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Bodhicari Precepts

Bodhicaris can be defined as “practitioners of the Buddha Dhamma who have attainment of enlightenment as their goal”. In Pali, the feminine form is Bodhicarini.

The Bodhicari Precepts are an expansion of Ajivatthamaka Sila (Eight Precepts with Right Livelihood as the Eighth) and Panca Sila (The Five Precepts).

Bodhicari Precepts

1) Panatipata veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the Precept to refrain from killing and injuring living things

2) Adinnadana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the Precept to refrain from taking that which is not given

3) Kamesu micchacara veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the Precept to refrain from sexual misconduct and excessive sensuality

4) Musavada veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the Precept to refrain from false and harmful speech

5) Pisuna vaca veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the Precept to refrain from backbiting

6) Pharusa vaca veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the Precept to refrain from using harsh or abusive speech

7) Samphappalapa veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the Precept to refrain from useless or meaningless conversation

8) Sura – meraya – majja pamadatthana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the Precept to refrain from drink and drugs which fuddle the mind and reduce mindfulness

9) Micchajiva veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the Precept to refrain from wrong means of livelihood

10) Sabba sattesu metta sahagatena cetasa viharana sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the Precept to live every moment with loving-kindness to all living beings

11) Yavajivam aham ratanattayam na niggahissami tatheva tam samadarena garukaram karissamiti sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the Precept not to revile the Three Treasures [the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha] but to cherish and uphold them

12) Karunopaya kosalla pariggahitanam dasaparaminam paripurana sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the Precept to practise the Ten Perfections with compassion and skill

Imani dvadasa sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake these twelve Precepts with full sincerity

Bodhicari Precepts with Diactritical Marks

1) Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī‧sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the Precept to refrain from killing and injuring living things

2) Adinnādānā veramaṇī‧sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the Precept to refrain from taking that which is not given

3) Kāmesu micchācārā veramaṇī‧sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the Precept to refrain from sexual misconduct and excessive sensuality

4) Musāvādā veramaṇī‧sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the Precept to refrain from false and harmful speech

5) Pisuṇāvācā veramaṇī‧sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the Precept to refrain from backbiting

6) Pharusāyavācā veramaṇī‧sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the Precept to refrain from using harsh or abusive speech

7) Samphappalāpā veramaṇī‧sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the Precept to refrain from useless or meaningless conversation

8) Surā-meraya-majja‧pamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇī‧sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the Precept to refrain from drink and drugs which fuddle the mind and reduce mindfulness

9) Micchājīvā veramaṇī‧sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the Precept to refrain from wrong means of livelihood

10) Sabba sattesu mettā sahagatena cetasā viharana sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the Precept to live every moment with loving-kindness to all living beings

11) Yāvajivam aham ratanattayam na niggahissāmi tatheva tam samādarena garukaram karissāmiti sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the Precept not to revile the Three Treasures [the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha] but to cherish and uphold them

12) Karunupāya kosalla pariggahitānam dasapāraminam paripurana sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the Precept to practise the Ten Perfections with compassion and skill

Imāni dvādasa sikkhāpadāni samādiyāmi
I undertake these twelve Precepts with full sincerity

Sakyadhita (International Association of Buddhist Women)

Sakyadhita (International Association of Buddhist Women) demonstrated interest in the Bodhicari Precepts. Bodhicari Vajira described The Bodhicari Precepts in “The Value of Precepts”, Bodhicari Vajira, Sakyadhita: International Association of Buddhist Women Newsletter, Volume 4 (1) (Summer 1993), pages 11-12:

“Just two years ago, on Vesak in 1991, a new ministerial ordination was developed by Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara in Los Angeles… the ministerial ordination of “Bodhicari”… as a paradigm to be used by other temple congregations in America and abroad. So far monks, nuns, laypeople, and scholars around the world have expressed great interest in this new ordination. The general response has been overwhelmingly positive.”

The paper issue of this Sakyadhita Newsletter included a beautiful illustrated version of the Bodhicari Precepts.

Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara Los Angeles USA

Under the leadership of the late Venerable Havnapola Ratnasara Maha Thera and Venerable Walpola Piyananda Maha Thera the Dhamma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara were pioneers in the development the use of Precepts for Upasakas and Upasikas in the West. Their Dhammacari and Bodhicari Precepts are an expansion of the Ajivatthamaka Sila (Eight Precepts with Right Livelihood as the Eighth).

The Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara website explains on the webpage Initiation for Lay People

“Dharma Vijaya has a program whereby lay people can be initiated with titles reflecting their level of commitment to learning and practicing Buddhism. The first level is Upasika; the second is Dhammacari; and the third is Bodhicari, which is the equivalent of a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist minister.”

Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara Silver Jubilee 1980-2005: Golden Jubilee of Ordination of Bhante Walpola Piyananda 1955-2005, explains on pages 13-15

“In time it occurred to Bhante [Venerable Walpola Piyananda] that the best way to establish Buddhism here [the USA] with native teachers was to develop a new system to supplement, not replace, the traditional system… In consultation with Ven Dr. [Havnapola] Ratanasara and Ven. Lenagala Sumedha Ananda Maha Nayaka and the support of Ven. Madewala Punnaji Ven. Piyananda and Ven. [Pannile] Ananda were able to develop a three-step system of ordination. First, anyone who takes five precepts and is initiated into Buddhism is called an Upasaka [Upasika]. He or she is expected to follow a specific study program and practice meditation. After practising for two years and showing development, he or she can advance to the level of Dhammacari. The Dhammacari follows 9 precepts, and follows a more advance syllabus of study. He or she is qualified to teach Sunday school and start meditation classes, but is not considered a fully ordained minister. The Dhammacari is basically a lay religious teacher. Finally, after a few more years of study and practice, those so inclined can apply for the level of Bodhicari who follows 12 precepts. He or she is a fully ordained lay minister, on the level of, say, a Japanese Jodo Shinshu or a Methodist minister. He or she can perform many religious ceremonies and activities, yet remains a lay person. Dharma Vijaya also has a Brahmacari initiation for those so inclined.”

In The Faces of Buddhism in America Paul David Numrich explains in Chapter 8 Theravada Buddhism in America in the section Experimentation with Intermediate Religious Statuses pages 158-160

“Traditional Theravada Buddhism stresses the distinction between lay and monastic lifestyles. Even so, the tradition offers specific opportunities for lay Buddhists to approximate the renunciatory monastic ideal on a limited basis. Lay devotees may take the Eight Precepts (attanga sila) during uposatha (sacred) days, wearing white and living in a disciplined and reflective manner at the temple…Various Buddhist groups in the West have implemented novel hierarchies of graduated religious statuses for their members… For more than a decade Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara of Los Angeles has experimented with such categories. In part to provide initiation ceremonies for American converts to Buddhism, but more importantly in an effort to train an indigenous American leadership in lieu of cultivating a native bhikkhu-sangha. “Buddhism can hardly occupy a firm place in the mainstream of American society if it constantly has to be replenished with foreign born clergy who themselves may not be integrated into our society,” asserts Dharma Vijaya’s pamphlet describing its most recent hierarchy of lay statuses. Taken as a whole, Dharma Vijaya’s five categories represent intermediate religious statuses between the ordinary layperson and the bhikkhu which creates something of a para- or quasi-monastic order …At the first level, Upasaka, a person makes “a commitment to approach life from a Buddhist point of view.” The Upasaka receives an ivory-coloured sash at an initiation ceremony, promising to live by the Five Precepts and to recite some basic Buddhist verses twice daily. The special nature of the at least one year of study and practice, at least eighteen years of age (or parental and temple monks’ approval) – set this apart from the traditional status of Buddhist lay devotee (upasaka/upasika). A Dhammacari, the next status, must be an Upasaka of at least two years’ practice and deemed “suitable” by the monks of the temple. “A Dhammacari is a committed practising Buddhist, at least 18 years of age, who has the knowledge and experience to teach Dhamma School, give Dhamma talks, conduct meditation classes, and even organize Buddhist groups.” The candidate receives a light yellow sash at an initiation ceremony, pledging to adhere to nine precepts in life – the standard Five Precepts plus abstention from “tale-bearing,” “harsh speech,” idle chatter,” and “wrong livelihood” – and to practice a twice-daily recitation ritual. Dharma Vijaya considers the third status in its hierarchy to be on the same level as the Dhammacari, though it reflects one difference in lifestyle.” The Anagarika is a Dhammacari, who substitutes the more stringent precept of abstention from all sexual relations (abrahmacariya) for the usual precept of abstention from simple sexual misconduct (kamesu micchacara).”

