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Wow, that is going to be my wallpaper! That is amazing. Real?

 

A social protest of some sort by a vietnamese monk. I don't know the entire story behind it but I found it deep in the depths of the american parkour forum.

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A social protest of some sort by a vietnamese monk. I don't know the entire story behind it but I found it deep in the depths of the american parkour forum.

 

I barely recall the event. There was an American news organization that actually aired a video of this event and they got in a whole lot of trouble from dozens of different humanitarian organizations and later apologized for airing it.

 

Be well!

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Wow, I didn't know old Buddhist monks were that flammable. :P

 

But in all seriousness, I think the historical context was that the monk was protesting the Diem regime's persecution of Buddhists (it was a Roman Catholic regime). This is the same photo that the rock band "Rage Against the Machine" put on one of their album covers.

 

He must have been in pretty deep samadhi during the immolation.

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A social protest of some sort by a vietnamese monk. I don't know the entire story behind it but I found it deep in the depths of the american parkour forum.

 

Thank you! This is quite amazing.

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