- 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)
- noct-kun - 09/08/2008
- wow, very ... wow...
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- Dion Albert Necurat - 09/08/2008
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This is...wow...
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- BO-TAG - 09/08/2008
- that monk is just legend! 5'd
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- Deadly_Blitz - 09/08/2008
- One who is truly over pain...we may never understand why it was truly done for. i'll check up on it. % stars
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- -x-X-Dot-Tod-X-x- - 09/08/2008
- i vote you a five for this is truely an awsome avi
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- anteea_tea - 09/08/2008
- very nice story....5 stars
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- Thyrus Arcane - 09/08/2008
- lol... that's good biggrin
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