Love the Tibetan symbolism and what it stands for.
Hope to learn a bit more about it the upcoming week when Sogyal Rinpoche wil teach in Amsterdam.
The Ghanta & Vajra on this customer represent the male(scepter) and female(bell) principle.
The bats probably come from chinese symbolism where they mean good luck.
Posts Tagged ‘buddhist tattoos’
Two sides of a coin
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010Cutting though…
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Again a tattoo of a “Phurba” or a Tibetan ritual dagger…
There’s one more on this site, On the forearm of singer/actor Jake la Botz…
He’s a student of Tibetan Buddhism (lineage of Chogyam Trungpa)
And he told me it cuts through Passion, aggression and ignorance…
Most Important Qualities
Thursday, July 30th, 2009This tattoo represents the six qualities you need to achieve enlightenment…
They are called the Six Paramitras en they decorate some thangkas and sometimes even the throne of the Dalai Lama…
