- 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)
- flickadur - 09/05/2008
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that`s so sweet!
his heart wouldn`t burn?
adorable. <3
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- C0rn Syrup - 09/05/2008
- thats sad but nice avi
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- itsToxicl3tch - 09/05/2008
- Wow. biggrin That's awesome. ^^ It looks just like that pic. biggrin
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- 9fizzle - 09/05/2008
- dude, love it, but i dont think its a great avi for the arena. its kind of hard to explain why, like, its not to plain, but at the same time its not very deep in design, you know? newayz good job. (didnt they use that image on one of the "TOOL" albums?)
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- NevenBlank - 09/05/2008
- Interesting description, learn something new every day
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- Shinxxie - 09/05/2008
- strange, but cool.
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- chloeravenblood - 09/05/2008
- Very dark. I love it!
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