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The Bodhisattva vow is a vow (Sanskrit: bodhisattva-praṇidhāna, lit. bodhisattva aspiration or resolution; Chinese: 菩薩願, pusa yuan; J. bosatsugan) taken by some Mahāyāna Buddhists to achieve full buddhahood for the sake of all sentient beings. One who has taken the vow is nominally known as a bodhisattva (a being working towards buddhahood). This can be done by venerating all Buddhas and by cultivating supreme moral and spiritual perfection, to be placed in the service of others. In particular, bodhisattvas promise to practice the six perfections of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom in order to fulfill their bodhicitta aim of attaining buddhahood for the sake of all beings.

The vow is commonly taken in a ritual setting, overseen by a senior monastic, teacher or guru. Whereas the prātimokṣa vows cease at death, the bodhisattva vow extends into future lives. The bodhisattva vows should not be confused with the Bodhisattva Precepts (Skt. bodhisattva-śīla), which are specific ethical guidelines for bodhisattvas.

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Title	Speaker	Date
Iron Compassion Through Zen Wisdom Buddha Mind, Desire, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 07 2002
Awakening Through Compassionate Wisdom Samadhi, Vow, Meditation	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 28 2002
Wednesday Event Serial: RA-00095 Wednesday Event Four Noble Truths, Buddha Mind, Zazen, Vow, Enemies	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 20 2002
No Fault-Finding--Sixth Precept Serial: BZ-00062A Skillful Criticism, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Precepts, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Oneness, Mahayana, Buddha Nature...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 02 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Awakening Compassion Through Zen Practice Vow, Practice, Practice Period	Teah Strozer	Jan 30 2002 City Center
Transforming Suffering into Compassion Bodhisattva, Vow, Suffering	Kaiji Jeffrey Schneider	Jan 19 2002 City Center
Aspects of Practice: Opening Day Serial: BZ-00092B One Day Sitting Anger, Blue Cliff Record, Bowing, Culture, Harmonizing, Heart Sutra, Practice Period...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 30 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Altars Serial: BZ-00092A Lecture Offering, Avalokitesvara, Manjushri, Patience, Bowing, Passions, Tassajara, Vow,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Sep 29 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Living in Vow Serial: BZ-00090 Lecture Buddha Ancestors, Enemies, Forgiveness, Patience, Priest, Repentance, Vow	Jisho Cary Warner	Sep 08 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
2001.08.10-serial.00082 Practice, Buddha, Vow		Aug 10 2001
Awaken to Your True Mind Posture, Vow, Yaoshan, Buddha Mind, Enemies	Edward Espe Brown	Jul 09 2001
Evolving Wisdom Through Structured Practice Ceremony, Suzuki Roshi, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 01 2001
Living the Moment in Zen Religion, Bodhisattva Precepts, Enthusiasm, Ceremony, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 25 2001
Way Seeking Mind: Trappist, Coptic, Buddhist Chanting, Culture, Funeral, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Priest, Religion, Vow...	Suhita Dharma	Feb 17 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Liberation Through Zen Surrender Evil, Breath, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 04 2000
Zazen and Desire Bowing, Cultivation, Oneness, Patience, Peace, Posture, Rumi, Vow	David Weinberg	Nov 11 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Birth and Death: Dogen’s Zenki and Shoji Serial: BZ-00488 Class 2 of 4 Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Ego, Separation, Vow, Demons, Mahayana, Observe,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 09 2000 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Birth and Death: Dogen’s Zenki and Shoji Serial: BZ-00489 Class 1 of 4 Attachment, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Funeral, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 02 2000 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Rules for Being Human--Opening of Practice Period Serial: BZ-00122A One-Day Sitting Obstacles, Karma, Enthusiasm, Vow, Don't Know Mind, confusion, Hate, Offering,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 29 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
The Diamond Sutra: Commentary Serial: BZ-00916 Class 4 of 5 Anger, Attachment, Four Noble Truths, Karma, Liberation, Nirvana, Obstacles, Passions...	Red Pine Bill Porter	Oct 07 2000 4 Berkeley Zen Center
The Whole World Is Medicine Serial: SF-00078 "The Four Nourishments" Practice Period, Commitment, Balance, Vow, Samadhi, Teacher-and-Student, Passions,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Sep 30 2000
