Nirvana Talks

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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Yoga Room Class - August 10th, 2021

#YRB-2021-Summer, Happiness, Samsara, Nirvana
Aug 10 2021
The Yoga Room

Yoga Room Class - August 3rd, 2021

#YRB-2021-Summer, Happiness, Patience, Nirvana
Aug 03 2021
The Yoga Room

Yoga Room Class - July 27th, 2021

#YRB-2021-Summer, resistance, Patience, Nirvana
Jul 27 2021
The Yoga Room

July 27th, 2021, Serial No. 04568

resistance, Patience, Nirvana
Jul 27 2021

Yoga Room Class - July 20th, 2021

#YRB-2021-Summer, Happiness, Samsara, Nirvana
Jul 20 2021
The Yoga Room

January 19th, 2021, Serial No. 04541

Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Nirvana
Jan 19 2021

Being Soft, Flexible, Honest, and Upright

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community

Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Letting Go
Nov 21 2020
Zoom

Ten Vows, Ten Practices, and Ten Cakes

Discrimination, Nirvana, Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go, Right Effort...
Mar 07 2020
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Non-Self And Buddha Has Reasons For Teaching Self

Addiction, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence, Religion, Nirvana, Letting Go, Building,...
Feb 01 2020
AM
No Abode Hermitage

December 15th, 2019, Serial No. 04497

Perfect Wisdom, Vow, Nirvana
Dec 15 2019

The Buddha's Practice Of Arranging Shoes

Non-attachment, Attachment, confusion, Nirvana, Subject-and-Object, Dragons,...
Dec 14 2019
No Abode Hermitage

June 16th, 2019, Serial No. 04486

Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Religion
Jun 16 2019

More Poverty And Nobility

Discrimination, Lotus Sutra, Non-discrimination, Cultivation, Nirvana
Jun 08 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Buddha Activity

The work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with...

YRB-2019-Spring, Karmic Consciousness, Silence, Intimacy, Ego, Nirvana, Teacher-and-...
Apr 16 2019
7/7
The Yoga Room

What Is Most Important For You In This Life

We are all creating the space together for people to have profound experience in zazen. Kind and unkind thoughts are opportunities to express the Buddha mind. Compassion towards wholesome and...

Compassion, Buddha Mind, Mill Valley, Gratitude, Repentance, Enemies, Nirvana,...
Feb 02 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

April 10th, 2018, Serial No. 04427

Samsara, Impermanence, Nirvana
Apr 10 2018

April 3rd, 2018, Serial No. 04426

Nirvana, Koan, Poetry
Apr 03 2018

Zen Meditation - Sitting in the Middle of Fierce Flames

YRB-2018-Spring, Suffering, Nirvana, Compassion
Apr 03 2018
4 of 7
The Yoga Room

The Teaching of the Buddha’s Whole Lifetime

Yunmen's appropriate response; being Buddha right where you are: Master Ma being ready to die;

Koan, Mindfulness, Delusion, Nirvana
Aug 05 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

July 8th, 2017, Serial No. 04379

Perfect Wisdom, Wisdom, Nirvana
Jul 08 2017

Prajna Paramita, the Lovely, the Holy

Not abiding in anything, including wisdom; helping without the idea of helping; practicing the paramitas without holding on to them; Buddha twirling a flower, Manjushri smiling is transmission in...

Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Concentration, Perfect Wisdom, Nirvana, Vow
Jul 08 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Unceasing Effort to Free All Beings

Compassion, Separation, Zazen, Nirvana
Aug 06 2016
AM
No Abode Hermitage

April 3rd, 2014, Serial No. 04123

Perfect Wisdom, Nirvana, Samsara
Apr 03 2014

Exploring Consciousness and Realizing Wisdom

Exploring consciousness with the aid of Buddha's teachings is a path to discovering and realizing deep, liberating Wisdom. Consciousness may be experienced as confining and confusing; at the same...

