The Tattooed Buddha

Born in Vietnam during the Vietnam war, Cuong Lu emigrated to the Netherlands in 1980 where he later studied at Plum Village under and later became ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh.  The post Meeting Cuong Lu: Monk, Teacher, Former Prison Chaplain and Author appeared first on The Tattooed Buddha.

We discussed what challenged us, what we learned from, what we hope to see in 2026. We talked about grief, recovery, dogs, family, changes, the changing landscape of our nation and our world. The post The TTB Team Reflects on 2025 appeared first on The Tattooed Buddha.

A Single Excellent Night weaves together awakening experiences and pivotal realizations from the first four years of a 15-year apprenticeship Lee Carlson spent with Peter Matthiessen. The post Talking with Lee Carlson, Author of A Single Excellent Night: A Man, a Mentor & a Moment in Time appeared first on The Tattooed Buddha.

Jaqui loved meditating and had been trying to get into a 10 day Goenka meditation retreat for awhile and when her name came up on the list to be able to go, she was very excited. The post When Meditation Retreats Go Wrong: Suicide, Meditation and What We Can Do (Jaqui’s Story) appeared first on The Tattooed Buddha.

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. The post Kellie Schorr Talks Writing, Publishing and Her Latest Book: A Space Between Breaths appeared first on The Tattooed Buddha.