“With the institution of the… Bodhicari, Dharma Vijaya has sought to fill the “gap” in the Western transmission of Theravada Buddhism created by the dearth of monks. “A Bodhicari is a Buddhist lay minister, neither a lay person nor ordained Sangha,” whose responsibilities and authorities… include… the possibility of conducting certain religious services [when monks are unavailable], holding chaplainships, conducting weddings and funerals, [and] initiating Upasaka.” … Nomination requirements include a minimum of four years of college and three years of training with a monk… the Bodhicari follows twelve precepts, the twelfth being the most important in emphasizing the selfless service exemplified by the Buddha in his previous lives as bodhisattva or Buddha-to-be: “I undertake the Precept to practise the Ten Perfections with compassion and skill”. The Bodhicari also holds to a detailed daily ritual regimen. The final special status granted by Dharma Vijaya is Brahmacari, a Bodhicari who abstains from all sexual relations (abramacariya)… The temple has ordained a total of four Bodhicaris including the former samaneri Reverend Dhamamitta [a Thai woman]”

Professor Paul Numrich attended the Wesak ceremony in 1991 when the first Bodhicaris took these Bodhicari Precepts. Three Upasakas also took five Precepts and two Dhammacaris took Nine Precepts. The Nine Dhammacari Precepts are an amalgamation of the Panca Sila (The Five Precepts) and the Ajivatthamaka Sila (Eight Precepts with Right Livelihood as the Eighth). In Old Wisdom in the New World: Americanization in Two Immigrant Theravada Buddhist Temples on page 130 Numrich explains:

“The twelve Bodhicari Precepts include … two borrowed Pali phrases and one Precept composed by Venerable Piyananda himself. The borrowed Pali, with translation and sources according to Venerable Piyananda, are (1) Sabba sattesu metta sahagatena cetasa viharana sikkhapadam samadiyami ‘I undertake the Precept to live every moment with loving-kindness to all living beings’ (from Nava Uposatha Sila [the Nine Uposatha Sila with loving-kindness as the Ninth]); and (2) Karunopaya kosalla pariggahitanam dasaparaminam paripurana sikkhapadam samadiyami, ‘I undertake the Precept to practise the Ten Perfections with compassion and skill’ (from Buddhagosa’s commentary on the Jataka). Venerable Piyananda’s original Precept was; Yavajivam aham ratanattayam na niggahissami tatheva tam samadarenagarukaram karissamiti sikkhapadam samadiyami, I undertake the Precept not to revile the Three Treasures [the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha] but to cherish and uphold them’.”

In 2005 Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara reported that there were eleven Bodhicaris at Dharma Vijaya over half of whom were women.

In “Wesak Celebrations at Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara”, The Asian Tribune: A Newspaper Published by World Institute for Asian Studies reported on the 2009 Wesak celebrations at Dharma Vijaya in May 2009. This article explained

“We must mention that the highlight of the Vesak program was the acceptance of Buddhism by eight candidates who had studied the doctrine under the guidance of the venerable monks. They were recognized in three categories; 1 Upasaka/Upasika 2. Dhammacari 3. Bodhicari. This initiation ceremony which originated at Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara is an ongoing program where the recipients are expected to adhere to a certain code of ethics and also disseminate the Dhamma by being examples of the Buddha’s teachings.”

An article “Investigating the Integration of Buddhism into Western Culture”, by Ven Walpola Piyananda in Asian Tribune in 2012 stated

“Thirty-two years ago I instituted a three-step pathway for ordaining lay people as fully-certified Buddhist ministers (Bodhicari), which are comparable to Protestant or Jodo Shinshu ministers. This system has been very successful, and we now have many excellent, highly-qualified male and female lay ministers who can teach Dhamma classes, conduct weddings and funerals, give meditation instruction, and serve the Buddhist community in a host of useful ways. The three-step program is based on progressive levels of Buddhist education, commitment, teaching experience, and Precepts.”

