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The Bodhisattva vow is a vow (Sanskrit: praṇidhāna, lit. aspiration or resolution) taken by some Mahāyāna Buddhists to achieve full buddhahood for the sake of all sentient beings. One who has taken the vow is nominally known as a bodhisattva (a being working towards buddhahood). This can be done by venerating all Buddhas and by cultivating supreme moral and spiritual perfection, to be placed in the service of others. In particular, bodhisattvas promise to practice the six perfections of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom in order to fulfill their bodhicitta aim of attaining buddhahood for the sake of all beings.

The vow is commonly taken in a ritual setting, overseen by a senior monastic, teacher or guru. Whereas the prātimokṣa vows cease at death, the bodhisattva vow extends into future lives. The bodhisattva vows should not be confused with the Bodhisattva Precepts (Skt. bodhisattva-śīla), which are specific ethical guidelines for bodhisattvas.

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Title	Speaker	Date
Sunday Lecture Vow, Buddha Mind, Hindrances, Monkey Mind, Buddha's Birthday, Six Realms, Priest...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Apr 16 1995 Green Gulch
Continuous and Discontinuous Time Serial: BZ-00935B Developing Character, Saturday Lecture Time, Continuous Practice, Peace, Ego, Daily Life, Equanimity, Samadhi, Separation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 10 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Effort Serial: SF-00155 Sunday talk Vow, Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Zendo, Impermanence, Ceremony, Concentration,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Sep 04 1994
The Other Four Paramitas Serial: BZ-00936A Skillful Means, Spiritual Power, Aspiration, Knowledge, Sesshin Day 1 Skillful Means, Bodhisattva Vow, Karma, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Vow, Bodhidharma,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Cultivation, Equanimity, Vow, Addiction, Attachment, Happiness, Bodhisattva Vow,...	Yvonne Rand	Aug 01 1993 Green Gulch
Saturday Lecture Four Noble Truths, Six Realms, Bodhisattva Vow, Instruction, Mahayana, Chanting,...	Hekizan Tom Girardot	Jul 31 1993 City Center
The First Noble Truth, The Three Kinds of Suffering Serial: BZ-00648B The Suffering of Impermanence, Saturday Lecture Impermanence, Four Noble Truths, Bodhisattva Vow, Attachment, Impermanence, Emotions...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
What is Meant by Saving All Beings? Serial: BZ-00648A Hui Neng, The Platform Sutra, One-Day Sitting Hui Neng, Bodhisattva Vow, Platform Sutra, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Gratitude, Cultivation, Concentration, Mindfulness, Dragons, Vow, Monastic Practice,...	Yvonne Rand	Nov 29 1992 Green Gulch
Sunday Lecture Precepts, Bodhisattva Vow, Big Mind, Vow, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Interdependence,...	Yvonne Rand	Jul 12 1992 Green Gulch
Mumonkan: Case #45: Who Is that Other? Serial: BZ-00711B Buddha and Maitreya Are Servants to Another, Saturday Lecture Buddha, Maitreya, MM-45, Ego, Anger, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Tara Rinpoche's Memorial Heart Sutra, Bell, Lineage, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Happiness, training, Impermanence,...	Yvonne Rand	Jun 30 1991 Green Gulch Farm
Mindfulness Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Concentration, Bodhisattva Vow, Zazen, Impermanence,...	Pat Phelan	Jun 15 1991 City Center
One-Day Sitting Serial: SF-01078 #shuso-talk Precepts, Vow, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment,...	Pat Phelan	Mar 09 1991 Unknown
Mideast Crisis Serial: BZ-00687B Discussion led by Alan Senauke, Saturday Lecture Current Events, War, Peace, Avalokiteshvara, Enemies, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 12 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
The Eightfold Path Serial: BZ-00695A One-Day Sitting Eightfold Path, Concentration, Right Speech, Mindfulness, Four Noble Truths, Right...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 11 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing without Expectation/Generosity Serial: SF-03935 Sunday Lecture Cultivation, Happiness, Precepts, Bodhisattva Vow, Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi,...	Yvonne Rand	Aug 19 1990 Green Gulch
Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Cultivation, Daily Life, Letting Go, Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Delusion,...	Yvonne Rand	Mar 25 1990 Green Gulch
January 27th, 1990, Serial No. 00089 Building, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bodhisattva Vow, Religion, Priest		Jan 27 1990
Four Vows, Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-00500 Saturday Lecture Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Samsara, Daily Life, Two Truths,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 27 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Precepts; Ryaku Fusatsu Serial: BZ-00501 One-Day Sitting Precepts, Ryaku Fusatsu, Precepts, Karma, Greed, Repentance, Hate, Renewal, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 13 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Dzögchen Teachings Serial: SF-02716 Commercially produced cassette Bodhisattva Vow, Emptiness, Transmission, Commitment, Vow, Current Events, Lineage,...	His Holiness The Dalai Lama	Oct 09 1989 San Jose
