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The Bodhisattva Precepts (Skt. bodhisattva-śīla or bodhisattva-saṃvāra, traditional Chinese: 菩薩戒; ; pinyin: Púsà Jiè, Japanese: bosatsukai; Tibetan: byang chub sems dpa’i sdom pa) are a set of ethical trainings (śīla) used in Mahāyāna Buddhism to advance a practitioner along the path to becoming a bodhisattva. These sets of "restrains" (saṃvāra) are the main ethical code in Mahāyāna Buddhism and as thus also sometimes called "Mahāyāna precepts" (Ch: 大乘戒).

Traditionally, monastics observed the basic moral code in Buddhism, the monastic prātimokṣa or five precepts for laypersons, but in the Mahāyāna tradition, Buddhist monastics and laypersons commonly observe the Bodhisattva Precepts as well. The Bodhisattva Precepts are associated with the bodhisattva vow to save all beings and with bodhicitta.

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Title	Speaker	Date
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
Japan Catastrophe Serial: BZ-02165 Earthquake, Tsunami, Nuclear Fallout, One-Day Sitting Karma, Japan, Current Events, Karma, Repentance, Vow, Renewal, Composure, Interview,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 19 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
Teshan and Lung Tan Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Anger, Ordinary Mind, Teacher-and-Student,...	Greg Denny	Mar 12 2011
Lineage Precept Vein - Not One, Not Two Transmission, Precepts, Intuition, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Lineage,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Jan 15 2011
Minor Precepts-Shingi Serial: BZ-02139 Precepts, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Shingi, Precepts, Forgiveness, Humility, Renunciation, Conversation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 13 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
The Simile of the Saw Evil, Anger, Practice Period, Instruction, Hate, Precepts, Ego, Forgiveness,...		Oct 23 2010
Loving Speech Right Speech, Patience, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Offering, Precepts, Lay...	Catherine Cascade	Jul 31 2010
Taking, Giving, and Receiving Precepts, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Hate, Vow, Karma, Attachment	Ryushin Andrea Thach	Jul 17 2010
Case 43 - Tozan's No Heat No Cold Serial: BZ-02114 Absolute and Relative or Essence and Function, Saturday Lecture Five Ranks, Birth-and-Death, Suffering, Precepts, Five Ranks, Birth-and-Death,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 10 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
We Must Eat Time Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Dependent Origination, Mindfulness, Heart Sutra,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 03 2010
Lay Ordination and Bodhisattva Precepts Serial: BZ-02106 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Evil, Gratitude, Lineage, Conversation, Priest, Bodhidharma, Equanimity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 19 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Reality Revealed in the Workplace Serial: BZ-02104 Shuso talk Birth-and-Death, Darkness-and-Light, Light-and-Darkness, Silence, Liberation,...	Alexandra Frappier	Jun 12 2010
The Short Cycle of Causation Composure, Book of Serenity, Impermanence, Precepts, causation, Lay, Enthusiasm,...	Laurie Senauke	May 08 2010
Buddhism in India and America Lay, Religion, Lay Practice, Continuous Practice, Intimacy, Precepts, Cultivation,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 20 2010
Buddhism in India in the 21st Century Karma, causation, Right Speech, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vow, Precepts, Religion,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 27 2010
Practice Not Practicing Right Effort, Evil, Anger, Cultivation, confusion, Precepts, Instruction, Doubt,...	Robert Rosenbaum	Feb 06 2010
The Advantage of New Years New Year, Happiness, Bodhidharma, Emotions, Impermanence, Precepts, Culture, Fox, Vow...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 02 2010
Everything is Presenting Itself Serial: BZ-02070 Consciousness, Rohatsu Day 3 Intimacy, Culture, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
The Koan of a Bodhisattva Precepts, Vimalakirti, Perfect Wisdom, confusion, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Attachment,...	Mary Mocine	Oct 03 2009
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side C Precepts, Culture, American, Bodhisattva Precepts, Politics, Repentance, Platform...		Aug 28 2009 University of California at Berkeley
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side D Cultivation, Conversation, Don't Know Mind, Transmission, Fundraising,...		Aug 28 2009 University of California at Berkeley
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side E Culture, Precepts, American, Religion, Soto Zen, Diversity, Mindfulness, Dharma...		Aug 28 2009 University of California at Berkeley
Entering The Dragons Cave Blue Cliff Record, Four Noble Truths, Dragons, Monastic Practice, War, Enemies,...	Linda Galijan	Aug 01 2009
Zazen is the true reference point Serial: BZ-02047 Put your behind on the cushion, Saturday Lecture Drama of life, Thoughts = dream world Zazen, Ordinary Mind, Instruction, Precepts, Interview, confusion, Duality, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 27 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts for Zaike Tokudo Serial: BZ-02041 Giving and Receiving, Saturday Lecture Zaike Tokudo, Jukai, Lay Practice, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Threading the Eye of the Needle Serial: BZ-02029 Shuso talk Practice Period, Conversation, Buddha Nature, American, Funeral, Patience, Passions,...	Ryushin Andrea Thach	May 11 2009
Six Paramitas Serial: BZ-02021 Dealing with Suffering, Sesshin Attachment, Patience, Non-attachment, Precepts, Big Mind, Renunciation, Manjushri,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 21 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Vows Vow, Liberation, Evil, Precepts, Passions, Buddha Nature, Samsara, Oneness, Bell,...	Robert Rosenbaum	Mar 14 2009
