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The Bodhisattva Precepts (Skt. bodhisattva-śīla or bodhisattva-saṃvāra, traditional Chinese: 菩薩戒; ; pinyin: Púsà Jiè, Japanese: 菩薩戒, romanized: bosatsukai; Wylie: byang chub sems dpa’i sdom pa) are a set of ethical trainings (śīla) used in Mahāyāna Buddhism to advance a practitioner along the path to becoming a bodhisattva. These sets of "restrains" (Sanskrit: saṃvāra) are the main ethical code in Mahāyāna Buddhism and as thus also sometimes called "Mahāyāna precepts" (Ch: 大乘戒).
Traditionally, Buddhist monks and nuns observed the basic moral code in Buddhism, the monastic prātimokṣa or five precepts for laypersons, but in the Mahāyāna tradition, Buddhist monastics and laypersons commonly observe the Bodhisattva Precepts as well. The Bodhisattva Precepts are associated with the bodhisattva vow to save all beings and with bodhicitta.
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Precepts Class Precepts, Evil, Attachment, Vow, Platform Sutra, Ceremony, Daily Life, Samadhi,... |
Nov 03 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Precepts ClassSerial: SF-03532 Brief Review of Class 1 - the Three Refuges Precepts, Emptiness, Three Treasures, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Buddha Nature,... |
Oct 27 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Precepts Class Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Priest, Ceremony, Vow, Ordination, Lay, Mahayana,... |
Oct 20 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Majjhima Nikaya ClassSerial: SF-03192 Middle-length Discourses Evil, Letting Go, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Faith, Precepts, Liberation, Karmic... |
Sep 23 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Attention to TransitionsSerial: SF-03632 One-day sitting: transitions as a time you lose balance; time of equinox - going under into dark, gathering in time of transition and change; how to meet forms that wakes up... Concentration, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Instruction, Posture, Balance, Right Speech,... |
Sep 20 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Save The Redwoods - Mother Theresa and Lady DianaSerial: SF-00088 Saturday lecture. Vow, Precepts, Interdependence, Gratitude, Enemies, Religion |
Sep 06 1997 City Center |
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Beyond Precepts: Zen Awakening Journey Precepts, Breath, Pain |
Aug 1997 |
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Awakening to Your True Vow Vow, Sangha, Precepts |
Aug 1997 |
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Heart SutraSerial: BZ-00841 Class 4 of 4 Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Precepts, Nirvana,... |
Jul 31 1997 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Wednesday Lecture Karmic Consciousness, Separation, Fasting, Precepts, Karma, Religion, Balance,... |
Jul 30 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Heart SutraSerial: BZ-00842 Class 3 of 4 Four Noble Truths, Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object, Causation,... |
Jul 24 1997 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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An Appropriate Response Attachment, Bell, Blue Cliff Record, Chanting, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Oneness... |
Jul 19 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Practice of Morality in BuddhismSerial: SF-03099 Sunday Lecture Gratitude, Precepts, Commitment, Ceremony, Letting Go, Three Treasures, Absolute-and-... |
Jul 13 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Majjhima Nikaya Liberation, Renunciation, confusion, Precepts, Delusion, Greed, Hate, Evil, Enemies... |
Jul 08 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Jukai: How Do You Manifest The Precepts In Your Life? Precepts, Daily Life, Three Treasures, Repentance, Zazen, Ceremony, Sangha, Buddha... |
Jun 25 1997 Unknown |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Ceremony, Interdependence, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow,... |
Jun 24 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Is An Enlightened Person Free of Cause and Effect?Serial: BZ-00313A Saturday Lecture Hyakujo, Enlightenment, Cause-and-Effect, Fox, Causation, Karma, Funeral, Precepts,... |
Jun 14 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Genjo Koan workshopSerial: SF-03185 To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion, that myriad...' Delusion itself is the agency of my enlightenment; totally enter delusion and embrace it and... Delusion, Realization, Precepts, Emotions, Subject-and-Object, Monastic Practice,... |
Jun 14 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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PreceptsSerial: BZ-00535 Class 6 of 6 Offering, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Six Realms, Interdependence, Gratitude... |
Jun 12 1997 6 Berkeley Zen Center |
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June 12th, 1997, Serial No. 01462, Side A Precepts, Attachment, Offering, Buddha Nature, Six Realms, Interdependence, Gratitude... |
Jun 12 1997 |
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Practice and the Emotions: Anger Anger, Attachment, Conversation, Demons, Emotions, Interdependence, Karma, Practice... |
Jun 07 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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PreceptsSerial: BZ-00536 Class 5 of 6 Addiction, Anger, Evil, Nirvana, Precepts, Religion, Teacher-and-Student, War... |
