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Self-immolation is often used to refer to suicide by fire. The Latin-based English word immolate, which for centuries was rarely used, means sacrifice, without any reference to burning, so more gen...
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Hòa thượng Thích Quảng Đức ( ,   ; born Lâm Văn Tức in 1897 – died 11 June 1963) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigo...
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Sep 2, 2001 ... The historical basis for self-immolation is unclear. The idea of sacrifice is a key in Buddhist thought and self-immolation could be thought ...
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opposing viewpoints concerning self-immolation within the Buddhist community and ... Evidence for self-immolation can be found in Buddhist practice as well. ...
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As Thich Tri Quang later pointed out, "burning oneself to death is the noblest form of struggle which symbolizes the spirit of non-violence of Buddhism." While many Americans dismissed Buddhist self-immolation as another unexplained act by a people they seldom tried to understand, the willingness of monks,
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Jan 2, 2002 ... Millions all over the globe saw his self sacrifice, and The Most Venerable ... At present, the Quang Duc Buddhist Welfare Association of ...
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