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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
Tea Ceremony: The Meeting of Host and Guest Serial: BZ-00285A Lecture Bodhidharma, Impermanence, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, New Year, Separation, Silence...	Fu Schroeder	Mar 20 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen’s Instructions to the Tenzo, Tenzo Kyokun: Opportunities for Lay Practice at BZC Serial: BZ-00286B Lecture Lay Practice, Precepts, Tassajara, Instruction, Lay, Right Speech, Mindfulness, Vow,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Feb 20 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Precepts: Tenth Precept Serial: BZ-00621 Class 6 of 6 Precepts, Vow, Practice Period, Dharma Transmission, Renunciation, Repentance, Evil,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 18 1993 6 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Precepts: Eighth and Ninth Precepts Serial: BZ-00620 Class 5 of 6 Anger, Precepts, Emotions, Bowing, Vow, Gratitude, Ordination, Culture, Greed,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 11 1993 5 Berkeley Zen Center
The First Noble Truth, The Three Kinds of Suffering Serial: BZ-00648B The Suffering of Impermanence, Saturday Lecture Impermanence, Four Noble Truths, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Building, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Precepts: Speech Serial: BZ-00619 Class 4 of 6 Anger, Bodhidharma, Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Mind, Intimacy, Precepts, Repentance,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 04 1993 4 Berkeley Zen Center
What is Meant by Saving All Beings? Serial: BZ-00648A Hui Neng, The Platform Sutra, One-Day Sitting Hui-neng, Platform Sutra, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Greed, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Precepts: Third and Fifth Precepts Serial: BZ-00618 Class 3 of 6 Precepts, Addiction, Intimacy, Right Speech, Bodhidharma, Vow, Bodhisattva Precepts,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 29 1993 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Precepts: First and Second Precepts Serial: BZ-00617 Class 2 of 6 Precepts, Giving-and-Taking, Mahayana, Attachment, Passions, Buddha Mind, Emotions,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 21 1993 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Monastic Spirituality for the Christian in the World Serial: NC-00080A Monastic Spirituality for the Christian in the World Archival Photo OSB Cam, Balance, Monastic Practice, Renewal, Vow	Robert Hale	1993 1 of 6 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Monastic Spirituality for the Christian in the World Serial: NC-00081A Monastic Spirituality for the Christian in the World Archival Photo OSB Cam, Repentance, Compassion, Japan, Fasting, Vow	Robert Hale	1993 3 of 6 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Monastic Spirituality for the Christian in the World Serial: NC-00081B Monastic Spirituality for the Christian in the World Archival Photo OSB Cam, Vow, Balance, Commitment, Monastic Practice, Intention	Robert Hale	1993 4 of 6 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Red Shoes Serial: BZ-00644A Women's Sitting Addiction, Subject-and-Object, Passions, Vow, Hate, Culture	Maylie Scott	Nov 22 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
The Fallow Field, Grassroots and the Ginko: The Being that Refused to Evolve Serial: BZ-00643B Lecture Practice Period, Non-violence, War, Interdependence, Vow, Doubt, Avalokitesvara,...	Wendy Johnson	Nov 21 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00642B One Day Sitting Precepts, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Repentance, Vow, Renewal, Bell, Sangha, Hate,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 08 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Folk Tale of the Woman and the Crescent Moon Bear Serial: BZ-00641B Lecture Absolute-and-Relative, Anger, Four Noble Truths, Obstacles, Offering, Peace, Vow, War...	Fran Tribe	Oct 23 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Day Off Class Serial: BZ-01482 Class 3 of 6 Bodhisattva Ceremony, Doubt, Dragons, Fox, Karma, Repentance, Rinzai, Vow	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 19 1992 3
The Dragon Who Never Sleeps: Taisho on Gathas and their Use Serial: BZ-00640 Lecture Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Nature, Evil, Lay, Mahayana, Practice Period, Priest,...	Robert Aitken Roshi	Oct 12 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Rivers, Dragons, and Enlightened Journeys Ceremony, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 20 1992
Unconcerned Surrender: Path to Liberation Name, Vow, Bodhisattva Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 01 1992
Genjokoan: First Five Lines and Tozan's Five Ranks: Desire and Intention Serial: BZ-00710B Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Tozan, Five Ranks, Desire, Ego, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Harmonizing,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 30 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Living Zen: Compassionate Presence Unfolded Serial: RA-00606 What the primary intention was. Intention to be free Reb's primary intention to learn the way of the Buddha, to study the Buddha Way, to study the self. to let the self be... Intention, Liberation, Bowing, Lay, Vow, Zazen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 14 1992 Tassajara
