Lama Yeshe advises that we must check up on our desire to avoid suffering.

In this teaching Lama Yeshe advises the importance of pratimoksha vows and responds to students' questions about the five lay vows.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives a commentary on and confers the eight Mahayanaprecepts 

The Practice and Benefits of the Eight Mahayana Precepts

The eight Mahayana precepts should be taken with the motivation of bodhicitta, remembering the kindness of other sentient beings