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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 Indian religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism), the extinguishing of the passions which is the ultimate state of soteriological 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 First Noble Truth, The Three Kinds of Suffering Serial: BZ-00648B The Suffering of Impermanence, Saturday Lecture Impermanence, Four Noble Truths, Bodhisattva Vow, Attachment, Impermanence, Emotions...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Parinirvana; The Eight Admonitions Serial: BZ-00286A One-Day Sitting Parinirvana, Admonitions, Eight Awarenesses, Lay, Concentration, Right Effort, Eight...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 13 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Anger, Nirvana, Emotions, Cultivation, Posture, Hindrances, Greed, Forgiveness,...	Yvonne Rand	Feb 14 1993 Green Gulch
March 11th, 1993, Serial No. 00263 Four Noble Truths, Culture, Nirvana, Religion, Karma, Enthusiasm, Anger, Hindrances,...		Mar 11 1993
Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Way, Bowing, Avalokiteshvara, Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, Duality...	Hekizan Tom Girardot	May 08 1993 City Center
July 24th, 1993, Serial No. 00654, Side A Anger, Instruction, Emotions, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Concentration,...		Jul 24 1993
1993.11.21-serial.00277 Gratitude, Passions, Big Mind, Bowing, Nirvana	Edward Brown	Nov 21 1993
January 27th, 1994, Serial No. 00221 Lotus Sutra, Big Mind, Avalokiteshvara, Nirvana, Addiction, Heart Sutra, Bowing,...		Jan 27 1994
February 2nd, 1994, Serial No. 00224 Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Nirvana, Composure, Six Realms,...		Feb 02 1994
February 12th, 1994, Serial No. 00980, Side B Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana, Impermanence, Daily Life, Tassajara...		Feb 12 1994
March 4th, 1994, Serial No. 00557 Evil, Big Mind, Discrimination, Buddha Nature, Hindrances, Five Ranks, Nirvana, Soto...		Mar 04 1994
March 24th, 1994, Serial No. 00228 Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death, Lotus Sutra,...		Mar 24 1994
March 31st, 1994, Serial No. 00229 Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Vimalakirti, Precepts, Anger, Right...		Mar 31 1994
April 7th, 1994, Serial No. 00230 Perfect Wisdom, Six Realms, Evil, Nirvana, Constancy, Right Effort, Lotus Sutra,...		Apr 07 1994
Buddha's Birthday Serial: SF-03249 Sunday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Renewal, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Offering,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 10 1994 Green Gulch
April 21st, 1994, Serial No. 00232 Intimacy, Perfect Wisdom, Impermanence, Nirvana, Don't Know Mind, Chanting,...		Apr 21 1994
May 5th, 1994, Serial No. 00738 Serial: BZ-00738 Lecture Samadhi, Big Mind, Silence, Bell, Happiness, Continuous, Birth-and-Death,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 05 1994
Renunciation Serial: BZ-00956A Saturday Lecture Renunciation, Anger, Renunciation, Nirvana, Ego, Daily Life, Greed, Right Effort,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 29 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
November 5th, 1994, Serial No. 00956, Side B Demons, Offering, Mahayana, Lotus Sutra, Aspects of Practice, Nirvana, Vows, Karma,...		Nov 05 1994
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00950A Rohatsu Day 6 Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana, causation, Subject-and-Object, Karma, Lotus...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra, Last Section Serial: BZ-00949 Rohatsu Day 7 Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 10 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
February 11th, 1995, Serial No. 00914, Side B Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana Sutra, Darkness and Light, Light...		Feb 11 1995
Buddha's Birthday Serial: SF-03095 Sunday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Offering, Ceremony, Renewal, Chanting, Echo, Vows, Bowing,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 09 1995 Green Gulch
Metta Sutta Serial: BZ-00830B Saturday Lecture Metta Sutta, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Peace, Nirvana, Obstacles,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 01 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Pt.2 Serial: BZ-00745B Lecture Nirvana, Samsara, Duality, Precepts, Dependent Origination, Bodhisattva Precepts, Non...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 12 1995
