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The Bodhisattva vow is a vow (Sanskrit: bodhisattva-praṇidhāna, lit. bodhisattva aspiration or resolution; Chinese: 菩薩願, pusa yuan; J. bosatsugan) taken by some Mahāyāna Buddhists to achieve full buddhahood for the sake of all sentient beings. One who has taken the vow is nominally known as a bodhisattva (a being working towards buddhahood). This can be done by venerating all Buddhas and by cultivating supreme moral and spiritual perfection, to be placed in the service of others. In particular, bodhisattvas promise to practice the six perfections of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom in order to fulfill their bodhicitta aim of attaining buddhahood for the sake of all beings.

The vow is commonly taken in a ritual setting, overseen by a senior monastic, teacher or guru. Whereas the prātimokṣa vows cease at death, the bodhisattva vow extends into future lives. The bodhisattva vows should not be confused with the Bodhisattva Precepts (Skt. bodhisattva-śīla), which are specific ethical guidelines for bodhisattvas.

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Title	Speaker	Date
Enlightenment to Faith in Practice Serial: BZ-00821A Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Faith, Practice, Buddha Nature, Ego, Intuition, Lotus Sutra, Offering...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 30 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #11 Cont. Serial: BZ-00823B Saturday Lecture BCR-11, Teacher-and-Student, Obstacles, Offering, Dragons, Dogen, Emotions, Rinzai,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 09 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Vows Bell, Commitment, Conversation, Happiness, Interdependence, Karma, Mindfulness, Vow...	Peter Overton	Aug 26 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Karma and Intention Serial: BZ-00829B Saturday Lecture Karma, Intention, Karma, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Six Realms, Vow, Demons,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
God/Karma Serial: BZ-00977B Saturday Lecture Religion, Karma, Big Mind, Daily Life, Giving-and-Taking, Happiness, Lotus Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 03 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Practice Chanting, Dharma Transmission, Lay Ordination, Offering, Ordination, Right Speech,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 21 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Master Hongzhi Continued Serial: BZ-00974B One-Day Sitting Hongzhi, confusion, Daily Life, Doubt, Emotions, Enemies, Karma, Rinzai, Silent...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 23 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Mountain Practice/Broom Practice Dharma Transmission, Happiness, Liberation, Lineage, Peace, Posture, Vow	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 01 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
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
Bendowa I: Bendowa and Thoughts Serial: BZ-00953A Rohatsu Day 1 Uchiyama, Lotus Sutra, Samadhi, Vow, Posture, Mahayana, Instruction, Equanimity,...	Maylie Scott	Dec 04 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
Comments on Segaki Ceremony: Mahayana Approach to Demons and Practice Serial: BZ-00956B Lecture Commitment, Demons, Karma, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Nirvana, Offering, Vow	Maylie Scott	Nov 05 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
The Other Four Paramitas Serial: BZ-00936A Skillful Means, Spiritual Power, Aspiration, Knowledge, Sesshin Day 1 Skillful Means, Attachment, Bodhidharma, Buddha Mind, Doubt, Four Noble Truths, Karma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Renewal Serial: BZ-00938B Saturday Lecture Bowing, Continuous Practice, Demons, Monkey Mind, Ordination, Peace, Precepts,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Aug 13 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
Touching the Moment of No Time in Our Busy Lives: Constancy, Merging, Vacations Serial: BZ-00939A Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Silence, Birth-and-Death, Bell, Vow, Karma, Obstacles, Sangha,...	Fran Tribe	Jul 23 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Heroes, Shadows and O J Simpson Serial: BZ-00941B Lecture Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Composure, Culture, Evil, Hate, Interview, Vow	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jul 09 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
On Delusion Serial: BZ-00942A Lecture Vow, Silence, Chanting, Passions, confusion, Bell, Mindfulness, Separation, Religion...	Peter Overton	Jun 18 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Madyamika/Yogachara Schools of Emptiness/Synthesis Serial: BZ-00964A Three Bodies of Buddha pt. II, Sesshin Day 2 Madyamaka, Trikaya, Emptiness, Yogachara, Religion, Emotions, Karma, Sixth Patriarch...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 1994 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
