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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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Our Approach to Practice Period

Serial: BZ-01260

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Priest, Lay, Monastic Practice, Karma, Gratitude, Ordination,...
Apr 17 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Refuge: “Regulation” and Ethics Guidelines

Serial: BZ-01426

Ethics Sesshin

Precepts, Vow, Non-duality, Four Noble Truths, Vinaya, Right Speech, Bodhisattva...
Mar 18 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

February 17th, 2007, Serial No. 03406

Precepts, Evil, Discrimination
Feb 17 2007

February 14th, 2007, Serial No. 03400

Evil, Precepts, Discrimination
Feb 14 2007

Ethics in our Sangha

Serial: BZ-01417

Monday Morning Talk

Practice Period, Vow, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Evil, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Feb 05 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Dealing With Mistakes: Rice and Sand— Working with our “Sandy” Path

Serial: BZ-01409

Saturday Lecture

Instruction, Buddha Mind, Conversation, Precepts, Karma, Practice Period, Intuition,...
Dec 16 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

December 11th, 2006, Serial No. 03383

Zazen, Samadhi, Precepts
Dec 11 2006

Commentary on "Find Out For Yourself"

Serial: BZ-01406

Suzuki-rôshi's lecture in "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 6

Buddha, Suzuki Roshi, Intuition, Daily Life, Instruction, Bell, Don't Know Mind...
Dec 02 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

November 26th, 2006, Serial No. 03374

Evil, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts
Nov 26 2006

Joy in the Precepts

Serial: BZ-01399

One Day Sitting

Precepts, Vow, Bodhisattva Precepts, Composure, Liberation, Happiness, Don't...
Nov 18 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Aspects of Practice: Precepts of Right Speech

Serial: BZ-01050A

Class 4 of 4

Precepts, Right Speech, Repentance, Vow, Renunciation, Liberation, Lay Ordination,...
Nov 16 2006
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Precepts - Minor Precepts as Attitude

Serial: BZ-01398

Our own Vinaya that will help our Practice, Monday Morning

Precepts, Vinaya, Precepts, Humility, Bodhisattva Precepts, Emotions, Vinaya,...
Nov 13 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Where Am I? Where am I Headed?

Serial: BZ-01397

Saturday Lecture 

Subject-and-Object, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Liberation, Enthusiasm, Ordinary...
Nov 11 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

November 9th, 2006, Serial No. 03366

Evil, Precepts
Nov 09 2006

Aspects of Practice: Precepts of Sexuality and Intoxication

Serial: BZ-01049A

Class 3 of 3

Precepts, Chanting, Branching Streams, Vow, Observe, Bell, Monastic Practice, Karma,...
Nov 09 2006
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Sexuality and Intoxication

Serial: BZ-01396

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Chanting, Bodhisattva Precepts, Karma, Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Priest...
Nov 04 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Aspects of Practice: Giving/Non-Stinginess, 8th Precept

Serial: BZ-01048

Class 2 of 4

Precepts, Offering, Mindfulness, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Anger,...
Nov 02 2006
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Realizing the Precepts in Practice

Serial: BZ-01395

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Vow, Practice Period, Observe, Repentance, Buddha Ancestors,...
Oct 28 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Aspects of Practice: Precepts— Historical Background

Serial: BZ-01047A

Class 1 of 4

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Three Treasures, Vinaya, Ordination, Mahayana, Buddha...
Oct 26 2006
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Practicing Precepts: Practicing Precepts in Zazen

Serial: BZ-01394

One Day Sitting

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Practice Period, Concentration, Hindrances, Absolute-...
Oct 22 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

October 14th, 2006, Serial No. 03352

Evil, Precepts, Hindrances
Oct 14 2006

Practicing the Way Wholeheartedly: Commentary on Dogen’s Bendowa

Serial: BZ-01387

Saturday Lecture

Transmission, New Year, Lay, Lineage, Buddha Mind, Chanting, Discrimination, Uchiyama...
Sep 23 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

No Self

Serial: SF-00915

Sunday Lecture: zen sayings: "Who's dragging this corpse around?; sense of self - root of all suffering; need to understand no-self, not just conceptually; Buddhist tool kit...

Precepts, Time, Buddha
Sep 17 2006
Green Gulch Farm

Right Speech

Serial: SF-00037

The eight-fold path and its relationship to the precepts.

