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

Traditionally, monastics 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
No Self Serial: SF-00915 Sunday Lecture: zen sayings: "Who's dragging this corpse around?; sense of self - root of all suffering; need to understand no-self, not just conceptually; Buddhist tool kit... Precepts, Time, Buddha	Kokyo Henkel	Sep 17 2006 Green Gulch Farm
Alive or Dead? Serial: SF-01147 Sunday Lecture: Koan: "Alive or Dead" (Daowu's condolence call); mind fleas; confession; too busy; leap or die when at an impasse; story of Buddha and king - what... Teacher-and-Student, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Anger, Don't Know Mind,...	Fu Schroeder	Jan 29 2006 Green Gulch Farm
No Self Serial: SF-00971 One-day sitting lecture: Bodhisattva Initiation - dharma names; Buddha's second teaching - "No-self Characteristic Sutta"; shamata - posture instructions;... Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Samatha, Precepts, Continuous Practice, Separation,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 17 2005 Green Gulch Farm
Precepts Serial: SF-03499 Sesshin 3 Day 4 Teacher-student relationship Precepts, Practice, Observe	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 26 2005 Tassajara
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-00940 World's largest ball of twine, snobbery, insight, calming our minds, shamata - tranquility practce, Dhammapada, monuments to warfare, GGF farm and kids, hate crime and Tam High... Vow, Precepts, Hate, Non-violence, Bodhisattva Precepts, Intimacy, Interview,...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 19 2004 Green Gulch Farm
Buddha Nature and the Ugly Duckling Serial: SF-00056 Zendo lecture; feeling of not fitting in and not belonging that sends us towards spiritual practice. Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Ego, Delusion, Precepts, Posture, Addiction	Kosho McCall	Nov 06 2004 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03554 Dining Room Class 3 Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Daily Life, Nirvana, Bell, Renunciation, Samsara, Balance,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 20 2004 Tassajara
Sitting Under The Rose-Apple Tree Serial: SF-01016 Sunday Lecture Balance, Darkness-and-Light, Bell, Commitment, Letting Go, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi,...	Wendy Johnson	Oct 03 2004 Green Gulch Farm
Eight Awakenings Serial: SF-03589 Zendo Lecture Mindfulness, Greed, Attachment, Daily Life, Right Speech, Posture, Precepts, Don...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jul 16 2004 Tassajara
One-Day Sitting Lecture Serial: SF-01022 This human body is the entire world in the ten directions. Can you be stopped? Bodhicitta. Compassion. Thinking. Hatred. Not indulging in habitual thoughts of hatred. Say no. "... Birth-and-Death, Bodhisattva Precepts, Manjushri, Hate, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi,...	Fu Schroeder	Mar 20 2004 Green Gulch Farm
Wednesday Lecture Serial: SF-01023 Linda Ruth with her sick mother. The mountain lion. The bobcat. The rat. New film, "The Passion of Christ". Self-restraint. Mindfulness of the body. Angulimala. Hate, Current Events, First Principle, Passions, Precepts, Doubt, Realization,...	Fu Schroeder	Mar 17 2004 Green Gulch Farm
Housekeeping Serial: SF-01024 Sunday Lecture: Children's Program. The Indian children who used to live here. Indian story about how the world was made. Staying home and accomplishing the way. Gateway into... New Year, Bodhisattva Precepts, Separation, Practice Period, Precepts, Mill Valley,...	Fu Schroeder	Feb 01 2004 Green Gulch Farm
Zen and the Eco-Consumer Code Serial: SF-00156 Wednesday talk. Ecopsychology; desires, needs, narcissism; nurturing through zazen. Karma, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Ceremony, Buddha Ancestors, Ego, Precepts,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 19 2003
Offerings Serial: SF-00158 Sunday talk. Children's lecture. Legend of the blue bonnets; Seijiki, offering food and light; karmic life and emptiness. Offering, Ceremony, Emptiness, Emotions, Intuition, Practice Period, Precepts, Karma...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 02 2003 Green Gulch Farm
Ethics Serial: SF-00984 Sunday lecture: Morality. Hedonists, perfectionists. College days. John Adams. Strawberry/cliff story. Wrong-doing = causing harm to oneself or others. Ten grave precepts. Gay... Precepts, Delusion, Freedom, Three Treasures, Bodhisattva Precepts, Humility,...	Fu Schroeder	Jun 29 2003 Green Gulch Farm
Dogen - Being Familiar With The Entire Body Serial: SF-00039 Sunday talk. Practice, realization, expression; Dogen's letters to nun Ryugen Realization, Buddha Ancestors, Delusion, Precepts, Lotus Sutra, Oneness, confusion,...	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 18 2003
Sesshin Lecture Fox, Practice Period, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 2003 Tassajara
Not Always So Class Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Offering, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Demons, Continuous...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Oct 30 2002 Tassajara
