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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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Title	Speaker	Date
Sunday Lecture Freedom, training, Bell, Beginners, Discrimination, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, confusion...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 04 2001 Green Gulch
Hongzi (Zen Master) Silent Illumination, Instruction, Daily Life, Cultivation, confusion, Branching...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Feb 24 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Essence of Mind & the Five Hinderances Serial: BZ-00130A One-Day Sitting Hindrances, Hindrances, Daily Life, Doubt, Big Mind, Nirvana, Attachment, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Emptiness: Zen's True Path Buddha, confusion, Nirvana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 15 2001
Never Disparaging Lotus Sutra, Bowing, Discrimination, Anger, Karma, Happiness, Evil, Nirvana,...	Rev. Shohaku Okumura	Jan 27 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Illumination in Modern Life Cultivation, Silent Illumination, Nirvana, Oneness		Jan 06 2001
January 6th, 2001, Serial No. 00154 Cultivation, Silent Illumination, Nirvana, Oneness		Jan 06 2001
Solitude and Fulfillment in Zen Insight Soto Zen, Five Ranks, Emptiness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Oneness, Suzuki Roshi,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jan 03 2001
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...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 30 2000 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjo Koan Serial: SF-00117 Workshop Karma, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, true dharma, Transmission, Politics...	Shohaku Okumura	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, Bodhisattva Vow, Four Noble...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Red Pine Bill Porter	Oct 07 2000 4 Berkeley Zen Center
The Diamond Sutra: Commentary Serial: BZ-00920 Class 3 of 5 Karma, Offering, Lotus Sutra, Renunciation, Bodhisattva Vow, Skandas, Liberation, Vow...	Red Pine Bill Porter	Sep 30 2000 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Surangama Sutra Class Birth-and-Death, Bell, Light-and-Darkness, Nirvana, Ego, Skandas, confusion, Letting...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 25 2000 Unknown
The Diamond Sutra: Commentary Serial: BZ-00917 Class 2 of 5 Offering, Attachment, Passions, Anger, Karma, Nirvana, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence,...	Red Pine Bill Porter	Sep 23 2000 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Fox, causation, Karma, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Ceremony,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 10 2000 Green Gulch
The Diamond Sutra: Commentarty Serial: BZ-00919 Class 1 of 5 Offering, Skandas, Attachment, Mahayana, Vow, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Liberation,...	Red Pine Bill Porter	Sep 09 2000 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Serial: BZ-00083A Nondiscriminating Mind within Discrimination, Sesshin Day 3 Discrimination, BCR-2, Discrimination, Dragons, Non-discrimination, Attachment, Hsin...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Women Ancestors Class Nirvana, Peace, Four Noble Truths, Ordination, Funeral, Demons, Lay, Happiness,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Aug 08 2000 Unknown
Sunday Lecture Dependent Origination, Karma, causation, Happiness, Nirvana, Concentration,...	Daigan Lueck	Jun 18 2000 Green Gulch
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00160A Polishing Tiles, Sesshin Day 5 Sandokai, Branching Streams, Emotions, Rinzai, Religion, Bodhidharma, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Surangama Sutra Class Emptiness, Manjushri, Karma, Impermanence, Emotions, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Religion,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 30 2000 Green Gulch
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00159 Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Oneness, Branching...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 09 2000 4 Berkeley Zen Center
March 3rd, 2000, Serial No. 02951 Emptiness, Practice, Nirvana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 03 2000
March 2nd, 2000, Serial No. 02950 Nirvana, Suffering, Emptiness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
January Practice Period Class Heart Sutra, Duality, Non-duality, Four Noble Truths, Six Realms, Liberation, Two...	Fu Schroeder	Jan 19 2000 Green Gulch
January Practice Period Karma, Dragons, Nirvana, Chanting, New Year, Instruction, Zendo, Faith, Sangha,...	Fu Schroeder	Jan 08 2000 Green Gulch
Zen Harmony Through Ferdinand's Path Serial: SF-00064 Sunday dharma talk. Letting Go, Peace, Attachment, Freedom, Practice Period, Hindrances, Nirvana, Doubt,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	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,...	Ross Blum	Oct 10 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Hate, Fasting, Nirvana, Conversation, Freedom, training	Fu Schroeder	Oct 06 1999 Green Gulch
September 30th, 1999, Serial No. 01009, Side A Precious Mirror, 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,...	Raul Denkei Moncayo	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
1999.09.05-serial.00150 Concentration, Mindfulness, Letting Go, Monkey Mind, Sanctuary, Don't Know Mind...	Edward Brown	Sep 05 1999
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 1/8) Serial: BZ-00078A Sesshin Day 1 Genjokoan, Five Ranks, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Sixth Patriarch, Impermanence...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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-...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jun 20 1999 Green Gulch
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...	Ryuei Michael McCormick	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, Aspects of Practice, Family...	Ryuei Michael McCormick	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,...	Ryuei Michael McCormick	Apr 08 1999 2 of 5 Berkeley Zen Center
March 28th, 1999, Serial No. 02906 Nirvana, Bodhidharma, Patience	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 28 1999
Three Kinds of Nirvana Serial: BZ-00079 Saturday Lecture Nirvana, Nirvana, Eight Awarenesses, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Greed, Happiness, Peace...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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, Aspects of...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 11 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Living Zen: Embrace the Moment Suzuki Roshi, Zendo, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Anger, Mill Valley, Posture, Bell...	Unknown	May 31 1998 Sati Center
Legend and Legacy of Bodhidharma Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Faith, Interview, Bell, Freedom, Doubt, Nirvana,...	McRae	Apr 25 1998 Unknown
Self, No-Self Serial: BZ-00340B Saturday Lecture Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Impermanence, Happiness, Patience, Greed, Anger...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 18 1998 Berkeley Zen Center

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