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 BodhimandalaSerial: TL-00730 ADZG Sunday Morning, Zoom, Mandala, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Nirvana |
Feb 27 2022 Hybrid |
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The One Not Busy and the Many Moonscapes: Book of Serenity cases 21 & 37Serial: TL-00728 ADZG Monday Night, Book of Serenity, Conversation, Nirvana, Shuso Ceremony, Samsara |
Feb 14 2022 Zoom |
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Yoga Room Class - August 10th, 2021#YRB-2021-Summer, Happiness, Samsara, Nirvana |
Aug 10 2021 The Yoga Room |
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Things Fall Apart War, Aspects of Practice, Berkeley Zen Center, Nirvana, confusion |
Aug 07 2021 |
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Yoga Room Class - August 3rd, 2021#YRB-2021-Summer, Happiness, Patience, Nirvana |
Aug 03 2021 The Yoga Room |
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Yoga Room Class - July 27th, 2021#YRB-2021-Summer, resistance, Patience, Nirvana |
Jul 27 2021 The Yoga Room |
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Yoga Room Class - July 20th, 2021#YRB-2021-Summer, Happiness, Samsara, Nirvana |
Jul 20 2021 The Yoga Room |
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The Three Marks Of Existence Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Monkey Mind, Daily Life, Beginners |
May 29 2021 |
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Problems, Prospects Impermanence, Greed, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Nirvana, Conversation,... |
Oct 10 2020 |
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Hunger Mindfulness, Four Noble Truths, Four Foundations, Lay, Bodhisattva Vow, Greed,... |
Oct 03 2020 |
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Public Dokusan 8 Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Happiness, War, Priest, Nirvana, Conversation, Anger,... |
Sep 11 2020 |
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Three Doors Of Liberation Liberation, Intuition, Discrimination, Nirvana, Non-discrimination, Silence, Birth-... |
Aug 15 2020 |
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Public Dokusan 6 Six Realms, Teacher-and-Student, Nirvana, Politics, Zoom, Doubt, War, Sangha, Dragons... |
Aug 14 2020 |
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Three Marks Of ExistenceThree Dharma Seals, Impermanence, No-Self, Suffering, Nirvana, marks of existence, ... |
Aug 08 2020 Online |
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Being Bodhisattvas Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Happiness, War, Anger, Funeral, Lineage, Nirvana, Conversation... |
Jul 18 2020 |
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Public Dokusan 3 Nirvana Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Commitment, Nirvana, American, Platform Sutra... |
Jul 03 2020 |
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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 |
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Nirvana Day: The Death and Present Life of BuddhaSerial: TL-00654 ADZG Sunday Morning, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Parinirvana, Samsara |
Feb 16 2020 ADZG Temple |
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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 |
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The Fire of Zen Monastic Practice, Global Warming, Nirvana, War, Politics, Interview, Liberation,... |
Jan 25 2020 |
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The Buddha's Practice Of Arranging Shoes Non-attachment, Attachment, confusion, Nirvana, Subject-and-Object, Dragons,... |
Dec 14 2019 No Abode Hermitage |
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Words of My Perfect Teacher Samsara, Nirvana, Mindfulness, Posture, Interdependence, Mahayana, Passions,... |
Nov 23 2019 |
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Instability in Medieval Japanese Huts and PoetrySerial: TL-00615 ADZG Sunday Morning, Impermanence, Conversation, Nirvana, Building |
Nov 03 2019 ADZG Temple |
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Man Up a Tree, Talk 2 Birth-and-Death, Buddha Mind, Renunciation, Ego, Big Mind, Separation,... |
Jun 08 2019 |
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More Poverty And Nobility Discrimination, Lotus Sutra, Non-discrimination, Cultivation, Nirvana |