Consciousness, Nirvana, Addiction, Nirvana, Samsara, Addiction, Rumi
Mar 23 2014
6
No Abode Hermitage

March 23rd, 2014, Serial No. 04119

Nirvana, Samsara, Addiction
Mar 23 2014

Exploring Consciousness and Realizing Wisdom

Exploring consciousness with the aid of Buddha's teachings is a path to discovering and realizing deep, liberating Wisdom. Consciousness may be experienced as confining and confusing; at the same...

Consciousness, unconscious process, Nirvana, cognitive process, Fox
Mar 22 2014
4
No Abode Hermitage

March 22nd, 2014, Serial No. 04117

Nirvana, Dharmakaya, Fox
Mar 22 2014

On Breathing 

Posture, Breath, Bell, Nirvana, Daily Life
Aug 15 2013
The Yoga Room

August 15th, 2013, Serial No. 04069

Posture, Breath, Nirvana
Aug 15 2013

Fayan's Hair's Breadth 

Fayan’s Hairsbreadth
No Abode 5/17/13 PM
( On Looking for Results in the Visible World. 30 Min)

Nirvana, Samsara, Balance, Emptiness, Conversation
May 17 2013
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

May 17th, 2013, Serial No. 04056

Nirvana, Samsara, Emptiness
May 17 2013

November 14th, 2012, Serial No. 04013

Practice Period, Emptiness, Nirvana
Nov 14 2012

When Dharma fills Body and Mind 

When Dharma Fills Body and Mind
Tenshin Reb Anderson
No Abode, July 14, 2012 MORNING

Thich Nhat Hanh, Nirvana, Religion, Bodhisattva Vow
Jul 13 2012
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

July 13th, 2012, Serial No. 03976

Nirvana, Religion, Bodhisattva Vow
Jul 13 2012

April 21st, 2012, Serial No. 03961

Nirvana, Intimacy, Samsara
Apr 21 2012

April 21st, 2012, Serial No. 03960

Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva Precepts, Nirvana
Apr 21 2012

April 20th, 2012, Serial No. 03957

Nirvana, Samsara, Intimacy
Apr 20 2012

December 8th, 2011, Serial No. 03912

Intention, Hindrances, Nirvana
Dec 08 2011

August 14th, 2011, Serial No. 03869

Anger, Nirvana, Karma
Aug 14 2011

Transforming the Mind of Delusion 

Samsara, Nirvana, Dharmakaya
Aug 04 2011
The Yoga Room

August 4th, 2011, Serial No. 03865

Storehouse Consciousness, Samsara, Nirvana
Aug 04 2011

The Mind of Enlightenment 

Nirvana, Ordination, Balance, Attachment, Lay Ordination
Jul 15 2010
The Yoga Room

July 15th, 2010, Serial No. 03755

Vow, Nirvana, Ordination
Jul 15 2010

On the Eve of Going for Refuge in the Triple Treasure 

Confession-and-Repentance, Precepts, Zazen, Commitment, Nirvana
Apr 17 2010
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Silence, Karmic Consciousness, Daily Life, Nirvana, zen meditation
Nov 05 2009
The Yoga Room

Causation within the Wondrous Dharma Flower 

Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Evil
Oct 17 2009
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

October 17th, 2009, Serial No. 03681

Karma, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana
Oct 17 2009

The Ultimate transcends Difference and Unity

Samdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 3, part 1

Tenshin Reb Anderson
Samdhinormonchana Sutra (Part VI),
Chapter Three, Morning Dharma Talk
Saturday June 14, 2009, A.M....

Nirvana, Fox, Lineage, Oneness, Emptiness
Jun 13 2009
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

June 13th, 2009, Serial No. 03662

Nirvana, Fox, Oneness
Jun 13 2009

The Ultimate Transcends All Argumentation

Samdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 2

Chapter Two, Morning
No Abode 5/23/09 AM
Trans: Karen Mueller

Nirvana, Vasubandhu, Bodhisattva Way, War
May 23 2009
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

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