metaldog

well i'm a buddhist and i'm not offended.

actually the photos you saw were taken by a good friend of mine who is also buddhist.

check out spencer's site: www.sakyant.com

it's got some good info on it. as you have already found out it is very hard to find anything in english about this.

feel free to email me if you have any questions although i am just learning about it.

yeah.

i hope this isnt offensive to any buddhists or anything. read about it in fader magazine (a hipster magazine out of NYC).

that was a while ago. then i was reading some stuff about buddhism for a class and the tattoos popped into my head again, which prompted me to search the internet about it.

which is how i got here

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hey,

what magazine did you read about yak san in?

was it an american magazine?

bump.

hi, im from america (georgia) but found this forum trying to find out more information about these tattoos. i heard about them through a magazine and became very interested.

i am not buddhist, and only have a barebone-working knowledge of buddhism, but im pretty fascinated by these yak san tattoos. the information provided here is pretty informative. other stuff i read about these tattoos said that the monks who engage in this practice are mostly theravada monks. is this true?

also, can anyone point me towards some literature (or maybe buddhist texts) that these tattoo symbols draw their inspiration from? although i dont plan on converting to buddhism, i would like to understand its tenets.

also, are the monks who tattoo only located in thailand? like, are there temples in cambodia or china where they also give yak san tattoos? for that matter, do any buddhist monks in america do this?

thanks

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