Bodhisattva Vow Talks
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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Bodhisattva Identity-ActionSerial: TL-00210 ADZG Monday Night, Bodhisattva Way, Dharma Transmission, Bodhisattva Vow, Letting Go |
May 24 2010 ADZG Temple |
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Meaningful Life / The Most Important Thing?Serial: TL-00218 ADZG Monday Night, Happiness, Bodhisattva Way, Bodhisattva Vow, Balance, Posture |
Aug 23 2010 ADZG Temple |
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Zen Time and Its PracticeSerial: TL-00219 ADZG Sunday Morning, Intention, Zazen Mind, Bodhisattva Vow, Building, Pain |
Aug 29 2010 ADZG Temple |
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DenkorokuSerial: BZ-02158 Kabimora Daiosho -The Thirteenth Ancestor, Sesshin Day 1 Soto Zen, Transmission of Light, Discrimination, Demons, Echo, Six Realms, Buddha... |
Feb 19 2011 Part 2 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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PreceptsSerial: BZ-02176 Bodhisattva Ceremony, Saturday Lecture Karma, Precepts, Karma, Anger, Vows, Four Noble Truths, Bodhisattva Precepts,... |
May 14 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Breakfast Comes FirstSerial: TL-00238 ADZG Sunday Morning, Karmic Consciousness, Letting Go, Balance, Bodhisattva Vow, Commitment |
Aug 07 2011 ADZG Temple |
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Transforming the Mind of Delusion Karmic Consciousness, Separation, War, Bodhisattva Vow, Letting Go |
Aug 11 2011 The Yoga Room |
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Study of delusion is the Buddha Way Bodhisattva Vow, Practice Period, Precepts, Karmic Consciousness, Equanimity... |
Aug 13 2011 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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The Lotus Sutra, Nichiren, and Joanna Macy: Bodhisattva Joy in Challenging TimesSerial: TL-00239 ADZG Sunday Morning, Evil, Thich Nhat Hanh, Bodhisattva Way, Bodhisattva Vow, Nirvana |
Aug 14 2011 ADZG Temple |
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The Bodhisattva's Creativity and Freedom Fox, Bodhisattva Vow, Sesshin, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment |
Dec 08 2011 The Yoga Room |
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To Study the Way is to Study the SelfSerial: BZ-02246 The Self and Myriad Dharmas, Sesshin Day 1 Enlightenment, Five Ranks, Nishiari Bokusan, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Subject-and... |
Jun 20 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Facing Change and Realizing Peace Bodhisattva Vow, Balance, Addiction, Community |
Jul 12 2012 The Yoga Room |
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When Dharma fills Body and MindWhen Dharma Fills Body and Mind Thich Nhat Hanh, Nirvana, Religion, Bodhisattva Vow |
Jul 13 2012 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Most Important ThingSerial: TL-00274 ADZG Sunday Morning, Intention, Bodhisattva Vow, Passions, Enemies, Gratitude |
Sep 30 2012 ADZG Temple |
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The Virtue of the Bodhisattva's Delayed Gratification Lay, New Year, Bodhisattva Vow, Lotus Sutra, Non-attachment |
Dec 15 2012 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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A Special Transmission Outside the ScripturesA Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures Buddha Mind, Transmission, Samadhi, Bodhisattva Vow, Dogen |
Feb 02 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Ornament of the Sage's Mind Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Bodhisattva Vow, Precepts, Confession and Repentance... |
Feb 02 2013 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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The Buddha Mind Seal and the Teachings of Perfect WisdomThe Buddha Mind Seal and the Teachings of Perfect Wisdom March 2, 2013 PM Perfect Wisdom, Bodhisattva Vow, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Jukai |
Mar 02 2013 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Zen Perspective ShiftingSerial: TL-00301 ADZG Monday Night, Bodhisattva Vow, Mahayana, Balance |
Jun 24 2013 ADZG Temple |
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Dogen's Explorations of Reality [Week 2]: Flowers in the Sky & Being TimeSerial: TL-00302 Two Arrows Zen telephone course, Bodhisattva Vow, Nirvana, Equanimity, Lotus Sutra, Baso |
Jun 29 2013 Two Arrows Zen |
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Opening Awakened Time ExpressionSerial: TL-00303 ADZG Monday Night, Doubt, Cultivation, Bodhisattva Way, Bodhisattva Vow, Practice Period |
Jul 01 2013 ADZG Temple |
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September 2013 talk, Serial No. 00061 Demons, New Year, Buddha Ancestors, Bodhisattva Vow, Offering |
Sep 2013 |
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I always think of Hunan in SpringBodhisattva Vow, Koan, Perfection of Wisdom, Perfect Wisdom, japanese, Sangha,... |
Apr 12 2014 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Connecting Deeply through our MothersSerial: TL-00334 ADZG Sunday Morning, Two Truths, Samsara, Separation, Bodhisattva Vow |
May 11 2014 ADZG Temple |
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January 4th, 2015, Serial No. 00358 New Year, Intention, Commitment, Bodhisattva Vow, Balance |
Jan 04 2015 |
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A Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony: Your Mind Is Becoming BuddhaPrecepts, Bodhisattva Vow, Perfect Wisdom, Lotus Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, Precepts,... |
