- 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)
- Sai 1 - 09/02/2008
- 5/5. Although I don't like memories of Vietnam.
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- Griffin01 - 09/02/2008
- 5/5 in his memory
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- Lance Warmhearth - 09/02/2008
- Tha...Tha...That is one of the pictures in my history book.
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- Roxas of the oblivion - 09/02/2008
- *Gets fire extinguisher* phydeoux:"No......No!.....NOO!!!!----" *is cut off by foam* ha-ha-ha! it's good! congrats! ^_^
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- Kitten_090714 - 09/02/2008
- looks good but i've never seen it before
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- `Fo `Shizzle - 09/02/2008
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Oh yes I heard about this very amazing story.
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- JustSalad - 09/02/2008
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i love the story to go with the kick a** avi!!!
major props - Report As Spam