- 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)
- franco3 - 09/04/2008
- Not bad
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- iiPwntendo - 09/04/2008
- shocking and good job
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- Erection Day - 09/04/2008
- That's epic.
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- S p r i n k l e - 09/04/2008
- Wow..great job.
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- Lady Le Sayrne - 09/04/2008
- wow. i must say i am surprised to see this here- but that is demeaning to the capabilities of gaians. this is real. this is well done. this is a reminder that all these pixels are based on reality and it can show thru. bravissimo.
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- Broken Helix - 09/04/2008
- Wow, what a sad story.
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- phydeoux - 09/04/2008
- The reason the Vietnam War was so brutal was because it wasn't really a war. Neither country declared war therefore neither country had to obey the rules of war.
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