Lion's Roar Emptiness, Hindrances, Ego, Bodhisattva Vow, Peace, Commitment, stubbornness,...	Unknown	Dec 30 1988 SFZC
Visualization and Mantra in Buddhist Meditation Serial 00035 Buddha Nature, Commitment, Mahayana, Daily Life, Bodhisattva Vow, Duality, Ceremony,...	Luding Khen Rinpoche	Nov 11 1988 Tape 1?
Sunday Lecture Demons, Karma, Mindfulness, Suzuki Roshi, Mill Valley, Buddha Mind, Bodhisattva Vow,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Aug 14 1988 SFZC
The Five Hindrances Serial: BZ-00832A Saturday Lecture Hindrances, Attachment, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 06 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Yontenzot Serial: SF-01832 "Chhoje Tulku" realization, Beginners, Nirvana Sutra, Emotions, Bodhisattva Vow, Religion, Obstacles...	Chhoje Rinpoche	Apr 24 1988 SFZC
Green Tara Practice Serial 00021 Lineage, Commitment, Equanimity, Bodhisattva Vow, Six Realms, Posture, Ceremony,...	Jetsun Kushok	Apr 17 1988 Tape 1
Sunday Lecture Cultivation, Conversation, Anger, Bodhisattva Vow, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period,...	Yvonne Rand	Mar 13 1988 Green Gulch
November 1st, 1987, Serial No. 00960 Commitment, Bodhisattva Vow, Attachment, Continuous Practice, Vow, training, Faith...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Nov 01 1987 Green Gulch
Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00889B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts, Repentance, Vow,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 09 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths, Four Vows Serial: BZ-00889A Saturday Lecture Four Noble Truths, Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Attachment, Religion...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice Leads Us and We Lead Practice Serial: BZ-00886A Saturday Lecture Practice, Chanting, Bodhisattva Vow, Ego, Concentration, Hate, Bowing, Evil, Nirvana...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 07 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Background of Oryoki Practice Serial: BZ-00864B Beginners' Sitting Oryoki, Offering, Cultivation, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Lay, Gratitude, Rinzai,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 12 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Tsembupa Avalokitesvara, Serial 00078 Non-duality, Bodhisattva Vow, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Posture, Avalokiteshvara, Greed...	Deshung Rinpoche	Jul 12 1984 Tape 3
The Spirit of the Mahayana Serial 00031 Bodhisattva Vow, difficulty, Monks, Mindfulness, Sanctuary, Interview, Manjushri...	Deshung Rinpoche	May 17 1984 2nd session (1st intro) New York City
Mumonkan: Case #41: Bodhidharma and Eka Serial: BZ-00432B Peace of Mind and Having a Sincere Practice, One-Day Sitting Bodhidharma, MM-41, Bodhidharma, Peace, Bodhisattva Vow, Composure, Eka, Conversation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 14 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Green Tara: Practice Serial 00017 Bell, Mandala, Bodhisattva Vow, Six Realms, Posture, Peace, Lineage, Funeral,...	Jetsun Kushok	Jun 12 1983 Part 5
The Law of Karma Serial: BZ-00003A Most Important in Buddhism, Saturday Lecture Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Bowing, Vow, Karmic Consequences, Study Period, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 16 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordination and the Bodhisattva Way Serial: BZ-00045B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Vow, Ordination, Bodhisattva Precepts, Priest, Precepts, Lay, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 13 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Precepts Karma, Precepts, Right Speech, Repentance, Greed, Confession-and-Repentance,...	Lew Richmond	1982 SFZC
1981.09.28-serial.00104 Lay, Ordinary Mind, Passions, Bodhisattva Vow, Emptiness, Commitment, Balance,...	Allen Ginsberg	Sep 28 1981
Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Lineage, Aspects of Practice, Bodhisattva Vow, Heart Sutra, Sangha,...	Susan Murcott	Aug 14 1981 2
Ngon Dro Nyam Len & bio of Gaton Ngawang Legpa, Serial 00009 Monks, Lineage, Conversation, Manjushri, Bodhisattva Vow, Hate, Sutra, Precepts,...	Deshung Rinpoche	Apr 13 1980 final teaching of this book New York City
Foundation Practices Seminar, Serial 00075 Buddha Nature, Right Effort, Bodhisattva Vow, Renunciation, Greed, Conversation,...	Deshung Rinpoche & HH the 41st Sakya Trizin	Feb 24 1978 1 and 2 New York City?
Balancing Zen: Joy and Turmoil Blue Cliff Record, Bodhisattva Vow, Separation, Joshu	Richard Baker	Aug 15 1974
Embracing Chaos, Welcoming Joy Bodhisattva Vow, Discrimination, Religion, Separation	Richard Baker	Aug 15 1974
November 7th, 1973, Serial No. 00228 Practice Period, Hate, Samadhi, Tozan, Bodhisattva Vow	Richard Baker	Nov 07 1973
August 7th, 1973, Serial No. 00137 Anger, Emotions, Compassion, Instruction, Bodhisattva Vow	Richard Baker	Aug 07 1973
Unwavering Path to Enlightenment Pain, Monastic Practice, Freedom, Bodhisattva Vow, Sesshin	Richard Baker	Apr 05 1973

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