Author: The Tattooed Buddha

When You Were Taught to Be Small: Unlearning the Shape You Took to Survive

There is nothing wrong with you for folding in on yourself—not then, and not now. But if you feel a quiet longing to breathe deeper, speak more truth, or take up just a little more space… that longing is not selfish. It’s your aliveness calling you back.

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The Apocalypse Will Not be Televised, it Will be Live (and unexpected)

Suffering, like power outages or wars, can be unexpected and take unexpected shapes.

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Philosophy as a Form of Resistance

When we practice philosophy with open hearts, we don’t just critique the world, we begin to heal it.

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Kellie Schorr Talks Writing, Publishing and Her Latest Book: A Space Between Breaths

She is a Buddhist yogi in the Tibetan tradition and worked as a prevention specialist in the field of HIV and AIDS. She said she has always been a writer. She talks about her journey as a professional writer and how it can take many, many submissions to get published. We also talk about how she found The Tattooed Buddha and began writing for us here.

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The Cave, the Mind, & the Rescue: A Modern Parable for the West

In Buddhist understanding, there are no saviors who come from above to pluck us out of suffering. There are only fellow travelers, walking the same path side by side.

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