You are currently logged-out. You can log-in or create an account to see more talks, save favorites, and more. more info

Nirvana Talks

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.

From nirvana on Wikipedia

Showing 538 talks
 

- Reset Search

Title Speaker

Birth and Death: Dogen’s Zenki and Shoji

Serial: BZ-00486

Class 4 of 4

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Hate, Samsara, Darkness-and-Light, Six...
Nov 30 2000
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjo Koan

Serial: SF-00117

Workshop

Karma, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Politics, Nirvana,...
Nov 04 2000
1 of 4
City Center

Birth and Death: Dogen’s Zenki and Shoji

Serial: BZ-00489

Class 1 of 4

Birth-and-Death, Vow, Attachment, Big Mind, Samsara, Four Noble Truths, Ego, Nirvana...
Nov 02 2000
1
Berkeley Zen Center

The Diamond Sutra: Commentary

Serial: BZ-00916

Class 4 of 5

Anger, Karma, Attachment, Nirvana, Liberation, Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Vow,...
Oct 07 2000
4
Berkeley Zen Center

The Diamond Sutra: Commentary

Serial: BZ-00920

Class 3 of 5

Karma, Offering, Lotus Sutra, Renunciation, Skandas, Liberation, Vow, Nirvana...
Sep 30 2000
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Surangama Sutra Class

Birth-and-Death, Bell, Light-and-Darkness, Nirvana, Ego, Skandas, confusion, Letting...
Sep 25 2000
Unknown

The Diamond Sutra: Commentary

Serial: BZ-00917

Class 2 of 5

Offering, Attachment, Passions, Anger, Karma, Nirvana, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence,...
Sep 23 2000
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Fox, causation, Karma, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Ceremony,...
Sep 10 2000
Green Gulch Farm

The Diamond Sutra: Commentarty

Serial: BZ-00919

Class 1 of 5

Offering, Skandas, Attachment, Mahayana, Vow, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Liberation,...
Sep 09 2000
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Interwoven Truths in Zen Practice

Serial: RB-01235

Practice-Month_Talks

Time, Emptiness, Nirvana
Sep 05 2000
Johanneshof

Blue Cliff Record: Case #2

Serial: BZ-00083A

Nondiscriminating Mind within Discrimination, Sesshin Day 3

Discrimination, BCR-2, Discrimination, Dragons, Non-discrimination, Attachment, Hsin...
Sep 04 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Codependent Chain of Origination: Why We Sit

Serial: BZ-00082B

Sesshin Day 2

Dependent Origination, Zazen, Dependent Origination, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Ego...
Sep 03 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Women Ancestors Class

Nirvana, Peace, Four Noble Truths, Ordination, Funeral, Demons, Lay, Happiness,...
Aug 08 2000
Unknown

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00160A

Polishing Tiles, Sesshin Day 5

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Emotions, Rinzai, Religion, Bodhidharma, Nirvana,...
Jun 18 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Surangama Sutra Class

Emptiness, Manjushri, Karma, Impermanence, Emotions, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Religion,...
May 30 2000
Green Gulch Farm

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00159

Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Oneness, Branching...
May 27 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen’s Writings: Commentary on “Enlightenment Unfolds”

Serial: BZ-00932

Class 4 of 4

Lotus Sutra, Dream World, Doubt, Buddha Ancestors, Emotions, Impermanence, Karma,...
Mar 09 2000
4
Berkeley Zen Center

March 3rd, 2000, Serial No. 02951

Emptiness, Practice, Nirvana
Mar 03 2000

March 2nd, 2000, Serial No. 02950

Nirvana, Suffering, Emptiness
Mar 02 2000

Buddha's Parinirvana/His Last Teaching

Serial: BZ-00204A

The 8 Awarenesses of an Enlightened Being, Saturday Lecture

Parinirvana, Eight Awarenesses, Enlightenment, Eight Awarenesses, Anger, Samadhi,...
Feb 19 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

January Practice Period Class

Heart Sutra, Duality, Non-duality, Four Noble Truths, Six Realms, Liberation, Two...
Jan 19 2000
Green Gulch Farm

January Practice Period

Karma, Dragons, Nirvana, Chanting, New Year, Instruction, Faith, Sangha, Patience...
Jan 08 2000
Green Gulch Farm

Zen Harmony Through Ferdinand's Path

Serial: SF-00064

Sunday dharma talk.

