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Precepts Talks

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
Bodhisattva Precepts on This Great Earth Shosan Victoria Austin, in this Earth Day lecture, invites us to contemplate how practicing ethics protects both us and the world. Precepts	Shosan Victoria Austin	Apr 22 2026 City Center
A Request for Jukai Serial: SF-12434 Chikudo Catherine Spaeth teaches that zazen shows us what to care for, and leads the way in our request to study the precepts with a teacher. In this caring we become a good... Precepts, Zazen, Gratitude	Chikudo Catherine Spaeth	Sep 27 2025 City Center
Introducing "Becoming Yourself" Serial: SF-12417 07/19/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at City Center. Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler celebrates together with the sangha the launch of the first new book of Suzuki... Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Precepts	Jiryu Rutschman-Byler	Jul 19 2025 City Center
Introducing "Becoming Yourself" Serial: SF-12470 07/19/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at City Center. Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler celebrates together with the sangha the launch of the first new book of Suzuki... Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Precepts	Jiryu Rutschman-Byler	Jul 19 2025 City Center
The Precepts As the Way of Our Life Serial: SF-08167 05/04/2025, Myles Cowherd, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Myles Cowherd outlines core Zen Buddhist teachings and practices, emphasizing the discovery of inherent Buddha... Buddha Nature, Precepts	Myles Cowherd	May 04 2025 Green Gulch Farm
The Conventional and Ultimate Meaning of the Precepts Serial: SF-08242 09/22/2024, Thiemo Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This dharma talk was given at Green Gulch Farm by Tanto Thiemo Blank. The talk gives an introduction into the... Precepts, Ceremony, Bodhisattva	Thiemo Blank	Sep 22 2024 Green Gulch Farm
Embodiment of Ethical Zen Practice Serial: SF-08614 Talk by Doshin Mako Voelkel at City Center on 2024-03-27 Bodhisattva, Precepts	Dōshin Mako Voelkel	Mar 27 2024 City Center
Our Own True Home—Dedicated to Caroline Meister Serial: SF-08274 03/24/2024, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. This talk by Eijun Linda Cutts was offered and dedicated to Caroline Meister, a Tassajara resident whose... Precepts, Compassion	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 24 2024 Green Gulch Farm
Embracing Life's Impermanent Compassion Serial: SF-08377 Talk by Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts at Green Gulch Farm on 2024-03-24 Precepts, Compassion	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 24 2024 Green Gulch Farm
Embracing Life's Fleeting Moments Serial: SF-08397 Talk by Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts on 2024-03-24 Precepts, Compassion	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 24 2024
Zen in Transition: Embracing Change Serial: SF-08654 Talk by Eli Brown Stevenson at City Center on 2024-02-07 Zazen, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi	So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson	Feb 07 2024 City Center
The Power of Precepts Serial: SF-08252 02/03/2024, Onryu Mary Stares, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Onryu Mary Stares explores the current City Center Practice... Precepts	Onryu Mary Stares	Feb 03 2024 City Center
Walking the Path of Reflections Serial: SF-08676 Talk by Mary Stares at City Center on 2024-02-03 Precepts	Onryu Mary Stares	Feb 03 2024 City Center
The Practice and Power of Upright Speech Serial: SF-08569 09/03/2023, Eijun Linda Cutts, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. The practice of Upright Speech touches every aspect of our life. How do we cultivate it and include all beings... Precepts	Eijun Linda Cutts	Sep 03 2023 Green Gulch Farm
Practical Buddhist Ethics Serial: SF-08823 08/30/2023, Dawn Neal, dharma talk at City Center. In this dharma talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, San Francisco Zen Center, Dawn Neal discusses the Mahayana Buddhist... Precepts	Dawn Neal	Aug 31 2023 City Center
