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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 Birthday Serial: SF-03098 Sunday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Humility, Chanting, Renewal,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 06 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Life of Buddha Serial: BZ-00847 Class 4 of 6 Four Noble Truths, Evil, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Dependent Origination,...	Maylie Scott	Apr 03 1997 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Path Beyond Destination: Embracing Infinity Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Zazen, Letting Go, Vimalakirti, Suzuki Roshi,...	Steve Weintraub	Mar 15 1997
Parinirvana: Buddha’s Life/Our Life Nirvana, Precepts, Family Practice, Greed, Buddha's Birthday, Four Noble Truths...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 01 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Dukkha & The Self Serial: BZ-00780B One-Day Sitting Dukkha, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Greed, Samsara, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 12 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #46 Serial: BZ-00789A 100 Foot Pole, Barriers in Practice, Saturday Lecture MM-46, Beginners, Sixth Patriarch, Lotus Sutra, Non-duality, Birth-and-Death, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 19 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
October 11th, 1996, Serial No. 02834 Desire, Nirvana, Buddhism	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 11 1996
Wednesday Lecture Hsin Hsin Ming, Zazen, Ordination, Practice Period, Obstacles, Mahayana, Anger,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Aug 14 1996 Unknown
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00255 Class 7 of 9 Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Sixth Patriarch, Samsara, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 08 1996 7 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00254 Class 6 of 9 Attachment, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Non-attachment, Nirvana, Samsara, Repentance, Teacher...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 01 1996 6 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan’s Enlightenment Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Oneness, Discrimination, Bell, Nirvana, Separation,...	Ross Blum	Jun 08 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00252 Class 4 of 9 Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Nirvana, Enemies, Samsara, Ego, Attachment, Intimacy, Doubt...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 06 1996 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Class Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Evil, Manjushri, Dragons, Vow, Buddha Nature, Emptiness,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 23 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Lotus Sutra Class Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Emptiness, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 21 1996 Green Gulch Farm
A Sense of Vision Giving a Sense of Purpose in Life Serial: SF-03228 Sunday lecture Interdependence, Lotus Sutra, Happiness, Nirvana, Silence, Peace, Enthusiasm, Bell...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 05 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03223 Context of the Lotus Sutra - history of Hinayana and Mahayana texts - stylistic differences of - history of Lotus Sutra - key elements/doctrine of sutra - key elements of... Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Manjushri, Mahayana, Demons, Offering, Avalokiteshvara,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 07 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Buddha's Birthday Buddha's Birthday, Renewal, Offering, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Nirvana,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 07 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Vimalakirti Sutra Serial: BZ-00244 Class 1 of 5 Ordinary Mind, Mahayana, Monastic Practice, Gratitude, Liberation, Lay, Heart Sutra,...	Maylie Scott	Feb 29 1996 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Prajna Paramita Class Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Ego, Faith, Realization, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 27 1996 Unknown
Meal Chant Serial: BZ-00810A Saturday Lecture Chanting, Nirvana, Perfect Wisdom, Lotus Sutra, Offering, Buddha Nature, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 18 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Parinirvana Serial: BZ-00749 Eight Awarenesses, Lecture Eight Awarenesses, Eight Awarenesses, Nirvana, Eight Aspects, Mindfulness, Samadhi,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 15 1996
Eight Awarenesses of an Enlightened Being Serial: BZ-00811B Saturday Lecture Eight Awarenesses, Parinirvana, Eight Awarenesses, Nirvana, Samadhi, Nirvana Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 11 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
ial No. 00785 Serial: BZ-00785 Evening lecture 3 found in rohatsu tapes 1996 Big Mind, First Principle, Ego, Evil, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha Nature, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	1996
Samadhi and Prajna Serial: BZ-00786A Evening Lecture 1 sesshin in rohatsu tapes Samadhi, Attachment, Mundane Life, Posture, Non-attachment, Sixth Patriarch,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	1996
