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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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Title	Speaker	Date
February 24th, 2007, Serial No. 01422 Bodhisattva Way, Avalokiteshvara, War, Karma, Nirvana, American, Emotions, Dragons,...		Feb 24 2007
The Worldview of Dogen and the Lotus Sutra Serial: TL-00169 SFZG Talk, Dharma Talk Mahayana, Evil, true dharma, Buddha Ancestors, Nirvana	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 19 2007 SFZC City Center
June 7th, 2007, Serial No. 01056, Side A Discrimination, Doubt, Buddha Mind, Ego, Nirvana Sutra, Priest, Eight Aspects, Pure...		Jun 07 2007
Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva Vow During this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and... Birth-and-Death, Bodhisattva Vow, Samsara, Nirvana, Attachment, zen meditation,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 10 2007 The Yoga Room
July 14th, 2007, Serial No. 00985 Four Noble Truths, Liberation, War, Impermanence, confusion, Nirvana		Jul 14 2007
Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva Vow During this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and... Nirvana, Bodhisattva Vow, Harmonizing, Lotus Sutra, zen meditation, true dharma, Bell...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 17 2007 The Yoga Room
July 17th, 2007, Serial No. 01276 Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Nirvana, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature,...		Jul 17 2007
Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva Vow During this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and... zen meditation, Obstacles, Lotus Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Confession-and-...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 07 2007 The Yoga Room
Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva Vow During this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and... Nirvana, Bodhisattva Vow, resistance, Faith, Buddha Nature, difficulty	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 14 2007 The Yoga Room
December 5th, 2007, Serial No. 01102, Side B Samadhi, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Hindrances, Evil, Nirvana, Hate, Building, War...		Dec 05 2007
January 5th, 2008, Serial No. 01107 Emotions, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence, Hindrances, Nirvana, Mindfulness, Liberation,...		Jan 05 2008
February 16th, 2008, Serial No. 01114 Happiness, Evil, Doubt, Liberation, Lay, Nirvana, Teacher-and-Student, Observe,...		Feb 16 2008
February 17th, 2008, Serial No. 01115 Birth-and-Death, Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Impermanence, Funeral, Gratitude,...		Feb 17 2008
2008.05.01-MZMC-pm true dharma, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Bodhisattva Precepts, Desire, Commitment,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 01 2008 Minnesota Zen Center
How Can I Help Beings Enter? Nirvana, Gratitude, Lotus Sutra, Bodhisattva Way	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 10 2008 Morning No Abode Hermitage
May 17th, 2008, Serial No. 01133 Nirvana Sutra, Bodhisattva Way, Bodhisattva Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...		May 17 2008
Thinking and Not Thinking Buddha Mind, Nirvana, Discrimination, Mahayana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 25 2008 Green Gulch Farm
Changing Your Karma Serial: BZ-01136 from "Not Always So" by Suzuki-roshi, Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Karma, Karma, Nirvana Sutra, Practice Period, Offering, Meal Serving,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 31 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Reflections on Sutta Nipata Story "The Ploughing" Serial: BZ-01148 Buddha encounters rich farmer and discusses the Buddha field, One-Day Sitting Buddha, Lay, Vinaya, American, Ego, Repentance, Intuition, Nirvana, Mindfulness, Vows...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 19 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Twelve Links of Interdependent Co-Arising Serial: BZ-01155A Pratitya Samutpada, Teaching Retreat Anger, Greed, Karma, Renunciation, Ego, Hindrances, Mindfulness, Emotions, Skandas,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 31 2008 Part 1 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Dizang's Weakness: Case 20, Book of Serenity; Serial No. 01162 Serial: BZ-01162 Saturday talk Koan, Dizang, SER-20, Intimacy, Gratitude, Teacher-and-Student, Heart Sutra, Nirvana...	Karen Sundheim	Oct 04 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Mind Beginngers Mind: Transiency; Serial No. 01165 Nirvana, Composure, Impermanence, Nirvana Sutra, Samsara, Priest, Teacher-and-Student...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 18 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
The Meaning of Buddha's Enlightenment Serial: TL-00180 ADZG One Day Sitting, Dharma Talk Attachment, Lotus Sutra, Book of Serenity, Paramitas, Nirvana	Taigen Dan Leighton	Dec 07 2008 Cenacle Chciago
Platform Sutra: Irritation with Sesshin, helping vs. criticizing: Serial No. 01078 Serial: BZ-01078 Rohatsu Day 2, Side B Nirvana Sutra, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra: Irritation with Sesshin, helping vs. criticizing: Serial No. 01183 Serial: BZ-01183 Rohatsu Day 2, Side A Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng Serial: BZ-02005 Irritation during sesshin/helping versus Criticizing, Rohatsu Day 2 Hui Neng, Transmission, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Ryokan's Poems - Butterfly Dreams Discrimination, Anger, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Enemies, resistance, Transmission,...	Shohaku Okumura	Jan 24 2009
