Updated monastic code warns against too
much internet - May 20, 2004
From Boingboing.net: The updated Pratimoksha (Buddhist Monastic
Code) via Vietnamese Buddhist sources was posted
on the net and has direction about spending too much
idle time on the net:
44. A bhikshu who has his private e-mail account with
the result that he spends an inordinate amount of time in
making unnecessary communications or communications which
foster attachment commits an offence for which he must express
regret...
46. A bhikshu who plays electronic games including those
on the computer, commits an offence for which he must express
regret.
Updated monastic code warns against too much internet
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