Ummon, Koan, Right Speech, Suzuki Roshi, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Buddha...
Sep 16 2006

Blue Cliff Record: Case #76

Serial: BZ-01181

Tanka's "Have You Had Your Dinner Yet?", Sesshin Day 1

Tanka, BCR-76, Light-and-Darkness, Offering, Daily Life, Teacher-and-Student, Evil,...
Sep 02 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

August 14th, 2006, Serial No. 03329

Practice, Precepts, Suffering
Aug 14 2006

The Paramita of Forebearance

Serial: BZ-01176B

Saturday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Anger, Forgiveness, Precepts, Practice Period, Patience, Hate, Karma,...
Jul 29 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

June 21st, 2006, Serial No. 03323

Buddha, Practice, Precepts
Jun 21 2006

Lay Ordination

Serial: BZ-01239

Tradition of Sewing Buddha's Robe, Saturday Lecture

Lay Ordination, Sewing, Joshin-san, Precepts, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Commitment,...
Jun 10 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Worldly Life and Pure Practice

Serial: BZ-01237

Kid Zendo: Circles, Saturday Lecture

Daily Life, Practice, Birth-and-Death, Precepts, Daily Life, Interview, Greed, Doubt...
May 27 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Essence and Action of Prajna

Serial: BZ-01235

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Hui Neng, Poetry, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Duality, Buddha Nature,...
May 13 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Prajna Paramita - Dana

Serial: BZ-01233

Introduce Practice Period Shuso, One-Day Sitting

Prajna Paramita, Dana, Shuso, Daily Life, Happiness, Practice Period, Precepts,...
May 07 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Practicing in The World: First Pure Precept, Ceasing From Evil

Serial: BZ-01226A

Saturday Lecture

Evil, Precepts, Eka, Five Ranks, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Emotions, Bodhidharma,...
Apr 01 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

2006.02.02-serial.00123

Lay, Precepts, Funeral, Sangha, Happiness, Offering, Buddha Nature, Fundraising,...
Feb 02 2006

2006.02.02-serial.00015

Buddha, Time, Precepts
Feb 02 2006

2006.02.01-serial.00003

Offering, Patience, confusion, Sangha, Precepts, Mindfulness, Beginners, Gratitude,...
Feb 01 2006

2006.01.31-serial.00119

Vinaya, Buddha, Precepts
Jan 31 2006

Alive or Dead?

Serial: SF-01147

Sunday Lecture: Koan: "Alive or Dead" (Daowu's condolence call); mind fleas; confession; too busy; leap or die when at an impasse; story of Buddha and king - what...

Teacher-and-Student, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Anger, Don't Know Mind,...
Jan 29 2006
Green Gulch Farm

January 22nd, 2006, Serial No. 03286

Yoga, Ceremony, Precepts
Jan 22 2006

Rediscovering Benedictine Simplicity and Spirit

Intimacy, Daily Life, Precepts
Jan 14 2006
Mount Saviour Monastery

Buddha's Pointing at the Ground

Serial: BZ-01207

Indra's Planting a Blade of Grass, Saturday Lecture

SER-4, Sanctuary, Book of Serenity, Lotus Sutra, Sangha, Buddha's Birthday,...
Dec 10 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Faith and Doubt Types

Serial: BZ-01203B

Rohatsu Day 3

Faith, Doubt, Doubt, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,...
Nov 30 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

From Not Always So: “Be Kind to Yourself”

Serial: BZ-01199

One Day Sitting

Platform Sutra, Manjushri, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Intimacy, Instruction,...
Nov 19 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

“Not Always So” from Not Always So

Serial: BZ-01037A

Class 2 of 4

Conversation, Vow, Precepts, Zoom, Beginners, Composure, Enemies, Evil, Tassajara Zen...
Nov 03 2005
2
Berkeley Zen Center

An Ordination History

Serial: BZ-01192

Saturday Lecture

Ordination, Priest, Priest, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Lay, Renunciation,...
Oct 08 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

No Self

Serial: SF-00971

One-day sitting lecture: Bodhisattva Initiation - dharma names; Buddha's second teaching - "No-self Characteristic Sutta"; shamata - posture instructions;...

Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Samatha, Precepts, Continuous Practice, Separation,...
Sep 17 2005
Green Gulch Farm

Communication

Serial: BZ-01341

Saturday Lecture

Silence, Right Speech, Culture, Conversation, Intimacy, Observe, Passions,...
Aug 13 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Making Mistakes

Serial: BZ-01339C

Saturday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Mahayana, Manjushri, Sangha, Conversation, Precepts
Jul 30 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

July 19th, 2005, Serial No. 03235

Commitment, Precepts, Intimacy
Jul 19 2005

Find Out for Yourself

Serial: BZ-00576

Lecture

Precepts, Duality, Instruction, Subject-and-Object, Discrimination, Oneness,...
Jul 17 2005
Tassajara

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