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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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Wednesday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Four Noble Truths, Chanting, Funeral, Conversation, Precepts, Anger,... |
Jul 01 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Father's Day Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Ceremony, Hate, Bodhisattva Precepts, Freedom,... |
Jun 21 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Wednesday Lecture Pain, Precepts, Suffering |
May 20 1998 City Center |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Freedom, Posture, Ceremony, Zazen, Emotions... |
May 16 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Practice, Precepts, Ceremony |
May 09 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Just Let GoSerial: SF-03109 Sunday Lecture: (According to the Buddha), the way to be happy is simple: just let go. Letting go is hard to do. Human mind wants to hold. We could say we are nothing but... Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Freedom, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go,... |
Mar 08 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Precepts, Emptiness, Offering, Bodhisattva Precepts, New Year, Observe, Ceremony,... |
Jan 04 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Turning Toward The DarkSerial: SF-03641 Sesshin Lecture: The activity is below the ground - the re-enactment of Buddha's enlightenment story Precepts, Monastic Practice, Posture, Zazen, Birth-and-Death, Dragons, Book of... |
Dec 01 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Precepts Class Precepts, Confession-and-Repentance, Repentance, Evil, Liberation, Buddha Nature,... |
Nov 17 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Manjushri, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Sangha, Practice Period... |
Nov 15 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Precepts Class Precepts, Evil, Attachment, Vow, Platform Sutra, Ceremony, Daily Life, Samadhi,... |
Nov 03 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Precepts ClassSerial: SF-03532 Brief Review of Class 1 - the Three Refuges Precepts, Emptiness, Three Treasures, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Buddha Nature,... |
Oct 27 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Precepts Class Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Priest, Ceremony, Vow, Ordination, Lay, Mahayana,... |
Oct 20 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Majjhima Nikaya ClassSerial: SF-03192 Middle-length Discourses Evil, Letting Go, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Faith, Precepts, Liberation, Karmic... |
Sep 23 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Attention to TransitionsSerial: SF-03632 One-day sitting: transitions as a time you lose balance; time of equinox - going under into dark, gathering in time of transition and change; how to meet forms that wakes up... Concentration, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Instruction, Posture, Balance, Right Speech,... |
Sep 20 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Save The Redwoods - Mother Theresa and Lady DianaSerial: SF-00088 Saturday lecture. Vow, Precepts, Interdependence, Gratitude, Enemies, Religion |
Sep 06 1997 City Center |
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Wednesday Lecture Karmic Consciousness, Separation, Fasting, Precepts, Karma, Religion, Balance,... |
Jul 30 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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The Practice of Morality in BuddhismSerial: SF-03099 Sunday Lecture Gratitude, Precepts, Commitment, Ceremony, Letting Go, Three Treasures, Absolute-and-... |
Jul 13 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Majjhima Nikaya Liberation, Renunciation, confusion, Precepts, Delusion, Greed, Hate, Evil, Enemies... |
Jul 08 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Jukai: How Do You Manifest The Precepts In Your Life? Precepts, Daily Life, Three Treasures, Repentance, Zazen, Ceremony, Sangha, Buddha... |
Jun 25 1997 Unknown |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Ceremony, Interdependence, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow,... |
Jun 24 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Genjo Koan workshopSerial: SF-03185 To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion, that myriad...' Delusion itself is the agency of my enlightenment; totally enter delusion and embrace it and... Delusion, Realization, Precepts, Emotions, Subject-and-Object, Monastic Practice,... |
Jun 14 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Big Mind, Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Right Speech, Practice Period,... |
Mar 09 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Recollections of Early Zen Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Priest, Rinzai, Fox, Lay, Lineage, Demons |
Feb 08 1997 1 of 3 Green Gulch Farm |
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Journey from Prince to Plum BlossomSerial: SF-03623 Sunday Lecture Practice Period, Mindfulness, Precepts, Funeral, Obstacles, Vow, Priest, Freedom... |