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00712B Lecture Silence, confusion, Emotions, Anger, Greed, Funeral, Discrimination, Conversation,...	Fran Tribe	May 09 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00686A Women's Sitting Beginners, Culture, Lineage, Posture, Religion, Right Effort, Vow	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Numerous Dharma Gates: Elementary School Buddhists Serial: BZ-00685A Lecture Vow, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Right Effort, Concentration, Daily Life, Peace, Anger...	Rebecca Mayeno	Feb 22 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Buddhism: Heart Sutra, Emptiness Serial: BZ-00278 Class 5 of 5 Heart Sutra, Dependent Origination, Bell, Practice Period, Chanting, Bodhisattva...	Fran Tribe	Feb 20 1992 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Day 8: The Bodhisattva returns to the world of birth and death Renunciation, Three Treasures, Practice Period, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 06 1992 Tassajara
Day 8: The Bodhisattva Returns to the World of Birth and Death Renunciation, Three Treasures, Practice Period, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 06 1992 Tassajara
Who Do We Bow To? Serial: BZ-00683B Saturday Lecture Bowing, Buddha Nature, Gratitude, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bowing, Lineage, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Compassionate Practice with Tibetan Flavor Serial: BZ-00681B Lecture Anger, Attachment, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Way, Demons, Ego, Instruction,...	Katherine Thanas	Dec 21 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Avatamsaka Sutra: The Ten Stages; First Two Stages Serial: BZ-00274 Class 1 of 4 Four Noble Truths, Enthusiasm, Passions, Vow, Lineage, Concentration, Practice Period...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 07 1991 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Cultivating Community Through Zazen Practice Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Peace, Zazen, Vow, Letting Go, Anger, Sangha...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Oct 19 1991
Bringing Zendo Life to the World Serial: BZ-00715B Lecture Building, Concentration, Daily Life, Family Practice, Giving-and-Taking, Practice...	Rebecca Mayeno	Sep 14 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Path: Cultivating Compassion Daily Serial: RA-00661 Summary of practice this week and throughout our lives of buddhist practice. to suffer, to become aware of suffering, to vow work to help all beings to be free of... Vow, Priest, Letting Go, confusion	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 25 1991 Day 7 Green Gulch Farm
Awakening Compassion: The Path Within Vow, Enlightenment, Priest	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 25 1991
Embracing Stillness: Zen's Compassionate Path Vow, Commitment, Dogen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 21 1991
Awakening Through Personal Zen Vows Vow, Sangha, Precepts	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 19 1991
“Engaged”: Webster’s as a Buddhist Text Serial: BZ-00972B Lecture Fox, Four Noble Truths, Priest, Right Speech, Right Effort, Funeral, Vow, Soto Zen,...	Lin Zenki	Aug 17 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Ceremony: Plunging In Serial: BZ-00971A Lecture Confession-and-Repentance, Repentance, Vow, Buddha Ancestors, Three Treasures,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jul 27 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Tara Rinpoche's Memorial Conversation, Heart Sutra, Impermanence, Vow, Mandala, Bell, Happiness, Lineage...	Yvonne Rand	Jun 30 1991 Green Gulch Farm
One-Day Sitting Serial: SF-01078 #shuso-talk Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, confusion, Precepts, Nirvana, Vow, Mahayana, Soto Zen,...	Pat Phelan	Mar 09 1991 Unknown
Heart Sutra: Paramitas, Skandas, Emptiness, Bodhisattva Way Serial: BZ-00266 Class 2 of 4 Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Hindrances, Don'...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 14 1991 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Mideast Crisis Serial: BZ-00687B Discussion led by Alan Senauke, Saturday Lecture Current Events, War, Anger, Avalokitesvara, Building, Enemies, Heart Sutra, Peace,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 12 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Living Vow: Embracing Ordinary Life Vow, Time, Practice	Katherine Thanas	Dec 29 1990 Unknown
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00697A Going Beyond Buddha, Rohatsu Day 4 Buddha, Absolute-and-Relative, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, cognitive...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Avatamsaka Sutra Serial: BZ-00261 Class 4 of 5 Bodhisattva Precepts, Concentration, Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Ordination,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 14 1990 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Avatamsaka Sutra Serial: BZ-00259 Class 2 of 5 Manjushri, Vow, Mindfulness, Five Ranks, Dragons, Equanimity, Attachment, Birth-and-...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 01 1990 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Pleasure Serial: BZ-00509A Lecture Addiction, Half-Smile, Dependent Origination, Vow, Lotus Sutra, Offering, Culture,...	Fran Tribe	Mar 31 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Vows, Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-00500 Saturday Lecture Birth-and-Death, Chanting, Daily Life, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Nirvana, Samsara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 27 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Generosity as the Path to Enlightenment New Year, Enlightenment, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha Ancestors, Intimacy, Gratitude,...	Yvonne Rand	Dec 24 1989

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