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 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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October 7th, 2000, Serial No. 00916 Anger, Karma, Attachment, Nirvana, Liberation, Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Vows,... |
Oct 07 2000 |
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November 2nd, 2000, Serial No. 00489 Birth-and-Death, Vows, Attachment, Big Mind, Samsara, Bodhisattva Vow, Four Noble... |
Nov 02 2000 |
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Genjo KoanSerial: SF-00117 Workshop Karma, Five Ranks, soto, Dharma Transmission, true dharma, Transmission, Politics,... |
Nov 04 2000 1 of 4 City Center |
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November 30th, 2000, Serial No. 00486 Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Hate, Samsara, Darkness and Light, Six... |
Nov 30 2000 |
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2001.01.03-serial.00066 soto, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Oneness, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Jan 03 2001 |
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January 6th, 2001, Serial No. 04354 Cultivation, Silent Illumination, Nirvana, Oneness |
Jan 06 2001 |
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January 6th, 2001, Serial No. 00154 Cultivation, Silent Illumination, Nirvana, Oneness |
Jan 06 2001 |
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January 27th, 2001, Serial No. 00129, Side B Lotus Sutra, Bowing, Discrimination, Anger, Karma, Happiness, Describe, Evil, Nirvana... |
Jan 27 2001 |
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Essence of Mind & the Five HinderancesSerial: BZ-00130A One-Day Sitting Hindrances, Hindrances, Daily Life, Doubt, Big Mind, Nirvana, Attachment, Buddha... |
Feb 19 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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February 24th, 2001, Serial No. 00131, Side A Silent Illumination, Instruction, Daily Life, Cultivation, confusion, Branching... |
Feb 24 2001 |
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Sunday Lecture Freedom, training, Bell, Beginners, Discrimination, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Judgement... |
Mar 04 2001 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Enthusiasm, Religion, Priest, Emptiness, Nirvana, Observe, Ego, Posture, Bell,... |
Mar 18 2001 Green Gulch |
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June 2nd, 2001, Serial No. 00102, Side B Right Effort, Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Concentration, Mindfulness,... |
Jun 02 2001 |
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June 9th, 2001, Serial No. 00103, Side B Buddha Nature, Intuition, Culture, Don't Know Mind, Karma, Buddha's... |
Jun 09 2001 |
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Ten Beneficial DharmasSerial: BZ-00084A Saturday Lecture Anger, Karma, Doubt, Greed, Equanimity, Renunciation, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Sixth... |
Jul 21 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Eight Major AfflictionsSerial: BZ-00084B Saturday Lecture Monkey Mind, Hindrances, confusion, Renunciation, Greed, Evil, Nirvana, Duality,... |
Jul 28 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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August 19th, 2001, Serial No. 00086, Side B Buddha Nature, Funeral, Nirvana, Composure, training, Aspects of Practice, Intuition... |
Aug 19 2001 |
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Mumonkan: Case #35Serial: BZ-00093B Saturday Lecture MM-35, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Separation, Rinzai, Karma, Lay, Samsara,... |
Oct 27 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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January 19th, 2002, Serial No. 01112 Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Emptiness, Cultivation, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Freedom,... |
Jan 19 2002 City Center |
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Arbor DaySerial: SF-01071 Sunday Lecture Commitment, Tassajara, Non-violence, Nirvana, Practice Period, Continuous,... |
Feb 10 2002 Green Gulch |
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Buddha's ParinirvanaSerial: BZ-00139A One-Day Sitting Parinirvana, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Obstacles, Precepts, Liberation, Buddha Nature... |
Feb 16 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Genzo-e true dharma, Transmission, Nirvana, Karma, Ceremony, Monastic Practice, Fox, Describe... |
Mar 09 2002 1 |
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Sunday Lecture Blue Cliff Record, realization, Delusion, Nirvana, Right Speech, true dharma,... |
Mar 10 2002 Green Gulch |
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March 14th, 2002, Serial No. 00468 Four Noble Truths, Ego, Heart Sutra, Karmic Consequences, Nirvana, Karma, Attachment... |
Mar 14 2002 |
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Harmonizing Breath, Body, Mind and FeelingSerial: BZ-00142A Sesshin Day 3 Posture, Zazen, Ordinary Mind, Composure, Harmonizing, Attachment, Soto Zen, Nirvana... |
Mar 17 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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March 21st, 2002, Serial No. 00469 Karma, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Describe, Six Realms, Precepts, Renewal, Nirvana... |
Mar 21 2002 |
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First Pure Mind Precept: Not KillingSerial: BZ-00142B Saturday Lecture Non-violence, Two Truths, Precepts, Offering, Discrimination, Culture, Birth-and-... |
