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Nirvana, in the Indian religions (Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism), is the concept of an individual's passions being extinguished as the ultimate state of salvation, release, or liberation from suffering (duḥkha) and from the cycle of birth and rebirth (saṃsāra).

In Indian religions, nirvana is synonymous with moksha and mukti. All Indian religions assert it to be a state of perfect quietude, freedom, and highest happiness; liberation from attachment and worldly suffering; and the ending of samsara, the cycle 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. The Buddhist concept of nirvana is 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
Buddha's Parinirvana Serial: BZ-01419 Sesshin Day 1 Parinirvana, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Greed, Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Doubt,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 17 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Eight Aspects of Practice Serial: BZ-01418 Commentary by Deshimaru from "Ring of the Way", Saturday Lecture Eight Aspects, Dogen, Deshimaru, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Karmic Consequences, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 10 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
2007.01.16-serial.00116G Buddha, Practice, Nirvana		Jan 16 2007
The Gift of Nothing Serial: SF-00929 Sunday Lecture Children's Lecture: one who is not busy, one reality; the gift of nothing; sesshin, from Suzuki Roshi; our mind is the same as Buddha's; all things are... Buddha's Enlightenment, Sesshin, Koan, Daowu, Keizan, Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 03 2006 Green Gulch Farm
Enlightenment Serial: BZ-01404 Rohatsu Day 4 Buddha Nature, Composure, Daily Life, Dependent Origination, Nirvana, Concentration,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 30 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on "Brown Rice is Just Right" Serial: BZ-01401 Suzuki-rôshi's lecture in "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 1 Suzuki Roshi, Teacher-and-Student, Pure Existence, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 27 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Breathing In, Breathing Out Serial: SF-01146 Sunday Lecture: simplicity; story of Prajnatara in Malawi; the sun comes up, the sun goes down; connections; the four foundations of mindfulness; Navajo rain dance Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Simplicity, Mindfulness, Book of Serenity, Four...	Fu Schroeder	Oct 08 2006 Green Gulch Farm
Buddhas And Sentient Beings Are Not Two Serial: SF-01026 One-day sitting lecture: positive encouragement; nirvana; five hindrances; preliminary practices; three worlds; jhanas - benefits and ptifalls; Four Noble Truths; Mahayana... Five Hindrances, Four Noble Truths, Mahayana, Dhyana, Hindrances, Nirvana,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 16 2006 Green Gulch Farm
Loving Everyone — The Metta Sutra; Kid Zendo and Also Reflecting on the Death of John King Serial: BZ-01179 Saturday Lecture Death-and-Dying, Bell, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Vow, Addiction, Gratitude, Duality,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Aug 19 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
August 2006 talk, Serial No. 03343 Samsara, Happiness, Nirvana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 2006
Commentary on "Komyo-zo Zammai" by Koun Ejô Serial: BZ-01174 Storehouse of Radiant Light Samadhi, One-Day Sitting Koun Ejô, Concentration, Samadhi, Hate, Discrimination, Gaining Mind, Liberation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
What Does It Mean to Practice Prajna Paramita? Serial: BZ-01167 Sesshin Day 2 Heart Sutra, Religion, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Non-duality,...	Karen Sundheim	Jun 15 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
June 10th, 2006, Serial No. 03310 Nirvana, Time, Ceremony	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 10 2006
Heart Sutra: Chain of Dependant Co-arising; Mahayana View of Cessation Serial: BZ-01044A Class 5 of 5 Birth-and-Death, Passions, Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Daily Life...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 08 2006 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: 18 Emptinesses; Continuous Existence Serial: BZ-01042A Class 3 of 5 Karma, Forgiveness, Ego, Nirvana, Daily Life, Emotions, Don't Know Mind, Heart...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 25 2006 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Dharmas, Skandas and 18 Emptinesses Serial: BZ-01041A Class 2 of 5 Karma, Ego, Skandas, Nirvana, Duality, Dependent Origination, Interdependence, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 18 2006 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Essence and Action of Prajna Serial: BZ-01235 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Hui Neng, Poetry, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Duality, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 13 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01232 Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Duality, Samadhi, Attachment, Oneness, Samsara, Nirvana, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 06 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Six "Wrong" Ways of Practice Serial: BZ-01231 Saturday Lecture Practice, Obstacles, Family Practice, Instruction, Interview, Nirvana, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 29 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
March 8th, 2006, Serial No. 03293 Samsara, Nirvana, Impermanence	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 08 2006
March 2006 talk, Serial No. 00049 Silent Illumination, Nirvana, Letting Go, Hongzhi		Mar 2006
March 2006 talk, Serial No. 00056 Silent Illumination, Hongzhi, Book of Serenity, Nirvana, Blue Cliff Record		Mar 2006
February 26th, 2006, Serial No. 03291 Samsara, Nirvana, Greed	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 26 2006
