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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
The Eighth Characteristic of an Enlightened Person Serial: BZ-01298 No Babbling (Idle Talk), Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Precepts, Right Speech, Dream World, Subject-and-Object, Silence, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 11 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Love, Holistic Approach: Love and Intimacy as a Wide Path of Practice Serial: BZ-01282B Lecture Transmission, Passions, Culture, Dream World, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Buddha...	David Weinberg	Oct 02 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
October 2nd, 2004, Serial No. 01569 Transmission, Culture, Dream World, Passions, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Lineage,...		Oct 02 2004
Gakudo Yojin-Shu (last): Practicing Within the Obstructions Serial: BZ-01270B Staining, Not Breaking Precepts, Sesshin Day 4 Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Hindrances, Precepts, confusion, Practice Period, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 19 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-01266 Saturday Lecture Zaike Tokudo, Three Refuges, Precepts, Priest, Big Mind, Ordination, Lay Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 12 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Record of Tung-shan Serial: BZ-01264 Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Practice Position, Heart Sutra,...	Baika Pratt	May 22 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
As Large as Life: Zen Koans for Everyday Practice; Mumonkan Case #14 Nanchuan Kills the Cat Serial: BZ-01021B Class 4 of 4 Blue Cliff Record, Precepts, Commitment, Birth-and-Death, Book of Serenity, Manjushri...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 15 2004 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Parinirvana Serial: BZ-01248 Sesshin Day 1 Parinirvana, Nirvana, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Buddha's Birthday,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 14 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precept of Not Killing Serial: BZ-01383 Saturday Lecture Buddha Nature, Karma, Precepts, Nirvana Sutra, Doubt, War, Dependent Origination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 07 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Things to be Mindful of in the New Year Serial: BZ-01377 Is a Six-pack and Pornography Practice?, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Practice, Daily Life, Commitment, Addiction, Big Mind, Doubt, Family...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 13 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Trip to Japan (last two weeks of Oct. 2003) Serial: BZ-01365 The Necessity of both Oneness and Diversity, Saturday Lecture Oneness, Japan, Fox, Priest, Lay, Soto Zen, Ordination, Diversity, Precepts, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 01 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
On Death: After the Passing of Butch Balyut Serial: BZ-01358 Saturday Lecture Death-and-Dying, Priest, Lotus Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Blue Cliff Record,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 20 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Energy, Rapture, Tranquility Serial: BZ-00292 Class 4 of 5 Happiness, Gaining Mind, Karma, Concentration, Precepts, Posture, Lay, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 2003 4 Berkeley Zen Center
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
Introduction to Zen: Zen in Japan Serial: BZ-00295 Class 4 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Religion, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Chanting...	Ross Blum and Laurie Senauke	May 01 2003 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Zen: Koans Serial: BZ-00296 Class 3 of 4 Book of Serenity, Silent Illumination, Posture, Practice Period, Rinzai, Dragons,...	Ross Blum and Laurie Senauke	Apr 24 2003 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Teacher Student Relationship Serial: BZ-01524B Precepts (from Suzuki-rôshi Book), One-Day Sitting Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Observe,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 19 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhism and War Serial: BZ-00133B The Six Realms and What Bodhisattvas Do in Each One, Saturday Lecture Buddhism, War, Bodhisattva, Six Realms, War, Demons, Greed, Peace, Current Events,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 22 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00181A Sesshin Day 1 Nirvana, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Equanimity, Precepts, Liberation, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 15 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Objects of the Mind Serial: BZ-00180B Lecture Mindfulness, Concentration, Birth-and-Death, Doubt, Separation, Current Events, Death...	Sonya Margolis	Feb 08 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
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
Aspects of Practice: Metta Sutta Serial: BZ-00459 Class 1 of 3 Birth-and-Death, Peace, Chanting, Enemies, Anger, Evil, Precepts, Composure, Aspects...	Richard Haefele	Nov 07 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center
15 Sutras from the Old Way: Kesaputta and Meghiya Sutta (Dharma Relationships) Serial: BZ-00456 Clas 3 of 5 Cultivation, Happiness, Equanimity, Attachment, Intimacy, confusion, Karma,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 26 2002 3 Berkeley Zen Center