Segaki/Halloween Serial: BZ-00659A Saturday Lecture Sejiki, Offering, Karma, Demons, Vow, Culture, Funeral, Sangha, Liberation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 30 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Self Esteem, No Self: Personality and Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00663A Saturday Lecture Bell, Bodhisattva Way, confusion, Conversation, Culture, Teacher-and-Student, Vow...	Fran Tribe	Apr 17 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Tea Ceremony: The Meeting of Host and Guest Serial: BZ-00285A Lecture Bodhidharma, Impermanence, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, New Year, Separation, Silence...	Fu Schroeder	Mar 20 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen’s Instructions to the Tenzo, Tenzo Kyokun: Opportunities for Lay Practice at BZC Serial: BZ-00286B Lecture Lay Practice, Precepts, Tassajara, Instruction, Lay, Right Speech, Mindfulness, Vow,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Feb 20 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Precepts: Tenth Precept Serial: BZ-00621 Class 6 of 6 Precepts, Vow, Practice Period, Dharma Transmission, Renunciation, Repentance, Evil,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 18 1993 6 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Precepts: Eighth and Ninth Precepts Serial: BZ-00620 Class 5 of 6 Anger, Precepts, Emotions, Bowing, Vow, Gratitude, Ordination, Culture, Greed,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 11 1993 5 Berkeley Zen Center
The First Noble Truth, The Three Kinds of Suffering Serial: BZ-00648B The Suffering of Impermanence, Saturday Lecture Impermanence, Four Noble Truths, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Building, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Precepts: Speech Serial: BZ-00619 Class 4 of 6 Anger, Bodhidharma, Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Mind, Intimacy, Precepts, Repentance,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 04 1993 4 Berkeley Zen Center
What is Meant by Saving All Beings? Serial: BZ-00648A Hui Neng, The Platform Sutra, One-Day Sitting Hui-neng, Platform Sutra, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Greed, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Precepts: Third and Fifth Precepts Serial: BZ-00618 Class 3 of 6 Precepts, Addiction, Intimacy, Right Speech, Bodhidharma, Vow, Bodhisattva Precepts,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 29 1993 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Precepts: First and Second Precepts Serial: BZ-00617 Class 2 of 6 Precepts, Giving-and-Taking, Mahayana, Attachment, Passions, Buddha Mind, Emotions,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 21 1993 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Red Shoes Serial: BZ-00644A Women's Sitting Addiction, Subject-and-Object, Passions, Vow, Hate, Culture	Maylie Scott	Nov 22 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
The Fallow Field, Grassroots and the Ginko: The Being that Refused to Evolve Serial: BZ-00643B Lecture Practice Period, Non-violence, War, Interdependence, Vow, Doubt, Avalokitesvara,...	Wendy Johnson	Nov 21 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00642B One Day Sitting Precepts, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Repentance, Vow, Renewal, Bell, Sangha, Hate,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 08 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Folk Tale of the Woman and the Crescent Moon Bear Serial: BZ-00641B Lecture Absolute-and-Relative, Anger, Four Noble Truths, Obstacles, Offering, Peace, Vow, War...	Fran Tribe	Oct 23 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Day Off Class Serial: BZ-01482 Class 3 of 6 Bodhisattva Ceremony, Doubt, Dragons, Fox, Karma, Repentance, Rinzai, Vow	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 19 1992 3
The Dragon Who Never Sleeps: Taisho on Gathas and their Use Serial: BZ-00640 Lecture Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Nature, Evil, Lay, Mahayana, Practice Period, Priest,...	Robert Aitken Roshi	Oct 12 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan: First Five Lines and Tozan's Five Ranks: Desire and Intention Serial: BZ-00710B Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Tozan, Five Ranks, Desire, Ego, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Harmonizing,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 30 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00712B Lecture Silence, confusion, Emotions, Anger, Greed, Funeral, Discrimination, Conversation,...	Fran Tribe	May 09 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00686A Women's Sitting Beginners, Culture, Lineage, Posture, Religion, Right Effort, Vow	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Numerous Dharma Gates: Elementary School Buddhists Serial: BZ-00685A Lecture Vow, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Right Effort, Concentration, Daily Life, Peace, Anger...	Rebecca Mayeno	Feb 22 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Buddhism: Heart Sutra, Emptiness Serial: BZ-00278 Class 5 of 5 Heart Sutra, Dependent Origination, Bell, Practice Period, Chanting, Bodhisattva...	Fran Tribe	Feb 20 1992 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Who Do We Bow To? Serial: BZ-00683B Saturday Lecture Bowing, Buddha Nature, Gratitude, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bowing, Lineage, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Compassionate Practice with Tibetan Flavor Serial: BZ-00681B Lecture Anger, Attachment, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Way, Demons, Ego, Instruction,...	Katherine Thanas	Dec 21 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Avatamsaka Sutra: The Ten Stages; First Two Stages Serial: BZ-00274 Class 1 of 4 Four Noble Truths, Enthusiasm, Passions, Vow, Lineage, Concentration, Practice Period...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 07 1991 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Bringing Zendo Life to the World Serial: BZ-00715B Lecture Building, Concentration, Daily Life, Family Practice, Giving-and-Taking, Practice...	Rebecca Mayeno	Sep 14 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
“Engaged”: Webster’s as a Buddhist Text Serial: BZ-00972B Lecture Fox, Four Noble Truths, Priest, Right Speech, Right Effort, Funeral, Vow, Soto Zen,...	Lin Zenki	Aug 17 1991 Berkeley Zen Center

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