Cultivating Clarity Through Selflessness Serial: SF-08774 Talk by Dawn Neal at City Center on 2023-08-30 Precepts	Dawn Neal	Aug 30 2023 City Center
Birds and Precepts Serial: SF-08912 07/23/2023, Ango Sara Tashker, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. An exploration of gratitude and the precept of not killing life - what does it mean? Precepts, Suzuki Roshi	Ango Sara Tashker	Jul 23 2023 Green Gulch Farm
Like the Front and Back Foot in Walking Serial: SF-08876 06/07/2023, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center. Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, in this talk from Beginner's mind temple, investigates how communal... Suzuki Roshi, Dogen, Precepts	Chikudo Catherine Spaeth	Jun 07 2023 City Center
Ecological Confession and Repentance Serial: SF-08762 03/04/2023, Ango Sara Tashker, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk Sara Tashker talks about the Ecological Farming community and Suzuki Roshi’s teachings on confession and... Precepts	Ango Sara Tashker	Mar 04 2023 City Center
Guided by Vow Serial: SF-08718 01/21/2023, Horin Nancy Petrin, dharma talk at City Center. A talk, given in the day of a Lay Ordination ceremony, exploring the Mahayana Bodhisattva Vow. Precepts	Horin Nancy Petrin	Jan 21 2023 City Center
Unified Path: Beyond Duality in Zen Serial: SF-08030 Talk by Ango Sara Tashker at Green Gulch Farm on 2022-12-18 Precepts	Ango Sara Tashker	Dec 18 2022 Green Gulch Farm
Hyakujo and a Fox, Part 6 Serial: SF-08037 12/14/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. December sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on cause and effect. Precepts, Consciousness	Fu Schroeder	Dec 14 2022 Tassajara
Hyakujo and a Fox, Part 5 Serial: SF-07872 12/13/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. December sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on cause and effect. Precepts	Fu Schroeder	Dec 13 2022 Tassajara
Awakening Through Ethical Transformation Serial: SF-07860 Talk by Keiryu Lein Shutt at City Center on 2022-04-29 Precepts	Keiryu Liên Shutt	Apr 29 2022 City Center
"Life Changing" Precepts (aka: "It's all about love") Serial: SF-07883 04/23/2022, Keiryu Liên Shutt, dharma talk at City Center. An examination of the precepts as a container for self-study, as an awareness practice, and as an enactment of... Precepts	Keiryu Liên Shutt	Apr 23 2022 City Center
Suzuki Roshi on Precepts Serial: SF-07839 04/17/2022, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Suzuki Roshi had an unusual perspective on the practice of the Bodhisattva's ethical precepts. He... Precepts, Zazen	Jiryu Rutschman-Byler	Apr 17 2022 Green Gulch Farm
Living In Vow: Zen Peace Precepts in a Time of War Serial: SF-07826 The Fourteen Precepts of the Order of Interbeing were first written and transmitted by Vietnamese Zen Master and poet, Thich Nhat Hanh, in 1964; this Dharma talk celebrates the... Precepts, War	Wendy Johnson	Apr 10 2022 Green Gulch Farm
Requiem Serial: SF-07912 Abbess Fu Schroeder reflects on the deep sorrow underlying our anger at the long history of violence in the human world, and on how we might arouse an appropriate response... Precepts, Bodhisattva	Fu Schroeder	Mar 06 2022 Green Gulch Farm
Requiem Serial: SF-08067 Abbess Fu Schroeder reflects on the deep sorrow underlying our anger at the long history of violence in the human world, and on how we might arouse an appropriate response... Precepts	Fu Schroeder	Mar 06 2022 Green Gulch Farm
Jukai Receiving the Precepts Serial: SF-07906 A dharma talk on the day of a jukai ceremony, exploring vow and the 16 Bodhisattva precepts. 01/22/2022, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, Jisan Tova Green, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma... Precepts, Ceremony	Jisan Tova Green, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, Anshi Zachary Smith	Jan 22 2022 City Center
Jukai - Receiving the Precepts Serial: SF-07973 A dharma talk on the day of a jukai ceremony, exploring vow and the 16 Bodhisattva precepts. 01/22/2022, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, Jisan Tova Green, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma... Precepts, Ceremony	Jisan Tova Green, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis, Anshi Zachary Smith	Jan 22 2022 City Center