Jun 05 1997 5 Berkeley Zen Center |
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PreceptsSerial: BZ-00537 Class 4 of 6 Right Speech, Precepts, Attachment, Sixth Patriarch, Conversation, Observe, Bell,... |
May 29 1997 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 29th, 1997, Serial No. 01460 Attachment, Bell, Conversation, Observe, Precepts, Right Speech, Sangha, Sixth... |
May 29 1997 |
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Anger, Failure and Pure Existence Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Buddha Nature, Karma, Liberation, Practice Period,... |
May 24 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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PreceptsSerial: BZ-00538 Class 3 of 6 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Monastic... |
May 22 1997 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 22nd, 1997, Serial No. 01459, Side A Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Intimacy,... |
May 22 1997 |
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Nansen Cuts the CatSerial: BZ-00363B Saturday Lecture Nansen, Book of Serenity, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object, Duality, Precepts... |
May 17 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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PreceptsSerial: BZ-00539 Class 2 of 6 Precepts, Offering, Evil, Buddha Nature, Anger, Sixth Patriarch, Emotions, Addiction... |
May 15 1997 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 15th, 1997, Serial No. 01457 Precepts, Offering, Evil, Anger, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Addiction, Sixth Patriarch... |
May 15 1997 |
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Way-Seeking Mind Practice Period, Posture, Buddha Mind, Precepts, Commitment, Gaining Mind, Enthusiasm... |
May 10 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 8th, 1997, Serial No. 01455 Precepts, Buddha Nature, Perfect Wisdom, Sangha, Buddha Mind, Birth-and-Death,... |
May 08 1997 |
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PreceptsSerial: BZ-00672 Class 1 of 6 Precepts, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Sangha, Perfect Wisdom, Evil, Mahayana, Birth-... |
May 08 1997 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practicing With the PreceptsSerial: BZ-00363A One-Day Sitting Precepts, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Birth-and-Death, Vinaya, Observe, Practice... |
May 04 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practice Period CommitmentSerial: BZ-00362B Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Precepts, Dharma Transmission,... |
Apr 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Life of BuddhaSerial: BZ-00845 Class 6 of 6 Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Evil, Soto Zen, Precepts, Instruction, Don't... |
Apr 17 1997 6 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Transcending Norms with Altruistic Wisdom Precepts, Love, Time |
Apr 02 1997 |
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Life of BuddhaSerial: BZ-00850 Class 1 of 6 Religion, Buddha's Birthday, Renunciation, Vow, Lotus Sutra, Concentration,... |
Mar 13 1997 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sunday Lecture Big Mind, Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Right Speech, Practice Period,... |
Mar 09 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Parinirvana: Buddha’s Life/Our Life Nirvana, Precepts, Family Practice, Greed, Buddha's Birthday, Four Noble Truths... |
Mar 01 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Recollections of Early Zen Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Priest, Rinzai, Fox, Lay, Lineage, Demons |
Feb 08 1997 1 of 3 Green Gulch Farm |
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Journey from Prince to Plum BlossomSerial: SF-03623 Sunday Lecture Practice Period, Mindfulness, Precepts, Funeral, Obstacles, Vow, Priest, Freedom... |
Feb 02 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Theravada Tradition Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Cultivation, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Monastic... |
Jan 11 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practice and Daily Life Gratitude, Commitment, Silence, Passions, Mindfulness, Precepts, Religion, War, Peace... |
Nov 17 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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OrdinationSerial: BZ-00787A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Precepts, Practice Period, Family Practice,... |
Nov 16 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Effort - While You're Already Perfect Emptiness, Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Precepts, Transmission, Zazen,... |
Nov 13 1996 Unknown |
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Sandokai Class Emptiness, Practice Period, Precepts, Karma, Separation, Oneness, Light-and-Darkness... |
Nov 13 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Which is the Real Shin?Serial: SF-03135 Sunday Lecture - Seeing and understanding desire Ceremony, Forgiveness, Addiction, Practice Period, Demons, confusion, Hate,... |
Oct 27 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Dogen’s Four Methods of Guidance Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Enemies,... |
Oct 26 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Pathway to Nirvana Through Precepts Nirvana, Liberation, Precepts |
Oct 23 1996 Tassajara |