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The Bodhisattva Precepts (Skt. bodhisattva-śīla or bodhisattva-saṃvāra, traditional Chinese: 菩薩戒; ; pinyin: Púsà Jiè, Japanese: bosatsukai; Tibetan: 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" (saṃvāra) are the main ethical code in Mahāyāna Buddhism and as thus also sometimes called "Mahāyāna precepts" (Ch: 大乘戒).
Traditionally, monastics 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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            Bodhisattva Ceremony Religion, Repentance, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts, Vow, Chanting, Greed,...            | 
                  
             Nov 21 2015            | 
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            Zen of Four SeasonsSerial: BZ-02434   Part 1 of 2  Transmission, Silence, Culture, Uchiyama, Fundraising, Precepts, Building,...            | 
                  
             Aug 29 2015 1 Berkeley Zen Center           | 
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            Transformative Intention: Living Zen PreceptsSerial: RB-03561   Ordination  Precepts, Buddhism, Wisdom            | 
                  
             Jun  2015 Johanneshof           | 
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            Everything Changes Composure, Silence, Nirvana, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Greed, Precepts, Buddha...            | 
                  
             May 23 2015            | 
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            A Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony: Your Mind Is Becoming Buddha Perfect Wisdom, Vow, Precepts            | 
                  
             Feb 07 2015            | 
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            A Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony: Your Mind Is Becoming BuddhaPrecepts, Perfect Wisdom, Lotus Sutra,  Perfect Wisdom, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts...            | 
                  
             Feb 07 2015 No Abode Hermitage           | 
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            Zen Mind: Beyond Thought and Karma Buddha Mind, Precepts, Dogen            | 
                  
             Jan 13 2015            | 
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            Embracing Zen Through Bodhisattva Precepts Precious Mirror, Ceremony, Precepts            | 
                  
             Dec 06 2014            | 
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            Zen Meditation as the Bodhisattva Prece Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Effort            | 
                  
             Oct 11 2014 PM            | 
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            Zen Meditation as the Bodhisattva PreceptsBodhisattva, Karmic Consciousness, Generosity, Precepts,  Karmic Consciousness,...            | 
                  
             Oct 11 2014 AM No Abode Hermitage           | 
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            Zen Meditation as the Bodhisattva PreceptsCompassion, Wisdom, Precepts,  Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Bodhisattva Precepts,...            | 
                  
             Oct 11 2014 PM No Abode Hermitage           | 
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            Differences in Zen and Psychotherapy Big Mind, Commitment, Conversation, Buddha Ancestors, Vow, Sangha, Discrimination,...            | 
                  
             Jul 05 2014            | 
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            Rooted in Aspiration: Bodhisattva Journey Perfect Wisdom, Attachment, Precepts            | 
                  
             Jul 03 2014            | 
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            Precepts Following Our Way of Life Precepts, Ego, Duality, Oneness, Non-duality, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Sangha,...            | 
                  
             Jun 14 2014            | 
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            Pilgrimage, Intimacy, Chaplaincy Four Noble Truths, Intimacy, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity,...            | 
                  
             Apr 19 2014            | 
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            The Three Bodies of Buddha Priest, Precepts, Lay, Ordination, Practice Period, Karma, Lay Practice, Humility,...            | 
                  
             Apr 12 2014            | 
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            Exploring Consciousness and Realizing WisdomExploring 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, Confession-and-Repentance, Compassion,  Confession-and-Repentance,...            | 
                  
             Mar 23 2014 5 No Abode Hermitage           | 
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            Repentance Ceremony Evil, Precepts, Humility, Repentance, Attachment, Four Noble Truths, Complete Perfect...            | 
                  
             Mar 15 2014            | 
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            Embracing Non-Attachment in Practice Commitment, Precepts, Compassion            | 
                  
             Jan 12 2014            | 
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            Balancing Achievements with Karmic Consciousness Karmic Consciousness, Precepts, Generosity            | 
                  
             Dec 15 2013            | 
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            Think not ThinkingSerial: BZ-02342   Rohatsu Forgiveness,  Forgiveness, Emotions, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Greed, Happiness,...            | 
                  
             Dec 06 2013 Berkeley Zen Center           | 
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            Shelterless Shelter Three Treasures, Sangha, Gratitude, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Practice Period, Vow,...            | 
                  
             Oct 12 2013            | 
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            Form and Formlessness in Zen Practice Precepts, Practice Period, Daily Life, Bodhisattva Precepts, Lay, Teacher-and-Student...            | 
                  
             Oct 05 2013            | 
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            Lotus Sutra and Bodhisattva Practice Lotus Sutra, Practice Period, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Liberation, Mahayana,...            | 
                  
             Sep 21 2013            | 
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            Dogen's VowSerial: BZ-02326   Part 3 of 4  Repentance, Vow, Karma, Doubt, Confession-and-Repentance, Precepts, Evil, Hindrances...            | 
                  
             Sep 01 2013 3            | 
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            Dogen's VowSerial: BZ-02325   Part 2 of 2  Vow, Lineage, Precepts, Soto Zen, Repentance, Karma, Teacher-and-Student            | 
                  
