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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
Zendo Talk Attachment, Don't Know Mind, Gratitude, Practice Period, Precepts, Silence,...	Pat Phelan	Mar 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Make Your Vow and Root it Deeply Bodhidharma, Daily Life, Greed, Mahayana, Priest, Religion, Rinzai, Vow	Myoan Grace Schireson	Feb 26 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Expressing Yourself Completely Serial: BZ-00572 Sesshin Day 5 Silence, Practice Period, Vow, Ordinary Mind, Teacher-and-Student, confusion, Bell,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 24 2005
Dogen: Four Embracing Actions of a Boddhisattve; Conclusion Serial: BZ-01310 Sesshin Day 3 Confession-and-Repentance, Karma, Vow, Non-violence, Priest, Repentance, Gratitude,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 21 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen: Four Embracing Actions of a Boddhisattva; Loving Speech and Beneficial Action Serial: BZ-01308B Sesshin Day 1 Avalokitesvara, Gratitude, Lotus Sutra, Offering, Separation, Soto Zen, Vow	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 19 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on The Wayseeker: “Opening the Hand of Thought” Serial: BZ-01305 Teaching Retreat 2 of 2 Daily Life, Vow, Repentance, Gaining Mind, Fundraising, Offering, Karma, Nirvana,...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 05 2005 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Uchiyama-Roshi: His Teachings on Zazen and Life Serial: BZ-01304E Teaching Retreat 1 of 2 Building, Funeral, Impermanence, Instruction, Posture, Samadhi, Soto Zen, Vow...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 05 2005 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-00940 World's largest ball of twine, snobbery, insight, calming our minds, shamata - tranquility practce, Dhammapada, monuments to warfare, GGF farm and kids, hate crime and Tam High... Vow, Precepts, Hate, Non-violence, Bodhisattva Precepts, Intimacy, Interview,...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 19 2004 Green Gulch Farm
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03557 Dining Room Class Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, Posture, Ordinary Mind, Vow,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 03 2004 Tassajara
Salvation Serial: BZ-01295 Saving All Beings in Our Zen Practice, Rohatsu Day 5 Attachment, Dependent Origination, Emotions, Heart Sutra, Impermanence, Platform...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Dec 03 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Unified Through Giving and Kindness Vow, Love, Dogen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 02 2004
"Evo-revolution" Serial: BZ-01242 Working with Our Problems, Saturday Lecture Koan, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Chanting, Manjushri, Religion, Vow, War,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 28 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Mountains and Rivers of the Immediate Present Serial: RA-00350 8/22/04 Tenshin Roshi Sesshin 7 Mountains and Rivers of the immediate Present -3 characteristics of all phenomena -Mountains and Waters Sutra -... Suzuki Roshi, Gratitude, Daily Life, Tassajara, Patience, Demons, Bowing, Dragons, Impermanence,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 22 2004 Day 7 Green Gulch Farm
Awake: The Path of Compassion Commitment, Mindfulness, Renunciation, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 16 2004
Post WWII: A Return With Help from the Views of Dogen, Disillusion, Eschewing Politics Serial: BZ-01240 Saturday Lecture Culture, Enemies, Evil, Greed, Oneness, Politics, Vow, War, Zoom	David Weinberg	Aug 14 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Dreams Unfurled: Embracing Life's Flow Commitment, Desire, Hindrances, Vow	Edward Espe Brown	Jul 26 2004
Embrace Unpredictability, Transform Reality Commitment, Desire, Hindrances, Vow	Edward Espe Brown	Jul 26 2004
Recollections of Suzuki-Roshi: Frog’s Practice Serial: BZ-01274B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Don't Know Mind, Monastic Practice, Patience, Religion,...	Chikudo Lew Richmond	Jul 10 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Beyond Time: Embracing Spiritual Growth Time, Vow, Suffering	Kaiji Jeffrey Schneider	Mar 17 2004 City Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #29 Serial: BZ-01249 It Will Be Gone With the Others, Sesshin Day 2 BCR-29, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Enemies, Five Ranks, Liberation, Politics,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 15 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Housekeeping Serial: SF-01024 Sunday Lecture: Children's Program. The Indian children who used to live here. Indian story about how the world was made. Staying home and accomplishing the way. Gateway into... New Year, Bodhisattva Precepts, Separation, Practice Period, Precepts, Mill Valley,...	Fu Schroeder	Feb 01 2004 Green Gulch Farm
Sesshin Lecture Vow, Causation, Faith, Six Realms, Passions, Bell, New Year, confusion, Birth-and-...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 06 2003 Green Gulch Farm
The Practice of Love Serial: BZ-01372A Rohatsu Day 3 Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Separation, Duality, Vow, Ego, Attachment,...	Mary Mocine	Dec 03 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
His Practice as a Wandering Monk: Meeting People Serial: BZ-01369 Lecture War, Commitment, Enemies, Bell, Practice Position, Vow, Culture, Peace, Lineage, Evil...	Claude Anshin Thomas	Nov 29 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Life's True Zen Essence Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Vow	Edward Espe Brown	Nov 16 2003