The Double Bind of Practice Serial: BZ-00825A Saturday Lecture Practice, Nirvana, Emotions, resistance, Happiness, Impermanence, Attachment, Aspects...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 19 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
September 1995 talk, Serial No. 00076 Intention, Continuous, Baso, Darkness and Light, Nirvana		Sep 1995
Women in Buddhism Class Emptiness, Balance, Liberation, Nirvana, Lay, Heart Sutra, Religion, Mahayana, Birth-...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 06 1995 Unknown
Women in Buddhism Class Nirvana, Religion, New Year, Conversation, Lay, causation, Freedom, Intimacy, Demons...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 27 1995 Unknown
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00817A Rohatsu Day 2 Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Karma, Evil, Nirvana, Impermanence, Family Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00815B Rohatsu Day 6 Discrimination, Vows, Six Realms, Bodhisattva Vow, Heart Sutra, Non-discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
ial No. 00785 Big Mind, First Principle, Ego, Evil, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha Nature, Attachment,...		1996
ial No. 00786, Side A Samadhi, Attachment, Mundane Life, Posture, Non-attachment, Sixth Patriarch,...		1996
Eight Awarenesses of an Enlightened Being Serial: BZ-00811B Saturday Lecture Eight Awarenesses, Parinirvana, Eight Awarenesses, Nirvana, Samadhi, Nirvana Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 11 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Parinirvana Serial: BZ-00749 Eight Awarenesses, Lecture Eight Awarenesses, Eight Awarenesses, Nirvana, Eight Aspects, Mindfulness, Samadhi,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 15 1996
Meal Chant Serial: BZ-00810A Saturday Lecture Chanting, Nirvana, Perfect Wisdom, Lotus Sutra, Offering, Buddha Nature, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 18 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Prajna Paramita Class Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Ego, Faith, realization, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 27 1996 Unknown
February 29th, 1996, Serial No. 00244 Ordinary Mind, Mahayana, Monastic Practice, Gratitude, Liberation, Lay, Heart Sutra,...		Feb 29 1996
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-03572 Includes Q&A Blue Cliff Record, Evil, Absolute-and-Relative, Religion, Don't Know Mind,...	Robert Thurman	Mar 17 1996 Green Gulch
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03223 Context of the Lotus Sutra - history of Hinayana and Mahayana texts - stylistic differences of - history of Lotus Sutra - key elements/doctrine of sutra - key elements of... Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Manjushri, Mahayana, Demons, Offering, Avalokiteshvara,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 07 1996 Green Gulch
Buddha's Birthday Buddha's Birthday, Renewal, Offering, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Nirvana,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 07 1996 Green Gulch
A Sense of Vision Giving a Sense of Purpose in Life Serial: SF-03228 Sunday lecture Interdependence, Lotus Sutra, Happiness, Nirvana, Silence, Peace, true dharma,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 05 1996 Green Gulch
Lotus Sutra Class Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Emptiness, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 21 1996 Green Gulch
Lotus Sutra Class Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Evil, Manjushri, Dragons, Vows, Buddha Nature, Emptiness,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 23 1996 Green Gulch
June 6th, 1996, Serial No. 00252 Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Nirvana, Enemies, Samsara, Ego, Attachment, Intimacy, Doubt...		Jun 06 1996
June 8th, 1996, Serial No. 00802, Side B Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Oneness, resistance, Discrimination, Bell, Nirvana,...		Jun 08 1996
August 1st, 1996, Serial No. 00254 Attachment, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Non-attachment, Nirvana, Samsara, Repentance, Teacher...		Aug 01 1996
August 8th, 1996, Serial No. 00255 Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Sixth Patriarch, Samsara, Building...		Aug 08 1996
Wednesday Lecture Hsin Hsin Ming, Zazen, Ordination, Practice Period, Obstacles, Mahayana, Anger,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Aug 14 1996 Unknown
Mumonkan: Case #46 Serial: BZ-00789A 100 Foot Pole, Barriers in Practice, Saturday Lecture MM-46, Beginners, Sixth Patriarch, Lotus Sutra, Non-duality, Birth-and-Death, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 19 1996 Berkeley Zen Center

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