15 Sutras from the Old Way: Those of Kesaputta from Anguttara Nikaya Serial: BZ-00455 Class 2 of 5 confusion, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Evil, Nirvana, Cultivation, Anger,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 19 2002 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Suramgama Sutra Serial: BZ-00478 Class 4 of 4 Demons, Cultivation, Karma, Attachment, confusion, Precepts, Skandas, Greed,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 12 2002 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith in Buddhanature Serial: BZ-00156A Saturday Lecture Faith, Buddha Nature, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Separation, Culture, Composure, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 17 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Do You Like Zazen Serial: BZ-00155A Lecture Precepts, Building, Priest, Peace, Posture, American	Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi	Jul 27 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
How to Draw Sound From the Bell Serial: BZ-00152A Sesshin Day 5 Bell, Bell, Precepts, Soto Zen, Chanting, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Doubt, Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-00149B Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Precepts, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Way, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 15 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
BZC Precepts Serial: BZ-00148B Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Berkeley Zen Center, Intimacy,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jun 01 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen and Modern Science: Many Similarities Serial: BZ-00148A Lecture Intuition, Duality, Precepts, Peace	Doug Greiner	May 25 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts Serial: BZ-00448 Class 4 of 4 Precepts, Passions, Conversation, Building, Peace, Anger, Fox, Politics, Silence,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 09 2002 4 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts Serial: BZ-00447 Class 3 of 4 Right Speech, Conversation, Precepts, Silence, Happiness, New Year, Culture,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 02 2002 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordination: What it Means Serial: BZ-00145B Lecture Monastic Practice, Ordination, Priest, Precepts, Vinaya, Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Mill...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 20 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts Serial: BZ-00446 Class 2 of 4 Precepts, Right Speech, Obstacles, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Observe, Passions, Bell,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 18 2002 2 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
Four Noble Truths: Eightfold Path Serial: BZ-00444 Class 4 of 4 Right Speech, Right Effort, Happiness, Concentration, Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness...	Mary Mocine	Apr 04 2002 4 Berkeley Zen Center
First Pure Mind Precept: Not Killing Serial: BZ-00142B Saturday Lecture Non-violence, Two Truths, Precepts, Offering, Discrimination, Culture, Birth-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 23 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths: Causes of Suffering Serial: BZ-00469 Class 2 of 4 Karma, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Six Realms, Precepts, Renewal, Nirvana,...	Mary Mocine	Mar 21 2002 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenth Precept Serial: BZ-00140B "Shoes Outside the Door", Saturday Lecture Precepts, Richard Baker, Religion, Sangha, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Intuition...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 09 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Parinirvana Serial: BZ-00139A One-Day Sitting Parinirvana, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Obstacles, Precepts, Liberation, Buddha Nature...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 16 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
No Fault-Finding--Sixth Precept Serial: BZ-00062A Skillful Criticism, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Precepts, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Oneness, Mahayana, Buddha Nature...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 02 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Forgiveness Serial: BZ-00061B Saturday Lecture Forgiveness, Anger, Forgiveness, Equanimity, Evil, Attachment, Precepts, Politics,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 26 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Sixth and Seventh Precepts and Contention Serial: BZ-00066B One-Day Sitting Precepts, Anger, Precepts, stubbornness, Separation, Subject-and-Object, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 12 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Egolessness Serial: BZ-00063B Rohatsu Day 6 Ego, Precepts, Ego, Anger, Chanting, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Vinaya, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Suzuki Roshi Serial: BZ-00063A Rohatsu Day 5 Ego, Precepts, Posture, training, Sangha, Lay, Practice Period, Duality, Non-duality...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #86 Serial: BZ-00064B Rohatsu Day 4 BCR-86, Meal Serving, Samadhi, Ego, Big Mind, Addiction, Chanting, Precepts, Religion...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Serial: BZ-00064A Rohatsu Day 3 Zazen, Concentration, Posture, resistance, Right Effort, Mindfulness, Samadhi,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2001 Berkeley Zen Center

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