Mar 23 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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March 28th, 2002, Serial No. 00443 Nirvana, Mahayana, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Six Realms,... |
Mar 28 2002 |
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Two Approaches to God: Prophet and MysticSerial: NC-01071 Community Retreat Spring 2002 OSB Cam, History of religion, Thomas Aquinas, Meister Eckhart, Bonaventure, Apophatic, Prophetic,... |
Apr 2002 2 of 5 (#4 not recorded) New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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April 13th, 2002, Serial No. 00067 Blue Cliff Record, Nirvana, Posture, Practice Period, Demons |
Apr 13 2002 |
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May 4th, 2002, Serial No. 00146, Side B Four Noble Truths, Mahayana, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Funeral, Samsara, Bodhisattva Vow... |
May 04 2002 |
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Transmission of the Light ClassSerial: SF-01086 Tuesday: Breaking through the conceptual veil, Kasyapa, nothing to be transmitted, investigate the conventional world to the limit, Kukkutapada Transmission, realization, Sixth Patriarch, Book of Serenity, Ceremony, Monastic... |
May 07 2002 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting LectureSerial: SF-01018 Lotus Sutra (Heart Sutra), seals our mind with Buddha's mind, basics of the middle way are covered (in the Sutra of Innumerable Meanings), power of joy and compassion, devotion... Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Nirvana, Four Noble... |
May 11 2002 Green Gulch |
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Transmission of the Light ClassSerial: SF-01090 What enlightenment meant to the ancestors might be different than what it means to us, it's important to come to everyday events with a new outlook or view, Daitaka, we can... Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, true dharma, Transmission, Buddha Mind, Demons,... |
Jun 04 2002 Green Gulch |
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Seven Principles for Preventing DeclineSerial: SF-00935 Dhammapada, 9/11, we are not well, cause of great peace, Huey Johnson, the soldiers will have their way, dogs of war, Dalai Lama, pinpoint causes, 'Guns, Germs, and Steel',... Nirvana Sutra, Precepts, Daily Life, Religion, Interdependence, Renunciation,... |
Sep 15 2002 Green Gulch |
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September 19th, 2002, Serial No. 00455 confusion, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Evil, Nirvana, Cultivation, Anger,... |
Sep 19 2002 |
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October 10th, 2002, Serial No. 00458 Karma, Silence, Evil, Ordination, Peace, Equanimity, Enemies, confusion, Nirvana,... |
Oct 10 2002 |
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October 27th, 2002, Serial No. 00170, Side A Aspects of Practice, Precious Mirror, Composure, Mindfulness, Conversation, War,... |
Oct 27 2002 |
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Passions Passions, Priest, Evil, Enemies, Heart Sutra, Hate, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana,... |
Dec 01 2002 Tassajara |
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How Do We Deal With the Emotions and Mental States?Serial: BZ-00179 Saturday Lecture Emotions, Anger, Peace, resistance, Nirvana, Equanimity, Four Foundations,... |
Jan 25 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00181A Sesshin Day 1 Nirvana, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Equanimity, Precepts, Liberation, Happiness,... |
Feb 15 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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NirvanaSerial: BZ-00132A Saturday Lecture Nirvana, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Attachment, Zazen Mind, Six Realms, Passions... |
Mar 08 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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True ConcentrationSerial: BZ-01524A From Suzuki-rôshi Book, Saturday Lecture Concentration, Suzuki Roshi, Duality, Concentration, Non-duality, Gaining Mind, War,... |
Apr 12 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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June 5th, 2003, Serial No. 00292 Happiness, Gaining Mind, Karma, Concentration, Precepts, Posture, Lay, Nirvana,... |
Jun 05 2003 |
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October 2nd, 2003, Serial No. 00289 Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Religion, Duality, Building, Nirvana, Emotions,... |
Oct 02 2003 |
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Eihei Shingi: The KaninSerial: BZ-01373 Rohatsu Day 4 Eihei Shingi, Buddha's Birthday, Tassajara, New Year, Lay Practice, Offering,... |
Dec 04 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Just Being Alive Is EnoughSerial: SF-01094 The season. Vows. New Year's Resolution Suzuki Roshi, Current Events, Vows, stubbornness, Faith, Continuous, Politics, Greed... |
Dec 28 2003 Green Gulch |
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Buddha's ParinirvanaSerial: BZ-01248 Sesshin Day 1 Parinirvana, Nirvana, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Buddha's Birthday,... |
Feb 14 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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February 23rd, 2004, Serial No. 01018, Side A Fox, Karma, Absolute-and-Relative, causation, Daily Life, Bell, Funeral, Culture,... |
Feb 23 2004 |
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March 1st, 2004, Serial No. 01019, Side A Lotus Sutra, Transmission, Lineage, Intimacy, Karma, Nirvana Sutra, Conversation, Fox... |
Mar 01 2004 |