- 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)
- Le Fantomes Ingenue - 09/04/2008
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I think the background story is pretty heroic in a sense.
I read it to my mom and she was appalued.
The Vietnam war was the most brutal because everything was broadcasted on the nightly news where everyone could see tr00ps being killed.(My ap history teacher told me that) ^^
Im giving you a 5/5 cos i love the avvie and its creativness,and also the story is amazing. - Report As Spam
- Good4TheKi72 - 09/04/2008
- No offense, but to be reminded of his actions like this is well... degrading... however, that said, it is very well done. Bravo
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- Pucca-ily - 09/04/2008
- Its so emotional yet artistic ^_^
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- skyewing77 - 09/04/2008
- i really like the background story that goes with your avi
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- Gabriels Wing - 09/04/2008
- It's strange how some of the scariest things happen in real life. .
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- Kami the Queen - 09/04/2008
- Truely awsome 5/5
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