             Aug 31 2013 2            | 
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            Blue Cliff Record Case 89Serial: BZ-02318   Find Out for Yourself, Saturday Lecture Priest, Avalokitesvara, BCR-89,  Intuition, Instruction, Priest, Daily Life, Precepts...            | 
                  
             Jul 06 2013 Berkeley Zen Center           | 
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            The Bodhisattva's Three-fold Ethics and Three-fold Samadhi Discrimination, Samadhi, Precepts, Non-discrimination            | 
                  
             Jun 22 2013 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage           | 
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            Lay OrdinationSerial: BZ-02312   History of American Lay Ordination, Saturday Lecture Jukai, Lay Ordination,  Lay, Priest, Lay Practice, Precepts, Ordination, Lineage,...            | 
                  
             Jun 15 2013 Berkeley Zen Center           | 
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            On The Bodhisattva CeremonySerial: BZ-02309   Karma, Saturday Lecture Katagiri Roshi, Karma, Confession-and-Repentance,  Precepts, Repentance, Karma, Peace...            | 
                  
             May 25 2013 Berkeley Zen Center           | 
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            Practice Buddha Does the Dishes Intimacy, Practice Period, Evil, Separation, Precepts, Gratitude, Patience,...            | 
                  
             May 04 2013            | 
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            Don't Slam the Door Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Gratitude, Teacher-and-Student, Bell, Vow, Attachment,...            | 
                  
             Mar 02 2013            | 
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            Yes and No Light-and-Darkness, Precepts, Mindfulness, Don't Know Mind, Bodhisattva Ceremony...            | 
                  
             Feb 23 2013            | 
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            Ornament of the Sage's Mind Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Precepts, Confession-and-Repentance, Evil            | 
                  
             Feb 02 2013 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage           | 
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            Sick Day Bodhisattva Precepts, Right Effort, Evil, Liberation, Conversation, Precepts,...            | 
                  
             Jan 26 2013            | 
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            Zazen: Path to Enlightened Engagement Ceremony, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts            | 
                  
             Jan 25 2013            | 
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            Our Minor PreceptsSerial: BZ-02275   Saturday Lecture  Precepts, Renunciation, Emotions, Humility, Sangha, Conversation, Beginners, Patience...            | 
                  
             Nov 17 2012 Berkeley Zen Center           | 
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            Bodhisattva Precepts Guided by the Teaching of Mind Only Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Precepts            | 
                  
             Oct 06 2012 AM No Abode Hermitage           | 
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            Bodhisattva Precepts Guided by the Teaching of Mind Only Precepts, Karmic Consciousness, Observe            | 
                  
             Oct 06 2012 PM No Abode Hermitage           | 
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            Bodhisattva Precepts Guided by the Teaching of Mind OnlyBodhisattva Precepts Guided by the Teaching of Mind Only AM  Karmic Consciousness, Precepts, Three Treasures, Sangha, Duality            | 
                  
             Oct 06 2012 Morning No Abode Hermitage           | 
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            Bodhisattva Precepts Guided by the Teaching of Mind OnlyBodhisattva Precepts Guided by the Teaching of Mind Only  Precepts, Karmic Consciousness, Observe, Confession-and-Repentance, Addiction...            | 
                  
             Oct 06 2012 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage           | 
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            Raihai TokuzuiSerial: BZ-02262   Study sesshin, part 3 of 4  Vinaya, Buddha Nature, Causation, Karma, Precepts, Culture, Soto Zen, Religion,...            | 
                  
             Sep 02 2012 3            | 
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            Raihai TokuzuiSerial: BZ-02263   Study sesshin, part 4 of 4  Liberation, Priest, Lay, Vinaya, Ordination, Culture, Evil, Priest-and-Lay, Precepts...            | 
                  
             Sep 02 2012 4            | 
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            Embodied Zen: Living the PreceptsSerial: RB-02285   Ordination  Practice, Precepts, Ceremony            | 
                  
             Sep  2012 Johanneshof           | 
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            Dharma TransmissionSerial: BZ-02259   David Weinberg Catherine Cascade 
  Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Gratitude, Precepts, Lay Ordination, Ordination,...            | 
                  
             Aug 25 2012            | 
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            Ryokan's Waka PoemsSerial: BZ-02257   Part 2 of 2  Offering, Attachment, Lay, Greed, Precepts, Repentance, Sangha, Discrimination,...            | 
                  
             Aug 04 2012 2            | 
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            Bodhisattva CeremonySerial: BZ-02252   3 Pure Precepts, Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, Repentance, Vow,  Repentance, Evil, Precepts, Karma, Vow, Four Noble...            | 
                  
             Jul 07 2012 Berkeley Zen Center           | 
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            Genjo Koan - Section 10B-Part-1Serial: BZ-02248   Firewood and Ash, Sesshin Day 3 Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Dogen,  Birth-and-Death, Three Treasures, Six Realms,...            | 
                  
             Jun 22 2012 Berkeley Zen Center           | 
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            Getting to Yes with Giving In Vow, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts, Culture,...            | 
                  
             Jun 02 2012            | 
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            Right Communication Precepts, Practice Period, Bodhidharma, Bodhisattva Precepts, Right Speech, Intimacy...            | 
                  
             May 05 2012            |