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Sak Yant Tattoo Posted: June 27, 2024 | Last updated: June 27, 2024 Traditional hand needle tattoos have been a staple of Thai culture for centuries with the common practitioners being Buddhist monks.

(This former Buddhist monk spreads positivity through his tattoo art.) While there are online sources that list the meaning of different images and patterns, much of the information isn’t ...

Monks use fine point needles to ink sacred tattoos or 'sak yant' by hand on to the devotees' bodies. They say the tattoos are a "spiritual anchor", drawn from Buddhist manuscripts in Khmer ...

Monk Tuk, one of the temple's current tattoo masters, said that beyond the aesthetic these tattoos remind people to be virtuous and adhere to Buddhist five precepts; to refrain from killing ...