Dhamma Talk Video 169: Vinaya in modern times

Here’s a 60-min recorded video (219MB .mp4 - Tip: tap-and-hold to “Download link”, or right click to “Save Link As…“).

Topics:

• Buddhist monasticism, monk rules, Theravada, Vinaya, summarization of rules, food-related rules, solar noon, money handling, electronic payment methods, stewards, anecdotes of people getting sick from mosquitos, mosquito-borne illnesses

  
  

Vinaya References:

• “The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II, translated and explained by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu” - The Vinaya books which the monks of my lineage - the Ajahn Chah lineage - study

• “Rule Index” - Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu made a great list of the Vinaya rules, summarized, and gathered by topic

Other References:

• “Hong Kong — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, October 2025”

• “The 6 most common mosquito-borne diseases”

• “Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death”

• “Detecting mosquitoes with LiDAR and eliminate them with lasers”

• “Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first”

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• My work (the video above): Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

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