August 1, 2004
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okay, for those who were interested,
here is the explanation of the tattoo:
The writing is Tibetan, it says om mani padme hum.
The Dalai Lama has a really great explanation here .
Personally, looking at what I’ve been able to find, I interpret it to be internalize the jewel in the lotus.
See the divine in the natural
it is
inseperable from your (for lack of a better term)
buddha nature
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I am not afilliated with any religeon but my own, which has no rules (see zensluts.com). *
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So, anyway…
the inner petals of the lotus symbolize the eightfold path, which I think is a great guide. The outer petals are just pretty
The yellow circles are my special people… my soulmates, as it were.
The blue trisk is for my children.
The om in green and black is the center of my being.
All these, taken as a whole are a stylized representation of a world within a lotus. A jewel…
We are all One.
…and then the new one, the green star, that’s for my personality. wait for it…
SUPERSTAR!
my leo got sick of all that pisces shit…
*this is a JOKE
anyone who attempts to use it against me
in a court of law
will undoubtedly go to hell
or be cursed with toe-curling body odor
and fleas
Comments (20)
yay leo!
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I do remember when you got your lotus, or maybe just posted it a few years back… I vaguely remember the meaning.. suprisingly.
Lovely tattoo.. lovely sentiment.
snork. how was hc, jr? mac riggan is moving in next door. (that empty lot). i’m going to be living next door to the President of the Newbery P.T.A. (his uber-stepford-like wife). i don’t know how i’ll ever measure up.
Love the tat(s) I’m still trying ot get mine finished…I lag so hard. I would LOVE kitchen curtains!!!!!! Hope to hear from you tomorrow, I’ve got no plans c’ept to keep trying to organize. LOVE the disclaimer too!
-M
how about a tattoo of me…err uhmm… commander riker on your back :O
it’s perfectly you
juuuust like you are.
I had a whole unintentionally pretentious sounding comment written up, but I’ll just leave you with the sentiment that was meant to be behind it :
I’m feeling pretty smug over the fact that I already knew a bit (read: tiny bit) about “om mani padme hum” but it’s only because I used to read a pre-Xanga journal by that name.
I need to buy that movie…”Your mom named you after a bottle of water!”
You think I give good babble now, wait til you meet me in person and I’m nervous. I chatter like a crackhead monkey.
Ok, now that you proclaim yourself to be a superstar, you must break out into the choreographed dance that was done in the cafeteria.
Thanks for the story behind the tat.
Steve
from what i hear, she fucks like one too.
get a tattoo of that, i double dog dare you.
Cool ass tats eradicate strikes….
HA! You so needed a leo tat.
I have an Om in between my shoulder blades, it’s perfectly Cancerian/Sadge…the philosophizing Sadge… I’ve never been the basketballer/figure skater/equestrian Sadge.
me me me me
I can’t think that much. Makes my head hurt.
Lovely tattoo. Lovely meaning. Lovely curses. Lovely lovely zenslut.
“Padme” is also “peace,” but then the great thing about a religion without rules is that you can personally send me to hell AND give me hideous body and fleas I there isn’t a damn thing I can do about it. Now if only all my leo would kick the shit out of the Cancerian housekeeper I appear to be inhabiting.
well, whatever it means, i think it’s purdy…
yeah, i dig it.
plus….we got a picture of a smile, and i SO dig on that.
you make me HOT.
Okay so… now that we’ve the tats outa the way…
Where’s the picture blog about the tanlines??? Hmmm???
i soooo love you…. “will undoubtedly go to hell
or be cursed with toe-curling body odor
and fleas” I about lost my coffee through my nose there….
You sure got a pudy tattoo.