Hey, so I have been thinking lately about getting a buddhist/dharma tattoo.
Ideally I would want to get a
Tibetan Wheel of Life tattoo, but I think it would be too expensive and take too much time to tattoo, also I think it seems too big for a first tattoo (even though this is not such a big deal).
Other option which I found interesting and is the main candidate for now is the
Eight-Pointed Dharma Wheel (a buddhist symbol representing the noble eightfold path).
Does anyone have a "dharma tattoo" or have any recommendation of some image or symbol?
My main motivation for getting a tattoo would be the experience of getting a tattoo.
In the past, I got a piercing once, and I really liked the experience itself of putting a piercing (the operation, the pain, the reaction of the body, the healing, the risks, etc), but personally I think that a piercing can be more inconvenient than a tattoo (usually more careful and long aftercare and can be unconfortable when putting pressure on piercing).
I see body modification mainly as an art, so what exactly I put isn't extremely important, but of course I won't do anything "permanent" like that without putting a lot of thought in it.