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!