Feb 07 2015 No Abode Hermitage |
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July 5th, 2015, Serial No. 00378 Freedom, Interdependence, Liberation, Bodhisattva Vow |
Jul 05 2015 |
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September 13th, 2015, Serial No. 00384 Lotus Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow, true dharma, Dharma Transmission |
Sep 13 2015 |
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Not about Something Else: Dogen and the Lotus SutraSerial: TL-00385 ADZG Three Day Sesshin, Lotus Sutra, Thich Nhat Hanh, Dharma Transmission, Bodhisattva Vow, Religion... |
Sep 19 2015 ADZG Temple |
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Pope Francis, Bodhisattvas, and Climate DamageSerial: TL-00387 ADZG Monday Night, Faith, Priest, Bodhisattva Vow, Obstacles, resistance |
Oct 05 2015 ADZG Temple |
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Comments on Rebecca Solnit and Lotus Sutra PreviewSerial: TL-00410 ADZG Monday Night, Practice Period, Commitment, Bodhisattva Way, Bodhisattva Vow, Paramitas |
Apr 04 2016 ADZG Temple |
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Following through with the Dung ShovelingCompassion, Zazen, Priest, Faith, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, japanese, Intimacy... |
May 07 2016 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Underground Bodhisattvas, Buddha's Lifespan, and Dogen's perspectivesSerial: TL-00416 ADZG Sunday Morning, Lotus Sutra, realization, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Vow, Shobogenzo |
May 08 2016 ADZG Temple |
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Mutual Response of Ancestral WaysSerial: TL-00469 ADZG Sesshin, Letting Go, Hongzhi, Bodhisattva Vow, Tenzo |
Jun 04 2017 ADZG Temple |
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Independence day and Bodhisattva Liberation part 2: Radical Respect and Speaking Truth to PowerSerial: TL-00473 ADZG Monday Night, Thich Nhat Hanh, Freedom, Bodhisattva Vow, Liberation, Happiness |
Jul 03 2017 ADZG Temple |
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Hiroshima, Psychic Numbing, and ZazenSerial: TL-00478 ADZG Sunday Morning, Balance, Peace, Bodhisattva Vow, Building |
Aug 06 2017 ADZG Temple |
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Dogen's Arousing the Vow and "The Nature of Things" of LucretiusSerial: TL-00493 ADZG Monday Night, Bodhisattva Vow, Commitment, Sesshin, true dharma |
Oct 23 2017 ADZG Temple |
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Playing Bodhisattva VowSerial: TL-00494 ADZG Monday Night, Bodhisattva Vow, Balance, Bodhisattva Way, Manjushri, Bodhidharma |
Oct 30 2017 ADZG Temple |
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Ten Bodhisattva Practices: Patience and Power, and the power of youth speaking out about violenceSerial: TL-00511 ADZG Monday Night, Silence, Patience, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Vow, Paramitas |
Mar 26 2018 ADZG Temple |
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Buddha's Birthday and Sakyamuni as guide to bodhisattvasSerial: TL-00514 ADZG Sunday Morning, Buddha's Birthday, Bodhisattva Vow, Chanting, Practice Period, Parinirvana... |
Apr 08 2018 ADZG Temple |
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Interdependence Day with Caged ChildrenSerial: TL-00528 ADZG Monday Night, Interdependence, Liberation, Bodhisattva Vow, Freedom, Bodhisattva Precepts |
Jul 02 2018 ADZG Temple |
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The Fox Koan Revisited, and PreceptsSerial: TL-00540 ADZG Monday Night, Fox, Book of Serenity, Monastic Practice, Bodhisattva Vow |
Sep 17 2018 ADZG Temple |
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Silent Sitting & Social ActionZen students often ask how our practice of silence and stillness relates to injustice and our environmental crisis. In this class we explore this question and study the intimate interplay of... YRB-2018-Fall, Silence, Bodhisattva Vow, Ego, Priest, Breath, Letting Go, difficulty... |
Oct 30 2018 3 of 7 The Yoga Room |
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New Year's Vow Practice: Dogen, Joanna Macy, and Rebecca SolnitSerial: TL-00575 ADZG Sunday Morning, New Year, Aspects of Practice, Tassajara, Book of Serenity, Bodhisattva Vow |
Dec 30 2018 ADZG Temple |
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Buddhism and the Climate EmergencySerial: TL-00592 ADZG Monday Night, Discrimination, Bodhisattva Precepts, Politics, Bodhisattva Vow, Heart Sutra... |
Feb 25 2019 ADZG Temple |
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October 10th, 2019, Serial No. 02705 Precepts, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Mahayana, Vows, Intuition, Vinaya, Buddha Nature... |
Oct 10 2019 |
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Warrior Monk-Poet Saigyo and the Ultimate in NatureSerial: TL-00619 ADZG Monday Night, Duality, Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow, Separation, Letting Go |
Nov 18 2019 ADZG Temple |
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Bodhisattva Thanksgiving Practice: Gratitude for Difficult Times, Facing Grief and Action TogetherSerial: TL-00621 ADZG Sunday Morning, Conversation, Hate, Daily Life, Gratitude, Bodhisattva Vow |
Nov 24 2019 ADZG Temple |
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Introduction to the Jewel Mirror SamadhiSerial: TL-00623 ADZG Monday Night, Precious Mirror, Bodhisattva Vow, Transmission, realization |
Dec 02 2019 ADZG Temple |
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The Buddha's Practice Of Arranging Shoes Non-attachment, Attachment, confusion, Nirvana, Subject-and-Object, Dragons,... |
Dec 14 2019 No Abode Hermitage |
