- 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)
- aliciav18 - 09/03/2008
- LOVE it smile
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- Merriara - 09/03/2008
- omg...it's so symbolic and you did a great job with it. I'm a little sad though...the poor monk died engulfed in flames.
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- SWAGG-TASTIC - 09/03/2008
- WOW!......KEWL AVI THE PIC IS KINDA SAD THO BUT STILL THATS A KEWL AVI 5 STARS!
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- Ishimu - 09/03/2008
- Freakin sweet...
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- strong_bad_66 - 09/03/2008
- wow....thats kind of sad, yet awesome........5/5
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- Lady Miki Miki - 09/03/2008
- Cool! An avi with a history lesson!
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- Tha FreAk ya KnoW - 09/03/2008
- very true too thats what makes it so awesome
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