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The Bodhisattva Precepts (Skt. bodhisattva-śīla or bodhisattva-saṃvāra, traditional Chinese: 菩薩戒; ; pinyin: Púsà Jiè, Japanese: 菩薩戒, romanized: bosatsukai; Wylie: 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" (Sanskrit: saṃvāra) are the main ethical code in Mahāyāna Buddhism and as thus also sometimes called "Mahāyāna precepts" (Ch: 大乘戒).

Traditionally, Buddhist monks and nuns 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
Parinirvana: Buddha’s Life/Our Life Nirvana, Precepts, Family Practice, Greed, Buddha's Birthday, Four Noble Truths...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 01 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Theravada Tradition Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Cultivation, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Monastic...	Ajahn Amaro	Jan 11 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice and Daily Life Gratitude, Commitment, Silence, Passions, Mindfulness, Precepts, Religion, War, Peace...	Marjorie Cox	Nov 17 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordination Serial: BZ-00787A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Precepts, Practice Period, Family Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 16 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen’s Four Methods of Guidance Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Enemies,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 26 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Autobiographical: Beatnik Generation Serial: BZ-00790A Saturday Lecture Way-Seeking Mind, confusion, Doubt, New Year, Offering, Precepts, Priest, Priest-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 05 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00254 Class 6 of 9 Attachment, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Non-attachment, Nirvana, Samsara, Repentance, Teacher...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 01 1996 6 Berkeley Zen Center
18 Points of Practice, Ego, Acceptance of Your Situation Serial: BZ-00798A Saturday Lecture Ego, Attachment, Ego, Hate, Non-duality, Posture, Precepts	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 14 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00799B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Karma, Four Noble Truths, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 06 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordination & Precepts Serial: BZ-00805A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Precepts, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Anger, Evil, Giving-and-Taking...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 27 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Meal Chant Serial: BZ-00810A Saturday Lecture Chanting, Nirvana, Perfect Wisdom, Lotus Sutra, Offering, Buddha Nature, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 18 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00813B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Evil, Four Noble Truths, Gratitude, Greed...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 13 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Four Methods of Guidance Serial: BZ-00814A Saturday Lecture Four Methods of Guidance, New Year, Offering, Greed, Precepts, Renunciation, Anger,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 14 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00816B Rohatsu Day 5 Repentance, Precepts, Evil, Buddha Nature, Anger, Practice Period, Ordination, Vinaya...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Images and the Feminine Chanting, Tassajara, Religion, War, Humility, Beginners, Precepts, Priest, Lay...	Rebecca Mayeno	Oct 21 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00745B Lecture Nirvana, Samsara, Duality, Precepts, Dependent Origination, Bodhisattva Precepts, Non...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 12 1995 2 of 4 Tassajara
Dragons Anger, Attachment, Building, confusion, Dragons, Precepts, Samadhi	Katherine Thanas	Mar 25 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Vastness of Bodhisattva Vow and Peculiarities in Personalities and Practice Serial: BZ-00946A Lecture Peace, Repentance, Vow, Greed, Hate, Anger, Silence, Offering, Precepts	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jan 21 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta Serial: BZ-00757A Class 2 of 10 Culture, Dragons, Interview, Lay, Offering, Precepts, Religion, War	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 19 1995 2 Tassajara
Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Chiji Shingi Serial: BZ-00756 Class 1 of 10 Bell, Monastic Practice, Precepts, Priest, Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Tassajara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 16 1995 1 Tassajara
Ceremonies, Intention and Gratitude Serial: BZ-00948A Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vow, Gratitude, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Karma, Demons,...	Maylie Scott	Dec 17 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #27 Serial: BZ-00954B Indulgences, Saturday Lecture BCR-27, Vow, Bodhidharma, Fox, Renunciation, Precepts, Peace, Priest	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 26 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Myths and Practice Serial: BZ-00955B Women's Sitting Big Mind, Obstacles, Culture, Peace, Evil, Oneness, Hindrances, confusion, Precepts...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Nov 13 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Working with the Precepts Serial: BZ-00934A Lecture Buddha Nature, Conversation, Emotions, Enemies, Interdependence, Precepts, Repentance...	Kosei Laurie Senauke	Sep 17 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Continuous and Discontinuous Time Serial: BZ-00935B Developing Character, Saturday Lecture Time, Continuous Practice, Daily Life, Ego, Enemies, Equanimity, Peace, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 10 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas Serial: BZ-00937B Saturday Lecture Enthusiasm, Lay, Mindfulness, Non-duality, Patience, Precepts, Priest, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 27 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
