Comments on: Fresh Ink — The ‘Sak Yant’ Edition http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/ Stupid Is As Stupid Reads Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:05:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Chelsea http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-160810 Chelsea Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:26:46 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/#comment-160810 Same question as Estelle, can women get a sak yant at the temple? I know in some cultures that would be like an extreme taboo and I'm really not looking to offend monks at a sacred temple. Also, just out of curiosity, has anyone contracted HIV from getting a sak yant at the temple that you know of? I'm not all that worried about anything else concerned with getting a sak yant since this practice has been around for at least 500 years, but HIV is relatively knew so I thought I'd ask. Same question as Estelle, can women get a sak yant at the temple? I know in some cultures that would be like an extreme taboo and I’m really not looking to offend monks at a sacred temple. Also, just out of curiosity, has anyone contracted HIV from getting a sak yant at the temple that you know of? I’m not all that worried about anything else concerned with getting a sak yant since this practice has been around for at least 500 years, but HIV is relatively knew so I thought I’d ask.

]]> By: Rodrigo Lemos http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-160785 Rodrigo Lemos Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:00:34 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/#comment-160785 Sorry to say but are you sure the needles are sterilized? It feels just unsafe and gross to imagine that the same needle had popped thousand of people's skins during that day and more. Sorry to say but are you sure the needles are sterilized? It feels just unsafe and gross to imagine that the same needle had popped thousand of people’s skins during that day and more.

]]> By: Estelle http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-160753 Estelle Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:02:54 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/#comment-160753 Is it possible for a woman to get a yant at the temple? Is it possible for a woman to get a yant at the temple?

]]> By: dante http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-160722 dante Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:18:54 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/#comment-160722 p, getting to the wat, i hired a taxi service, was good since the driver helped translate for me. i did hear of another wat that was starting with new apprentices, found that on the internet, so not sure, but if i were you i would go with the best, wat bang... i think i paid around 100$, maybe that was too much, but since it was a large piece i felt it was just. i am sure the smaller ones are cheaper. and i went to whoever was up there. they are all good have fun d p,

getting to the wat, i hired a taxi service, was good since the driver helped translate for me.

i did hear of another wat that was starting with new apprentices, found that on the internet, so not sure, but if i were you i would go with the best, wat bang…

i think i paid around 100$, maybe that was too much, but since it was a large piece i felt it was just. i am sure the smaller ones are cheaper.
and i went to whoever was up there. they are all good

have fun

d

]]> By: PAPPA http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-160720 PAPPA Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:55:55 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/#comment-160720 @dante: hey dante, thanks for that great overview of your experience at wat bang phra. i studied in thailand from 2007 til 2008 and am going back there next week. since i left i got more and more interested in getting a sak yant and now made up my mind to get a gao yord and a 20 yord on my back. i still have aq few questions though and hopefully you can help me with that: - how do i get to wat bang phra the quickest? - do you know of any other wat where they use sterilized needles? i heard of one in bangkok, but can't find any info on the web. - how much did you pay and to whom did you go to if not arjan noo? thanks in advance for your help @dante:

hey dante,

thanks for that great overview of your experience at wat bang phra. i studied in thailand from 2007 til 2008 and am going back there next week. since i left i got more and more interested in getting a sak yant and now made up my mind to get a gao yord and a 20 yord on my back.
i still have aq few questions though and hopefully you can help me with that:
- how do i get to wat bang phra the quickest?
- do you know of any other wat where they use sterilized needles? i heard of one in bangkok, but can’t find any info on the web.
- how much did you pay and to whom did you go to if not arjan noo?

thanks in advance for your help

]]> By: dante http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-160719 dante Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:59:23 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/#comment-160719 Cal, Yes you can request your own. Downstairs is where most the locals were getting theirs done, then upstairs is where the foreigners were. Then you sit and wait, look through their books, choose your sak-yant, then wait some more. (make sure to bring the offerings, cigs and flowers, and some cash.) Have fun, when I went, I had my driver translate for me... Dante Cal,

Yes you can request your own. Downstairs is where most the locals were getting theirs done, then upstairs is where the foreigners were. Then you sit and wait, look through their books, choose your sak-yant, then wait some more. (make sure to bring the offerings, cigs and flowers, and some cash.)

Have fun, when I went, I had my driver translate for me…

Dante

]]> By: Cal http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-160716 Cal Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:31:15 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/#comment-160716 Hey man. Really enjoyed reading your post here about the Wat Bang Phra temple. I am very much wanting to get out that way for my own Yant and i was hoping you could answer somethings for me. I want a specific Yant, if i go to the temple can i request the Yant i want? Also can i choose where i want it? The Yant i'd like goes on the back. I've seen it done between the shoulder blades and also over the heart (on your back) Can i specify to the monk? Do they understand / speak English? Would really appreciate any info / advice you could offer. Peace. Hey man. Really enjoyed reading your post here about the Wat Bang Phra temple. I am very much wanting to get out that way for my own Yant and i was hoping you could answer somethings for me. I want a specific Yant, if i go to the temple can i request the Yant i want? Also can i choose where i want it? The Yant i’d like goes on the back. I’ve seen it done between the shoulder blades and also over the heart (on your back) Can i specify to the monk? Do they understand / speak English?

Would really appreciate any info / advice you could offer.

Peace.

]]> By: john http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-160678 john Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:32:15 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/#comment-160678 that arjan noo charges 2000 us dollers now. i opted for another place, 300baht that arjan noo charges 2000 us dollers now. i opted for another place, 300baht

]]> By: Steve http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-160652 Steve Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:21:33 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/#comment-160652 Its a nice idea, there is a sense of somthing magical about getting a tattoo by a monk but i really couldnt let myself be stabbed with a needle thats probably been stabbed into 10,000 other people, washed or not.... Ill get the designs in thailand and then go see an actual tattoo studio where everything is clean and new... THEN i can get a tattoo blessed when i visit a temple.... saftey first haha Its a nice idea, there is a sense of somthing magical about getting a tattoo by a monk but i really couldnt let myself be stabbed with a needle thats probably been stabbed into 10,000 other people, washed or not…. Ill get the designs in thailand and then go see an actual tattoo studio where everything is clean and new… THEN i can get a tattoo blessed when i visit a temple…. saftey first haha

]]> By: dante http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-150013 dante Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:42:11 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/fresh-ink-the-sak-yant-edition/#comment-150013 Was great! Got a complete back piece. I already had the 9 spire on my neck. So I opted for a creation piece. Was a great experience. Felt charged and alive. Going back to finish a small piece between my new one and old one. Then all will be well. Thanks for the advice.. Dante Was great! Got a complete back piece. I already had the 9 spire on my neck. So I opted for a creation piece. Was a great experience. Felt charged and alive.
Going back to finish a small piece between my new one and old one. Then all will be well.

Thanks for the advice..

Dante

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