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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
September 17, 1988 Serial No. 01498B Serial: BZ-01498B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, Anger, Equanimity, Daily Life, Precepts, Building, Emotions, Attachment...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 17 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Patience Serial: BZ-00890B Lecture Patience, Enemies, Vow, Manjushri, Intimacy, Equanimity, Precepts, Passions, Peace...	Dairyu Michael Wenger	Jul 23 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
On Ryaku Fusatsu Serial: BZ-01494 Afternoon talk. Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bell, Chanting, Evil, Four Noble Truths, Karma, Manjushri,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 29 1988 Tassajara
Unknown Title Serial: BZ-00826 Lecture, Sesshin day 5 Four Noble Truths, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Interview, Posture, Vow, Anger,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jun 19 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Be Yourself Serial: BZ-00895A Lecture, sesshin day 1 Precepts, Bowing, Posture, War, Bell, Instruction	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jun 15 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00898B Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Continuous Practice, Precepts, Repentance, Rumi, Sangha,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Apr 30 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Transmission Serial: BZ-00899A Lecture Transmission, Soto Zen, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Precepts, Rinzai, Bowing, Study...	Ananda Dalenberg	Feb 13 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
December 14th, 1987, Serial No. 00303 Serial: BZ-00303 Sesshin Day 7 Attachment, Karma, Heart Sutra, Separation, Hate, Precepts, Culture, Ego	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 14 1987
No Title confusion, Continuous Practice, Enemies, Happiness, Interdependence, Interview,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 06 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00889B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bowing, Greed, Karma,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 09 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
No Title Serial: BZ-00335 Lecture, Sesshin Day 7 Concentration, Equanimity, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Harmonizing, Subject-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 06 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Priest Practice Commitment, confusion, Lay, Lay Ordination, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Discipline in Practice Serial: BZ-00871B One-Day Sitting Monastic Practice, Forms, Building, Commitment, Continuous Practice, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 18 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Concentration and Wisdom: One-Sided Mind and Whole Mind Serial: BZ-00870A Saturday Lecture Concentration, Wisdom, Samadhi, Attachment, Concentration, Precepts, Anger, Mahayana...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 14 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part II Second Factor: Investigation, Deep Analysis Serial: BZ-00869A Rohatsu Day 5 Enlightenment, Concentration, Posture, Building, Harmonizing, Mindfulness, Separation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
After the Bodhisattva Ceremony: Four Vows and Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-00865B Saturday Lecture Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble Truths, Vow, Precepts, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 26 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Hearing Sounds with Our Whole Body and Mind Serial: BZ-00884B Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Daily Life, Vinaya, Greed, Continuous Practice, Nirvana, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 28 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Karma and The Hindrances Serial: BZ-00410B Saturday Lecture Karma, Hindrances, Karma, Study Period, Hindrances, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 31 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Study Period (J. Ango) Serial: BZ-00410A Saturday Lecture Study Period, Ango, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Lay, Practice Period, Precepts, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 17 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
The Meaning of the Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00413A Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Karma, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Sangha, Manjushri,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 03 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Zaike Tokudo: The Meaning of Ordination Serial: BZ-00414 Saturday Lecture Zaike Tokudo, Lineage, Priest, Ordination, Dharma Transmission, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 01 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
