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Precepts Talks
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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November 12th, 1995 Serial 01229ASerial: RA-01229A The initiation into Zen practice is through our non-action -this inactivity of each of us is precisely what is meant by Buddha. To return to the unmoving self is to take... Precepts, Greed, Meditation |
Nov 12 1995 Green Gulch Farm |
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Bodhisattva Initiation Triple Treasure, Precepts, Buddha |
Jul 30 1989 |
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Unknown Date, Serial 01239BSerial: RA-01239B Unknown talk at end of other talk on this tape Ego, Precepts, Study |
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