Bhante Walpola Piyananda’s 2018 book Sharing Buddhism in the Western World, Chapter 7 Lay Initiation & Ordination explains the role of Bodhicaris on pages 58 and 60-63

…basing itself in Buddhist tradition, the Sangha of Dharma Vijaya experimented, first introducing Dhammacari and Anagarika initiations. This still left a gap, which was finally filled with the Bodhicari ordination, that of a lay Buddhist minister. The Sangha of Dharma Vijaya has developed a set of precepts and other requirements for this level, all based on traditional Buddhist teachings.” (page 58).

The Section Bodhicari Initiation (pages 55-63) includes information from the 1994 issue of the Dhamma Vijaya Magazine. Pages 60-63 of the book explain the requirements for being nominated to be a Bodhicari and the role of a Bodhicari. It also records that 27 Bodhicaris had been initiated by 2018. Bhante Piyananda also explains how he sees the future of the current three-step program of Upasakas, Dhammacaris and Bodhicaris at Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara.

The chanting Bodhicaris undertake includes the Metta Sutta (Loving Kindness Sutta) and the short form of the Sacca Vibhanga Sutta (The Analysis of Truth Sutta). These Suttas are both included in Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara’s 1990 book Buddha Vandana: A Book of Buddhist Devotions and 2019 book The Great Book of Protective Blessings: Pali-English.

Ven S Dhammika in The Broken Buddha in Chapter 31 Buddhayana on page 152 of the 2006 edition and page 184 of the 2020 edition says

“At least one forward-looking and thoughtful Sri Lankan monk…Ven Piyananda of Los Angeles has a program of lay training and ordination which has had some success and could well be a model for similar efforts.”

Venerable Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Mahanayaka Thera Aggamaha Pandita Abhidhaja Maharatthaguru DLitt DLitt (24 August 1896 -18 July 1998)

Venerable Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Mahanayaka Thera Aggamaha Pandita Abhidhaja Maharatthaguru DLitt DLitt (24th August 1896 -18th July 1998) is the person who did the most to support and encourage these developments. He took part in the BBC TV series The Long Search, and regularly visited the West.

He explains in Nine Special Qualities of the Buddha & Other Essays on page 16

“The perfect moral conduct or character can be categorised under the Eight Precepts called Ajivatthamaka Sila. These are refraining from eight unwholesome ways, namely, killing, taking what is not given; a life devoted to sensuality; falsehood, slandering, backbiting, harsh speech, gossip; and wrong livelihood. All the good conduct and keeping Precepts or Patimokkha rules of Buddhist monks are included in these eight Precepts.”

Paul David Numrich reports on page 114 of Old Wisdom in the New World: Americanization in Two Immigrant Theravada Buddhist Temples that an American laywoman received the Panca Sila (Five Precepts) from Venerable Ananda Maitreya in 1986 at Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara Los Angeles. She was one of the first two people to take the Bodhicari Precepts and received the Buddhist name Vajira at the same Vihara in 1991.

Bodhicari Vajira explained in “Letter from our Reader”, NIBWA Newsletter on International Buddhist Womens Affairs (Number 34) pages 19-20, that Venerable Balangoda Ananda Maitreya was in Sri Lanka at the of the first of the Bodhicari ceremony in 1991, and gave his approval from there. She has since joined the Buddhist Sangha Council of Southern California (under the title of “Reverend”), and she serves as the Buddhist Chaplain at UCLA.

Venerable Narada Maha Thera gave Jacquetta Gomes the Buddhist name Jayasili when she became an Upasika by taking Panca Sila (Five Precepts) in Sri Lanka on 31 July 1975. Venerable Balangoda Ananda Maitreya was the Preceptor when she took the Bodhicari Precepts at the London Buddhist Vihara on 3 August 1994. This event is described in Newsround: Theravada Lay Ordinations”, in The Middle Way: Journal of The Buddhist Society [London], 69 (3) (November, 1994), pages 207- 208.

