Monk Protester Sets Himself on Fire

SideRow · #1 ● 12-04-2009, 09:05 PM

Don't know how old this is, or if this one is a re-post, which it possibly is, this isn't one of my fresh ones.

Information:

June 11th, 1963. A Mahayana Buddhist monk, arrived at a busy intersection by car in Saigon, South Vietnam. His name was Thích Quảng Đức. He was the Chairman of the Panel on Ceremonial Rites of Vietnamese Monks. Đức was accompanied by two fellow monks. While 350 other monks and nuns gathered around the busy intersection, one of the monks accompanying Đức places a cushion on the pavement. Đức then calmly sat himself down on the cushion and assumed the traditional Buddhist meditative lotus position. The second monk then pulled out a 5-gallon can of gas from the car trunk, walked over to Đức and emptied the contents over his head. Setting the gas can down, the monk pressed his hands together, bowed three times, emptied the gas can, and walked away. Đức proceeded to rotate his string of wooden prayer beads as he recited a homage prayer to Amitabha Buddha. He then striked a match and dropped it on himself. The crowd began to panick as police struggled to maintain order. Đức’s body suddenly bursted into a tower of flames. The 350 monks, nuns, and people watching fell to their knees and prostrated themselves as black smoke and fire consumed Đức’s tranquil body.

SideRow · #2 ● 12-04-2009, 09:05 PM

How is the quality of the pictures I'm putting up, guys? Good stuff?

7328mp05 · #3 ● 12-04-2009, 09:07 PM

I think they are great, keep em up

I've never seen this pic before

butterfly · #4 ● 12-04-2009, 09:08 PM

It's new to me and the pic looks good. Keep posting

Shawna · #5 ● 12-04-2009, 09:26 PM

Great post!!

The2Halves · #6 ● 12-04-2009, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by SideRow ↗

How is the quality of the pictures I'm putting up, guys? Good stuff?

lot better quality than the originals.
Nices pics!

savagefurai · #7 ● 12-04-2009, 10:34 PM

seen the first one somewhere here before but the second pic is BRAND NEW!!! lol.

great post quality. A+

Curb Stomper · #8 ● 12-04-2009, 11:03 PM

Surely you all know this guy?! Thich Quang Duc?! Meditated throughout and didn't twitch at all. Photographer won pulitzer and stuff.

SideRow · #9 ● 12-04-2009, 11:05 PM

Originally Posted by Curb Stomper ↗

Surely you all know this guy?! Thich Quang Duc?! Meditated throughout and didn't twitch at all. Photographer won pulitzer and stuff.

I knew about the monk, but not about the photographer. He won shit for having the balls and the stomach to handle doing that? Wow.

Shawna · #10 ● 12-04-2009, 11:07 PM

Ha, dudes just sitting there like nothing. I wouldnt be able to take pics, I would be trying to save him.

Monk Protester Sets Himself on Fire

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