Letting Go, Peace, Attachment, Freedom, Practice Period, Hindrances, Nirvana, Doubt,...
Dec 05 1999

Beginners’ Sesshin: Review of Guidelines, Sitting for World Day of Peace, and Lecture

Posture, Peace, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Harmonizing, Nirvana, War,...
Oct 10 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Wednesday Lecture

Practice Period, Hate, Fasting, Nirvana, Conversation, Freedom
Oct 06 1999
Green Gulch Farm

September 30th, 1999, Serial No. 01009, Side A

Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Big Mind, Five Ranks, Liberation, Nirvana Sutra, Non-duality,...
Sep 30 1999

Skillful Paths to Collective Awakening

Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, First Principle...
Sep 19 1999

Don’t Think Good, Don’t Think Evil

Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Samsara, Hindrances, American, Lay, Evil,...
Sep 18 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Breathing, Theravada/Zen Suffering

Serial: BZ-00194B

Sesshin Day 3

Breath, Theravada, Samadhi, Mundane Life, Attachment, Daily Life, Four Foundations of...
Sep 06 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

1999.09.05-serial.00150

Concentration, Mindfulness, Letting Go, Monkey Mind, Sanctuary, Don't Know Mind...
Sep 05 1999

Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 1/8)

Serial: BZ-00078A

Sesshin Day 1

Genjokoan, Five Ranks, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Sixth Patriarch, Impermanence...
Jun 23 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Father's Day

Serial: SF-03233

Sunday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Suzuki Roshi, Samsara, Intimacy, confusion, Daily Life, Giving-...
Jun 20 1999
Green Gulch Farm

Lotus Sutra

Serial: BZ-00863

The fourth in a series of five classes on the Lotus Sutra taught by Ryuei Michael McCormick, a teacher in the Nichiren tradition, and sponsored by Maylie Scott. ...

Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Perfect Wisdom, Demons, Nirvana, Subject-and-Object, Evil...
Apr 22 1999
4 of 5
Berkeley Zen Center

Lotus Sutra

Serial: BZ-00834

The third in a series of five classes on the Lotus Sutra taught by Ryuei Michael McCormick, a teacher in the Nichiren tradition, and sponsored by Maylie Scott. ...

Lotus Sutra, Dependent Origination, Buddha Nature, Family Practice, Culture, Nirvana...
Apr 15 1999
3 of 5
Berkeley Zen Center

Lotus Sutra

Serial: BZ-00835

The second in a series of five classes on the Lotus Sutra taught by Ryuei Michael McCormick, a teacher in the Nichiren tradition, and sponsored by Maylie Scott. ...

Lotus Sutra, Dependent Origination, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana, Buddha Nature,...
Apr 08 1999
2 of 5
Berkeley Zen Center

March 28th, 1999, Serial No. 02906

Nirvana, Bodhidharma, Patience
Mar 28 1999

Three Kinds of Nirvana

Serial: BZ-00079

Saturday Lecture

Nirvana, Nirvana, Eight Awarenesses, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Greed, Happiness, Peace...
Feb 20 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

How To Respond To A Practice Period

Serial: BZ-00441A

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Practice Period, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Nirvana, Lay,...
Oct 17 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Koun Ejo's Commentary - Ummon's Radiant Light

Serial: BZ-00438B

Saturday Lecture

Koun Ejô, Ummon, Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Subject-and-Object, Samadhi,...
Oct 11 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Self, No-Self

Serial: BZ-00340B

Saturday Lecture

Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Impermanence, Happiness, Patience, Greed, Anger...
Jan 18 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Avoiding Idle Talk

Serial: BZ-00346A

Saturday Lecture

Right Speech, Discrimination, Silence, Eight Aspects, Nirvana, Perfect Wisdom,...
Nov 22 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

One-day Sitting Lecture

Zazen, Lay, Letting Go, Diversity, Nirvana, Posture, Attachment, Delusion
Oct 25 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Eight Awarenesses: Desires & Satisfaction

Serial: BZ-00323B

Saturday Lecture

Eight Awarenesses, Desire, Satisfaction, Eight Awarenesses, Nirvana, Greed, Eight...
Oct 10 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Majjhima Nikaya Class

Serial: SF-03222

Middle-length Discourses

Impermanence, Passions, Karma, Faith, Nirvana, Letting Go, Offering, Attachment,...
Sep 15 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00841

Class 4 of 4

Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Precepts, Nirvana,...
Jul 31 1997
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Right View and Joy

Nirvana, confusion, Heart Sutra, Intimacy, Right Effort, Attachment, Lotus Sutra,...
Jul 26 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

July 26th, 1997, Serial No. 01066

Serial: BZ-01066

#duplicate-please-hide

Nirvana, confusion, Heart Sutra, Intimacy, Right Effort, Attachment, Lotus Sutra,...
Jul 26 1997

Precepts

Serial: BZ-00536

Class 5 of 6

Anger, Nirvana, Addiction, Precepts, Religion, Evil, Teacher-and-Student, American,...
Jun 05 1997
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Think Neither Good Nor Bad

Sangha, Suzuki Roshi, Anger, Nirvana, Offering, Lay, confusion, Peace
Apr 30 1997
Unknown

Life of Buddha

Serial: BZ-00845

Class 6 of 6

Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Evil, Soto Zen, Precepts, Instruction, Don't...
Apr 17 1997
6
Berkeley Zen Center

Pages