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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
The Four Vows Bell, Commitment, Conversation, Happiness, Interdependence, Karma, Mindfulness, Vow...	Peter Overton	Aug 26 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Karma and Intention Serial: BZ-00829B Saturday Lecture Karma, Intention, Karma, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Six Realms, Vow, Demons,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Freedom's Paradox: Stopping to Liberate Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Freedom, Vow, Anger, Daily Life, Right Effort,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jul 05 1995 Unknown
Uprightness in Zen Practice Practice, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 05 1995
Sunday Lecture Instruction, Ceremony, Priest, Vow, Manjushri, Patience, Anger, Happiness,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jul 02 1995 Green Gulch Farm
God/Karma Serial: BZ-00977B Saturday Lecture Religion, Karma, Big Mind, Daily Life, Giving-and-Taking, Happiness, Lotus Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 03 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Practice Chanting, Dharma Transmission, Lay Ordination, Offering, Ordination, Right Speech,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 21 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Impermanence for Liberation Intimacy, Karma, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 07 1995
Master Hongzhi Continued Serial: BZ-00974B One-Day Sitting Hongzhi, confusion, Daily Life, Doubt, Emotions, Enemies, Karma, Rinzai, Silent...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 23 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Shantideva Class Serial: SF-03186 Practice of Generosity/Giving Vow, Letting Go, Patience, Faith, Repentance, Evil, Don't Know Mind, Offering,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 18 1995 Unknown
Sunday Lecture Buddha Mind, Ceremony, Priest, Vow, Hindrances, Six Realms, Monkey Mind, Buddha'...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Apr 16 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Buddha's Birthday Serial: SF-03095 Sunday Lecture Liberation, Nirvana, Chanting, Ceremony, Vow, Bowing, Buddha's Birthday, Renewal...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 09 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Mountain Practice/Broom Practice Dharma Transmission, Happiness, Liberation, Lineage, Peace, Posture, Vow	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 01 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing With The Precepts Serial: SF-00143 Tokubetsu Sesshin Precepts, Transmission, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Bodhidharma, Three Treasures, Bell...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 28 1995
Vastness of Bodhisattva Vow and Peculiarities in Personalities and Practice Serial: BZ-00946A Lecture Peace, Repentance, Vow, Greed, Hate, Anger, Silence, Offering, Precepts	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jan 21 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Celibacy's Transformative Role in Monasticism Serial: NC-00131 Rule of Benedict Novice Class # 1 - 1990s OSB Cam, Emptiness, Pain, Oneness, Vow, Commitment	Bruno Barnhart	1995
Embracing Obedience Through Spiritual Growth Serial: NC-00134 Rule of Benedict Novice Class # 1 - 1990s OSB Cam, Vow, Conversation, Dragons, Obstacles, Offering	Bruno Barnhart	1995
Heart Pathways: Gratitude and Interconnection Serial: RB-00945 Atum_Summer-Camp Practice, Gratitude, Vow	Zentatsu Richard Baker	1995
The Triple Good / Applications Serial: NC-00016 Part of "Romualdian/Camaldolese/Benedictine Spirituality" 2. The Triple Good / Applications Archival Photo OSB Cam, Fasting, Intention, Vow	Peter-Damian Belisle	1995 2 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Sunday Lecture Vow, Discrimination, Commitment, Patience, Chanting, Soto Zen, Delusion, confusion,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Dec 18 1994 Green Gulch Farm
Ceremonies, Intention and Gratitude Serial: BZ-00948A Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vow, Gratitude, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Karma, Demons,...	Maylie Scott	Dec 17 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Bendowa I: Bendowa and Thoughts Serial: BZ-00953A Rohatsu Day 1 Uchiyama, Lotus Sutra, Samadhi, Vow, Posture, Mahayana, Instruction, Equanimity,...	Maylie Scott	Dec 04 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #27 Serial: BZ-00954B Indulgences, Saturday Lecture BCR-27, Vow, Bodhidharma, Fox, Renunciation, Precepts, Peace, Priest	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 26 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Comments on Segaki Ceremony: Mahayana Approach to Demons and Practice Serial: BZ-00956B Lecture Commitment, Demons, Karma, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Nirvana, Offering, Vow	Maylie Scott	Nov 05 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Upright Sitting: Beyond Mind and Body Enemies, Bodhidharma, Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Breath	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 30 1994
Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Practice Period, Four Noble Truths, Funeral, Fox, Bell, Six Realms, Demons...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 30 1994 Green Gulch Farm
Working with the Precepts Serial: BZ-00934A Lecture Buddha Nature, Conversation, Emotions, Enemies, Interdependence, Precepts, Repentance...	Kosei Laurie Senauke	Sep 17 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Effort Serial: SF-00155 Sunday talk Concentration, Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Impermanence, Vow, Birth-and...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Sep 04 1994
The Other Four Paramitas Serial: BZ-00936A Skillful Means, Spiritual Power, Aspiration, Knowledge, Sesshin Day 1 Skillful Means, Attachment, Bodhidharma, Buddha Mind, Doubt, Four Noble Truths, Karma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Simplicity: Path to Enlightenment Serial: RB-00906B Sesshin Buddha, Meditation, Vow	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Sep 1994 Roseburg
August 13th, 1994, Serial No. 01184 Serial: BZ-01184 #duplicate-please-hide Bowing, Demons, Monkey Mind, Ordination, Peace, Practice Period, Precepts, Renewal,...		Aug 13 1994
Renewal Serial: BZ-00938B Saturday Lecture Bowing, Continuous Practice, Demons, Monkey Mind, Ordination, Peace, Precepts,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Aug 13 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Touching the Moment of No Time in Our Busy Lives: Constancy, Merging, Vacations Serial: BZ-00939A Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Silence, Birth-and-Death, Bell, Vow, Karma, Obstacles, Sangha,...	Fran Tribe	Jul 23 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Posture, Karma, Impermanence, Vow, Birth-and-Death, Anger, Attachment, Monkey Mind,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jul 10 1994 Green Gulch Farm
Heroes, Shadows and O J Simpson Serial: BZ-00941B Lecture Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Composure, Culture, Evil, Hate, Interview, Vow	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jul 09 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts Serial: BZ-00942B Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Gratitude, Precepts, Priest, Tassajara, Vow, War	Angie Boissevain	Jun 25 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
On Delusion Serial: BZ-00942A Lecture Vow, Silence, Chanting, Passions, confusion, Bell, Mindfulness, Separation, Religion...	Peter Overton	Jun 18 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Monastic History Serial: NC-00322 Monastic History Class, Congregations OSB Cam, Bell, Enlightenment, Money, Vow	Peter-Damian Belisle	Apr 20 1994 33 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Sesshin Shuso Lecture Serial: SF-02732 #shuso-talk - Zazen instruction and general encouragement for sesshin - Sesshin Day 1 Time, Zazen, Vow	Barbara Lubanski-Wenger	Apr 13 1994 Unknown
Monastic History Serial: NC-00318 Monastic History Class, Spain OSB Cam, Money, Vow, War, Politics, Observe	Peter-Damian Belisle	Mar 29 1994 32 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Monastic History Serial: NC-00350 Monastic History Class, Organizing the Benedictine Order OSB Cam, Money, Politics, Bell, Renewal, Vow	Peter-Damian Belisle	Mar 17 1994 28 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Madyamika/Yogachara Schools of Emptiness/Synthesis Serial: BZ-00964A Three Bodies of Buddha pt. II, Sesshin Day 2 Madyamaka, Trikaya, Emptiness, Yogachara, Religion, Emotions, Karma, Sixth Patriarch...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Monastic History Serial: NC-00345 Monastic History Class, Carolingian Monasticism, Charlemagne OSB Cam, Hate, Money, Politics, Vow	Peter-Damian Belisle	Mar 02 1994 23 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Platform Sutra: Chapter 4 Serial: BZ-00547 Class 6 of 10 Evil, Repentance, Vow, Intuition, Liberation, Four Noble Truths, Karma, Don't...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 24 1994 6 Tassajara
Sesshin: Uniting Mind and Heart Vow, Sesshin, Buddha Mind	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 21 1994
Zen Precepts: Path to Transformation Serial: RB-00871 Seminar_The_Clear_Source Precepts, Practice, Vow	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Feb 1994 Sinsheim
Koans: Embodying Enlightenment in Practice Serial: RB-00874B Seminar_The_Clear_Source Koan, Vow, Practice	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Feb 1994 Sinsheim
Monastic History Serial: NC-00330 Monastic History Class OSB Cam, Fasting, Intention, Politics, Vow	Peter-Damian Belisle	Jan 05 1994 7 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Monastic History Serial: NC-00323 Monastic History Class OSB Cam, Politics, Vow, War	Peter-Damian Belisle	Dec 08 1993 1 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Segaki/Halloween Serial: BZ-00659A Saturday Lecture Sejiki, Offering, Karma, Demons, Vow, Culture, Funeral, Sangha, Liberation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 30 1993 Berkeley Zen Center

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