Thích Quảng Đức
Thích Quảng Đức was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk. He burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. He was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese Roman Catholic government. Photographs of his self-immolation were circulated widely around the world.
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Thích Quảng Đức was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. He was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese Roman Catholic government. Photographs of his self-immolation were circulated widely around the world and brought attention to the policies of the Diệm government. John F. Kennedy said in reference to a photograph of the monk’s death, ‘No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around theworld as that one’ The ARVN Special Forces loyal to Diᝇm’s brother, Ngô Đình Nhu, launched nationwide raids on Buddhist pagodas, seizing his heart and causing deaths and widespread damage. Eventually, a U.S. -backed Army coup toppled Diἰnh Di�m, who was assassinated on 2 November 1963. The street on which the temple stands stands was later renamed Quỉnh Qu�i. QuἉn Hồng was the first chairman of the Committee on Ceremonial Rites of the Congregation of Vietnamese Monks and abbot of the Phún Hoa pagoda, which was the initial location of the office of the Association of Vietnam Buddhist Studies. After the temple-building phase, he was appointed to serve as the Chairman of the Panel of Ceremonials of the Commemoration Committee of the Vietnamese Buddhist Association.
He died of a heart attack at the age of 80. He is buried in the village of H�i Khánh, in Vạn Ninh District of KhánH Hòa Province in central Vietnam as Lâm Văn Túc. He left to study Buddhism under Hüa thượng Thích Hoằng Thâm, his maternal uncle and spiritual master, when he was seven years old. His name is from the Shakya clan, which means ‘of the Shakyas’ or ‘Shakya’, and his last name is ‘Túc’ He was ordained as a monk at age 20 under the dharma name ThíCh Qu�ng. After ordination, he traveled to a mountain near Ninh Hÿa, vowing to live the life of a solitary Buddhism-practicing hermit for three years. He returned in later life to open the Thien Loc pagoda at his mountain retreat. In 1934, he moved to southern Vietnam and traveled throughout the provinces spreading Buddhist teachings. During his time in southern Vietnam, he also spent two years in Cambodia studying the Theravada Buddhist tradition. He oversaw the construction of a further 17 new temples during his time there. The last temple that he was responsible for constructing was the Quan The Amhu Amhu in the Phu Nhhuết District of Gia Ćnh Province.
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