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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
This Little Light Of Mine Shosan, Blue Cliff Record, Bodhisattva Vow, Dokusan, Freedom	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jun 20 2021
Alive Or Dead Blue Cliff Record, Diversity, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bodhisattva Vow...	Peter Overton	Jan 16 2021
July 21st, 2020, Serial No. 02759 Karma, Don't Know Mind, Fox, Culture, Bodhisattva Vow, Ego, Big Mind, Heart...		Jul 21 2020
To Study the Way is to Study the Self Serial: BZ-02246 The Self and Myriad Dharmas, Sesshin Day 1 Enlightenment, Five Ranks, Nishiari Bokusan, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Subject-and...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
Precepts Serial: BZ-02176 Bodhisattva Ceremony, Saturday Lecture Karma, Precepts, Karma, Anger, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Bodhisattva Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 14 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
Beginners and Beginning: Self sufficiency: Serial No. 01084 Beginners, Composure, Light-and-Darkness, New Year, Bodhisattva Vow, Buddha Ancestors...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 03 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
How Do We Take Care of the Rest of Our Lives?: Serial No. 01072 Zen Mind Beginner's Mind, Dragons, Politics, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Vow,...	Laurie Senauke	Nov 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
The Brain and Enlightenment Enlightenment, Dependent Origination, Monkey Mind, Peace, Bodhisattva Vow, Subject-...	Doug Reiner	Aug 02 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
June 20th, 2008, Serial No. 01141 Karma, Precepts, Karmic Consequences, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Separation, Dependent...		Jun 20 2008
September 22nd, 2007, Serial No. 00999 Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Demons, Instruction, Silence, Precepts, Priest, Karma		Sep 22 2007
May 24th, 2007, Serial No. 01054, Side A Manjushri, Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Cultivation, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Ordinary...		May 24 2007
March 10th, 2007, Serial No. 01424 Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Buddha Nature, Berkeley Zen Center, Ego, Attachment, Happiness...		Mar 10 2007
Big Mind Serial: BZ-01405B Dharmakaya/Sambhogakaya/Nirmanakaya, Rohatsu Day 5 Trikaya, Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya, Monkey Mind, Big Mind, Buddha Nature...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
November 18th, 2006, Serial No. 01399 Precepts, Vow, Bodhisattva Precepts, Composure, Liberation, Bodhisattva Vow,...		Nov 18 2006
Saving Sentient Beings of Your Own Mind Serial: BZ-01191 Review of Sojun's List of Mental Formations, Saturday Lecture Gaining Mind, Anger, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Forgiveness, Intuition,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 01 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
February 19th, 2005, Serial No. 01308, Side B Offering, Soto Zen, Bodhisattva Vow, Gratitude, Separation, Vow, Avalokiteshvara,...		Feb 19 2005
February 14th, 2005, Serial No. 00569 Heart Sutra, Culture, Mahayana, Ordination, Politics, Bodhisattva Vow, Happiness,...		Feb 14 2005
February 7th, 2005, Serial No. 00568 Karma, Dependent Origination, causation, Precepts, War, Right Speech, Bodhisattva Vow...		Feb 07 2005
"Evo-revolution" Serial: BZ-01242 Working with Our Problems, Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Vow, Koan, Manjushri, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Religion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 28 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
July 10th, 2004, Serial No. 01274, Side B Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Bodhisattva Ceremony, American, Patience, Religion, Monastic...		Jul 10 2004
Blue Cliff Record: Case #29 Serial: BZ-01249 It Will Be Gone With the Others, Sesshin Day 2 BCR-29, Birth-and-Death, Silence, resistance, Five Ranks, Bodhisattva Vow, Liberation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 15 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
March 15th, 2003, Serial No. 00132, Side B Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Priest, Practice Period, Beginners,...		Mar 15 2003
September 14th, 2002, Serial No. 00210, Side A Four Noble Truths, Instruction, Right Speech, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Vow,...		Sep 14 2002
Blue Cliff Record: Case #19 Serial: BZ-00209A Ordinary Mind is the Tao, Sesshin Day 3 Ordinary Mind, BCR-19, Ordinary Mind, Big Mind, Precious Mirror, Peace, War, Aspects...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
August 24th, 2002, Serial No. 00156, Side B Vow, American, Monkey Mind, Samadhi, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Vow, Don'...		Aug 24 2002
