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Nirvana ( neer-VAH-nə, -⁠VAN-ə, nur-; Sanskrit: निर्वाण nirvāṇa [nirʋaːɳɐ]; Pali: nibbāna; Prakrit: ṇivvāṇa; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lamp) is a concept in the Indian religions of Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism that refers to the extinguishing of the passions which is the ultimate state of soterial 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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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
As Large as Life: Zen Koans for Everyday Practice; Mumonkan Case #6 Buddha Twirls a Flower Serial: BZ-01019A Class 2 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Transmission, Lineage, Intimacy, Karma, Nirvana Sutra, Conversation, Fox...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 01 2004 2 Berkeley Zen Center
As Large as Life: Zen Koans for Everyday Practice; Mumonkan Case #2 Paichang’s Fox Serial: BZ-01018A Class 1 of 4 Fox, Karma, Absolute-and-Relative, causation, Daily Life, Bell, Funeral, Culture,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 23 2004 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Parinirvana Serial: BZ-01248 Sesshin Day 1 Parinirvana, Nirvana, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Buddha's Birthday,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 14 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Just Being Alive Is Enough Serial: SF-01094 The season. Vows. New Year's Resolution Suzuki Roshi, Current Events, Vow, stubbornness, Faith, Continuous Practice, Politics...	Daigan Lueck	Dec 28 2003 Green Gulch
December 7th, 2003, Serial No. 03154 Nirvana, Buddha Mind, Practice Period	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 07 2003
Eihei Shingi: The Kanin Serial: BZ-01373 Rohatsu Day 4 Eihei Shingi, Buddha's Birthday, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, New Year, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
The Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00287B Class 4 of 4 Nirvana, confusion, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Mahayana, Samsara, Heart Sutra,...	Ron Nestor and Karen Sundheim	Oct 16 2003 4 Berkeley Zen Center
The Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00289 Class 2 of 4 Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Religion, Duality, Building, Nirvana, Emotions,...	Ron Nestor and Karen Sundheim	Oct 02 2003 2 Berkeley Zen Center
September 2003 talk, Serial No. 03133 Nirvana, Renunciation, Attachment	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 2003
August 4th, 2003, Serial No. 03126 Emptiness, Avalokiteshvara, Nirvana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 04 2003
Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Energy, Rapture, Tranquility Serial: BZ-00292 Class 4 of 5 Happiness, Gaining Mind, Karma, Concentration, Precepts, Posture, Lay, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 2003 4 Berkeley Zen Center
June 2003 talk, Serial No. 03111 Evil, Letting Go, Nirvana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 2003
True Concentration Serial: BZ-01524A From Suzuki-rôshi Book, Saturday Lecture Concentration, Suzuki Roshi, Duality, Concentration, Non-duality, Gaining Mind, War,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 12 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Nirvana Serial: BZ-00132A Saturday Lecture Nirvana, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Attachment, Zazen Mind, Six Realms, Passions...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 08 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00181A Sesshin Day 1 Nirvana, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Equanimity, Precepts, Liberation, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 15 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
How Do We Deal With the Emotions and Mental States? Serial: BZ-00179 Saturday Lecture Emotions, Anger, Peace, resistance, Nirvana, Equanimity, Four Foundations,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 25 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Passions Passions, Priest, Evil, Enemies, Heart Sutra, Hate, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana,...	Kosho McCall	Dec 01 2002 Tassajara
Dolly’s Going On Serial: BZ-00170A One day sitting Peace, Aspects of Practice, Precious Mirror, Composure, Mindfulness, Conversation,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 27 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
15 Sutras from the Old Way Serial: BZ-00458 Clas 5 of 5 Karma, Silence, Evil, Ordination, Peace, Equanimity, Enemies, confusion, Nirvana, Vow...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 10 2002 5 Berkeley Zen Center
15 Sutras from the Old Way: Those of Kesaputta from Anguttara Nikaya Serial: BZ-00455 Class 2 of 5 confusion, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Evil, Nirvana, Cultivation, Anger,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 19 2002 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Seven Principles for Preventing Decline Serial: 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,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 15 2002 Green Gulch
Transmission of the Light Class Serial: 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,...	Daigan Lueck	Jun 04 2002 Green Gulch
