Watching movies if you are a monk

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appicchato wrote:
Individual: Ven. Appicchato, is that not itself a value judgment?
Quite possibly...or maybe a feeling, or a notion, or a sentiment, or an impression, or a perception, or a take, or a conclusion,
or an estimation, or a thought, or a reflection, or a guess, or a hunch, or an angle, or a perspective, or a slant...and, possibly/ultimately, fuuu-tile... :smile:

Or is that an opinion?... :coffee:
Hmm. How do all the terms you just used above correspond to the language used in the Pali canon? :ugeek:

(I'm just kidding with you! You don't have to answer that last question. You made a good point about value-judgments. :twothumbsup:)
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Hi Robert,
robertk wrote:Some Tibetan monks are good at soccer. When i was at the temple in Lumbini (where the Buddha was born, one of the four most holy places) directly accross from the temple, a professional looking team , all in robes and with their coach also robed , were playing. I don't know if it concurs with Tibetan Vinaya but they were very earnest.
Years ago I met an Italian Theravadin monk called Mahinda or Milinda or something like that, who told me about his stay at a certain Tibetan monastery in Italy. While he was there one of the resident monks informed him one day that they would be holding the Vajra Cup later that week and asked him if he'd be interested in taking part.
"Sure," replied Mahinda, thinking that the Vajra Cup must be the name of some Tibetan ritual.
"Great, our team's one player short. Which position would you prefer?"

The Vajra Cup, it turned out, was an annual soccer match between the Tibetan-ordained monks in Italy and those in Germany. Mahinda then explained that it was out of the question — in the Pali Vinaya, balls and other playthings aren't even to be touched by a bhikkhu, let alone played with. His hosts were okay about this, but later one of them approached Mahinda and said: "We understand that your vows prohibit playing football, but would you mind being the referee?"

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Thanks Bhante!
That was just priceless!
Kind regards

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:rofl:
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:lol:
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hmmm i didnt know that, or remember that, about the balls... interesting.. i guess it wouldnt have matterd much to me as im not a fan of any sort of sport, so if i had learned that it woulda just be like; oh yeah, not gonna have to worry about that one...
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Greetings everyone,

The posts on different football codes have been moved off to the Lounge.

Metta,
Retro. :)
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Well the monks at my and JC's Wat recieved a 42" TV (give or take) as a "donation". lol. But in defense of this, we mostly use it to watch Dhamma movies and to entertain the young children that frequent the temple. That movie "The Cup" sounds very interesting.
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