Precepts Talks

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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July 7th, 2007, Serial No. 00984

Concentration, Buddha Nature, Right Effort, Impermanence, Mundane Life, Heart Sutra,...
Jul 07 2007

Responding with Openness to Love and Hate

Serial: BZ-01445

And Other Opposites, Saturday Lecture

Love, Hate, Composure, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Precepts, Equanimity,...
Jun 30 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

May 5th, 2007, Serial No. 01434

Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Oneness, Duality, Priest...
May 05 2007

April 17th, 2007, Serial No. 01260

Practice Period, Priest, Lay, Monastic Practice, Karma, Gratitude, Ordination,...
Apr 17 2007

March 18th, 2007, Serial No. 01426

Precepts, training, Vow, Non-duality, Four Noble Truths, Vinaya, Right Speech,...
Mar 18 2007

February 5th, 2007, Serial No. 01417

Practice Period, Vow, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Evil, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Feb 05 2007

December 16th, 2006, Serial No. 01409

Instruction, Buddha Mind, Conversation, Precepts, Karma, Aspects of Practice,...
Dec 16 2006

Commentary on "Find Out For Yourself"

Serial: BZ-01406

Suzuki-rôshi's lecture in "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 6

Buddha, Suzuki Roshi, Intuition, Daily Life, Instruction, Bell, Don't Know Mind...
Dec 02 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

November 18th, 2006, Serial No. 01399

Precepts, Vow, Bodhisattva Precepts, Composure, Liberation, Bodhisattva Vow,...
Nov 18 2006

November 16th, 2006, Serial No. 01050, Side A

Precepts, Right Speech, Repentance, Vow, Renunciation, Liberation, training, Aspects...
Nov 16 2006

Precepts - Minor Precepts as Attitude

Serial: BZ-01398

Our own Vinaya that will help our Practice, Monday Morning

Precepts, Vinaya, Precepts, Humility, Bodhisattva Precepts, Emotions, Vinaya,...
Nov 13 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

November 11th, 2006, Serial No. 01397

Subject-and-Object, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, training, Liberation, Enthusiasm...
Nov 11 2006

November 9th, 2006, Serial No. 01049, Side A

Precepts, Chanting, Branching Streams, Vow, Observe, Bell, Monastic Practice, Karma,...
Nov 09 2006

November 4th, 2006, Serial No. 01396

Precepts, Chanting, Aspects of Practice, Bodhisattva Precepts, Karma, Anger,...
Nov 04 2006

November 2nd, 2006, Serial No. 01048

Precepts, Offering, Mindfulness, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Anger,...
Nov 02 2006

Realizing the Precepts in Practice

Serial: BZ-01395

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Vow, Practice Period, Observe, Repentance, Buddha Ancestors,...
Oct 28 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

October 26th, 2006, Serial No. 01047, Side A

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Three Treasures, Vinaya, Ordination, Mahayana, Buddha...
Oct 26 2006

October 22nd, 2006, Serial No. 01394

Precepts, Aspects of Practice, Bodhisattva Precepts, Practice Period, Concentration,...
Oct 22 2006

September 23rd, 2006, Serial No. 01387

Transmission, New Year, Lay, Lineage, Buddha Mind, Chanting, Discrimination, uchiyama...
Sep 23 2006

Blue Cliff Record: Case #76

Serial: BZ-01181

Tanka's "Have You Had Your Dinner Yet?", Sesshin Day 1

Tanka, BCR-76, Light-and-Darkness, Offering, Daily Life, Teacher-and-Student, Evil,...
Sep 02 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

July 29th, 2006, Serial No. 01176, Side B

Heart Sutra, Anger, Forgiveness, Precepts, Practice Period, Patience, Hate, Karma,...
Jul 29 2006

Lay Ordination

Serial: BZ-01239

Tradition of Sewing Buddha's Robe, Saturday Lecture

Lay Ordination, Sewing, Joshin-san, Precepts, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Commitment,...
Jun 10 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Worldly Life and Pure Practice

Serial: BZ-01237

Kid Zendo: Circles, Saturday Lecture

Daily Life, Practice, Birth-and-Death, Precepts, Daily Life, Interview, Greed, Doubt...
May 27 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Essence and Action of Prajna

Serial: BZ-01235

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Hui Neng, Poetry, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Duality, Buddha Nature,...
May 13 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Prajna Paramita - Dana