Ryokan's Poems - Butterfly Dreams Serial: BZ-02013 Part 1 of 2, teaching retreat Discrimination, Anger, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Enemies, Transmission, Evil, Precepts...	Shohaku Okumura	Jan 24 2009 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra: Saving Beings of Our Own Mind Serial: BZ-01082 Rohatsu, Day 6, side B Precepts, Platform Sutra, Ordination, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vow, Repentance, Six...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Dec 12 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra: Saving Beings in Our Own Mind Serial: BZ-01447 Rohatsu, Day 6 Precepts, Platform Sutra, Vow, Bodhisattva Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Ordination...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Dec 12 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Saving Beings In Our Own Mind Serial: BZ-02009 Rohatsu Day Six Precepts, Platform Sutra, Vow, Bodhisattva Precepts, Repentance, Ordination, Six...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Dec 12 2008
Beginner's Sitting; Serial No. 01163 Serial: BZ-01163 Beginners' Sesshin Zazen, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Religion, Don't Know Mind, Priest, Precepts...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 05 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Everyday Practice; Serial No. 01160, Side B Serial: BZ-01160B Women's sesshin Precepts, Greed, Separation, Vow, Silence, Hate, Offering, Culture, Instruction,...	Angie Boissevain	Sep 21 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Precepts and Zazen Serial: BZ-01158 Harmonizing Buddha Nature, Instincts, and Desires, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Zazen, Desire, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Concentration, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 13 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Dependent Origination Serial: BZ-01153 Four Noble Truths; Birth & Death of Self, Teaching Retreat Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death, Dependent Origination, Dependent Origination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 30 2008 Part 1 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Reflections on Sutta Nipata Story "The Ploughing" Serial: BZ-01148 Buddha encounters rich farmer and discusses the Buddha field, One-Day Sitting Buddha, Lay, Vinaya, American, Ego, Repentance, Intuition, Nirvana, Mindfulness, Vow...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 19 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Changing Karma Serial: BZ-01141 Sesshin Day 3 Karma, Precepts, Karmic Consequences, Vow, Separation, Dependent Origination, Book of...	Gerry Oliva	Jun 20 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #87, Right Medicine, Right Teacher: Unmon’s “Medicine and Sickness Cure Each Other” Serial: BZ-01135 Saturday lecture Practice Period, Manjushri, Attachment, Blue Cliff Record, Separation, Instruction,...	Gerry Oliva	May 24 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Overview of Practice Period Serial: BZ-01127 Requirements - Intention - Commitment, Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Intention, Practice Period, Commitment, Daily Life, Family Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 26 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
“The Dog’s Tooth” a Relic Story (Kid zendo): Alchemy and Transformation, Distinguishing Base and Precious Serial: BZ-01120 Saturday lecture Don't Know Mind, Emotions, Vow, Precepts, Culture, Anger, Forgiveness,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 15 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Find Out the Root of the Problem for Yourself Serial: BZ-01118 Dokan and Gyoji: Let one teacher help you find your solution, Saturday Lecture Continuous Practice, Continuous Practice, Intuition, Gaining Mind, Doubt, Rinzai,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 01 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #63 Serial: BZ-01113 Nansen Kills the Cat, Saturday Lecture Nansen, BCR-63, Karmic Consequences, Karma, Buddha Nature, Silence, Forgiveness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 09 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Preparing for the New Year: Zazen, Vows, Resolutions (Kid Zendo) Serial: BZ-01106 Saturday Lecture New Year, Happiness, Vow, Don't Know Mind, Heart Sutra, Darkness-and-Light,...	Karen Sundheim	Dec 15 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Embodying the Paramitas Serial: BZ-01006 Saturday Lecture Right Effort, Concentration, Patience, Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts,...	Robert Rosenbaum	Oct 27 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to the Paramitas, Skillful Means: Recycle for New Functionality; e.g. Empty Toilet Paper Roll Serial: BZ-01005 One Day Sitting Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Patience, Right Speech,...	Ross Blum	Oct 21 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Taking Care: Paramitas, Precepts and Eightfold Path Serial: BZ-01003 Illumination Without Hindrance, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Vinaya, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Precepts, Platform Sutra, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 13 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Finding Your Inmost Desire Serial: BZ-00999 Saturday Lecture Vow, Demons, Instruction, Silence, Precepts, Priest, Karma	Laurie Senauke	Sep 22 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Sitting All Together, Travels in Taiwan: BZC & INEB Sanghas; How Do We Keep Fresh Vitality? Serial: BZ-00997 Saturday Lecture Culture, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Silence, American, Karma, Lay,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 15 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun Serial: BZ-00994B Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2 Tenzo Kyokun, Ego, Monastic Practice, Concentration, Anger, Blue Cliff Record,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 2007 1 Berkeley Zen Center

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