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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
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
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
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
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
Never Disparaging Lotus Sutra, Bowing, Discrimination, Anger, Karma, Happiness, Evil, Nirvana,...	Rev. Shohaku Okumura	Jan 27 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
September 30th, 1999, Serial No. 01009, Side A Precious Mirror, Big Mind, Five Ranks, Liberation, Nirvana Sutra, Non-duality,...		Sep 30 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
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
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
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
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
Avoiding Idle Talk Serial: BZ-00346A Saturday Lecture Right Speech, Discrimination, Silence, Eight Aspects, Nirvana, Perfect Wisdom,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 22 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Eight Awarenesses: Desires & Satisfaction Serial: BZ-00323B Saturday Lecture Eight Awarenesses, Desire, Satisfaction, Eight Awarenesses, Nirvana, Greed, Eight...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 10 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00841 Class 4 of 4 Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Precepts, Nirvana,...	Ross Blum	Jul 31 1997 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Right View and Joy Nirvana, confusion, Heart Sutra, Intimacy, Right Effort, Attachment, Lotus Sutra,...	Maylie Scott	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 1997 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Life of Buddha Serial: BZ-00845 Class 6 of 6 Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Evil, Soto Zen, Precepts, Instruction, Don't...	Maylie Scott	Apr 17 1997 6 Berkeley Zen Center
Life of Buddha Serial: BZ-00847 Class 4 of 6 Four Noble Truths, Evil, Four Foundations, Dependent Origination, Mindfulness,...	Maylie Scott	Apr 03 1997 4 Berkeley Zen Center
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
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, resistance, Discrimination, Bell, Nirvana,...	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
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

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