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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
One-day Sitting Lecture Liberation, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Dragons, Causation, Realization, Birth-and-Death...	Fu Schroeder	Jun 26 1999 Green Gulch Farm
One-day Sitting Lecture Renunciation, Ceremony, Priest, Impermanence, Vow, Birth-and-Death, Bodhidharma,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	May 15 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo -- The Sutra Explicated Serial: BZ-00074B One-Day Sitting Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Continuous Practice, Bell, Absolute-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00862 The final class in a series on the Lotus Sutra taught by Ryuei Michael McCormick, a teacher in the Nichiren tradition, and sponsored by Maylie Scott. Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Mahayana, Peace, Vow, Happiness, Priest, Lay, Buddha Nature,...	Ryuei Michael McCormick	Apr 29 1999 5 of 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Birthday Serial: SF-03241 Sunday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Ceremony, Renewal, Liberation, Vow, Happiness, Peace,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 04 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Blue Cliff Record #26 Serial: BZ-00069A Hyakujo's "Wonderful Thing", Saturday Lecture Hyakujo, BCR-26, Big Mind, Daily Life, Ego, Lay, Monastic Practice, Ordinary Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 20 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
One-day Sitting Lecture Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Nirvana Sutra, Vow,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 27 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Eight Characteristics of Suzuki Roshi's Teaching Serial: SF-03137 Sunday Lecture - first Sunday of practice period Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence, Commitment, Vow, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Faith,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 21 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Hate, Right Speech,...	Fu Schroeder	Jan 31 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Standing Up In One’s Own Reality Big Mind, Lay, Liberation, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Priest, Priest-and-Lay...	Mary Mocine	Jan 30 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...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 02 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Transcending Self Through Zen Vows Time, Vow, Suzuki Roshi	Teah Strozer	Jan 02 1999 Unknown
Monastic Formation: Tradition Meets Modernity Serial: NC-00149 Rule of Benedict Novice Class # 2 - 1990s OSB Cam, Commitment, Letting Go, Patience, Observe, Vow	Bruno Barnhart	Dec 10 1998
Vows of Transformative Compassion Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Bodhisattva	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 03 1998
Impermanence, Vow and Sojun Vow, Birth-and-Death, Doubt, Obstacles, Karma, Transmission, Bell, Repentance,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Dec 02 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Religion, Priest, Buddha Mind, Vow, Precepts, Zazen, Chanting, Hate, Freedom, Soto...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 22 1998 Green Gulch Farm
2nd Precept: Take Not What is Not Given Conversation, Dependent Origination, Dharma Transmission, Instruction, Liberation,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 21 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Path of Compassionate Enlightenment Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Precepts	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 19 1998
Chanting Practice Period, Delusion, Ego, Chanting, Vow, Doubt, Emotions, Continuous Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 17 1998
Beyond Perception: Embracing Shared Nature Serial: RB-01097A Sesshin Time, Sangha, Vow	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Nov 07 1998 Johanneshof
One Continuous Life Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lay Ordination, Priest,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 10 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Vows Over Karma: Zen's Path Serial: RB-01089 Seminar_The_Three-Jewels Buddha, Vow, Time	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Oct 02 1998 Berlin
Dharma Transmission Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Lineage, Tassajara, Priest,...	Maylie Scott, Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 19 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Keeping Precepts: Vows Anger, Dharma Transmission, New Year, Obstacles, Offering, Rinzai, Teacher-and-...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Sep 12 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Mindful Living Through Zen Practice Serial: RB-01078 Practice-Week_Lay-Practice Practice, Vow, Mindfulness	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Sep 07 1998 Johanneshof
Embracing Zen: The Unscripted Journey Ceremony, Realization, Rumi, Vow	Edward Espe Brown	Aug 12 1998
Penetrate the Unknown, Bear Witness, Heal Self and Others Addiction, Bell, Daily Life, Discrimination, Evil, Greed, Precepts, Separation, Vow...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Aug 09 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Laying Down Your Arms is the Most Intimate Big Mind, Lay, Soto Zen, Peace, Greed, confusion, Vow, Doubt, Karma	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jul 25 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Saturday Lecture Freedom, Time, Vow	Teah Strozer	Jul 04 1998 City Center
Zaikke Tokudo (Jukai) Serial: BZ-00351A Saturday Lecture Zaike Tokudo, Jukai, Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Karma, Lay Ordination, Lineage...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhist Images/Bodhisattva Way Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Gratitude, Vow, Offering, Chanting, Continuous...	Rebecca Mayeno	May 09 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Second Paramita: Sila Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Way, Evil, Family Practice, Funeral, Mahayana,...	Maylie Scott	May 03 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Archetypes Book of Serenity, Diversity, Evil, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Manjushri, Practice...	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 02 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Working with Forms and Precepts Attachment, Diversity, Evil, Lineage, Perfect Wisdom, Practice Period, Precepts, Vow...	Karen DeCotis	Apr 25 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Confession and Interconnection in Practice Vow, Faith, Enlightenment	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 19 1998
Bodhisattva Vows: Concentration Commitment, Concentration, Offering, Posture, Practice Period, Samadhi, Uchiyama, Vow...	Maylie Scott	Apr 18 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Becoming a Priest Priest, Lay, Lay Practice, Tassajara, Peace, Composure, Bowing, Vow, War	Myoan Grace Schireson	Mar 28 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Spring Sesshin Serial: SF-02729 Saturday Repentance, Letting Go, Peace, Perfect Wisdom, Vow, Heart Sutra, Ceremony, Observe,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 28 1998 Unknown
Spring Sesshin Serial: SF-02727 Wednesday Instruction, Posture, Chanting, Zazen, Vow, Observe, Subject-and-Object, Separation,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 25 1998 Unknown
Spring Sesshin Serial: SF-02724 Monday Letting Go, Vow, Separation, Repentance, Soto Zen, Zazen, Manjushri, Practice Period...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 23 1998 Unknown
Community Precepts Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Practice Period,...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Mar 14 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Rituals as Theology in Worship Serial: NC-00292 Liturgy Class Gratitude, Intuition, Karma, Vow		Feb 11 1998
Precepts Class Precepts, Confession-and-Repentance, Repentance, Evil, Liberation, Buddha Nature,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 17 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Women Teachers Chanting, Demons, Doubt, Four Noble Truths, Interview, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Peace,...	Mary Mocine	Nov 16 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Precepts Class Precepts, Evil, Attachment, Vow, Platform Sutra, Ceremony, Daily Life, Samadhi,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 03 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Precepts Class Serial: SF-03532 Brief Review of Class 1 - the Three Refuges Precepts, Emptiness, Three Treasures, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Buddha Nature,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 27 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Precepts Class Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Priest, Ceremony, Vow, Ordination, Lay, Mahayana,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 20 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Mindful Living Through Ethical Precepts Serial: RB-01009A Workshop_Transforming_the_3_Natures Precepts, Vow, Emptiness	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Sep 28 1997
Unlearning Racism: They are our Children Anger, Building, Culture, Funeral, Greed, Silence, Vow	Melody Ermachild	Sep 20 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Save The Redwoods - Mother Theresa and Lady Diana Serial: SF-00088 Saturday lecture. Vow, Precepts, Interdependence, Gratitude, Enemies, Religion	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Sep 06 1997 City Center

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