The Diamond Sutra: Commentary Serial: BZ-00920 Class 3 of 5 Karma, Liberation, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Offering, Renunciation, Skandhas, Vow...	Red Pine Bill Porter	Sep 30 2000 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Vows as Symbols in Zen Practice Serial: RB-01239B Practice-Month_Talks Consciousness, Vow, Practice	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Sep 20 2000 Johanneshof
The Diamond Sutra: Commentarty Serial: BZ-00919 Class 1 of 5 Attachment, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Mahayana, Nirvana, Offering, Renunciation,...	Red Pine Bill Porter	Sep 09 2000 1 Berkeley Zen Center
The Art of Non-Grasping Awareness Vow, Buddha, Time	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 25 2000
Unified Vows, Collective Awakening Vow, Buddha, Practice	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 21 2000
Sunday Lecture Interview, Mill Valley, Birth-and-Death, Koan, Bell, Vow, Faith, Liberation, Delusion...	Fu Schroeder	May 21 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Women Ancestors Gratitude, Posture, Ordination, Vow, Funeral, Obstacles, Soto Zen, Lineage	Various	May 13 2000 2
Awakening Through Zen and Stories Emptiness, Ceremony, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 12 2000
Wednesday Lecture Buddha Ancestors, Death-and-Dying, Silence, New Year, Priest, Suzuki Roshi,...	Fu Schroeder	Apr 05 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Women Ancestors Chanting, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors, Diversity, Ordination, Precepts, Hate, Vow, War...	Rebecca Mayeno	Apr 01 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Joshu Asks: “Use or Be Used” Serial: BZ-00206B Sesshin Day One Ordinary Mind, Anger, Lay, Evil, Posture, Interdependence, Rinzai, Patience, Vow,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 24 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukanzazengi Class Serial: SF-03655 Monday Class Concentration, Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Branching Streams, Instruction, Posture,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 20 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Wednesday Lecture Monastic Practice, Impermanence, Vow, Anger, Bell, Right Speech, Demons	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 01 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Zen Steps Toward Compassionate Awakening Practice, Suffering, Vow	Kaiji Jeffrey Schneider	Mar 01 2000 City Center
Reflecting Moon, Practicing Enlightenment Enlightenment, Practice, Vow	Kaiji Jeffrey Schneider	Feb 22 2000 City Center
Attachment and Death Impermanence, Attachment, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Practice Period, Tassajara,...	Mary Mocine	Feb 05 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Embrace the Ordinary, Reveal Enlightenment Faith, Buddha, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2000
Religion and Culture in This Century and the Next. Serial: BZ-00201B Saturday Lecture New Year, Cultivation, Culture, Evil, Interview, Offering, Religion, Vow, War...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 30 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Navigating Zen's Balanced Path Priest, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 07 1999
Zen's Middle Path Unveiled Vow, Faith, Pain	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 06 1999
Energy Emerging from Emptiness Practice, Vow, Effort	Teah Strozer	Dec 01 1999 City Center
Precious Mirror Samadhi: The Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00927 Class 8 of 8 Five Ranks, Big Mind, Culture, Observe, Samadhi, Mahayana, Duality, Vow, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 25 1999 8 Berkeley Zen Center
Unraveling the Unborn Paradox Time, Liberation, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 15 1999
October 28th, 1999, Serial No. 01546 Serial: BZ-01546 #duplicate-please-hide Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks, Rinzai, Platform Sutra, Ego, Discrimination,...		Nov 04 1999
October 14th, 1999, Serial No. 00859 Absolute-and-Relative, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Ego, Five Ranks, Practice Period,...		Oct 14 1999
Sunday Lecture Precepts, Balance, Bodhisattva Precepts, Evil, Vow, Renunciation, Non-duality, Bowing...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 26 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-01872 Duplicate Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Balance, Vow, Evil, Renunciation, Non-duality,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 26 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Leading with the Body's Wisdom Compassion, Vow, Practice	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 17 1999
I Vow to Save All Sentient Beings Serial: BZ-00191A Saturday Lecture confusion, Emotions, Evil, Four Noble Truths, Karma, Repentance, Sixth Patriarch, Vow...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 31 1999 Berkeley Zen Center

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