Taking the Eight Mahayana Precepts - An Introduction

In this short video Ven. Paloma Alba introduces the practice of taking the eight Mahayana precepts. These are vows that are taken with the motivation to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings and kept for a period of 24 hours. A more detailed explanation of these vows can be found in Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teaching “Taking the Eight Mahayana Precepts,” a module of the online program Living in the Path (onlinelearning.....