- 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)
- spillingtuesday_ - 06/16/2009
- Wow. I've heard of that. I'm also a Vietnamese girl. I'm not sure if any of my parents etc. every witnessed this.
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- Chiharu Tsukiyama - 03/26/2009
- thats so accurate and yet powerful (im a daughter of a Vietnamese father who witnessed that in his childhood)
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- project_aye - 01/18/2009
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Whoa - I had a forum topic about this:
http://avatarsave.gaiaonline.com/forum/general-discussion/burning-monks-an-odd-coincidence-or-some-kind-of-mystery/t.39363029/ - Report As Spam
- Hiktashu - 11/27/2008
- I like it!!Did you use the Death Whisper Empty Sockets for this?Because if you did,That's cool and I kinda like the reference image...
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- dragon_princess_ruler - 10/16/2008
- me like ur story and to tell u the truth its kinda sad and heartbreaking
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- In Search of that Booty - 09/19/2008
- wow 0.0 i cant get over how awesome that is. it looks just like that monk.
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- archaic radio - 09/15/2008
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holy crap
its an avatar entry that actually has a MEANING
i congratulate you. 1o,ooo,ooo,ooo/1o - Report As Spam