August 13th, 1994, Serial No. 01184 Serial: BZ-01184 #duplicate-please-hide Bowing, Demons, Monkey Mind, Ordination, Peace, Practice Period, Precepts, Renewal,...		Aug 13 1994
Renewal Serial: BZ-00938B Saturday Lecture Bowing, Continuous Practice, Demons, Monkey Mind, Ordination, Peace, Precepts,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Aug 13 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts Serial: BZ-00942B Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Gratitude, Precepts, Priest, Tassajara, Vow, War	Angie Boissevain	Jun 25 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Book of Serenity Serial: BZ-00237 Class 4 of 5 Hate, Discrimination, confusion, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Duality, Non-discrimination...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 1994 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Precepts Serial: BZ-00961A Saturday Lecture Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Equanimity, Evil, Interdependence, Mindfulness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 23 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Perfection of Wisdom Serial: BZ-00231 Class 4 of 5 Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Concentration, First Principle, Happiness,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 14 1994 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Perfection of Wisdom Serial: BZ-00229 Class 2 of 5 Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Vimalakirti, Precepts, Anger, Right...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 31 1994 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Practice: Intention; Getting to Zendo and Seeing Reality Serial: BZ-00965A Lecture Family Practice, Posture, Precepts, Perfect Wisdom, Daily Life, Sangha, Anger,...	Kosei Laurie Senauke	Mar 05 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Essence of Zen Serial: BZ-00227 Class 3 of 3 Precepts, Practice Period, Priest, Culture, Dream World, Lay, Ordination, Interview,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Mar 02 1994 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra: Chapter 4 Serial: BZ-00547 Class 6 of 10 Evil, Repentance, Vow, Intuition, Liberation, Four Noble Truths, Karma, Don't...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 24 1994 6 Tassajara
Parinirvana Sutra and Suzuki Roshi’s Legacy Serial: BZ-00980B Lecture Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana, Impermanence, Daily Life, Tassajara...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Feb 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra: The Four Part Verse and Samadhi/Prajna Serial: BZ-00549 Class, Part 4 of 10, Winter Practice Period Attachment, Samadhi, Precepts, Non-attachment, Don't Know Mind, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 29 1994 4 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00222 Clas 2 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Instruction, Doubt,...	Maylie Scott	Jan 20 1994 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Full Awareness of Our Ordinary Lives Serial: BZ-00983B Lecture Precepts, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Teacher-and-Student, confusion, Conversation,...	Peter Overton	Jan 15 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Maha Mangala Sutta Serial: BZ-00215 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series... Precepts, Humility, Sangha, Gratitude, New Year, Happiness, Religion, Beginners, Evil...	Reverend Piyasilo	Nov 11 1993 3 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Maha Mangala Sutta Serial: BZ-00216 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series... Culture, Daily Life, Impermanence, Precepts, Religion, Sangha, Separation	Reverend Piyasilo	Nov 04 1993 2 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Problems and Practice with Ritual Serial: BZ-00657B Lecture Bowing, Chanting, confusion, Culture, Diversity, Humility, Practice Period, Precepts...	Fran Tribe	Sep 25 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Mind and Heart of Practice in Daily Life Serial: BZ-00627B Lecture Anger, Enemies, Evil, Hate, Lineage, Oneness, Posture, Precepts, Religion	Kathleen Gustin	Aug 28 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Practice in Malaysia: Mindfulness and Loving Kindness Serial: BZ-00655B Lecture Building, Cultivation, Daily Life, Emotions, Lay, Mindfulness, Monastic Practice,...	Reverend Piyasilo	Aug 14 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Sozan's Poem: Dragons Sing in the Dry Wood Serial: BZ-00667B Saturday Lecture Sozan, Precepts, Dragons, Continuous Practice, Bodhisattva Precepts, Bodhisattva Way...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Bringing Practice into Everyday Life Serial: BZ-00664A Lecture Birth-and-Death, confusion, Conversation, Culture, Doubt, Hate, Practice Period,...	Peter Overton	Apr 24 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Buddhism Serial: BZ-00268 Class 4 of 6 Concentration, Composure, Mindfulness, Precepts, Interdependence, Four Noble Truths,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Apr 01 1993 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Buddhism Serial: BZ-00269 Class 3 of 6 Concentration, Emotions, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Impermanence, Mindfulness,...	Ron Nestor	Mar 25 1993 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Prajapati and the Ordination of Women: Respecting the Life of the Unborn Serial: BZ-00285B Women's Sitting Priest, Ordination, Happiness, Precepts, Culture, Religion, War, Lay	Rebecca Mayeno	Mar 21 1993 Berkeley Zen Center

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