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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 sometimes used as a synonym of 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
Memorial Ceremony for Eva Whitney Tassajara, Nirvana		Aug 08 2025 Green Gulch Farm
The Heart Sutra and Suffering Shoren Heather Iarusso discusses how we get stuck in concepts and cause our own suffering. Suffering, Heart Sutra, Nirvana	Shoren Heather Iarusso	May 21 2025 Tassajara
Things Are Not What They Seem, Nor Are They Otherwise Serial: SF-08263 06/05/2024, Kim Kōgen Dai-Hō Hart, event at City Center. In the event, Mitsue discussed her artistic and photographic process, as well as her experience of quiet... Nirvana, Emptiness	Kim Kogen Daiho Hart	Jun 05 2024 City Center
Experiencing Reality Beyond Illusion Serial: SF-08649 Talk by Kogen Kim Hart at City Center on 2024-06-05 Nirvana, Emptiness	Kim Kogen Daiho Hart	Jun 05 2024 City Center
Awakening Through Self and No-Self Serial: SF-08703 Talk by Chimyo Atkinson Sesshin Day at City Center on 2023-06-03 Samsara, Nirvana	Chimyo Atkinson	Jun 03 2023 City Center
Then Bring Me The Rhinoceros! Serial: SF-08892 04/16/2023, Furyu Nancy Schroeder, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Using the koan called Rhinoceros Fan, this talk focuses on fear and how powerfully it keeps us from... Nirvana	Fu Schroeder	Apr 16 2023 Green Gulch Farm
Covid Pandemic and Buddhism Serial: SF-08753 02/04/2023, Grace Dammann, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Covid and the Eightfold Path; what can they teach each other? Nirvana	Dr. Grace Dammann	Apr 02 2023 Green Gulch Farm
Father's Day Dharma Stories Serial: SF-10875 06/16/2019, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Nirvana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 16 2019 Green Gulch Farm
The Fundamental Predicament of Human Existence Serial: SF-10812 05/22/2019, Bryan Clark, dharma talk at Tassajara. Nirvana, Suffering	Bryan Clark	May 22 2019 Tassajara
Harmonizing Minds in Zen Unity Serial: SF-12281 Talk by Rohatsu Day at Tassajara on 2018-12-11 Nirvana, Right Effort	Fu Schroeder	Dec 11 2018 Tassajara
Class on Samadhi Serial: SF-11515 10/15/2018, Furyu Schroeder dharma talk at Tassajara. Samadhi, Nirvana	Fu Schroeder	Oct 15 2018 Tassajara
Sesshin Talk Day 6 Serial: SF-11544 3/23/2018, Tenzen David Zimmerman dharma talk at City Center. Nirvana, Practice Period	Tenzen David Zimmerman	Mar 23 2018 City Center
Nirvana is Following One Thing Through To The End Serial: SF-09188 10/31/2015, Kai Ji Jeffrey Schneider dharma talk at City Center. Nirvana	Kaiji Jeffrey Schneider	Oct 31 2015 City Center
Nirvana, Nirodha and the Heaven of the Mindless Gods Serial: SF-07650 7/21/2014, Robert Sharf dharma talk at Tassajara. Buddha Nature, Nirvana	Robert Sharf	Jul 21 2014 Tassajara
Shobogenzo Shoji (class one) Serial: SF-07514 5/27/2013, Kokyo Henkel dharma talk at Tassajara. Nirvana, Samsara, Emptiness	Kokyo Henkel	May 27 2013 Tassajara
Nirvana's Path: Complexity and Clarity Serial: SF-10236 Talk by Jordan Thorn at City Center on 2009-06-03 Nirvana	Shokan Jordan Thorn	Jun 03 2009 City Center
Why the Dalai Lama Matters Serial: SF-09662 6/5/2008, Robert Thurman dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Nirvana	Robert Thurman	Jun 05 2008 Green Gulch Farm
The Gift of Nothing Serial: SF-00929 Sunday Lecture Children's Lecture: one who is not busy, one reality; the gift of nothing; sesshin, from Suzuki Roshi; our mind is the same as Buddha's; all things are... Buddha's Enlightenment, Sesshin, Koan, Daowu, Keizan, Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 03 2006 Green Gulch Farm
Breathing In, Breathing Out Serial: SF-01146 Sunday Lecture: simplicity; story of Prajnatara in Malawi; the sun comes up, the sun goes down; connections; the four foundations of mindfulness; Navajo rain dance Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Book of Serenity, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana, Buddha...	Fu Schroeder	Oct 08 2006 Green Gulch Farm
Buddhas And Sentient Beings Are Not Two Serial: SF-01026 One-day sitting lecture: positive encouragement; nirvana; five hindrances; preliminary practices; three worlds; jhanas - benefits and ptifalls; Four Noble Truths; Mahayana... Five Hindrances, Four Noble Truths, Mahayana, Dhyana, Hindrances, Nirvana,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 16 2006 Green Gulch Farm
No Self Serial: SF-00971 One-day sitting lecture: Bodhisattva Initiation - dharma names; Buddha's second teaching - "No-self Characteristic Sutta"; shamata - posture instructions;... Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Samatha, Precepts, Continuous Practice, Separation,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 17 2005 Green Gulch Farm
Bodhidharma and Buddha Nature Genjokoan, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind, Tassajara, Nirvana, Practice Period,...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Jul 10 2005 Tassajara
