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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
Patience Serial: BZ-00890B Lecture Patience, Enemies, Vow, Manjushri, Intimacy, Equanimity, Precepts, Passions, Peace...	Dairyu Michael Wenger	Jul 23 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Anger and Greed Serial: BZ-00890A One-Day Sitting Anger, Greed, Anger, Karma, Fox, Platform Sutra, Vow, Greed, Attachment, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 17 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
The Six Realms Serial: BZ-00831A Saturday Lecture Six Realms, Six Realms, Vow, Buddha Nature, Demons, Karma, Karmic Consequences,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
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
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00898B Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Continuous Practice, Precepts, Repentance, Rumi, Sangha,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Apr 30 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
February 24th, 1988, Serial No. 01534 Serial: BZ-01534 Fifth day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. Big Mind, Discrimination, Duality, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Passions, Two...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 24 1988 5 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
Sesshin Lecture Serial: BZ-00900A One-Day Sitting Separation, Priest, confusion, Duality, Vow, Emotions, Lay	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 23 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing with Intention and Vows Vow, Ordination, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Daily Life, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 23 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00889B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bowing, Greed, Karma,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 09 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths, Four Vows Serial: BZ-00889A Saturday Lecture Four Noble Truths, Vow, Attachment, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Mahayana, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice Leads Us and We Lead Practice Serial: BZ-00886A Saturday Lecture Practice, Bowing, Chanting, Concentration, Ego, Evil, Hate, Nirvana, Offering, Vow...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 07 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva ceremony Serial: BZ-00882A Ceremony Bodhisattva Ceremony, Attachment, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Way, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 09 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00877A Sesshin Day 2 Five Ranks, Lay, Lay Practice, Samadhi, Soto Zen, Vow	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00876A Lecture Buddha Ancestors, Happiness, Renewal, Karma, Daily Life, Offering, Heart Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 24 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
The Bodhisattva Way Serial: BZ-00875B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Way, Karma, Samsara, Emotions, Attachment, Bowing, Big Mind, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 25 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Parinirvana Serial: BZ-00873B Eight Aspects of an Enlightened Person, Saturday Lecture Parinirvana, Eight Aspects, Enlightenment, Eight Aspects, Nirvana, Samadhi, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 16 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Thoughts on Christmas and New Year: Gaining Mind Serial: BZ-00870B Saturday Lecture Gaining Mind, Gaining Mind, New Year, Ego, Buddha Nature, Karma, Vow, Chanting,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 21 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Awakening of Faith: Thusness and Intersection of Absolute and Phenomenon Serial: BZ-00867A Lecture Anger, Commitment, Culture, Mahayana, Priest-and-Lay, Sangha, Soto Zen, Tassajara,...	Leslie James	Nov 16 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
Way-Seeking Mind Serial: BZ-00412A Saturday Lecture Way-Seeking Mind, Priest, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Vow, Samsara, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 22 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
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 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
Mumonkan: Case #41: Bodhidharma and Eka: Peace of Mind and Having a Sincere Practice Serial: BZ-00432B One-Day Sitting Bodhidharma, MM-41, Bodhidharma, Peace, Composure, Eka, Conversation, Vow, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 14 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Tao Wu and Lung Tan: Teaching Through Example; No Special Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00431A Saturday Lecture Daowu, Enlightenment, Religion, Instruction, Bell, Vow, Culture	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
The Dharma of Mindfulness: Tassajara Gathas Serial: BZ-00903A Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Tassajara, Gathas, Mindfulness, Monastic Practice, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 05 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Fast For Life: Not Attaching to Life Serial: BZ-00396B Saturday Lecture Fasting, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Fasting, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Vow,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #46 Serial: BZ-00397B Saturday Lecture MM-46, Continuous Practice, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Lay, Chanting, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 09 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukudo Lesson Serial: BZ-00012A Instruction Instruction, Doanryo, Chanting, Intuition, Interview, Happiness, Bell, Vow	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 01 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Unknown Talk, Serial 00291, Side B Precepts, Buddha Nature, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman
Unknown Title, Serial 00712, Side C Lotus Sutra, Renunciation, Patience, Vow
Aspects of Practice Serial: BZ-01392 Fall 2006, Saturday Lecture Big Mind, Culture, Daily Life, Interview, Offering, Practice Period, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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
Aspects of Practice: Precepts of Sexuality and Intoxication Serial: BZ-01049A Class 3 of 3 Addiction, Bell, Branching Streams, Chanting, Karma, Monastic Practice, Observe,...	Ross Blum	3 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Precepts of Right Speech Serial: BZ-01050A Class 4 of 4 Four Noble Truths, Lay Ordination, Liberation, Precepts, Renunciation, Repentance,...	Karen Sundheim	4 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Eight Aspects of Practice Serial: BZ-01418 Commentary by Deshimaru from "Ring of the Way", Saturday Lecture Eight Aspects, Dogen, Deshimaru, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Continuous Practice, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Berkeley Zen Center
Relationship, the Radical Practice of the Bodhisattva : The Bodhisattva Vows and Life in Montana Serial: BZ-01424 Saturday Lecture Attachment, Buddha Nature, Ego, Happiness, Hindrances, Liberation, Skandhas, Vow...	Karen DeCotis	Berkeley Zen Center
Refuge: “Regulation” and Ethics Guidelines Serial: BZ-01426 Ethics Sesshin Big Mind, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Precepts, Right...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Berkeley Zen Center
Preparing for the New Year: Zazen, Vows, Resolutions (Kid Zendo) Serial: BZ-01106 Saturday Lecture Darkness-and-Light, Don't Know Mind, Emotions, Happiness, Heart Sutra, Lay, New...	Karen Sundheim	Berkeley Zen Center
Saving the Sentient Beings of our own Mind: Zen and Psychology Serial: BZ-01151 Saturday Lecture Anger, Conversation, Daily Life, Demons, Dependent Origination, Emotions, Four Noble...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Buddhism: Karma and the Precepts Serial: BZ-00568 Class 3 of 4 Causation, Dependent Origination, Happiness, Karma, Precepts, Repentance, Right...	Hozan Alan Senauke	3 Berkeley Zen Center
Transformative Paths in Buddhist Repentance Evil, Repentance, Vow		Aug 15

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