Bodhisattva Vow Talks
The Bodhisattva vow is a vow (Sanskrit: praṇidhāna, lit. aspiration or resolution) 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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Three Characteristics of PhenomenaSerial: SF-01079 One-day sitting lecture: "no eyes, no ears..." Diamond Sutra, Platform Sutra Delusion, Emptiness, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow, New Year, Teacher-and-Student,... |
May 19 2007 Green Gulch |
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Intelligence of the Natural WorldSerial: SF-00941 Sesshin Lecture: frog chorus; silence and activity; pain and fear of pain; Bodhidharma Bodhidharma, Silence, Buddha Ancestors, Composure, Buddha Nature, Hindrances, Zendo,... |
Apr 07 2007 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin LectureSerial: SF-00986 Architecture at GGF; Layman Pang; many sesshins; "gamble everything on love"; sesshin romance and the potentiality of the present moment; recognizing your Buddha nature in your... Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind, Attachment, Silence, Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva Vow, Lay... |
Apr 06 2007 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin LectureSerial: SF-00994 Strategies, gaining ideas; "paying it forward"; close investigation of the self; Orpheus and Eurydice; Rilke; hidden anger - staying with the emotion Monkey Mind, Vows, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Manjushri, Bodhisattva Vow... |
Apr 05 2007 Green Gulch |
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The Secrets of the BodySerial: SF-00993 Sesshin Lecture: great effort, no result; ritual, bowing; Diamond Sutra; boundaries Right Effort, Bowing, Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva Way, Vows, Liberation, Bodhisattva... |
Apr 04 2007 Green Gulch |
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Picking and Choosing Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Vow, Equanimity, Happiness,... |
Sep 02 2006 Unknown |
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Why Become Abbot of Zen Center? Bodhisattva Vow, Practice Period, Precepts, Gratitude, Vows, Commitment, Bell, Suzuki... |
Aug 09 2006 Unknown |
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October 1st, 2005, Serial No. 01116 Karma, Passions, Vows, Offering, Right Speech, Bodhisattva Vow, Oneness, Daily Life,... |
Oct 01 2005 Unknown |
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Shuso TalkSerial: SF-01923 #shuso-talk Sesshin 2 Day 3 Book of Serenity, Suzuki Roshi, Instruction, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Manjushri,... |
Feb 22 2005 Tassajara |
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Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Monastic Practice, Priest, Patience, Birth-and-... |
May 09 2004 Green Gulch |
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March 17th, 2004, Serial No. 01108 Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Delusion, Karma, Zazen, Heart... |
Mar 17 2004 City Center |
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June 7th, 2003, Serial No. 01107 Faith, Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Patience, Forgiveness, Practice Period,... |
Jun 07 2003 Unknown |
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January 11th, 2003, Serial No. 04074 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen,... |
Jan 11 2003 City Center |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-00981 Buddhist culture rooting in California, purpose of ZC, banana in his back pocket, Puccini, motherhood, livelihood, Buddhahood, statuary invoking our higher purpose, Bodhisattva... Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Perfect Wisdom, Triple... |
Jul 21 2002 Green Gulch |
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January 19th, 2002, Serial No. 01112 Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Emptiness, Cultivation, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Freedom,... |
Jan 19 2002 City Center |
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Wednesday Lecture Precepts, Equanimity, Bodhisattva Precepts, Enemies, Bodhisattva Vow, Ceremony,... |
Sep 13 2000 Green Gulch |
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Women Ancestors Lineage, Ordination, soto, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Funeral, Obstacles, Gratitude,... |
May 13 2000 2 |
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Wednesday Lecture Anger, Impermanence, Zendo, Demons, Right Speech, Monastic Practice, Bodhisattva Vow... |
Mar 01 2000 Green Gulch |
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March 1st, 2000, Serial No. 01110 Vows, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Vow, Bodhisattva Way, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble... |
Mar 01 2000 City Center |
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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03517 Monday Class Hsin Hsin Ming, Buddha Nature, confusion, Platform Sutra, realization, Bodhisattva... |
Feb 28 2000 Green Gulch |
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February 22nd, 2000, Serial No. 01113 Vows, Faith, realization, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Emotions, Bodhisattva Precepts,... |
Feb 22 2000 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Instruction, Letting Go, Practice Period, Delusion, Zazen, Family Practice... |
Feb 20 2000 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Birth-and-Death, Ceremony, Bodhidharma, Renunciation, Two Truths, Letting Go, Vows,... |
