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Nirvana ( neer-VAH-nə, -⁠VAN-ə, nur-; Sanskrit: निर्वाण nirvāṇa [nɪrʋaːɳɐ]; Pali: nibbāna; Prakrit: ṇivvāṇa; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lamp) is a concept in Indian religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism), the extinguishing of the passions which is the ultimate state of soteriological 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
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... Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana Sutra, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Freedom,...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 03 2006 Green Gulch
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 Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Book of Serenity, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana, Buddha...	Fu Schroeder	Oct 08 2006 Green Gulch
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... Hindrances, Nirvana, Concentration, Samadhi, Four Noble Truths, Liberation, Freedom,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 16 2006 Green Gulch
Treasury of Light Serial: SF-00926 Sesshin Lecture: light can't be seen - only reflections off objects; Koun Ejo's Treasury of Light Samadhi; myth of Phaeton and Helios - driving the sun chariot; Yunmen: What is... Lotus Sutra, Bell, Delusion, Discrimination, Subject-and-Object, Zendo, Nirvana,...	Kokyo Henkel	Mar 31 2006 Green Gulch
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... Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Precepts, Continuous, Separation, Posture, Delusion,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 17 2005 Green Gulch
Natural Liberation Serial: SF-00035 Sunday talk. Buddha teaches liberation; methods of liberation; birth and death is itself nirvana. Birth-and-Death, Liberation, Renunciation, Nirvana, Freedom, Letting Go, Samsara,...	Kokyo Henkel	Jun 26 2005
Natural Liberation Serial: SF-00916 Sunday Lecture: Buddha only teaches what leads to liberation; methods of liberation: 1 - Hinayana - renunciation; 2 - Mahayana- purification; 3 - Vajrayana - transformation; 4... Birth-and-Death, Liberation, Renunciation, Nirvana, Letting Go, Freedom, Samsara,...	Kokyo Henkel	Jun 26 2005 Green Gulch
Nirvana, The Waterfall Serial: SF-03495 Sesshin 3 Day 2 Birth-and-Death, Big Mind, Subject-and-Object, Separation, Continuous, Composure,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 2005 Tassajara
Hokyo Zammai Class Subject-and-Object, Five Ranks, Emptiness, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 10 2005 Tassajara
Shuso Talk Serial: SF-01900 #shuso-talk Lotus Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Bodhisattva Way, Practice Period, Buddha Mind...	Jisan Tova Green	Dec 01 2004 Tassajara
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, Describe, Precepts, Daily Life, Nirvana, Bell, Renunciation, Samsara,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 20 2004 Tassajara
Dining Room Lecture Equanimity, Big Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, Diversity, Nirvana, Enemies,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Aug 18 2004 Tassajara
Flop Dog Serial: SF-01103 One-day sitting lecture: not accomplishing anything. Suzuki Roshi, Study Period, Zazen, resistance, Nirvana, uchiyama, Letting Go, Posture...	Daigan Lueck	Jul 17 2004 Green Gulch
Just Being Alive Is Enough Serial: SF-01094 The season. Vows. New Year's Resolution Suzuki Roshi, Current Events, Vows, stubbornness, Faith, Continuous, Politics, Greed...	Daigan Lueck	Dec 28 2003 Green Gulch
Passions Passions, Priest, Evil, Enemies, Heart Sutra, Hate, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana,...	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, Religion, Interdependence, Renunciation,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 15 2002 Green Gulch
Transmission of the Light Class Serial: SF-01090 What enlightenment meant to the ancestors might be different than what it means to us, it's important to come to everyday events with a new outlook or view, Daitaka, we can... Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, true dharma, Transmission, Buddha Mind, Demons,...	Daigan Lueck	Jun 04 2002 Green Gulch
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
Transmission of the Light Class Serial: SF-01086 Tuesday: Breaking through the conceptual veil, Kasyapa, nothing to be transmitted, investigate the conventional world to the limit, Kukkutapada Transmission, realization, Sixth Patriarch, Book of Serenity, Ceremony, Monastic...	Daigan Lueck	May 07 2002 Green Gulch
