The set of restraints from committing certain actions (eighteen root downfalls and forty-six faulty actions) that, if committed, would be detrimental to achieving enlightenment and benefiting all others. Bodhisattva vows are taken by those who have developed engaged bodhichitta.
Tibetan: བྱང་སེམས་སྡོམ་པ། byang-sems sdom-pa
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