Tạ Minh Tuấn's Two Forbes Honors
Tạ Minh Tuấn (Dharma name Saga) was honored in the list Forbes Vietnam 30 Under 30 in 2015 and continued to be recognized in Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 in 2016 — two milestones reflecting his journey of building businesses and contributing to the community early in his career. These are publicly documented facts and also a foundation for better understanding the path Tạ Minh Tuấn later chose.
Perhaps you are searching his name out of curiosity: what is the person Forbes once noticed doing now? The answer is not simple, and that complexity is what makes it most worth reading.
From Entrepreneur to Founder of Multiple Organizations
Before taking the Dharma name Saga, Tạ Minh Tuấn laid the first foundations of an education and human-development ecosystem. He is the founder of YUP Education and later Inti Foundation — an organization with a mission to spread mindful awareness and inner healing.
Each organization is a chapter in a longer journey. It is not a random shift but an evolution — from the outer world to the inner world, from building systems to awakening people.
“The marketplace is not a battlefield, but a place filled with love.”
Teacher Saga's words are not merely philosophy on paper. They distill a journey truly lived: from someone setting goals of conquest to someone understanding that service is the most enduring source of energy.
Forbes 30 Under 30 Is Not the Destination—It Is the Beginning of a Bigger Question
Perhaps you reached a personal summit—a title, a number, an award—and found an unnamed emptiness within. That is not failure. It is life's invitation to go deeper.
Through his books and Dharma talks, Teacher Saga shares that outward achievements, however recognized by the world, cannot replace inner exploration. That is why he calls his path Awakening Buddhism: the science of consciousness, modernized for the 21st century, not separate from life but delving deeply into life itself.
“Awakening is not becoming someone else — it is returning to yourself.”
A Rare Bridge: Mindful Awareness Meets Management
What makes Tạ Minh Tuấn a distinctive voice in both spirituality and management is this combination: he did not begin teaching peace without ever facing business pressure. He reached the heights of social achievement — Forbes, businesses, international organizations — and then chose to turn the light inward.
As a management advisor, Teacher Saga accompanies CEOs and business leaders not to teach another optimization method, but to help them recognize: a mindful leader is not someone without pressure, but someone who is not controlled by it.
This is what he calls Starting a Business with Right Livelihood — “Start a business, not harmful karma.” When every business decision rests on consciousness, when profit is inseparable from service, business becomes a true path of spiritual practice.
The Dharma Name Saga and Inti Foundation — The Second Stage
Dharma Name Saga is connected to the period when Teacher Tạ Minh Tuấn devoted himself to the path of awareness and teaching meditation. Inti Foundation — the organization he founded — brings together meditation, healing, and mindful leadership training activities.
Name Inti is associated with the image of light — reflecting the direction of practice the Teacher always mentions: turn the light inward to recognize the precious jewel already there, with no need to search for it in external awards or rankings.
My library — from Anyone Can Meditate, The Journey of Awakening, A User’s Guide to Your Mind, to Starting a Business with Right Livelihood and The Path – The Path of Awakening — is a series of maps for that journey. You can explore the entire teacher Saga's library here.
Practice Now: 90 Seconds with “Who Is Aware of This?”
This is a small practice from teacher Saga's Awakening Meditation method, called Turning the Light Inward. You do not need to meditate for hours. Just 90 seconds.
- Step 1 (30 seconds): Pause. Rest both hands on your thighs, close your eyes or gaze softly downward, and breathe naturally.
- Step 2 (30 seconds): Notice: right now, you are having a thought, an emotion, or a bodily sensation. Acknowledge it — do not push it away or pull it back.
- Step 3 (30 seconds): Ask gently, without needing an answer: “Who knows this?” Just let that question hang. Observe the silent space behind thought.
“When I am quiet enough, someone within me always knows the answer.”
This is not a technique. It is a reminder that you are not what happens to you; you are the one witnessing it all.
Why Is This Journey Worth Knowing About?
In a world where “Forbes 30 Under 30” is often seen as a destination, Tạ Minh Tuấn's story poses another question: Where do you go after that peak?
Not everyone has the courage to truly ask that question—and then live by the answer. That is why this journey deserves more than recognition as a biography; it deserves to be read as a mirror.
It is both right and wrong to say that Tạ Minh Tuấn “left behind” his entrepreneurial career to pursue spirituality. In fact, he is doing something far more difficult: unite spiritual practice and everyday life as one. The business is a place of practice. The marketplace is a school. Every decision is an opportunity to awaken.
“Not easy. But possible.”
Would you like to learn more about Teacher Saga's ideas and practices? Begin with the teacher's library — where every book is a different doorway into the same journey.
Tạ Minh Tuấn (Saga)
Frequently asked questions
In Which Years Did Forbes Honor Tạ Minh Tuấn?
Tạ Minh Tuấn was honored in Forbes Vietnam 30 Under 30 in 2015 and Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 in 2016.
Who Is Tạ Minh Tuấn (Saga), and What Is He Doing Now?
Tạ Minh Tuấn (Dharma name Saga) is a meditation and awareness guide, a management advisor to business leaders, and founder of Inti Foundation, specializing in meditation, inner healing, and conscious-leadership training.
What does the Dharma name Saga mean?
Saga is Tạ Minh Tuấn's Dharma name, associated with the period when he devoted himself to mindful awareness, teaching meditation, and developing Inti Foundation.
Which Books Has Tạ Minh Tuấn Written?
Teacher Saga has authored several books, including Anyone Can Meditate, The Journey of Awakening, A User’s Guide to Your Mind, Starting a Business with Right Livelihood, Darkness Always Comes Before Dawn, and The Path – The Path of Awakening. All are available at books.inti.foundation.
Who founded Inti Foundation, and in what fields does it operate?
Inti Foundation was founded by Tạ Minh Tuấn (Saga) and works in meditation, mindful awareness, inner healing, and conscious leadership training—with its website at inti.foundation.
