Sep 25 2008
Fresh Ink — The Sak Yant Edition, Part II
For anyone paying attention, you may recall that several months ago, I got a Sak Yant tattoo (Khmer geometric tattoos, meant to protect the wearer, originally as protection during war/fighting times).
That first tattoo was the Yant Gao Yord (or 'Nine Spires Yanthra'), which represents the Nine Peaks Mount Meru; the sacred mountain in the centre of the Universe, with the four Continents around it.
Well, today I went to get the second in a series of Sak Yant tattoos (while I'm sill here in Bangkok). Admittedly, I did not go to Wat Bang Phra this time, instead getting the tattoo from a local Bangkok artist who trained as a monk but no longer practices. As such, I'll need to get this Yant blessed (or 'charged') by a Bhuddist preist when I return back here to Thailand in a couple months.
This time I got a Yant Paed Tidt, which is representative of the 8 directions of the Universe and has a kata to protect you in each direction in which you may travel. Mine is a variation, but it looks similar to the one shown and described at the Sak Yant Website, here.
I'll try to have a picture up in a couple days.
what exactly does this yant paed tidt signify ? if you could elaborate more please
Michelle,
The short answer is that this yant represents the 8 directions of the Universe and has a kata to protect the wearer in each direction he/she may travel in.
That’s pretty bare-bones, but I think the best explanation (at least far better than I could ever explain it) is to be found at: http://www.sak-yant.com/archive/108yant/paedtidt/
Hey man!
You seam to know a bit about sak yant tattoo`s… I have a question for you. Can you put the tattoo where ever you wnt on your boby or does it have to be on the barck?
Peace
Just to set the record straight, I pretty much know jack-shit about EVERYTHING. That being said, it’s my understanding that the ‘rules’ on Sak Yant (in general) is that you cannot have an actual image of the holy Buddha anywhere on your body, and that the yants themselves are not to be placed anywhere beneath the waistline (which, for obvious reasons, is considered unclean — that’s also the reason monks are not allowed to touch women, as they are alleged to be unclean … sorry girls, I’m jst the messenger.
Hope that helps.