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Thích Quảng Đức (chữ Hán: 釋 廣 德, Vietnamese: [tʰǐk̟ kʷâːŋ ɗɨ̌k] ⓘ; born Lâm Văn Túc; 1897 – 11 June 1963) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who died by self-immolation at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963.
On June 11, 1963, an elderly Vietnamese Buddhist monk named Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death at a busy intersection in Saigon. His act left an indelible image on the Viet Nam War. This was partly due to the iconic photographs taken by the Associated Press reporter Malcolm Browne.
Oct 16, 2022 · On a busy Saigon street in June 1963, Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức lit himself on fire and set off a chain of events that led to America's involvement in the Vietnam War.
Thich Quang Duc was a Buddhist monk protesting in South Vietnam, when his image captivated the world. Malcolm Browne won the World Press Photo of the Year in 1963 photographing Duc committing an act of self-immolation, burning to death.
Jun 11, 2021 · On the morning of June 11, 1963, an elder Buddhist monk emerged from more than 300 monks protesting on a busy street of Saigon. [1] As the monks formed a circle around him, the elder monk, whose Buddhist name was Thich Quang Duc, stepped forward and sat down in a lotus position.
Jun 18, 2018 · Fifty-five years ago, on June 11, 1963, in a heavily trafficked intersection in downtown Sai Gon, the 67-year-old Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc self-immolated. Thich means “most revered” — a title given only to spiritual masters. From his home pagoda, Quang Duc drove hundreds of miles to the intersection in Sai Gon.
Jun 4, 2024 · Vietnamese monk who became internationally known for his self-immolation (see sheshen) to protest the oppression of Buddhism by the government of the partisan Catholic president Ngô Đình Diệm. Thích Quảng Đức was born in Khánh Hòa province (Central Vietnam) and his personal name was Lâm Văn Tức.
Nov 24, 2021 · In June of 1963, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thích Quang Duc burned himself to death at a busy intersection in Saigon. He was attempting to show that to fight all forms of oppression on equal terms, Buddhism too, needed to have its martyrs.
On June 11, 1963, Thich Quang Duc and more than 300 other monks and nuns marched in a procession down one of Saigon’s major boulevards. Wearing a saffron robe, he sat down in the lotus position...
Thích Quảng Đức, a prominent Buddhist monk, emerged as a beacon of resistance in a time rife with political and religious turmoil. His act was not only a protest against the repressive Diem regime's policies but also a call for equality and religious freedom.