Jun 08 2019 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Nirvana the Waterfall Oneness, Composure, Nirvana, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Commitment,... |
May 25 2019 |
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Shoji Part 2Serial: BZ-02678 PP Class Birth-and-Death, Death-and-Dying, War, Subject-and-Object, Posture, Peace, Commitment... |
May 23 2019 |
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Shoji: Birth and DeathSerial: BZ-02676 PP Class 1 Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Samsara, Buddha Nature, Six Realms, Impermanence,... |
May 16 2019 |
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Buddha ActivityThe 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 |
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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 |
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Book of Serenity case 18: Dog Nature Buddha NatureSerial: TL-00590 ADZG Sunday Morning, Karmic Consciousness, Book of Serenity, Duality, Ordinary Mind, Nirvana |
Feb 24 2019 ADZG Temple |
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Book of Serenity case 14: Deshan Pats a BackSerial: TL-00588 ADZG Monday Night, Nirvana, Parinirvana, Enemies, Samsara, Book of Serenity |
Feb 18 2019 ADZG Temple |
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Parinirvana Day: Buddha's Death and LifeSerial: TL-00586 ADZG Sunday Morning, Parinirvana, Nirvana, Samsara, Patience, Nirvana Sutra |
Feb 17 2019 ADZG Temple |
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Denko Roku 1: ShakyamuniSerial: BZ-02662 Study Sesshin Day 1
true dharma, Transmission, Liberation, Nirvana, Dogen, Soto Zen, Chanting, Buddha... |
Feb 16 2019 |
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Innermost Request Heart Sutra, Instruction, Nirvana, Intimacy, Mahayana, Posture, training |
Feb 02 2019 |
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What Is Most Important For You In This LifeWe 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 |
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Dogen's Birthday and Basic TeachingsSerial: TL-00582 ADZG Sunday Morning, Letting Go, true dharma, Nirvana, Addiction |
Jan 27 2019 ADZG Temple |
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Six Qualatative Factors as Applied to ZazenSerial: BZ-02648 Rohatsu Day 1
Posture, Big Mind, Nirvana, Peace, Anger, Equanimity, stubbornness, Instruction, War... |
Dec 02 2018 |
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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 |
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Patachara StorySerial: BZ-02602 Women's Sesshin
Four Noble Truths, Peace, Lay, Discrimination, Politics, Ordination, Passions,... |
Mar 04 2018 |
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Wide and Small Fields in GenjokoanSerial: TL-00506 ADZG Monday Night, Lay Ordination, Practice Period, Ordination, Ego, Nirvana |
Feb 26 2018 ADZG Temple |
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Nirvana Study Sesshin Day 2 Lecture 3 Composure, Bell, Nirvana, Daily Life, Ego, Heart Sutra, Two Truths, Chanting, Posture... |
Feb 18 2018 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Dharmakaya as Resource in Chaotic timesSerial: TL-00500 ADZG Monday Night, Dharmakaya, Nirvana Sutra, Thich Nhat Hanh, Impermanence, Nirvana |
Dec 11 2017 ADZG Temple |
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Dharmakaya Overview and Dogen's View from SpaceSerial: TL-00499 ADZG Sesshin, Dharmakaya, Nirvana, Nirmanakaya, Nirvana Sutra |
Dec 09 2017 ADZG Temple |
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The Background Awareness of th DharmakayaSerial: TL-00498 ADZG Sesshin, Dharmakaya, Nirvana, No-Self, Nirmanakaya, Buddha Ancestors |
Dec 08 2017 ADZG Temple |
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Jo Raku Ga Jo in the Nirvana SutraSerial: TL-00497 ADZG Sesshin, Dharmakaya, Nirvana, Nirmanakaya, Bodhisattva Way, Samsara |
Dec 07 2017 ADZG Temple |
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The True Self of the Dharma BodySerial: TL-00496 ADZG Sesshin, Dharmakaya, Nirvana, Nirmanakaya, Nirvana Sutra, Samsara |
Dec 06 2017 ADZG Temple |
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TransiencySerial: BZ-02585 Day 3
Composure, Nirvana, Enemies, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Ego, Bodhidharma, resistance,... |
Dec 05 2017 |