Precepts Talks

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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Joshu Asks: “Use or Be Used”

Serial: BZ-00206B

Sesshin Day One

Ordinary Mind, Anger, Lay, Evil, Posture, Interdependence, Rinzai, Patience, Vow,...
Mar 24 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00205B

Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Observe,...
Mar 11 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen Steps to Spiritual Awakening

Vow, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Vow, Bodhisattva Way, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble...
Mar 01 2000
City Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00202A

Zen Words, Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Branching Streams, Blue Cliff Record, Don't Know...
Jan 22 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Faith as a Journey in Zen

Serial: SF-00033

Sunday dharma talk.

Dragons, Faith, New Year, Doubt, Mahayana, Karma, Four Noble Truths, Precepts, Three...
Jan 02 2000

Sunday Lecture

resistance, Repentance, Precepts, Balance, Manjushri, New Year, Peace, Anger, zen...
Dec 26 1999
Green Gulch

Embracing Groundless Spaciousness in Zen

Separation, Practice Period, Patience, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Silence,...
Dec 09 1999
City Center

Marathon Practice of Intention

Serial: BZ-00199B

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Intention, Renunciation, Subject-and-Object, Big Mind, Zazen Mind,...
Nov 06 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00197A

The Spirit of Practice Period, Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Branching Streams, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Oct 16 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Precious Mirror Samadhi, 2 0f 8

Serial: BZ-00860

Fall practice period 

Precious Mirror, Samadhi, Five Ranks, Anger, vexations, five aspects, Big Mind,...
Sep 30 1999
2 of 8

September 30th, 1999, Serial No. 01009, Side A

Precious Mirror, Big Mind, Five Ranks, Liberation, Nirvana Sutra, Non-duality,...
Sep 30 1999

Precious Mirror Samadhi, class 2 of 8

Precious Mirror, Liberation, Five Ranks, Non-duality, Samadhi, Big Mind, Precepts,...
Sep 30 1999
2 of 8
BZC

Sunday Lecture

Precepts, Balance, Bodhisattva Precepts, Evil, Vow, Renunciation, Non-duality, Bowing...
Sep 26 1999
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Serial: SF-01872

Duplicate

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Balance, Vow, Evil, Renunciation, Non-duality,...
Sep 26 1999
Green Gulch

1999.09.05-serial.00151A

Sangha, Precepts, Greed, Building, realization, Ordination, Evil, Equanimity,...
Sep 05 1999

1999.09.04-serial.00149B

New Year, Precepts, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Offering, Silence, realization, Desire...
Sep 04 1999

Sunday Lecture

Right Speech, Freedom, Precepts, Happiness, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Priest,...
Jul 04 1999
Green Gulch

Zen and Pschotherapy

Birth-and-Death, Sanctuary, Lay Ordination, Ego, Hate, Family Practice, Book of...
May 22 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Precepts, Birth-and-Death, Dharma Transmission, Impermanence, Posture, Ceremony,...
May 16 1999
Green Gulch

Thoughts on Modern Western Buddhist Practice

Priest, Ordination, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Position, Bodhisattva...
May 15 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Suzuki Roshi: His Way as Others Told Me

Priest, Culture, War, American, Precepts, Religion, Peace, Emotions, Anger, Rinzai...
Apr 24 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddhist Perspectives On War: Sangha Views

Serial: BZ-00072B

Saturday Lecture

War, Buddhism, War, Evil, Culture, Don't Know Mind, Interview, Birth-and-Death,...
Apr 17 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Emptiness, Nirvana Sutra, Zazen Mind, Posture, Sangha, Mindfulness, Teacher-and-...
Mar 07 1999
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Lotus Sutra, Samsara, Precepts, training, Four Noble Truths, Hate, Vow, Right Effort...
Jan 31 1999
Green Gulch

Warm-hearted Practice

Serial: BZ-00190B

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, stubbornness, Composure, Bodhisattva Precepts, Posture, Religion, American...
Jan 23 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

