jul 27 2021
The Yoga Room

Yoga Room Class - July 20th, 2021

#YRB-2021-Summer, Happiness, Samsara, Nirvana
Jul 20 2021
The Yoga Room

The Three Marks Of Existence

Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Monkey Mind, Daily Life, Beginners
May 29 2021

Problems, Prospects

Impermanence, Greed, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Nirvana, Conversation,...
Oct 10 2020

Hunger

Mindfulness, Four Noble Truths, Four Foundations, Lay, Bodhisattva Vow, Greed,...
Oct 03 2020

Public Dokusan 8

Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Happiness, War, Priest, Nirvana, Conversation, Anger,...
Sep 11 2020

Three Doors Of Liberation

Liberation, Intuition, Discrimination, Nirvana, Non-discrimination, Silence, Birth-...
Aug 15 2020

Public Dokusan 6

Six Realms, Teacher-and-Student, Nirvana, Politics, Zoom, Doubt, War, Sangha, Dragons...
Aug 14 2020

Three Marks Of Existence

Three Dharma Seals, Impermanence, No-Self, Suffering, Nirvana, marks of existence, ...
Aug 08 2020
Online

Being Bodhisattvas

Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Happiness, War, Anger, Funeral, Lineage, Nirvana, Conversation...
Jul 18 2020

Public Dokusan 3

Nirvana Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Commitment, Nirvana, American, Platform Sutra...
Jul 03 2020

Ten Vows, Ten Practices, and Ten Cakes

Discrimination, Nirvana, Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go, Right Effort...
Mar 07 2020
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Nirvana Day: The Death and Present Life of Buddha

Serial: TL-00654

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Parinirvana, Samsara
Feb 16 2020
ADZG Temple

Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Non-Self And Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Self

Addiction, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence, Religion, Nirvana, Letting Go, Building,...
Feb 01 2020
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Fire of Zen

Monastic Practice, Global Warming, Nirvana, War, Politics, Interview, Liberation,...
Jan 25 2020

The Buddha's Practice Of Arranging Shoes

Non-attachment, Attachment, confusion, Nirvana, Subject-and-Object, Dragons,...
Dec 14 2019
No Abode Hermitage

Words of My Perfect Teacher

Samsara, Nirvana, Mindfulness, Posture, Interdependence, Mahayana, Passions,...
Nov 23 2019

Instability in Medieval Japanese Huts and Poetry

Serial: TL-00615

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Impermanence, Conversation, Nirvana, Building
Nov 03 2019
ADZG Temple

Man Up a Tree, Talk 2

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Mind, Renunciation, Ego, Big Mind, Separation,...
Jun 08 2019

More Poverty And Nobility

Discrimination, Lotus Sutra, Non-discrimination, Cultivation, Nirvana
Jun 08 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Nirvana the Waterfall

Oneness, Composure, Nirvana, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Commitment,...
May 25 2019

Shoji Part 2

Serial: BZ-02678

PP Class

Birth-and-Death, Death-and-Dying, War, Subject-and-Object, Posture, Peace, Commitment...
May 23 2019

Shoji: Birth and Death

Serial: BZ-02676

PP Class 1

Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Samsara, Buddha Nature, Six Realms, Impermanence,...
May 16 2019

Buddha Activity

The work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with...

YRB-2019-Spring, Karmic Consciousness, Silence, Intimacy, Ego, Nirvana, Teacher-and-...
Apr 16 2019
7/7
The Yoga Room

Practice Like A Fool, Like An Idiot, Like A Fool On The Hill

Half-Smile, Culture, Silent Illumination, Samadhi, resistance, Mahayana, Continuous...
Apr 13 2019

Book of Serenity case 18: Dog Nature Buddha Nature

Serial: TL-00590

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Karmic Consciousness, Book of Serenity, Duality, Ordinary Mind, Nirvana
Feb 24 2019
ADZG Temple

Book of Serenity case 14: Deshan Pats a Back

Serial: TL-00588

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Nirvana, Parinirvana, Enemies, Samsara, Book of Serenity
Feb 18 2019
ADZG Temple

