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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
Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence, Daily Life, Oneness, resistance, Nirvana, Tassajara,...	Yvonne Rand	Sep 27 1987 Green Gulch
December 9th, 1987, Serial No. 00308 Serial: BZ-00308 Rohatsu Day 2 Intuition, Fasting, American, Anger, Impermanence, Hindrances, Nirvana, Offering,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 1987
Visualization in Vajrayana Practice Serial 00005 confusion, Interdependence, Mahayana, Six Realms, Culture, Lay, Nirvana, Sangha,...	Jetsun Kushok	Apr 16 1988 Tape 1
Yontenzot Serial: SF-01832 "Chhoje Tulku" realization, Beginners, Nirvana Sutra, Emotions, Bodhisattva Vow, Religion, Obstacles...	Chhoje Rinpoche	Apr 24 1988 SFZC
Yontenzot Samsara, confusion, Karma, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Don't Know Mind, Emotions,...	Chhoje Rinpoche	May 01 1988 SFZC
May 7th, 1988, Serial No. 00897, Side A Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Fasting, Nirvana, Evil, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Practice...		May 07 1988
June 17th, 1988, Serial No. 00891, Side A Gratitude, Posture, Daily Life, Conversation, Nirvana, Concentration, Tassajara, Hate...		Jun 17 1988
Luminous Mind Serial: BZ-00893B Sesshin Day 1 Silent Illumination, Posture, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Concentration, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Illumination Serial: BZ-00892B Sesshin Day 3 Discrimination, Ego, Duality, Non-discrimination, Oneness, Daily Life, Darkness and...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
October 15th, 1988, Serial No. 00368, Side B Gratitude, Vinaya, Religion, Patience, Silence, Greed, Mahayana, Nirvana, War,...		Oct 15 1988
Emptiness and Compassion: Retreat Serial 00026 Buddha Nature, Commitment, Lineage, Demons, Beginners, Nirvana, Equanimity,...	Luding Khen Rinpoche	Nov 12 1988 Tape 2
Emptiness and Compassion Retreat Serial 00027 Breath, Buddha Nature, Composure, Daily Life, Nirvana, Bell, Gratitude, Observe,...	Luding Khen Rinpoche	Nov 13 1988 Tape 3
December 9th, 1988, Serial No. 01476, Side C Concentration, true dharma, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Samadhi, Lineage		Dec 09 1988
December 10th, 1988, Serial No. 01056 Buddha Nature, Nirvana Sutra, Concentration, Intimacy, Posture, Fundraising, Faith,...	Katherine Thanas	Dec 10 1988 SFZC
December 18th, 1988, Serial No. 01472 Duality, Obstacles, Nirvana, Judgement, Posture, Buddha Nature, resistance,...		Dec 18 1988
Lion's Roar Serial: SF-01907A Intro Liberation, Lineage, realization, Vinaya, Intuition, Nirvana, Evil, Instruction, Lay...	Unknown	Dec 26 1988 SFZC
Chanting Serial: BZ-00372A Sesshin Day 2 Chanting, Chanting, Concentration, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vows, Nirvana	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 19 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
1989.05.06-serial.00149 Subject-and-Object, Hindrances, Emptiness, Hate, Nirvana, Gratitude, Offering,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	May 06 1989
July 15th, 1989, Serial No. 00379, Side A Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, Echo, Bowing...		Jul 15 1989
Dzögchen Teachings Serial: SF-02719B Commercially produced cassette Transmission, New Year, Non-duality, Samsara, Nirvana, Karma, Freedom	His Holiness The Dalai Lama	Oct 09 1989 San Jose
Dzögchen Teachings Serial: SF-02717 Commercially produced cassette Gratitude, Nirvana, Peace, Offering, Religion, realization, Mandala, Non-violence,...	His Holiness The Dalai Lama	Oct 09 1989 San Jose
Four Vows, Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-00500 Saturday Lecture Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Samsara, Daily Life, Two Truths,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 27 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Nirvana and Parinirvana Serial: BZ-00498A Saturday Lecture Parinirvana, Nirvana, Nirvana, Hate, Greed, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Four Noble...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 10 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
June 30th, 1990, Serial No. 00512 Precepts, Bodhisattva Way, Patience, Priest, Evil, training, Ordination, Priest-and-...		Jun 30 1990
October 25th, 1990, Serial No. 00622 Four Noble Truths, Offering, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Sixth Patriarch,...		Oct 25 1990
