- Title: The Burning Monk
- Artist: phydeoux
- Description: On June 11, 1963, Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk in Vietnam, burned himself to death in the middle of downtown Saigon. He assumed the traditional lotus position as his fellow monks poured gasoline over him. He used a match to ignite himself and burned to death. David Halberstam, a reporter for the New York Times stated that he never moved a muscle, or made a sound as he engulfed himself in flames. Thich Quang Duc's remains were later cremated and legend has it that his heart would not burn.
- Date: 08/31/2008
- Tags: burning vietnam vietnamese monk buddhist
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Comments (7 Comments)
- FlyingPuffball - 09/09/2008
- Interesting.
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- [.+Rose Cochon+.] - 09/09/2008
- that is an awesome creation. it's something you don't get to see too often and the way the avy was made managed to convey the gravity of the original event that inspired it in the first place. Nicely done.
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- Bass Beatdown - 09/09/2008
- Very artistic. very awesome. Good job.
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- lishuss - 09/09/2008
- wondrously tasteless/ful XD
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- heros prep regio - 09/09/2008
- not bad
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- ifresh_120 - 09/09/2008
- awesome man
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- pinkpurple08 - 09/09/2008
- nice story...5 stars for that
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