The Tattooed Buddha strives to be a platform for the spiritual misfits and contemplative rebels. We aim to promote peace and educate through writing, workshops and community. We offer a dialogue that is aware and awake to the reality of our present day, tackling issues of community, environment and compassionate living.
Just an Ordinary Jane Looking for a Little Zen, The Yoga Slut
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The Ending of Things
So how do we deal with the endings that are hard? How do we accept the endings that are bittersweet or the ones we see are coming?
A Mindful Berean
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Right Thinking and the Punna Sutta: What to Do When We Come Across Hostility
Punna’s solution to the challenge of living around uncivilized people wasn’t to judge them or to avoid them. He was determined to go down there and help folks sync up with their Buddha Nature.
The Bodhisattva of Power Suits
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Don’t Take the Clickbait:Joy Is a Strategy
In Buddhism, Joy Is a Strategy
Loving Thoughts From Nowhere
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The Starry-eyed Syndrome
I've been using starry-eyed in a colloquial way to mean that, "you have a lot of thoughts and opinions that are unreasonably positive, so you do not understand things as they really are."
Living the Dharma: Stories of Everyday Life
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The Fathers We Lost to Fox: Grieving Someone Who Is Still Alive
By Kellie Schorr *Author’s Note: I am a registered independent and not affiliated...
The Renegade Buddhist
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Which Seeds Do I Water? Yogacara and Connecting It All
By Johnathon Lee I sat on break, broken by emotional agony, thinking, “I don’t...
Buddha School Dropout
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Trauma, Grieving and the Root of Suffering
Because a lotus will not thrive in clear water, it needs the mud in order to bloom.
One Deep Breath of Dharma
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Skillful and Unskillful Perfectionism in Buddhist Practice
I have struggled with trying to be more perfect. I would love a clean house, plants that were not brown tipped, a work life where I made no mistakes and of course amazing meditation practice.
- Buddhism
- Right Livelihood
- Addiction & Recovery
- Reviews
Demure & Mindful: A Buddhist’s Take
By Johnathon Lee “Very demure, very mindful.” ~ Jools Lebron Are we being mindful if we’re...
There is Recovery in the Dish Pit
It was as if I entered the pit each night as a dish gladiator and the goal was to conquer the hot, soapy hell I worked in.
The Psychedelic Future of American Buddhism
The future of Buddhism here is with the young and many of them are open to psychedelics as an adjunct to meditation or as a distinct psycho-experimental practice.
A Friend You Never Had: A Review of N33D: Poems of Human-Being by J. L. Pendall {Book Review}
By Kellie Schorr Everywhere. Everywhere we go screens are blaring at us with bright,...
The American Buddhist
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Saving the World is Hard (But We Can Start by Making the Bed)
In the face of so much madness doing little things to care for ourselves and others seems unimportant.
Holly is Not Broken, She is Breaking Through
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Just Breathe, Holly
Nobody ever told me about breathing SLOWLY before.
Cultivating Peace Under Lock and Key
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Wait: A Love Letter to Those in Despair {Book Review}
By Acharya Samaneti I have to admit that I have a soft spot for dhamma teachers that are,...
- Beginner Meditation
- Advanced Meditation
Autistic with ADHD: Is Meditation Possible?
By Johnathon Lee Everyone struggles with meditation, but ADHD can turn it into an all-out...
4 Modern Aids to Meditation
Technology now gives us the wonderful opportunity to participate in the teachings of so many traditions and styles before deciding on a method that suits us.
Addiction & Recovery
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The Psychedelic Future of American Buddhism
The future of Buddhism here is with the young and many of them are open to psychedelics as an adjunct to meditation or as a distinct psycho-experimental practice.
- Empower Me
- Yoga
- Meditation 101
A Comfort Zone is a Wonderful Thing—But You Never Want to Live There
By Robert Butler A comfort zone is a wonderful, even a blessed thing. And like an addictive...
Choosing to Run Toward (not Away) from Pain
By Robert Butler When I was 19 years old, I joined a Krishna ashram. Searching eagerly for...
Advice for When Your Practice Repeatedly Stall
By David Jones Have you ever watched in distress as your practice starts, stops, restarts,...
Podcast
LatestSitting Down with Ethan Nichtern about Confidence and His Latest Book
Ethan Nichtern is the author of Confidence: Holding Your Seat through Life’s Eight Worldly Winds and several other titles, including the widely acclaimed The Road Home.
- News & Politics
Demure & Mindful: A Buddhist’s Take
By Johnathon Lee “Very demure, very mindful.” ~ Jools Lebron Are we being mindful if we’re...
- Family & Parenting
- Relationships
- Interfaith
Remember to Be Mindful on Vacation
We've forgotten how to just be in the world. Vacation needs to be about rest, relaxation, actually enjoying myself instead of rushing everywhere to see this or experience that.
What is Love? Do You Believe in Love?
Nazareth sang about how Love Hurts. J Geils Band sang about how Love Stinks. Tina Turner asked, What’s Love Got to Do With It, insisting it’s just a second-hand emotion. We often speak from a place of pain.
The One Track Mind
I think of it as the one track mind because I find that every thing is resolved easily when I don't stray far from it. In the spaciousness of this mind events unfold and go on their way. I laugh when I have to and cry when we have to. Everything is experienced completely without rejecting anything or running towards anything. Thoughts are a natural consequence, to be seen and let go.
- Wellness
- Health and diet
- Environment
Autistic with ADHD: Is Meditation Possible?
By Johnathon Lee Everyone struggles with meditation, but ADHD can turn it into an all-out...
Easy Vegan Cream Cheese Made from Nuts
By Marcee Murray King When I became vegan, one of the biggest challenges was having to...
The Reason I Talk to Animals (I’m Not Dr. Doolitle)
By David Jones We have two cats at home, a couple of dogs and a visiting dog who I call the...
- The Faces of Meditation
Snapshots of Meditation: Deb Taylor
I used to roll out of bed and meditate in my room. However, in August of 2020, my boy died in his...