Natural Liberation Serial: SF-00035 Sunday talk. Buddha teaches liberation; methods of liberation; birth and death is itself nirvana. Birth-and-Death, Dogen, Liberation, Renunciation, Nirvana, Samsara, Ceremony,...	Kokyo Henkel	Jun 25 2005
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03549 Dining Room Class Lotus Sutra, Ceremony, Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Zazen, Practice Period...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 03 2004 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03554 Dining Room Class 3 Lotus Sutra, Renunciation, Precepts, Nirvana, Daily Life, Samsara	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 20 2004 Tassajara
Dining Room Lecture Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana, Big Mind, Equanimity, Diversity	Ryushin Paul Haller	Aug 18 2004 Tassajara
Passions Priest, Heart Sutra, Hate, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Vimalakirti, Suzuki Roshi...	Kosho McCall	Dec 01 2002 Tassajara
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, Interdependence, Renunciation, Politics, Nirvana...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 15 2002 Green Gulch Farm
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 Farm
Genzo-e Nirvana, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Transmission, Karma, Vinaya	Shohaku Okumura	Mar 09 2002 1
Sunday Lecture Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 04 2001 Green Gulch Farm
Zen Illumination in Modern Life Cultivation, Silent Illumination, Nirvana		Jan 06 2001
Solitude and Fulfillment in Zen Insight Soto Zen, Five Ranks, Emptiness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Suzuki Roshi, Samsara...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jan 03 2001
Genjo Koan Serial: SF-00117 Workshop Nirvana, Transmission, Karma, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Five Ranks, Politics...	Shohaku Okumura	Nov 04 2000 1 of 4 City Center
Surangama Sutra Class Liberation, Nirvana, Ego, Birth-and-Death, Skandhas, Light-and-Darkness	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 25 2000 Unknown
Sunday Lecture Causation, Karma, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Ceremony...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 10 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Women Ancestors Class Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Ordination, Funeral, Demons, Lay Practice, Happiness,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Aug 08 2000 Unknown
Surangama Sutra Class Emptiness, Manjushri, Karma, Impermanence, Emotions, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Birth-and-...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 30 2000 Green Gulch Farm
January Practice Period Class Heart Sutra, Duality, Non-duality, Four Noble Truths, Six Realms, Liberation, Two...	Fu Schroeder	Jan 19 2000 Green Gulch Farm
January Practice Period Nirvana, Chanting, Karma, Patience, New Year, Sangha, Dragons	Fu Schroeder	Jan 08 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Zen Harmony Through Ferdinand's Path Serial: SF-00064 Sunday dharma talk. Realization, Practice Period, Nirvana, Hindrances, Doubt	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 05 1999
Wednesday Lecture Conversation, Practice Period, Nirvana, Fasting, Hate	Fu Schroeder	Oct 06 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Skillful Paths to Collective Awakening Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Tassajara, First Principle		Sep 19 1999
Father's Day Serial: SF-03233 Sunday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Suzuki Roshi, Samsara, Intimacy, Daily Life, Giving-and-Taking,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jun 20 1999 Green Gulch Farm
One-day Sitting Lecture Delusion, Nirvana, Posture, Zazen, Lay Practice, Diversity	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 25 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Majjhima Nikaya Class Serial: SF-03222 Middle-length Discourses Impermanence, Karma, Nirvana, Conversation, Happiness	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 15 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Think Neither Good Nor Bad Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana, Sangha, Lay Practice	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 30 1997 Unknown
Buddha's Birthday Serial: SF-03098 Sunday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Ceremony, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Nirvana, Non-violence...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 06 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Path Beyond Destination: Embracing Infinity Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Zazen, Vimalakirti, Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana, Posture...	Steve Weintraub	Mar 15 1997
Wednesday Lecture Hsin Hsin Ming, Zazen, Ordination, Practice Period, Obstacles, Mahayana, Monastic...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Aug 14 1996 Unknown

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