Serial: BZ-01233

Introduce Practice Period Shuso, One-Day Sitting

Prajna Paramita, Dana, Shuso, Daily Life, Happiness, Practice Period, Precepts,...
May 07 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

April 1st, 2006, Serial No. 01226, Side A

Evil, Precepts, Eka, Five Ranks, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Emotions, Bodhidharma,...
Apr 01 2006

Buddha's Pointing at the Ground

Serial: BZ-01207

Indra's Planting a Blade of Grass, Saturday Lecture

SER-4, Sanctuary, Book of Serenity, Lotus Sutra, Sangha, Buddha's Birthday,...
Dec 10 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Faith and Doubt Types

Serial: BZ-01203B

Rohatsu Day 3

Faith, Doubt, Doubt, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,...
Nov 30 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

November 19th, 2005, Serial No. 01199

Platform Sutra, Manjushri, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Intimacy, Instruction,...
Nov 19 2005

November 3rd, 2005, Serial No. 01037, Side A

Vow, Precepts, Zoom, Beginners, Composure, Enemies, Evil, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Nov 03 2005

An Ordination History

Serial: BZ-01192

Saturday Lecture

Ordination, Priest, Priest, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Lay, Renunciation,...
Oct 08 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

August 13th, 2005, Serial No. 01341

Silence, Right Speech, Culture, Conversation, Intimacy, Observe, Passions,...
Aug 13 2005

July 30th, 2005, Serial No. 01339, Side C

Teacher-and-Student, Mahayana, Manjushri, Sangha, Conversation, Precepts
Jul 30 2005

Find Out for Yourself

Serial: BZ-00576

Lecture

Precepts, Duality, Instruction, Subject-and-Object, Discrimination, Oneness,...
Jul 17 2005
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

July 16th, 2005, Serial No. 00575

Serial: BZ-00575

Lecture

Precepts, Obstacles, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Buddha Nature,...
Jul 16 2005
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Lay Ordination

Serial: BZ-01327

Buddha's Robe, Saturday Lecture

Rakusu, Lay Ordination, Precepts, Ordination, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Lay, Confession...
Jun 11 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Priest and Lay Practice

Serial: BZ-01325

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Lay, Ordination, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission...
May 28 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Guidelines for Practice Period

Serial: BZ-01318B

One-Day Sitting

Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Forgiveness, Daily Life, Precepts,...
Apr 16 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

April 2nd, 2005, Serial No. 01317

Blue Cliff Record, Culture, Buddha's Birthday, Practice Period, Book of Serenity...
Apr 02 2005

Teacher-Student Relationships

Serial: BZ-00599

Hierarchy, Sesshin Day 5

Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Anger, Intimacy, Practice Period...
Mar 27 2005

Precepts, Student-Teacher Relationship

Serial: BZ-00598

Sesshin Day 4

Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Observe, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Big Mind...
Mar 26 2005
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Hokkyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00766

Class 12 of 12

Culture, Precepts, Practice Position, Bodhisattva Precepts, Evil, Patience, Religion...
Mar 15 2005
12
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Zendo Talk

Berkeley Zen Center, Practice Period, Attachment, Don't Know Mind, Vow, Precepts...
Mar 08 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

March 2nd, 2005, Serial No. 00770

Five Ranks, Transmission, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Light-and-...
Mar 02 2005

February 17th, 2005, Serial No. 00773

Precepts, Intuition, Forgiveness, Buddha Nature, Absolute-and-Relative, Repentance,...
Feb 17 2005

February 7th, 2005, Serial No. 00568

Karma, Dependent Origination, causation, Precepts, War, Right Speech, Bodhisattva Vow...
Feb 07 2005

January 31st, 2005, Serial No. 00567

Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Right Effort, Concentration, Birth-and-Death,...
Jan 31 2005

January 29th, 2005, Serial No. 01303

Precepts, Posture, Half-Smile, Instruction, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object...
Jan 29 2005

January 24th, 2005, Serial No. 00566

Four Noble Truths, Concentration, Buddha's Birthday, Precepts, Culture,...
Jan 24 2005

January 8th, 2005, Serial No. 01300, Side C

Four Noble Truths, New Year, Obstacles, Instruction, Lineage, Precepts, Posture...
Jan 08 2005

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