June 1st, 1985, Serial No. 00429, Side B Lineage, Priest, Precepts, Ordination, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Priest-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 01 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Pre-Mountain Seat Ceremony Serial: BZ-00426A Questions and Comments, Saturday Lecture Mountain Seat Ceremony, Priest, Ordination, Precepts, Lay, Offering, Priest-and-Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 11 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Patience and the Paramitas Serial: BZ-00424A Sesshin Day 2 Patience, Equanimity, Daily Life, Concentration, Bell, Patience, Duality, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 17 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Sanshi Mompo: Ongoing Practice of Student and Teacher Serial: BZ-00408A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Interview, Lineage, Instruction, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 15 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Dropping the Buddha Bowl: Combining Sesshin with Outside Work and Family Serial: BZ-00407B Rohatsu Sesshin, Daily Life, Repentance, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts Before the Precepts Serial: BZ-00392B Saturday Lecture Precepts, Precepts, Obstacles, Bodhisattva Precepts, Discrimination, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 10 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission: Objects of Authority Serial: BZ-00392A Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Lineage, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
The Fifth Precept: Do Not Deal in Intoxicants Serial: BZ-00394B Saturday Lecture Precepts, Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 08 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Practice: Priests, Monks, Laity Serial: BZ-00395B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, Priest-and-Lay, Precepts, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
The Meaning of Gathas Serial: BZ-00395A Saturday Lecture Gathas, Bodhisattva Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Precepts, Priest, Vow, Mindfulness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 27 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Talk about Practice: Story of the Birds Nest Monk Serial: BZ-00433B Lecture Precepts, Evil, Instruction, Bowing, Chanting, confusion, Tassajara, Building...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Apr 01 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Book of Serenity: Case #2: The Highest Truth is Emptiness Serial: BZ-00418A Rohatsu Day 6 Emptiness, SER-2, Enlightenment, Bodhidharma, Two Truths, Four Noble Truths, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 1983 Part 1 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #12 Pt. II: Calling and Answering Serial: BZ-00403B Saturday Lecture MM-12, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Sixth Patriarch, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 01 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Study Period Practice/The Six Paramitas Lay Practice Serial: BZ-00013 Lecture Study Period, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Commitment, Mahayana, Patience, Precepts...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 27 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Parinirvana: Eight Aspects of Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00017 One Day Sitting Parinirvana Sutra, Enlightenment, Eight Aspects, Buddha, Eight Aspects, Right Effort...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 13 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Not Taking What is Not Given Serial: BZ-00021B Saturday Lecture Precepts, Giving, Freedom, Caretaking, Practice, Time, Tassajara	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 11 1981 Berkeley Zen Center
The Three Treasures Serial: BZ-00023 Saturday Lecture Three Treasures, Precepts, Effort, Chanting, Daily Life, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 14 1981 Berkeley Zen Center
The Life of a Zen Monk Serial: BZ-00026B Saturday Lecture Freedom, Daily Life, Water, Unsui, Attachment, confusion, Ego, Happiness, Hindrances...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 29 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
November 29, 1980, Serial No. 01062 Attachment, confusion, Daily Life, Ego, Hindrances, Patience, Precepts	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 29 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
Unification of Body and Mind Serial: BZ-01058A Lecture Religion, Precepts, Buddhism, Darkness-and-Light, Peace, Priest, Tassajara, War...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 16 1980 Tassajara
Unknown Talk, Serial 00291, Side B Precepts, Buddha Nature, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman
Unknown Title, Serial 00632, Side B Chanting, Don't Know Mind, Tassajara, Bowing, Precepts, Priest, Lay Practice,...		Berkeley Zen Center
Unknown Title, Serial 00757, Side B Serial: BZ-00757B Class Practice Period, Attachment, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Karma, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Tassajara
Women in Buddhism, Ordination Buddha Nature, Family Practice, Lay, Lineage, Ordination, Passions, Precepts,...	Pema Chödrön	Berkeley Zen Center
MK 6-10 Addiction, Emotions, Fasting, Funeral, Humility, Interview, Liberation, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman
Blue Cliff Record: Case #76 Serial: BZ-01181 Tanka's "Have You Had Your Dinner Yet?", Sesshin Day 1 BCR-76, Conversation, Daily Life, Evil, Interview, Light-and-Darkness, Offering,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing Precepts: Practicing Precepts in Zazen Serial: BZ-01394 One Day Sitting Absolute-and-Relative, Bodhisattva Precepts, Concentration, Conversation, Hindrances...	Ron Nestor	Berkeley Zen Center
Realizing the Precepts in Practice Serial: BZ-01395 Saturday Lecture Buddha Ancestors, Greed, Heart Sutra, Interdependence, Observe, Practice Period,...	Greg Denny	Berkeley Zen Center
Sexuality and Intoxication Serial: BZ-01396 Saturday Lecture Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Precepts, Chanting, Karma, Non-duality,...	Ross Blum	Berkeley Zen Center

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