Seven Principles for Preventing Decline Serial: SF-00935 Dhammapada, 9/11, we are not well, cause of great peace, Huey Johnson, the soldiers will have their way, dogs of war, Dalai Lama, pinpoint causes, 'Guns, Germs, and Steel',... Nirvana Sutra, Precepts, Daily Life, Religion, Interdependence, Renunciation,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 15 2002 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Serial: 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, Three...	Fu Schroeder	Jul 21 2002 Green Gulch Farm
Tenzo Kyokun Class Practice Period, Attachment, Offering, Letting Go, Bodhisattva Way, Emptiness,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 28 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Wednesday Lecture Precepts, Equanimity, Bodhisattva Precepts, Enemies, Ceremony, Attachment, Chanting,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Sep 13 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Women Ancestors Class Precepts, Three Treasures, Lay, Sangha, Mahayana, Sanctuary, Addiction, Hate,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Aug 22 2000 Unknown
Women Ancestors Class Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Lay, Ceremony, Silence, Freedom, Practice Period,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Aug 15 2000 Unknown
The Tenth Precept Serial: SF-03571 Wednesday Lecture Three Treasures, Precepts, Sangha, Suzuki Roshi, Priest-and-Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Aug 09 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Women Ancestors Class Ceremony, Religion, Teacher-and-Student, Emotions, Sangha, Commitment, Conversation,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jul 25 2000 Unknown
Wednesday Lecture Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Suzuki Roshi, Patience, Liberation, Zazen...	Eijun Linda Cutts	May 03 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Surangama Sutra Class Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Commitment, Ceremony, Birth-and-Death, Ordination,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 02 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Sesshin Lecture Precepts, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Confession-and-Repentance, Repentance,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Apr 14 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Faith as a Journey in Zen Serial: SF-00033 Sunday dharma talk. Dragons, Faith, New Year, Doubt, Mahayana, Karma, Four Noble Truths, Precepts, Three...	Daigan Lueck	Jan 02 2000
Sunday Lecture Precepts, Balance, Bodhisattva Precepts, Evil, Vow, Renunciation, Non-duality, Bowing...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 26 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-01872 Duplicate Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Balance, Vow, Evil, Renunciation, Non-duality,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 26 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Right Speech, Freedom, Precepts, Happiness, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Priest,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jul 04 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Precepts, Birth-and-Death, Dharma Transmission, Impermanence, Posture, Ceremony,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	May 16 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Emptiness, Nirvana Sutra, Zazen Mind, Posture, Sangha, Mindfulness, Teacher-and-...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 07 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Lotus Sutra, Samsara, Precepts, Four Noble Truths, Hate, Vow, Right Effort, Mill...	Fu Schroeder	Jan 31 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Practice Period, Precepts, Dragons, Six Realms, Liberation, Ceremony, Forgiveness,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 29 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Religion, Priest, Buddha Mind, Vow, Precepts, Zazen, Chanting, Hate, Freedom, Soto...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 22 1998 Green Gulch Farm
The Feeling Of Practice Period Serial: SF-00148 Wednesday talk; the heart and determination to study - to support and appreciate the practice period. Practice Period, Impermanence, Mindfulness, Precepts, Zazen Mind, Silence, Big Mind,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 21 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Anger, Book of Serenity, Karma, Precepts, Evil, Duality, Emptiness, Offering, Fasting...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 04 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Sesshin Lecture Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Precepts, Transmission, Lineage	Eijun Linda Cutts	Aug 20 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Four Noble Truths, Anger, Ordination, Right Effort, Right Speech, Letting Go, Peace,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jul 12 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Wednesday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Four Noble Truths, Chanting, Funeral, Conversation, Precepts, Anger,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jul 01 1998 Green Gulch Farm

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