Serial 00786, Side B Intuition, Karmic Consequences, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Big...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	1996
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00815B Rohatsu Day 6 Discrimination, Vow, Six Realms, Heart Sutra, Non-discrimination, Silence, Chanting,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00817A Rohatsu Day 2 Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Karma, Evil, Nirvana, Impermanence, Family Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Women in Buddhism Class Nirvana, Religion, New Year, Conversation, Lay, causation, Freedom, Intimacy, Demons...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 27 1995 Unknown
Women in Buddhism Class Emptiness, Balance, Liberation, Nirvana, Lay, Heart Sutra, Religion, Mahayana, Birth-...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 06 1995 Unknown
September 1995 talk, Serial No. 00076 Intention, Continuous Practice, Baso, Darkness and Light, Nirvana		Sep 1995
The Double Bind of Practice Serial: BZ-00825A Saturday Lecture Practice, Nirvana, Emotions, Happiness, Impermanence, Attachment, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 19 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00745B Lecture Nirvana, Samsara, Duality, Precepts, Dependent Origination, Bodhisattva Precepts, Non...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 12 1995 2 of 4 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Metta Sutta Serial: BZ-00830B Saturday Lecture Metta Sutta, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Peace, Nirvana, Gratitude,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 01 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Birthday Serial: SF-03095 Sunday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Offering, Ceremony, Renewal, Chanting, Vow, Bowing, Nirvana,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 09 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Parinirvana and Our Own Death Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana Sutra, Darkness and Light, Light...	Fu Nancy Schroeder	Feb 11 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra, Last Section Serial: BZ-00949 Rohatsu Day 7 Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 10 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00950A Rohatsu Day 6 Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana, causation, Subject-and-Object, Karma, Lotus...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Comments on Segaki Ceremony: Mahayana Approach to Demons and Practice Serial: BZ-00956B Lecture Demons, Offering, Mahayana, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Vow, Karma, Commitment	Maylie Scott	Nov 05 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Renunciation Serial: BZ-00956A Saturday Lecture Renunciation, Anger, Renunciation, Nirvana, Ego, Daily Life, Greed, Right Effort,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 29 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00738 Lecture Samadhi, Big Mind, Silence, Bell, Happiness, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 05 1994 San Francisco Zen Center
Perfection of Wisdom Serial: BZ-00232 Class 5 of 5 Intimacy, Perfect Wisdom, Impermanence, Nirvana, Don't Know Mind, Chanting,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 21 1994 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Birthday Serial: SF-03249 Sunday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Renewal, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Offering,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 10 1994 Green Gulch Farm
Perfection of Wisdom Serial: BZ-00230 Class 3 of 5 Perfect Wisdom, Six Realms, Evil, Nirvana, Constancy, Right Effort, Lotus Sutra,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 07 1994 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Perfection of Wisdom Serial: BZ-00229 Class 2 of 5 Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Vimalakirti, Precepts, Anger, Right...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 31 1994 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Perfection of Wisdom Serial: BZ-00228 Class 1 of 5 Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death, Lotus Sutra,...	Hozan Alan Senauke and Laurie Senauke	Mar 24 1994 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00557 Class 7 of 10 Evil, Big Mind, Discrimination, Buddha Nature, Hindrances, Five Ranks, Nirvana, Soto...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 04 1994 7 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Parinirvana Sutra and Suzuki Roshi’s Legacy Serial: BZ-00980B Lecture Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana, Impermanence, Daily Life, Tassajara...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Feb 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00224 Class 4 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Nirvana, Composure, Six Realms,...	Maylie Scott	Feb 02 1994 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00221 Class 3 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Big Mind, Avalokiteshvara, Nirvana, Addiction, Heart Sutra, Bowing,...	Maylie Scott	Jan 27 1994 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Vision: Beyond Illusion and Form Serial: RB-00891 Seminar_The_Eye_of_the_Truth Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Koan	Richard Baker	1994 Münster

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