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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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Buddha's Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-01419

Sesshin Day 1

Parinirvana, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Greed, Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Doubt,...
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,...
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...
Dec 03 2006
Green Gulch Farm

Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-01404

Rohatsu Day 4

Buddha Nature, Composure, Daily Life, Dependent Origination, Nirvana, Concentration,...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
Aug 19 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

August 2006 talk, Serial No. 03343

Samsara, Happiness, Nirvana
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,...
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,...
Jun 15 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

June 10th, 2006, Serial No. 03310

Nirvana, Time, Ceremony
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...
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...
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...
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,...
May 13 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01232

Saturday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Duality, Samadhi, Attachment, Oneness, Samsara, Nirvana, Non-duality,...
May 06 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Six "Wrong" Ways of Practice

Serial: BZ-01231

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Obstacles, Family Practice, Instruction, Interview, Nirvana, Renunciation,...
Apr 29 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

March 8th, 2006, Serial No. 03293

Samsara, Nirvana, Impermanence
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
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...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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...
Jul 17 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Bodhidharma and Buddha Nature

Genjokoan, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Nirvana,...
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,...
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-...
May 12 2005
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Reflections on Emptiness

Serial: BZ-01320B

Saturday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Fundraising, Liberation, Karma, Commitment, Samadhi, Nirvana, War,...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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,...
Dec 02 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01291D

Rohatsu Day 1

Heart Sutra, Form-and-Emptiness, Dependent Origination, Impermanence, Samadhi,...
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...
Nov 03 2004
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra Class

Serial: SF-03554

Dining Room Class 3

Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Daily Life, Nirvana, Bell, Renunciation, Samsara, Balance,...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
Aug 21 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Dining Room Lecture

Equanimity, Big Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, Diversity, Nirvana, Enemies,...
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,...
Jun 20 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

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