- 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)
- phydeoux - 09/03/2008
- Please explain to me, yinyangmatrix, how this submission offends you, and supposedly other Buddhists too.
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- Tenfrentekun - 09/03/2008
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That's kind of awesome. o.o
Yinyang, why would you be offended? Don't be stupid. -.-
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