The Dragon Speaks Serial: BZ-01366 Lecture Dragons, Interdependence, Rinzai, Samadhi, Bell, Duality, Vow, Posture, Instruction...	Kosei Laurie Senauke	Nov 08 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Interconnected Pathways to Enlightenment Ceremony, Sanctuary, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 19 2003
Ego's Illusion: Zen's Dependent Dance Commitment, Bell, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 2003
Lay Ordination, Lay Recognition, Precepts Serial: BZ-00137 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Lay Ordination, Buddha Nature, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 31 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Book of Serenity, Case #21: Yun-Yen Sweeps the Ground, One Thing at a Time Serial: BZ-00136B Lecture Practice Period, Hate, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Vow, Culture, Mindfulness,...	Kosei Laurie Senauke	May 24 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Mindfulness and Gathas Serial: BZ-00136A Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Gathas, Anger, Mindfulness, Vow, Bell, Emotions, Karma, Addiction, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 17 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Awakening Through Wisdom and Compassion Bodhisattva Precepts, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Vow	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 07 2003
Meaning of Words We Chant: Bodhisattva Vows/ Dharma Gates are Boundless Serial: BZ-00132B Lecture Beginners, Bell, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Observe, Practice Period, Priest, Rinzai, Vow...	Peter Overton	Mar 13 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
The Brief Rule of St. Romuald Serial: NC-00052 The Little Rule of Saint Romuald Archival Photo OSB Cam, St. Romuald, Brief Rule of St. Romuald, Vow, Dream World, Buddha, Demons...	Peter-Damian Belisle	2003 2 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Navigating Life's Dark Pathways Vow, Offering, Intention, Letting Go, Community	Edward Espe Brown	Dec 30 2002
Embracing Light and Shadow's Wisdom Vow, Offering, Intention, Letting Go, Community	Edward Espe Brown	Dec 30 2002
Sunday Lecture New Year, Hate, Bodhidharma, Vow, Peace, Delusion, Cultivation, Harmonizing, Offering...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 29 2002 Green Gulch Farm
Keeping the Precepts Serial: BZ-00177A Ocku Bhikku, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Precepts, Intuition, New Year, War, Vow, Anger, Interdependence, Passions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 14 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Suzuki-rôshi Almost Drowning Serial: BZ-00175 From "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 5 Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Happiness, Teacher-and-Student, Perfect Wisdom, Bell,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Living Beyond Reason: A Zen Exploration Serial: RB-01433A Sesshin Vow, Practice, Consciousness	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Oct 12 2002 Johanneshof
Zen Rhythms of Mindful Existence Serial: RB-01433B Sesshin Breath, Vow, Time	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Oct 12 2002 Johanneshof
15 Sutras from the Old Way Serial: BZ-00458 Clas 5 of 5 Karma, Silence, Evil, Ordination, Peace, Equanimity, Enemies, confusion, Nirvana, Vow...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 10 2002 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Mr. Roger’s Story: Kobun Chino and Zazen Instruction Serial: BZ-00210A Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Instruction, Interview, Lineage,...	Ross Blum	Sep 14 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
When Everything Falls Apart: “Raising Lazarus” Serial: BZ-00156B Lecture Don't Know Mind, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Buddha Nature, Monkey Mind, Rinzai,...	Chikudo Lew Richmond	Aug 24 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Mila’s Demons Serial: BZ-00153A Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Building, Bowing, Commitment, Demons, Humility, Obstacles, Vow...	Daijaku Kinst	Jul 06 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Practice as a Lay Person Serial: BZ-00152B Saturday Lecture Lay Practice, Precepts, Big Mind, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Daily Life, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 29 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Desire and Love Serial: BZ-00146B Lecture Four Noble Truths, Funeral, Happiness, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Monastic Practice,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	May 04 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordination: What it Means Serial: BZ-00145B Lecture Monastic Practice, Lay Ordination, Mill Valley, Ordination, Precepts, Priest,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 20 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Complaining Serial: BZ-00145A Women's Sitting Anger, Death-and-Dying, Enemies, Hate, Liberation, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Vow	Mary Mocine	Apr 20 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts Serial: BZ-00445 Class 1 of 4 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Lineage, Observe, Vow, Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 11 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center

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