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Body Vows: Erin's (beautiful!) foot tattoo

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:40:20 -0800

Worst Horse reader Erin sends this pic of her new tattoo: Here is another practice tattoo I just got. It is the Dharma Wheel, I got it to remind me of the Noble Eightfold Path. The artist is Conan Lea. Thanks for sending it, Erin -- it's gor...

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Body vows: Gary from the UK's dharma tattoos

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:55:31 -0800

Here our latest Buddhism-inspired tattoos, sent as always by a reader: Hi, I'm Gary from the UK and I noticed the features you have as regarding tattoos relating to Buddhism. I have two so far, one on either bicep. On my left arm I have what is...

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Body vows: DB's practice tattoo...

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:53:46 -0800

Thanks to reader DB, who sends this shot of his dharma / practice tattoo. He writes: You'll find attached an image showing my Heart Sutra tattoo. It can be read "Form is Emptiness" and also "Emptiness is Form" since it's circular and therefore r...

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Body Vows: Erin's practice tattoo

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:35:34 -0800

Thanks to reader Erin who sends on this shot of her gorgeous Buddha tattoo. She writes: Here is my "practice" tattoo. It is a Buddha face with cherry blossoms by Michele Wortman. I chose the Buddha because the image always helps me stay focuse...

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Body vows: "OM MANI PADME HUM"

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:55:02 -0700

Thanks to reader Aleathia, who sent this gorgeous shot of a dharma tattoo she got. She writes: I had wanted this tattoo for 10 years, had thought of it often. I took vows 10 years ago but in the last 5 years my practice has slipped after the ...

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"Temporary Monks"

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:27:34 -0700

Temporary Monks Originally uploaded by Justin Mott [Found this shot and just loved it. Here's what the photog writes:] Only about a kilometer from one of the most visited temples in the world of Angkor Wat lies Wat Ang Kea Sa. Wat Ang ...

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Body vows: Dolla Lama tattoo!

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:47:47 -0700

They used to say that if you were parodied in Mad magazine, you'd made it. These days, not so much. But if someone gets a tattoo of you (or your work), then maybe so. So the Horse was rather pleased to see this photo of a tattoo of a piece by D...

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Body Vows: Tattoo mag dharma tattoos, part 1

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:10:49 -0700

Buddhist-themed tattoos show up in tattoo magazines all the time. There's no way we could find or post them all. But here's one of two that, for example, showed up in the current issue of Skin Art (#115). This one, a green Buddha, is credited t...

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Body Vows: "Om mani padme hum" tattoo

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:14:35 -0700

This one just in from previous "Body Vows" contributor Gerry Gomez, who shot the photo: OM MANI PADME HUM, [the mantra of Chenrezig, the Buddha of compassion] on my friend Trevor's arm. Tattoo by Pablo Sela of Iron Cross Tattoo, Santa Barbara, ...

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Body Vows: Jenny's Jizo tattoo

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:40:07 -0700

Our latest "practice tattoo" comes from reader Jenny W., from Okayama, Japan. About it she writes: I got this tattoo of Jizo Bosatsu at Chopstick Tattoo in Osaka, Japan in May 2006. The artist was Magoushi and I would recommend him highly to...

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