World Faiths’ Dialogue with the World Bank

War, Precepts, Separation, Culture, Religion, Building, Renunciation, Hate, Doubt,...
Jan 09 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Practicing With The Precepts/Dogen's Commentary

Serial: BZ-00189A

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Dogen, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, New Year, Sangha, Bodhisattva...
Jan 02 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Dana Paramita and Relinquishment

Demons, Priest, Interview, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Precepts, Religion, Non-...
Dec 03 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Practice Period, Precepts, Dragons, Six Realms, Liberation, Ceremony, Forgiveness,...
Nov 29 1998
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Religion, Priest, Buddha Mind, Vow, Precepts, Zazen, Chanting, Hate, Freedom, Soto...
Nov 22 1998
Green Gulch

2nd Precept: Take Not What is Not Given

Precepts, Vow, Liberation, Dependent Origination, Lineage, Renunciation, Conversation...
Nov 21 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen’s Guidelines for Studying the Way

Serial: BZ-00838

Class 3 of 4

Happiness, Intimacy, Equanimity, Instruction, New Year, Obstacles, Don't Know...
Nov 12 1998
3
Berkeley Zen Center

The Feeling Of Practice Period

Serial: SF-00148

Wednesday talk; the heart and determination to study - to support and appreciate the practice period.

Practice Period, Impermanence, Mindfulness, Precepts, Zazen Mind, Silence, Big Mind,...
Oct 21 1998
Green Gulch Farm

Sunday Lecture

Anger, Book of Serenity, Karma, Precepts, Evil, Duality, Emptiness, Offering, Fasting...
Oct 04 1998
Green Gulch

October 3rd, 1998, Serial No. 00439, Side B

Serial: BZ-00439B

#duplicate-please-hide

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Berkeley Zen Center, Precepts, Religion, Priest,...
Oct 03 1998

Way Seeking Mind/Dharma Entrustment

Serial: BZ-01068

Saturday Lecture

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Precepts, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bowing,...
Oct 03 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin Lecture

Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Precepts, Transmission, Lineage
Aug 20 1998
Green Gulch

Penetrate the Unknown, Bear Witness, Heal Self and Others

Precepts, Vow, Discrimination, Evil, Daily Life, American, Addiction, Greed, Bell,...
Aug 09 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Four Noble Truths, Anger, Ordination, Right Effort, Right Speech, Letting Go, Peace,...
Jul 12 1998
Green Gulch

Wednesday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Four Noble Truths, Chanting, Funeral, Conversation, Precepts, Anger,...
Jul 01 1998
Green Gulch

Father's Day

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Ceremony, Hate, Bodhisattva Precepts, Freedom,...
Jun 21 1998
Green Gulch

Zaikke Tokudo (Jukai)

Serial: BZ-00351A

Saturday Lecture

Zaike Tokudo, Jukai, Ordination, Precepts, Lay Ordination, Lineage, Karma, Buddha...
Jun 20 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Ceremony, Karma, Heart Sutra, Skandas, training, Three Treasures...
Jun 14 1998
Green Gulch

Wednesday Lecture

Precepts, Impermanence, Separation, resistance, Mindfulness, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi,...
May 20 1998
City Center

One-day Sitting Lecture

Posture, Precepts, Samsara, Ceremony, Zendo, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Freedom,...
May 16 1998
Green Gulch

Relinquishment and Renunciation

Precepts, Impermanence, resistance, Right Effort, Renunciation, Interdependence,...
May 16 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Lineage, resistance, Zazen, Bodhisattva Way...
May 09 1998
Green Gulch

Buddhist Images/Bodhisattva Way

Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Gratitude, Vow, Offering, Chanting, Continuous...
May 09 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Second Paramita: Sila

Precepts, Bodhisattva Vow, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Evil, Vow, Practice Period,...
May 03 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Working with Forms and Precepts

Precepts, Evil, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Vow, Attachment, Diversity, Lineage,...
Apr 25 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

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