Suzuki Roshi’s Precepts Serial: SF-11056 A talk about some of Suzuki Roshi’s teachings on the Sixteen Great Bodhisattva Precepts. 12/19/2021, Ango Sara Tashker, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Suzuki Roshi, Precepts	Ango Sara Tashker	Dec 19 2021 Green Gulch Farm
Non-Duality of Precepts-Zazen-Zen Serial: SF-11100 Senior Dharma Teacher Eijun Cutts reflects on a familiar yet upside-down way of understanding the practice of the precepts, and explores the teaching of Kanno Doko, Calling and... Precepts, Suzuki Roshi	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 03 2021 Green Gulch Farm
Factory Farming and Its Environmental Effects Through the Lens of the Three Collective Pure Precepts Serial: SF-10930 08/04/2021, Yuki Kobiyama, dharma talk at City Center. Precepts, Mahayana, Bodhisattva	Yuki Kobiyama	Aug 04 2021 City Center
Compassionate Choices in Ethical Eating Serial: SF-10927 Talk by Yuki Kobiyama at City Center on 2021-08-04 Precepts, Mahayana	Yuki Kobiyama	Aug 04 2021 City Center
Angulimala and Right Speech Serial: SF-10971 In this dharma talk Tenku Ruff explores the precept of right speech particularly what it means to practice in community/Sangha and the habit of assigning permanent status to... Buddha Nature, Community, Precepts	Tenku Ruff	Jul 31 2021 City Center
Awakening Through Acts of Giving Serial: SF-12252 Talk by Tova Green at City Center on 2019-11-30 Precepts, Generosity, Practice Period	Jisan Tova Green	Nov 30 2019 City Center
Embodied Compassion Through Precepts Serial: SF-12285 Talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson at Green Gulch Farm on 2019-11-17 Precepts, Buddha Mind, Great compassion	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 17 2019 Green Gulch Farm
Our Ceremonies, Our Lives Serial: SF-10857 01/05/2019, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center. Ceremony, Precepts	Jisan Tova Green	Jan 05 2019 City Center
The Fifth Precept and Technology Serial: SF-11563 9/23/2018, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis dharma talk at Tassajara. Precepts	Kyoshin Wendy Lewis	Sep 23 2018 Tassajara
Integrity Serial: SF-11546 8/18/2018, Jisan Tova Green dharma talk at Tassajara. Precepts, Community	Jisan Tova Green	Aug 18 2018 Tassajara
Abiding at Ease: Imperceptible Mutual Assistance Serial: SF-11534 7/18/2018, Eijun Linda Cutts dharma talk at Tassajara. Precepts, Zazen	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jul 18 2018 Tassajara
Dont Leave Out A Single Thing Serial: SF-11519 6/24/2018, Eijun Linda Cutts dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Precepts	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jun 24 2018 Green Gulch Farm
Bodhisattva Precepts for All Sentient Beings Serial: SF-11603 6/10/2018, Tenshin Reb Anderson dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Precepts, Original Nature, Bodhisattva	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 10 2018 Green Gulch Farm
The Precepts as Tools of Transformation 2 Serial: SF-10360 9/27/2017, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis dharma talk at City Center. Precepts	Kyoshin Wendy Lewis	Sep 27 2017 City Center
Spiritual Friendship Serial: SF-10328 9/20/2017, ARobin Orden dharma talk at Tassajara. Precepts	ARobin Orden	Sep 20 2017 Tassajara
Precepts and Transformation Serial: SF-10419 9/15/2017, Kyoshin Wendy Lewis dharma talk at Tassajara. Precepts	Kyoshin Wendy Lewis	Sep 15 2017 Tassajara
Sun Faced Buddha Moon Faced Buddha Serial: SF-10333 7/30/2017, Tenshin Reb Anderson dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Precepts, Ceremony	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 30 2017 Green Gulch Farm
Emptiness and Engagement Serial: SF-11983 12/4/2016, Jiryu Rutschman dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Precepts, Emptiness	Jiryu Rutschman-Byler	Dec 04 2016 Green Gulch Farm
Precepts of Interconnection in Zen Serial: SF-11895 Talk by Kieryu Lien Schutt at City Center on 2016-09-17 Suffering, Precepts	Keiryu Liên Shutt	Sep 17 2016 City Center

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