One-day Sitting Lecture Serial: 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...	Fu Schroeder	May 11 2002 Green Gulch
Transmission of the Light Class Serial: 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...	Daigan Lueck	May 07 2002 Green Gulch
Desire and Love Serial: BZ-00146B Lecture Four Noble Truths, Mahayana, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Funeral, Samsara, Bodhisattva Vow...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	May 04 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
April 13th, 2002, Serial No. 00067 Blue Cliff Record, Nirvana, Posture, Practice Period, Demons		Apr 13 2002
April 9th, 2002, Serial No. 03058 Abhidharma, Nirvana, Buddhism	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 09 2002
Two Approaches to God: Prophet and Mystic Serial: NC-01071 Community Retreat Spring 2002 OSB Cam, History of religion, Thomas Aquinas, Meister Eckhart, Bonaventure, Apophatic, Prophetic,...	Sr. Donald Corcoran	Apr 2002 2 of 5 (#4 not recorded) New Camaldoli Hermitage
Four Noble Truths: Nirvana Serial: BZ-00443 Class 3 of 4 Monastic Practice, Nirvana, Mahayana, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Six...	Mary Mocine	Mar 28 2002 3 Berkeley Zen Center
First Pure Mind Precept: Not Killing Serial: BZ-00142B Saturday Lecture Non-violence, Two Truths, Precepts, Offering, Discrimination, Culture, Birth-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 23 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths: Causes of Suffering Serial: BZ-00469 Class 2 of 4 Karma, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Six Realms, Precepts, Renewal, Nirvana,...	Mary Mocine	Mar 21 2002 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Harmonizing Breath, Body, Mind and Feeling Serial: BZ-00142A Sesshin Day 3 Posture, Zazen, Ordinary Mind, Composure, Harmonizing, Attachment, Soto Zen, Nirvana...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 17 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths: Dukka (Suffering) Serial: BZ-00468 Class 1 of 4 Four Noble Truths, Ego, Heart Sutra, Karmic Consequences, Nirvana, Karma, Attachment...	Mary Mocine	Mar 14 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Blue Cliff Record, realization, Delusion, Nirvana, Right Speech, true dharma,...	Daigan Lueck	Mar 10 2002 Green Gulch
Genzo-e true dharma, Transmission, Nirvana, Karma, Ceremony, Monastic Practice, Fox, Passions...	Shohaku Okumura	Mar 09 2002 1
Buddha's Parinirvana Serial: BZ-00139A One-Day Sitting Parinirvana, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Obstacles, Precepts, Liberation, Buddha Nature...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 16 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Arbor Day Serial: SF-01071 Sunday Lecture Commitment, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Non-violence, Nirvana, Practice Period,...	Wendy Johnson	Feb 10 2002 Green Gulch
January 22nd, 2002, Serial No. 03044 Samadhi, Parinirvana, Nirvana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 22 2002
Compassion and Transformation: A Bodhisattva's Journey Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Emptiness, Cultivation, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Freedom,...	Jeffrey Schneider	Jan 19 2002 City Center
Mumonkan: Case #35 Serial: BZ-00093B Saturday Lecture MM-35, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Separation, Rinzai, Karma, Lay, Samsara,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 27 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
August 21st, 2001, Serial No. 03027 Samadhi, Buddha, Nirvana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 21 2001
Bearing the Unbearable: Zazen is a Tool for Life Serial: BZ-00086B One Day sitting Buddha Nature, Funeral, Nirvana, Composure, training, Aspects of Practice, Intuition...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Aug 19 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Eight Major Afflictions Serial: BZ-00084B Saturday Lecture Monkey Mind, Hindrances, confusion, Renunciation, Greed, Evil, Nirvana, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 28 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Beneficial Dharmas Serial: BZ-00084A Saturday Lecture Anger, Karma, Doubt, Greed, Equanimity, Renunciation, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Sixth...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 21 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Mirrors Buddha Nature, Intuition, Culture, Don't Know Mind, Karma, Buddha's...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Jun 09 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths and Prison Food Right Effort, Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Concentration, Mindfulness,...	Ross Blum	Jun 02 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
June 2001 talk, Serial No. 03021 Renunciation, Nirvana, Intimacy	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 2001
March 19th, 2001, Serial No. 03010 Nirvana, Practice, Samadhi	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 19 2001
Sunday Lecture Enthusiasm, Religion, Priest, Emptiness, Nirvana, Observe, Ego, Posture, Bell,...	Daigan Lueck	Mar 18 2001 Green Gulch

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