Segaki Serial: BZ-00496A Saturday Lecture Seijiki, Anger, Greed, Six Realms, Liberation, Demons, Nirvana, Equanimity, Offering...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 27 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01517B Mindfulness of Forms, Rohatsu Day 3 Mindfulness, Instruction, Offering, Dogen, Composure, Bowing, Duality, Samsara,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Parinirvana Serial: BZ-00689A Eight Aspects of an Enlightened Being, One-Day Sitting Parinirvana, Eight Aspects, Nirvana, Eight Aspects, Concentration, Duality, Greed,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 16 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
One-Day Sitting Serial: SF-01078 #shuso-talk Precepts, Vows, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment,...	Pat Phelan	Mar 09 1991 Unknown
What is Sesshin? Serial: BZ-00967B Sesshin Day 4 Sesshin, Pure Existence, Building, Peace, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Karma, Happiness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 29 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #43 Serial: BZ-00970A Tozan's "Neither Hot Nor Cold", One-Day Sitting Tozan Ryokai, BCR-43, Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks, Samsara, Nirvana, training,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 14 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Book of Serenity: Case #91 Serial: BZ-00714A More of Dreams, Sesshin Day 2 SER-91, First Principle, Dream World, Subject-and-Object, Dragons, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 01 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Stupas Serial: SF-03956 Stupa Slide Show - Sunday Lecture Offering, Ceremony, Posture, Lay, Priest, Mill Valley, Dharma Transmission, Bowing,...	Yvonne Rand	Nov 13 1991 Green Gulch
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00729 Class Three, Class Ego, Pure Existence, Precious Mirror, Absolute-and-Relative, Ordinary Mind, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 17 1991
All We Have to Do is Wash Our Bowl Serial: BZ-00682A Saturday Lecture Bell, Interview, Instruction, training, Big Mind, Conversation, Duality, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 04 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
January 16th, 1992, Serial No. 00282 Four Noble Truths, Lay, Renunciation, Religion, Lineage, Fasting, Dependent...		Jan 16 1992
March 5th, 1992, Serial No. 00650 Perfect Wisdom, Mahayana, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Continuous, Half-Smile,...		Mar 05 1992
March 12th, 1992, Serial No. 00651 Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, Nirvana, Karma, Eight Awarenesses, Heart Sutra...		Mar 12 1992
One Treasure Serial: BZ-00958A One-Day Sitting Teacher-and-Student, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, causation, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 14 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Giving and Taking, Empty Ground Manifests; No Future Serial: BZ-00677A Inaction of Action, Action in Inaction, Sesshin Day 1 Giving-and-Taking, Teacher-and-Student, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Daily Life, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 17 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
March 21st, 1992, Serial No. 00678, Side A Lotus Sutra, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Perfect Wisdom, Bodhisattva Vow, Dragons...		Mar 21 1992
Zazen Instruction Serial: BZ-00680B First Friday Zazen, Posture, Beginners, Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Concentration, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
May 13th, 1992, Serial No. 00213 true dharma, Transmission, Nirvana, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Manjushri,...		May 13 1992
May 21st, 1992, Serial No. 00607 Absolute-and-Relative, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Emotions, Daily Life, Darkness and Light,...		May 21 1992
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00709B Sesshin Day 2 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Duality, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
August 8th, 1992, Serial No. 00634, Side B Mindfulness, Demons, Nirvana Sutra, Commitment, Liberation, Bell, Nirvana, Posture,...		Aug 08 1992
Saturday Lecture Instruction, Lotus Sutra, Samsara, zen meditation, Posture, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana...	Hekizan Tom Girardot	Nov 21 1992 City Center
December 12th, 1992, Serial No. 00645, Side B Concentration, Nirvana, Culture, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Beginners, Describe,...		Dec 12 1992
ial No. 00220 Nirvana, Religion, Daily Life, Happiness, Evil, Liberation, Silence, Interview,...		1993
Blue Cliff Record: Case #5 Serial: BZ-00647B Saturday Lecture BCR-5, First Principle, Duality, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Nirvana, Samsara,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 23 1993 Berkeley Zen Center

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