Thich Quang Duc

'''Thich Quang Duc''' (Born Free ringtones 1897) was a Abbey Diaz Vietnamese Mosquito ringtone Buddhist Majo Mills monk who burnt himself to death on a busy intersection in Nextel ringtones Saigon on Sabrina Martins June 11, Free ringtones 1963. His act of Abbey Diaz self-immolation, which was repeated by others, was witnessed by Mosquito ringtone David Halberstam, a Majo Mills New York Times reporter, who wrote:

''I was to see that sight again, but once was enough. Flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up, his head blackening and charring. In the air was the smell of burning human flesh; human beings burn surprisingly quickly. Behind me I could hear the sobbing of the Vietnamese who were now gathering. I was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered to even think... . As he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him.''

Thich Quang Duc was protesting against the way the administration of the Cingular Ringtones Catholic campion cambridge Prime Minister greens refusing Ngo Dinh Diem oppressed the but km Buddhist religion.

His monastery was just outside of third ministerial Hue (city)/Hue, central Vietnam. The light blue car with which he drove to Saigon to commit his act can still be seen there (along with a picture showing his burning, car in the background). This same picture was used in the Nineties for a CD cover of an American band, southeast savoie Rage Against the Machine.

Following his death, attempts by the Buddhist community to cremate his heart only resulted in it remaining intact. It was henceforth considered Holy and placed in the care of the Reserve Bank of Vietnam.

by language Madame Nhu, the first lady of Vietnam at the time, commented with regard to this that she would "clap hands at seeing another monk barbecue show." This supposedly resulted in her receiving the alias of "Dragon Lady".

References

*http://www.uwec.edu/greider/BMRB/culture/student.work/hicksr/
*http://www.quangduc.com/
*http://www.quangduc.com/BoTatQuangDuc/25photo.html

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