Parinirvana Day: Buddha's Death and Life

Serial: TL-00586

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Parinirvana, Nirvana, Samsara, Patience, Nirvana Sutra
Feb 17 2019
ADZG Temple

Denko Roku 1: Shakyamuni

Serial: BZ-02662

Study Sesshin Day 1

 

true dharma, Transmission, Liberation, Nirvana, Dogen, Soto Zen, Chanting, Buddha...
Feb 16 2019

Innermost Request

Heart Sutra, Instruction, Nirvana, Intimacy, Mahayana, Posture, training
Feb 02 2019

What Is Most Important For You In This Life

We are all creating the space together for people to have profound experience in zazen. Kind and unkind thoughts are opportunities to express the Buddha mind. Compassion towards wholesome and...

Compassion, Buddha Mind, Mill Valley, Gratitude, Repentance, Enemies, Nirvana,...
Feb 02 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Dogen's Birthday and Basic Teachings

Serial: TL-00582

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Letting Go, true dharma, Nirvana, Addiction
Jan 27 2019
ADZG Temple

Six Qualatative Factors as Applied to Zazen

Serial: BZ-02648

Rohatsu Day 1

 

Posture, Big Mind, Nirvana, Peace, Anger, Equanimity, stubbornness, Instruction, War...
Dec 02 2018

Eight Awarenesses of Great Beings (Study Sesshin Part 1)

Serial: BZ-02632

Study Sesshin Part 1

 

Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Concentration, Precepts, true dharma,...
Sep 01 2018

Patachara Story

Serial: BZ-02602

Women's Sesshin

 

Four Noble Truths, Peace, Lay, Discrimination, Politics, Ordination, Passions,...
Mar 04 2018

Wide and Small Fields in Genjokoan

Serial: TL-00506

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Lay Ordination, Practice Period, Ordination, Ego, Nirvana
Feb 26 2018
ADZG Temple

Nirvana Study Sesshin Day 2 Lecture 3

Composure, Bell, Nirvana, Daily Life, Ego, Heart Sutra, Two Truths, Chanting, Posture...
Feb 18 2018

Nirvana and Sunyata (Nirvana Study Sesshin Day 2 Lecture 4)

Serial: BZ-02599

 Study Sesshin Day 2 Lecture 4

 

Happiness, Duality, Nirvana, Liberation, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Ego,...
Feb 18 2018

Buddha's Parinirvana (Nirvana Study Sesshin Day 1, Lecture 2)

Serial: BZ-02597

Nirvana Study Sesshin Day 1 Lecture 2

 

Happiness, Composure, Nirvana, Monastic Practice, Samsara, Soto Zen, Bowing, Oneness...
Feb 17 2018

Dharmakaya as Resource in Chaotic times

Serial: TL-00500

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Dharmakaya, Nirvana Sutra, Thich Nhat Hanh, Impermanence, Nirvana
Dec 11 2017
ADZG Temple

Dharmakaya Overview and Dogen's View from Space

Serial: TL-00499

ADZG Sesshin,
Dharma Talk

Dharmakaya, Nirvana, Nirmanakaya, Nirvana Sutra
Dec 09 2017
ADZG Temple

The Background Awareness of th Dharmakaya

Serial: TL-00498

ADZG Sesshin,
Dharma Talk

Dharmakaya, Nirvana, No-Self, Nirmanakaya, Buddha Ancestors
Dec 08 2017
ADZG Temple

Jo Raku Ga Jo in the Nirvana Sutra

Serial: TL-00497

ADZG Sesshin,
Dharma Talk

Dharmakaya, Nirvana, Nirmanakaya, Bodhisattva Way, Samsara
Dec 07 2017
ADZG Temple

The True Self of the Dharma Body

Serial: TL-00496

ADZG Sesshin,
Dharma Talk

Dharmakaya, Nirvana, Nirmanakaya, Nirvana Sutra, Samsara
Dec 06 2017
ADZG Temple

Transiency

Serial: BZ-02585

Day 3

 

Composure, Nirvana, Enemies, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Ego, Bodhidharma, resistance,...
Dec 05 2017

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