Comments on: Fresh Ink — The Sak Yant Edition, Part II

By: Julie Smith

Julie Smith — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:06:17 +0000

Can you give me any insight on the cost of the Nine Peaks Mount Meru – sak yant tattoo. I’m curerntly living in Thailand and am persaonlly interested in a sak yant tattoo, just doing the research.

By: miro

miro — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:37:45 +0000

Hi,I like the Tibetan mantra O Mani Padme Hum on your back.Where was it done?In Thailand,too?Its beautifully done.

By: Kuggle

Kuggle — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:32:26 +0000

Hello there, I am planning to go back to Thailand in October to get a sak yant…I’m not certain where would be the best place to get it as there are not really many clear directives. I’m a lady and I want an ink yant…I would prefer to get it done properly in BKK by a monk…does anyone have any suggestions for me please??

By: David

David — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:54:28 +0000

actually u can get a animal below the waist like a tiger or dragon but no angels like pikanet or hanuman those go above the waistline and i can get whatever sak yant i want as long as i never disrespect my master and continueing following the rules and he gives me my sak yants for free. he never told me that other masters made their students pay for their yants and i never knew untill now haha im glad my ajarn isnt like that

By: omar

omar — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:53:02 +0000

hey what the other tattoo means? i really like it..

By: ujalakali

ujalakali — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:43:17 +0000

I have a sak yant tattoo and I am a woman. I made a kind of pilgrimage to bkk to get it done. actually, i would have gone to anyone, but ended up at arjan noo’s to get it done in the belief that women cannot be touched by monks–which arjan noo is not.

later a westerner with plentiful sak yant told me that some bkk temples will put sak yant on women.

here is my experience:
I only have one and was not allowed to choose it. this is important! i think you often dont really get to choose. you tell them what is going on with you (i was on my way to afghanistan so i recieved the protection yant) and they give you the one that is best. also, i felt that they strongly encouraged putting the yants in the classic places. AJ’s is in the normal place for a protection tattoo. they put mine in a slightly different place. they were very clear that they were not going to do anything on my lower back, even though i didn’t ask for such a thing. this was a clear rule.

one final thing–this is for real. everything changed for me after recieving the tattoo. come correct.

This is all I really know, that which is my experience–i dont know about the other yants and dont know what the experience is for men.

i have a question if anyone knows– are there rules explicit for women? as far as i can see the rules are mostly for men, so i just try to stay on the right path as i see it. but if there are ladies rules, i would love to know them!

thanks1

By: A Bowl Of Stupid

A Bowl Of Stupid — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:18:40 +0000

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.

By: Rikard

Rikard — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:43:46 +0000

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

By: A Bowl Of Stupid

A Bowl Of Stupid — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:30:04 +0000

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/

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:24:26 +0000

what exactly does this yant paed tidt signify ? if you could elaborate more please