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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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Aspects of Practice: Metta SuttaSerial: BZ-00459 Class 1 of 3 Birth-and-Death, Peace, Chanting, Enemies, Anger, Evil, Precepts, Composure,... |
Nov 07 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Not Always So Class Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Offering, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Demons, Continuous... |
Oct 30 2002 Tassajara |
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15 Sutras from the Old Way: Kesaputta and Meghiya Sutta (Dharma Relationships)Serial: BZ-00456 Clas 3 of 5 Cultivation, Happiness, Equanimity, Attachment, Intimacy, confusion, Karma,... |
Sep 26 2002 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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15 Sutras from the Old Way: Those of Kesaputta from Anguttara NikayaSerial: BZ-00455 Class 2 of 5 confusion, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Evil, Nirvana, Cultivation, Anger,... |
Sep 19 2002 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Seven Principles for Preventing DeclineSerial: SF-00935 Dhammapada, 9/11, we are not well, cause of great peace, Huey Johnson, the soldiers will have their way, dogs of war, Dalai Lama, pinpoint causes, 'Guns, Germs, and Steel',... Nirvana Sutra, Precepts, Daily Life, Religion, Interdependence, Renunciation,... |
Sep 15 2002 Green Gulch Farm |
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Suramgama SutraSerial: BZ-00478 Class 4 of 4 Demons, Cultivation, Karma, Attachment, confusion, Precepts, Skandas, Greed,... |
Sep 12 2002 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddha Through Ordinary Living Buddha, Practice, Precepts |
Aug 25 2002 |
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Faith in BuddhanatureSerial: BZ-00156A Saturday Lecture Faith, Buddha Nature, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Separation, Culture, Composure, Ego,... |
Aug 17 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Do You Like ZazenSerial: BZ-00155A Lecture Precepts, Building, Priest, Peace, Posture |
Jul 27 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-00981 Buddhist culture rooting in California, purpose of ZC, banana in his back pocket, Puccini, motherhood, livelihood, Buddhahood, statuary invoking our higher purpose, Bodhisattva... Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Perfect Wisdom, Three... |
Jul 21 2002 Green Gulch Farm |
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Playful Interplay: Wisdom Through Samadhi Samadhi, Practice, Precepts |
Jul 2002 |
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How to Practice as a Lay PersonSerial: BZ-00152B Saturday Lecture Lay Practice, Precepts, Big Mind, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Daily Life, Monastic... |
Jun 29 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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How to Draw Sound From the BellSerial: BZ-00152A Sesshin Day 5 Bell, Bell, Precepts, Soto Zen, Chanting, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Doubt, Lay,... |
Jun 23 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Lay OrdinationSerial: BZ-00149B Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Precepts, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Way, Buddha... |
Jun 15 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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BZC PreceptsSerial: BZ-00148B Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Intimacy, Priest-and-Lay,... |
Jun 01 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen and Modern Science: Many SimilaritiesSerial: BZ-00148A Lecture Intuition, Duality, Precepts, Peace |
May 25 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The PreceptsSerial: BZ-00448 Class 4 of 4 Precepts, Passions, Conversation, Building, Peace, Anger, Fox, Politics, Silence,... |
May 09 2002 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The PreceptsSerial: BZ-00447 Class 3 of 4 Right Speech, Conversation, Precepts, Silence, Happiness, New Year, Culture,... |
May 02 2002 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Ordination: What it MeansSerial: BZ-00145B Lecture Monastic Practice, Ordination, Priest, Precepts, Vinaya, Vow, Mill Valley,... |
Apr 20 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The PreceptsSerial: BZ-00446 Class 2 of 4 Precepts, Right Speech, Obstacles, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Observe, Passions, Bell,... |
Apr 18 2002 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The PreceptsSerial: BZ-00445 Class 1 of 4 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Lineage, Observe, Vow, Transmission,... |
Apr 11 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Four Noble Truths: Eightfold PathSerial: BZ-00444 Class 4 of 4 Right Speech, Right Effort, Happiness, Concentration, Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness... |
Apr 04 2002 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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First Pure Mind Precept: Not KillingSerial: BZ-00142B Saturday Lecture Non-violence, Two Truths, Precepts, Offering, Discrimination, Culture, Birth-and-... |