May 15 1999 Green Gulch |
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May 31st, 1998, Serial No. 01784Serial: SF-01784 Statements by Students (Part 2 of 2) and Blanche Hartman Suzuki Roshi, Lineage, Lay Ordination, Zazen, Dharma Transmission, Bodhisattva Vow,... |
May 31 1998 Sati Center |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Zazen, Bodhisattva Vow, Lay, Letting Go, training, Diversity, Nirvana, Posture,... |
Oct 25 1997 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Ceremony, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Greed... |
Jun 24 1997 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Delusion, Letting Go, Zendo, Bodhisattva Vow, Freedom, realization, Ego, Don't... |
Jun 22 1997 Green Gulch |
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Effort - While You're Already Perfect Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, realization, Precepts, Passions, Right Effort,... |
Nov 13 1996 Unknown |
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1996.09.28-serial.00089 Practice Period, Study Period, Bodhisattva Way, Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Patience,... |
Sep 28 1996 |
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Taking Care of Oneself, Others and Objects of the WorldSerial: SF-02752 One-day sitting - Buddhist practice is just taking care of people, objects, spaces, body and mind. Priest, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana Sutra, Bowing, Transmission, Buddha Mind,... |
May 18 1996 Green Gulch |
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This Very Mind Is Buddha - Understanding Birth And DeathSerial: SF-00042 Sunday talk. Birth-and-Death, Precepts, Repentance, Letting Go, Buddha Ancestors, Hindrances,... |
Nov 26 1995 |
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Women in BuddhismSerial: SF-00153 Class Religion, Discrimination, Priest, Ceremony, Bodhisattva Vow, Buddha Nature, Ego,... |
Oct 23 1995 1 of 6 Green Gulch Farm |
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October 14th, 1995, Serial No. 02701 Faith, Vows, Hsin Hsin Ming, Continuous, Buddha Mind, Bodhisattva Vow, Bodhisattva... |
Oct 14 1995 Unknown |
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Our Relationship with Form - Speech & FoodSerial: SF-00151 Wednesday dharma talk. Practice Period, Conversation, Happiness, Ceremony, Silence, Bodhisattva Vow, Funeral... |
Sep 06 1995 Green Gulch Farm |
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July 5th, 1995, Serial No. 00987 Freedom, Bodhisattva Vow, Right Effort, Vows, Happiness, Anger, Daily Life, Precepts... |
Jul 05 1995 Unknown |
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Sunday Lecture Happiness, Anger, Forgiveness, Bodhisattva Vow, Priest, Vows, Instruction, Ceremony,... |
Jul 02 1995 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Vows, Buddha Mind, Hindrances, Monkey Mind, Buddha's Birthday, Six Realms,... |
Apr 16 1995 Green Gulch |
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EffortSerial: SF-00155 Sunday talk Vows, Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Zendo, Impermanence, Ceremony, Concentration,... |
Sep 04 1994 |
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Sunday Lecture Cultivation, Equanimity, Vows, Addiction, Attachment, Happiness, Bodhisattva Vow,... |
Aug 01 1993 Green Gulch |
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Saturday Lecture Four Noble Truths, Six Realms, Bodhisattva Vow, Instruction, Echo, Mahayana, Chanting... |
Jul 31 1993 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture Gratitude, Cultivation, Concentration, Mindfulness, practicing generosity, Dragons,... |
Nov 29 1992 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Precepts, Bodhisattva Vow, Big Mind, Vows, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Interdependence,... |
Jul 12 1992 Green Gulch |
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Tara Rinpoche's Memorial Heart Sutra, Bell, Lineage, Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Happiness, training, Impermanence... |
Jun 30 1991 Green Gulch Farm |
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Mindfulness Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Concentration, Bodhisattva Vow, Zazen, Impermanence,... |
Jun 15 1991 City Center |
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One-Day SittingSerial: SF-01078 #shuso-talk Precepts, Vows, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment,... |
Mar 09 1991 Unknown |
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Practicing without Expectation/GenerositySerial: SF-03935 Sunday Lecture Cultivation, Happiness, Precepts, Bodhisattva Vow, Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Aug 19 1990 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Cultivation, Daily Life, Letting Go, Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Delusion,... |
Mar 25 1990 Green Gulch |
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Dzögchen TeachingsSerial: SF-02716 Commercially produced cassette Bodhisattva Vow, Emptiness, Transmission, Commitment, Vows, Current Events, Lineage,... |
Oct 09 1989 San Jose |
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Lion's Roar Emptiness, Hindrances, Ego, Bodhisattva Vow, Peace, Commitment, stubbornness,... |
Dec 30 1988 SFZC |
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Sunday Lecture Demons, Karma, Mindfulness, Suzuki Roshi, Mill Valley, Buddha Mind, Bodhisattva Vow,... |
Aug 14 1988 SFZC |