July 6th, 2002, Serial No. 00153, Side A Demons, Bodhisattva Vow, Bowing, Obstacles, Vow, Humility, Commitment, Teacher-and-...		Jul 06 2002
May 4th, 2002, Serial No. 00146, Side B Four Noble Truths, Mahayana, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Funeral, Samsara, Bodhisattva Vow...		May 04 2002
April 20th, 2002, Serial No. 00145, Side B Ordination, Priest, Precepts, Vinaya, Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Mill Valley, Renunciation...		Apr 20 2002
September 30th, 2001, Serial No. 00092, Side B Bodhisattva Vow, Aspects of Practice, Vow, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period,...		Sep 30 2001
February 24th, 2001, Serial No. 00131, Side A Silent Illumination, Instruction, Daily Life, Cultivation, confusion, Branching...		Feb 24 2001
November 11th, 2000, Serial No. 00123, Side A Posture, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Rumi, Bowing, Peace, Cultivation, Patience, Oneness...		Nov 11 2000
November 2nd, 2000, Serial No. 00489 Birth-and-Death, Vow, Attachment, Big Mind, Samsara, Bodhisattva Vow, Four Noble...		Nov 02 2000
October 7th, 2000, Serial No. 00916 Anger, Karma, Attachment, Nirvana, Liberation, Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Vow,...		Oct 07 2000
March 9th, 2000, Serial No. 00932 Lotus Sutra, Dream World, Doubt, Buddha Ancestors, Emotions, Impermanence, Karma,...		Mar 09 2000
I Vow to Save All Sentient Beings Serial: BZ-00191A Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Evil, Karma, Repentance, confusion, true...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 31 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhism & Enjoyment Serial: BZ-00315B Sesshin Day 5 Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Big Mind, Samadhi, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Peace,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 22 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00813B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Karma, Precepts, Evil, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Gratitude, Four...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 13 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00815B Rohatsu Day 6 Discrimination, Vow, Six Realms, Bodhisattva Vow, Heart Sutra, Non-discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Continuous and Discontinuous Time Serial: BZ-00935B Developing Character, Saturday Lecture Time, Continuous Practice, Peace, Ego, Daily Life, Equanimity, Samadhi, Separation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 10 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
The Other Four Paramitas Serial: BZ-00936A Skillful Means, Spiritual Power, Aspiration, Knowledge, Sesshin Day 1 Skillful Means, Bodhisattva Vow, Karma, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Vow, Bodhidharma,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 1994 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, Bodhisattva Vow, Attachment, Impermanence, Emotions...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
What is Meant by Saving All Beings? Serial: BZ-00648A Hui Neng, The Platform Sutra, One-Day Sitting Hui Neng, Bodhisattva Vow, Platform Sutra, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #45: Who Is that Other? Serial: BZ-00711B Buddha and Maitreya Are Servants to Another, Saturday Lecture Buddha, Maitreya, MM-45, Ego, Anger, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Mideast Crisis Serial: BZ-00687B Discussion led by Alan Senauke, Saturday Lecture Current Events, War, Peace, Avalokiteshvara, Enemies, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 12 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
The Eightfold Path Serial: BZ-00695A One-Day Sitting Eightfold Path, Concentration, Right Speech, Mindfulness, Four Noble Truths, Right...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 11 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Vows, Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-00500 Saturday Lecture Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Samsara, Daily Life, Two Truths,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 27 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Precepts; Ryaku Fusatsu Serial: BZ-00501 One-Day Sitting Precepts, Ryaku Fusatsu, Precepts, Karma, Greed, Repentance, Hate, Renewal, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 13 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
The Five Hindrances Serial: BZ-00832A Saturday Lecture Hindrances, Attachment, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 06 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00889B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts, Repentance, Vow,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 09 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths, Four Vows Serial: BZ-00889A Saturday Lecture Four Noble Truths, Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Attachment, Religion...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 1987 Berkeley Zen Center

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