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12-20-2004, 06:07 PM
If you were planning on taking your monastic vows, you may want to reconsider…
Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Vietnamese teacher, recently revised the Pratimoksha—the rules governing Buddhist monks& nuns.* The Pratimoksha was updated to confront contemporary technological challenges that were not present in the time of the Buddha.* Included in the revised text, is this new rule:
“A bhikshu [monk] who plays electronic games including those on the computer,*commits an offence for which he must express regret.”
Needless to say, we here at Joystiq would be overflowing with regret!
http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000910023980/
Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Vietnamese teacher, recently revised the Pratimoksha—the rules governing Buddhist monks& nuns.* The Pratimoksha was updated to confront contemporary technological challenges that were not present in the time of the Buddha.* Included in the revised text, is this new rule:
“A bhikshu [monk] who plays electronic games including those on the computer,*commits an offence for which he must express regret.”
Needless to say, we here at Joystiq would be overflowing with regret!
http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000910023980/