Bodhisattva Vows Vows, Liberation, Evil, Precepts, Passions, Buddha Nature, Samsara, Oneness, Bell,...	Robert Rosenbaum	Mar 14 2009
The Ultimate Transcends All Argumentation Samdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 2 Chapter Two, Morning No Abode 5/23/09 AM Trans: Karen Mueller Nirvana, Vasubandhu, Bodhisattva Way, War	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 23 2009 Morning No Abode Hermitage
The Ultimate transcends Difference and Unity Samdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 3, part 1 Tenshin Reb Anderson Samdhinormonchana Sutra (Part VI), Chapter Three, Morning Dharma Talk Saturday June 14, 2009, A.M.... Nirvana, Fox, Lineage, Oneness, Emptiness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 13 2009 Morning No Abode Hermitage
Brown Rice is Just Right Serial: BZ-02043 Cultivating the Empty Field, Sesshin Day 2 Suzuki Roshi, Ordinary Mind, Silent Illumination, Birth-and-Death, Religion, American...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Causation within the Wondrous Dharma Flower Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Evil	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 17 2009 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
On Enlightenment and Delusion Silence, Karmic Consciousness, Daily Life, Nirvana, zen meditation	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 05 2009 The Yoga Room
Commemorating Buddha's Enlightenment Serial: BZ-02074 Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Rohatsu Day 7 Abhidharma, Genjokoan, Vasubandhu, Ego, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Anger, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 12 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Shakyamuni Buddha's Parinirvana true dharma, Funeral, Practice Period, Instruction, soto, Nirvana, Separation,...	Ron Nestor	Feb 13 2010
Vashubandu Class Anger, Doubt, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Religion, Subject-and-Object, Nirvana, Daily Life...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 14 2010 1
Love and Zen Serial: TL-00207 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Nirvana, Dream World, Right Effort, Hate, Gratitude	Taigen Dan Leighton	Feb 14 2010 ADZG Temple
Spring Arising in Everything- Dragon Song Serial: TL-00209 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Letting Go, Silence, Nirvana, Silent Illumination, Attachment	Taigen Dan Leighton	Mar 21 2010 ADZG Temple
On the Eve of Going for Refuge in the Triple Treasure Confession and Repentance, Precepts, Zazen, Commitment, Nirvana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 17 2010 Morning No Abode Hermitage
Berkeley Zendo and Money Serial: BZ-02094 Mandalas, Saturday Lecture Sojun's early practice, Sangha, Supporting Practice Samsara, Sangha, Samsara, Building, Enemies, Nirvana, Practice Position, Culture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 17 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
We Must Eat Time Four Foundations, Dependent Origination, Mindfulness, Heart Sutra, Happiness, Nirvana...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 03 2010
The Mind of Enlightenment Nirvana, Ordination, Balance, Attachment, Lay Ordination	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 15 2010 The Yoga Room
Impermanence Is Buddha Nature Serial: TL-00216 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Impermanence, Posture, Passions, Nirvana, Enemies	Taigen Dan Leighton	Aug 02 2010 ADZG Temple
Five Ranks Class Discrimination, Nirvana Sutra, Daily Life, Pure Existence, Nirvana, Intuition, Big...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 30 2010 8
Buddha's Enlightenment; Never Reaching the End Serial: TL-00223 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Separation, Bodhisattva Way, Karmic Consciousness, Nirvana	Taigen Dan Leighton	Dec 06 2010 ADZG Temple
Buddha's Parinirvana Serial: BZ-02157 Ordinary Life is the Way, Sesshin Day 1 Sense of separation, Neither good nor bad Nirvana, Separation, Greed, Birth-and-Death, Interview, Culture, Emotions, Karma, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2011 Part 1 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Jhanas and Shikantaza Arhats Serial: BZ-02189 Shuso ceremony, Sesshin Day 5 Intuition, Shikantaza, Consciousness, Intuition, Karma, Repentance, Birth-and-Death,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 19 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
Transforming the Mind of Delusion Samsara, Nirvana, Dharmakaya	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 04 2011 The Yoga Room
The Lotus Sutra, Nichiren, and Joanna Macy: Bodhisattva Joy in Challenging Times Serial: TL-00239 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Evil, Thich Nhat Hanh, Bodhisattva Way, Bodhisattva Vow, Nirvana	Taigen Dan Leighton	Aug 14 2011 ADZG Temple
Zenki and Shoji Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Lay, Bowing, Silence, Observe,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 03 2011 1

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