On June 11, 1963, a Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc, set fire to himself at a crowded intersection on the downtown of Saigon, Vietnam. The witnesses said that Thich Quang Duc along with several other monks came to the location by driving a car.
Thich Quang Duc got out from the car and then did lotus sitting position in the middle of that busy street, he poured gasoline all over his own body and set himself a light. The fire burned his body in a few seconds, but remarkably from the beginning when the fire burned Thich Quang Duc’s body, till the last moment he died, this monk didn’t move at all. He also didn’t make any sound when the fire burned his body.
The Peacefulness of Thich Quang Duc was contrary with the reaction and wailing of people who saw that incident directly from the location. The incident was captured by David Halberstam, a reporter of New York Times who was on the location when Thich Quang Duc doing Self-Immolation. David was in Vietnam to cover the war in that country, and his photograph became one of the world famous pictures.
Thich Quang Duc did the self-Immolation to show the protest toward Diem government, the monks asked for equal rights for the adherents of Buddhism. Previously the monks in Vietnam often protested the Diem government for the injustice that happened to some Buddhist followers. They were also demanding for the law enforcement toward some parties who responsible for the humanity crimes that happened in Vietnam. But unfortunately, their efforts never received positive response from the Diem government, until finally Thich Quang Duc did the self-immolation.
After the death of Thich Quang Duc, the Buddhist community tried to cremate his body, but amazingly his heart remained intact, then the heart was placed in the Reserve Bank of Vietnam and became the symbol of the Holy Heart.
Source: quangduc.com
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