Sunday Lecture Blue Cliff Record, realization, Delusion, Nirvana, Right Speech, true dharma,...	Daigan Lueck	Mar 10 2002 Green Gulch
Genzo-e true dharma, Transmission, Nirvana, Karma, Ceremony, Monastic Practice, Fox, Describe...	Shohaku Okumura	Mar 09 2002 1
Arbor Day Serial: SF-01071 Sunday Lecture Commitment, Tassajara, Non-violence, Nirvana, Practice Period, Continuous,...	Wendy Johnson	Feb 10 2002 Green Gulch
January 19th, 2002, Serial No. 01112 Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Emptiness, Cultivation, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Freedom,...	Jeffrey Schneider	Jan 19 2002 City Center
Sunday Lecture Enthusiasm, Religion, Priest, Emptiness, Nirvana, Observe, Ego, Posture, Bell,...	Daigan Lueck	Mar 18 2001 Green Gulch
Sunday Lecture Freedom, training, Bell, Beginners, Discrimination, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Judgement...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 04 2001 Green Gulch
2001.01.03-serial.00066 soto, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Oneness, Suzuki Roshi,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jan 03 2001
Genjo Koan Serial: SF-00117 Workshop Karma, Five Ranks, soto, Dharma Transmission, true dharma, Transmission, Politics,...	Shohaku Okumura	Nov 04 2000 1 of 4 City Center
Surangama Sutra Class Birth-and-Death, Bell, Light-and-Darkness, Nirvana, Ego, Skandas, Echo, confusion,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 25 2000 Unknown
Sunday Lecture Fox, causation, Karma, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Ceremony,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 10 2000 Green Gulch
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
Surangama Sutra Class Emptiness, Manjushri, Karma, Impermanence, Emotions, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Religion,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 30 2000 Green Gulch
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
1999.12.05-serial.00064 Serial: SF-00064 Sunday dharma talk. Letting Go, Peace, Attachment, Freedom, Practice Period, Hindrances, Nirvana, Doubt,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 05 1999
Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Hate, Fasting, Nirvana, Conversation, Freedom, training	Fu Schroeder	Oct 06 1999 Green Gulch
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
May 31st, 1998, Serial No. 03552 Suzuki Roshi, Zendo, Tassajara, Anger, Mill Valley, Posture, Bell, Describe, Nirvana...	Unknown	May 31 1998 Sati Center
April 25th, 1998, Serial No. 01894 Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Faith, Interview, Bell, Describe, Freedom, Doubt, Nirvana...	McRae	Apr 25 1998 Unknown
One-day Sitting Lecture Zazen, Bodhisattva Vow, Lay, Letting Go, training, Diversity, Nirvana, Posture,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 25 1997 Green Gulch
Majjhima Nikaya Class Serial: SF-03222 Middle-length Discourses Impermanence, Passions, Karma, Faith, Nirvana, Letting Go, Offering, Attachment,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 15 1997 Green Gulch
Think Neither Good Nor Bad Sangha, resistance, Suzuki Roshi, Anger, Nirvana, Offering, Describe, Lay, confusion...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 30 1997 Unknown
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
1997.03.15-serial.00101 Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Zazen, Letting Go, Vimalakirti, Suzuki Roshi,...	Steve Weintraub	Mar 15 1997
Wednesday Lecture Hsin Hsin Ming, Zazen, Ordination, Practice Period, Obstacles, Mahayana, Anger,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Aug 14 1996 Unknown
Lotus Sutra Class Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Evil, Manjushri, Dragons, Vows, Buddha Nature, Emptiness,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 23 1996 Green Gulch
Lotus Sutra Class Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Emptiness, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 21 1996 Green Gulch
A Sense of Vision Giving a Sense of Purpose in Life Serial: SF-03228 Sunday lecture Interdependence, Lotus Sutra, Happiness, Nirvana, Silence, Peace, true dharma,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 05 1996 Green Gulch
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

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