Venerable Pidiville Piyatissa (born in Sri Lanka) head of Ketumati Buddhist Vihara Manchester led a retreat for BGKT Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) at Kendal Fire Station community room in England over the weekend of 24 and 25 September 2011. As far as we are aware this was the first retreat led by a Buddhist Monk to take place in a Fire Station in the UK. Venerable Piyatissa presented Bodhicarini Upasika Jayasili with a Bodhicari sash which is the same as the sashes worn by Bodhicaris in the USA. She took the Bodhicari Precepts with Venerable Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Mahanayaka Thera Abhidhaja Maharatthaguru Aggamaha Pandita DLitt DLitt (1896-1998) as Preceptor, in 1994 at the London Buddhist Vihara. She was the first person to take these Precepts outside the USA. This was the first time such a presentation has taken place outside the USA. Her Father worked for the LFB London Fire Brigade and was delighted that this took place in a Fire Station.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Articles

“Buddhist Precepts and Lay Dhamma Teaching in the West”, Jacquetta Gomes, Yasodhara Newsletter on International Buddhist Women’s Activities, (October-December 2008), 25(1) No 97, 15-17. (ISSN 0875-1996).
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“Buddhist Precepts and Lay Dhamma Teaching in the West”, Jacquetta Gomes, Lotus: the Lay Review and Newsletter of the Birmingham Buddhist Vihara, Issue 31 (Spring 2010) 4-6.
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“The development and use of the Eight Precepts for lay practitioners, Upasakas and Upasikas in Theravada Buddhism in the West”, Jacquetta Gomes, Contemporary Buddhism, Volume 5(1) (May 2004) 47-63. (ISSN 1463-9947). DOI:10.1080/1463994042000249535
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“A Female Ordained Lay Buddhist Minister”, NIBWA Newsletter (Newsletter on International Buddhist Womens Affairs), 33 (October-December 1992) 11-12.

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“A Select Guide to Indological Periodical Literature: Buddhism: Gomes, Jacquetta -The development and use of the Eight Precepts for lay practitioners, Upasakas and Upasikas in Theravada Buddhism in the West”, Contemporary Buddhism, Volume 5(1) (May, 2004)”, MLBD [Motilal Banarsidass] Newsletter: A Monthly Indological Bibliography English & Hindi, 27(6) (June 2005), 15. (ISSN 0970-1535).

“The Value of Precepts”, Bodhicari Vajira, Sakyadhita: International Association of Buddhist Women Newsletter, Volume 4 (1) (Summer 1993) 11-12.
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Books

Balangoda Ananda Maitreya, Venerable, and Jayasili (Jacquetta Gomes). Introducing Buddhism. 2007. (Taipei Taiwan, The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation) (Book code EN074) (This includes the booklet: Requirements and Ceremonies for the Five Precepts (Panca Sila), The Eight Precepts with Right Livelihood as the Eighth (Ajivatthamaka Sila), Dhamma Teachers Certificate, issued by the Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) and Ketumati Buddhist Vihara at Wesak 2006)
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Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Mahanayaka Thera, Venerable, Nine Special Qualities of the Buddha & Other Essays. (London, World Buddhist Foundation, 1995)

Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) and Ketumati Buddhist Vihara. Requirements and Ceremonies for the Five Precepts (Panca Sila), The Eight Precepts with Right Livelihood as the Eighth (Ajivatthamaka Sila), Dhamma Teachers Certificate, issued by the Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) and Ketumati Buddhist Vihara at Wesak 2006).2006.
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S Dhammika, Venerable, The Broken Buddha: Critical Reflections on Theravada and a Plea for a New Buddhism, (Singapore, The Nimmala Group, 2006. (ISBN 981-05-6656-5)

S Dhammika, Venerable, The Broken Buddha: Critical Reflections on Theravada and a Plea for a New Buddhism, second revised edition, 2018. (Published on BudBlooms website 2020)

Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara. Buddha Vandana: A Book of Buddhist Devotions. 1990. (Los Angeles California USA, Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara)
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Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara. Buddha Vandana: A Book of Buddhist Devotions. May 2019. (Taipei Taiwan, The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation) (Book code EN075).
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Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara. The Great Book of Protective Blessings: Pali-English Vesak 2019. 2019. (Los Angeles California USA, Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara).
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Numrich, Paul David. Old Wisdom in the New World: Americanization in Two Immigrant Theravada Buddhist Temples. 1996 (Knoxville Tennessee USA, The University of Tennessee Press) (ISBN 0-87049-905-X)
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Walpola Piyananda, Bhante, Sharing Buddhism in the Western World. 2007. (Taipei Taiwan, The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation, 2007) (Book code EN450)
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Prebish, Charles S and Tanaka, Kenneth, K. The Faces of Buddhism in America. 1998. (Berkeley California, USA, University of California Press) (ISBN 0-520-20460-3) (Current ISBN 978-05202-1301-2)
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Journals

Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara Silver Jubilee 1980-2005: Golden Jubilee of Ordination of Bhante Walpola Piyananda 1955-2005, (Dharma Vijaya: Triannual Publication of Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara, Los Angeles), (Anniversary Issue, October, 2005).
Available online at www.dharmavijaya.org
http://www.dharmavijaya.org/Downloadable_files/Full_magazine.pdf

Dharma Vijaya Magazine, Triannual Publication of Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara, Los Angeles, Kathina Issue 1994: “Buddhist Ministry in the West”, 6(1) (October, 1994).
Some of this issue is included in Walpola Piyananda, Bhante, Sharing Buddhism in the Western World, 200 (Taipei Taiwan, The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation) (Book code EN450)
Available at https://www-old.budaedu.org/en/
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Talks

Bodhicarini Upasika Jayasili Jacquetta Gomes gave a Guest Lecture “Development of the Precepts in the West (Bodhicari Precepts, 8 Uposatha Precepts, Eight Precepts with Right Livelihood)”, to Dhamma USA on 2 October 2023
Weblinkhttps://www.dhammausa.com/
The talk available at
Weblinkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjk5wD6O77U

Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia

Bodhicari Precepts by Bodhicarini Upasika Jayasili Jacquetta Gomes BGKT Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) England UK
http://tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com/en/index.php?title=Bodhicari_Precepts_by_Bodhicarini_Upasika_Jayasili

Category: Bodhicarini Upasika Jayasili Jacquetta Gomes
https://tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com/en/index.php?title=Category:Bodhicarini_Upasika_Jayasili_Jacquetta_Gomes

Websites

Buddhist Door Global BDG
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/
2021 24 November “Marking the 125th Birth Anniversary of Ven. Ananda Maitreya in England”, by Bodhicarini Upasika Jayasili Jacquetta Gomes
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/marking-the-125th-birth-anniversary-of-ven-ananda-maitreya-in-england/

Buddhist eLibrary
http://www.buddhistelibrary.org/
Buddhist Precepts / Sila
http://www.buddhistelibrary.org/en/thumbnails.php?album=153
Bodhicari Precepts
http://www.buddhistelibrary.org/en/displayimage.php?pid=2443

BGKT Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada)
https://www.buddhistgroupofkendal.co.uk/
https://www.buddhistgroupofkendal.co.uk/buddhist-precepts/
http://www.buddhistgroupofkendal.co.uk/bodhicari-precepts/

Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara, Los Angeles California USA
https://www.dharmavijaya.org/
Webpage Initiation for Lay People
https://www.dharmavijaya.org/lay.html
Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara Silver Jubilee 1980-2005: Golden Jubilee of Ordination of Bhante Walpola Piyananda 1955-2005, (Dharma Vijaya: Triannual Publication of Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara, Los Angeles), (Anniversary Issue, October, 2005).
Available online at www.dharmavijaya.org
http://www.dharmavijaya.org/Downloadable_files/Full_magazine.pdf

Internet Archive San Francisco California USA
https://archive.org/
Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) Internet Archive webpages
https://archive.org/details/@buddhistgroupkendal
Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) Internet Archive webpages
Bodhicari Precepts
https://archive.org/details/bodhicari-precepts
Bodhicari Precepts in Buddhism
https://archive.org/details/bodhcari-precepts-in-buddhism