Mar 23 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Four Noble Truths: Causes of SufferingSerial: BZ-00469 Class 2 of 4 Karma, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Six Realms, Precepts, Renewal, Nirvana,... |
Mar 21 2002 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tenth PreceptSerial: BZ-00140B "Shoes Outside the Door", Saturday Lecture Precepts, Richard Baker, Religion, Sangha, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Intuition... |
Mar 09 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddha's ParinirvanaSerial: BZ-00139A One-Day Sitting Parinirvana, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Obstacles, Precepts, Liberation, Buddha Nature... |
Feb 16 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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No Fault-Finding--Sixth PreceptSerial: BZ-00062A Skillful Criticism, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Precepts, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Oneness, Mahayana, Buddha Nature... |
Feb 02 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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ForgivenessSerial: BZ-00061B Saturday Lecture Forgiveness, Anger, Forgiveness, Equanimity, Evil, Attachment, Precepts, Politics,... |
Jan 26 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sixth and Seventh Precepts and ContentionSerial: BZ-00066B One-Day Sitting Precepts, Anger, Precepts, Separation, Subject-and-Object, Attachment, Patience,... |
Jan 12 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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EgolessnessSerial: BZ-00063B Rohatsu Day 6 Ego, Precepts, Ego, Anger, Chanting, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Vinaya, Posture,... |
Dec 07 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Suzuki RoshiSerial: BZ-00063A Rohatsu Day 5 Ego, Precepts, Posture, Sangha, Lay, Practice Period, Duality, Non-duality, Oneness... |
Dec 06 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #86Serial: BZ-00064B Rohatsu Day 4 BCR-86, Meal Serving, Samadhi, Ego, Big Mind, Addiction, Chanting, Precepts, Religion... |
Dec 05 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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ZazenSerial: BZ-00064A Rohatsu Day 3 Zazen, Concentration, Posture, Right Effort, Mindfulness, Samadhi, Enemies,... |
Dec 04 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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FormsSerial: BZ-00095A One Day Sitting Precepts, Repentance, Soto Zen, Observe, Lay Ordination, Birth-and-Death, Fasting,... |
Nov 18 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Pilgrimage and Victims of ViolenceSerial: BZ-00094B Lecture War, Four Noble Truths, Commitment, Enemies, Culture, Non-violence, Precepts,... |
Nov 10 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen and Plum BlossomsSerial: BZ-00094A Saturday Lecture Dogen, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Dragons, Priest-and-Lay, Buddha Ancestors,... |
Nov 03 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Aspects of Practice: Suzuki RoshiSerial: BZ-00477 Class 1 of 4 War, Bell, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Precepts, Posture, Branching... |
Oct 04 2001 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Renunciation: Merging Wisdom with Compassion Meditation, Renunciation, Precepts |
Aug 07 2001 |
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Desire Without Attachment: Zen Intimacy Buddha, Precepts, Practice |
Mar 29 2001 |
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Mind, Nature, and Sacred Connection Practice, Precepts, Bowing |
Mar 28 2001 |
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Zen and Sexuality Unveiled Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Bodhisattva |
Mar 26 2001 |
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Zazen as the Heart of Precepts Precepts, Vinaya, Bodhisattva Precepts |
Mar 23 2001 |
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Uniting Compassion Wisdom in Zen Samadhi, Precepts, Bell |
Feb 16 2001 |
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Zen Interplay: Wisdom and Compassion Zazen, Precepts, Nirvana |
Feb 12 2001 |
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Zen Precepts: From Arhats to Bodhisattvas Precepts, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Precepts |
Feb 11 2001 Tassajara |
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Interview with Sojun Mel WeitsmanSerial: BZ-00068 Interview 2 of 3 Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Ordination, Lay... |
Jan 05 2001 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Embrace Life's Rhythm Unfolding Samadhi, Time, Precepts |
Dec 06 2000 |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class Practice Period, Attachment, Offering, Letting Go, Bodhisattva Way, Emptiness,... |
Nov 28 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Embracing One Mind Harmony Practice, Precepts, Meditation |
Nov 18 2000 |
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Path to Enlightenment: Unified Precepts Breath, Practice, Precepts |
Nov 02 2000 |