Feb 02 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Effort - While You're Already Perfect Emptiness, Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Precepts, Transmission, Zazen,... |
Nov 13 1996 Unknown |
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Sandokai Class Emptiness, Practice Period, Precepts, Karma, Separation, Oneness, Light-and-Darkness... |
Nov 13 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Which is the Real Shin?Serial: SF-03135 Sunday Lecture - Seeing and understanding desire Ceremony, Forgiveness, Addiction, Practice Period, Demons, confusion, Hate,... |
Oct 27 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Awakening Compassion Through Non-DualitySerial: SF-00084 Wednesday talk. Patience, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Letting Go, confusion, Demons, Absolute-and-... |
Sep 11 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Secret Teachers In Life Who Guide UsSerial: SF-03639 Sunday Lecture Gratitude, Precepts, Balance, Priest, Global Warming, Funeral, Anger, Attachment,... |
Sep 08 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Jukai: Gateway to Spiritual Awakening Precepts, Ceremony, Dragons, Vow, Lineage, Repentance, Confession-and-Repentance,... |
Jun 12 1996 Unknown |
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Refuge in the Triple Treasure Three Treasures, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Ceremony, Lay,... |
May 22 1996 Unknown |
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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. Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Delusion, Priest, Transmission, Nirvana Sutra,... |
May 18 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Open Heart, Enlightened Spirit Practice Period, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Zazen, Three Treasures,... |
May 11 1996 Unknown |
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The Angulimala StorySerial: SF-03226 Sunday Lecture - Children's talk Precepts, Karma, Bodhisattva Precepts, Letting Go, Anger, Daily Life, Bell,... |
Mar 03 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Ascending the MountainSerial: SF-03563 Sunday Lecture - Children's talk - before Blanche Hartman's Installation ceremony - throne and dharma are etymologically connected in Sanskrit - taking your seat in dharma... Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Ceremony, Ordination, Priest, Attachment, Non-attachment,... |
Feb 04 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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This Very Mind Is Buddha - Understanding Birth And DeathSerial: SF-00042 Sunday talk. Buddha Mind, Gratitude, Buddha Ancestors, Precepts, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go,... |
Nov 26 1995 |
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Women in Buddhism Class Religion, Ceremony, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts, Priest, Ordination, Suzuki Roshi... |
Oct 30 1995 Unknown |
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Hungry Ghosts - Seijiki CeremonySerial: SF-03093 Sunday Lecture Practice Period, Precepts, Commitment, Ceremony, Peace, Vow, Letting Go, Four Noble... |
Oct 29 1995 Green Gulch Farm |
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Zen Practice: Trust in Being Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors, Precepts, Vow, Bodhisattva Ceremony,... |
Oct 14 1995 Unknown |
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BodhidharmaSerial: SF-03627 Sunday Lecture Forgiveness, Three Treasures, Mindfulness, Bodhidharma, Emptiness, Precepts, Blue... |
Oct 01 1995 Green Gulch Farm |
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Freedom's Paradox: Stopping to Liberate Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Freedom, Vow, Anger, Daily Life, Right Effort,... |
Jul 05 1995 Unknown |
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Oneness Embodied: Dharma Transmission Rituals Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Oneness, Precepts, Posture, Buddha... |
Mar 30 1995 |
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Practicing With The PreceptsSerial: SF-00143 Tokubetsu Sesshin
Precepts, Transmission, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Bodhidharma, Three Treasures, Bell... |
Mar 28 1995 |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Precepts, Ceremony, Priest, Transmission, Religion, Rinzai, Soto Zen, New Year,... |
Mar 25 1995 |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Soto Zen, Ceremony, Transmission, Precepts, Instruction, Subject-and-Object,... |
Mar 15 1995 |
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Sunday Lecture Causation, Conversation, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Delusion, Posture, Zazen, Vow,... |
Oct 24 1993 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Work, Buddha, Precepts |
Jul 12 1992 Green Gulch Farm |
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Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, confusion, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Ceremony,... |
Sep 21 1991 Unknown |
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Precepts, Especially Right SpeechSerial: SF-03957 Sunday Lecture Precepts, Practice, Work |
Aug 11 1991 Green Gulch Farm |