Buddha's Paranirvana Serial: BZ-01216B Birth, Death, Nirvana, Sesshin Day 1 Parinirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Big Mind, Four Noble...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
“Poems are not Poems”: The Poetry of Ryokan Serial: BZ-01213 Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2 Priest, Silence, Discrimination, Practice Period, Beginners, Rinzai, Soto Zen,...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 04 2006 1 Berkeley Zen Center
The Poetry of Ryokan Serial: BZ-01214 Teaching Retreat, part 2 of 2 Dharma Transmission, Discrimination, Building, Gratitude, New Year, Transmission,...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 04 2006 2 Berkeley Zen Center
2005.11.03-serial.00187 Evil, Nirvana, Buddha		Nov 03 2005
No Self Serial: SF-00971 One-day sitting lecture: Bodhisattva Initiation - dharma names; Buddha's second teaching - "No-self Characteristic Sutta"; shamata - posture instructions;... Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Samatha, Precepts, Continuous Practice, Separation,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 17 2005 Green Gulch Farm
On Embracing “Total Dynamic Working” Serial: BZ-01337B One day sitting lecture Birth-and-Death, Right Effort, Peace, Practice Period, Offering, Buddha Nature, Zoom...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 17 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhidharma and Buddha Nature Genjokoan, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Nirvana,...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Jul 10 2005 Tassajara
Natural Liberation Serial: SF-00035 Sunday talk. Buddha teaches liberation; methods of liberation; birth and death is itself nirvana. Birth-and-Death, Freedom, Dogen, Liberation, Renunciation, Nirvana, Letting Go,...	Kokyo Henkel	Jun 25 2005
June 16th, 2005, Serial No. 01551 Offering, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Equanimity, Nirvana,...		Jun 16 2005
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01031A Class 1 of 5 Duality, Discrimination, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Oneness, Attachment, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 12 2005 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Reflections on Emptiness Serial: BZ-01320B Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Fundraising, Liberation, Karma, Commitment, Samadhi, Nirvana, War,...	Peter Overton	Apr 30 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Nirvana, the Waterfall Serial: BZ-00597 Sesshin Day 2 Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Big Mind, Separation, Subject-and-Object, Continuous...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 2005
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00768 Class 10 of 12 Subject-and-Object, Five Ranks, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra, Evil, Nirvana, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 10 2005 10 Tassajara
Heart Sutra: Emptiness Described Through the Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01312C Saturday Lecture Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Anger, Interdependence, Ego,...	Raul Denkei Moncayo	Mar 05 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on The Wayseeker: “Opening the Hand of Thought” Serial: BZ-01305 Teaching Retreat 2 of 2 Daily Life, Vow, Repentance, Gaining Mind, Fundraising, Offering, Karma, Nirvana,...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 05 2005 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01296 Conclusion, Rohatsu Day 6 Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Big Mind, Hindrances, Complete Perfect Enlightenment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01294 Dependant Origination; Nirvana Within Samsara, Rohatsu Day 4 Dependent Origination, Samsara, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01291D Rohatsu Day 1 Heart Sutra, Form-and-Emptiness, Dependent Origination, Impermanence, Samadhi,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 29 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03549 Dining Room Class Lotus Sutra, Ceremony, Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Zazen, Practice Period...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 03 2004 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03554 Dining Room Class 3 Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Daily Life, Nirvana, Bell, Renunciation, Samsara, Balance,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 20 2004 Tassajara
October 16th, 2004, Serial No. 01284 Karmic Consequences, Nirvana, Impermanence, Karma, Subject-and-Object,...		Oct 16 2004
Heaven and Hell and Nirvana Serial: BZ-01566 Saturday Lecture Nirvana, Six Realms, Karmic Consequences, Nirvana, Impermanence, Karma,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 16 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Diamond Sutra: No Beings to Save, No Attributes Serial: BZ-00565 Class 4 of 4 Daily Life, Lay, Patience, Enemies, Lineage, Passions, Discrimination, Evil, Nirvana...	Peter Overton and Laurie Senauke	Oct 14 2004 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-01281 Women's Sitting Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Nirvana Sutra, Hindrances,...	Baika Pratt	Sep 26 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Hinayana Practice: Calm Your Mind Serial: BZ-01241 Saturday Lecture Mahayana, Monkey Mind, Nirvana, Obstacles, Subject-and-Object, Impermanence, Heart...	Laurie Senauke	Aug 21 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Dining Room Lecture Equanimity, Big Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, Diversity, Nirvana, Enemies,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Aug 18 2004 Tassajara
Composure: The Shuso Hossen Ceremony Serial: BZ-01271 Where the Response Comes From, Sesshin Day 5 Composure, Shuso Ceremony, Composure, Intimacy, Nirvana, Practice Period, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 2004 Berkeley Zen Center

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