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cinderwild

http://www.openorigins.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/thich_quang_duc_-_self_immo.jpg
For those of you wondering (and if you've seen it before and done your research, you aren't, but screw you, you don't matter. = D) that is a real photograph, and what is happening in it is not altered or photoshopped.
Thich Quang Duc was a Buddhist monk in the Vietnam war era who, in protest of a corrupt government that banned the display of Buddhist flags and worship, and with the aid of his fellow monks(who blocked fire trucks from reaching him by lying in the street), was drenched in gasoline and lit himself on fire in the middle of a public street. He burned to death supposively without even moving a muscle.
Fire is what makes people scream in bloody agony and dart about wildly as it burns away their flesh. Yet this guy not only didn't budge an inch, he didn't even make a sound.
One famous reporter of the time, David Halberstam reported the following:
"I was to see that sight again, but once was enough. Flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up, his head blackening and charring. In the air was the smell of burning human flesh; human beings burn surprisingly quickly. Behind me I could hear the sobbing of the Vietnamese who were now gathering. I was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered to even think... As he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him."
I don't know about the rest of you, but there is something about that devotion and utmost security in sticking by what he believed in that really invokes inspiration.
http://www.openorigins.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/thich_quang_duc_-_self_immo.jpg For those of you wondering (and if you've seen it before and done your research, you aren't, but screw you, you don't matter. = D) that is a real photograph, and what is happening in it is not altered or photoshopped. Thich Quang Duc was a Buddhist monk in the Vietnam war era who, in protest of a corrupt government that banned the display of Buddhist flags and worship, and with the aid of his fellow monks(who blocked fire trucks from reaching him by lying in the street), was drenched in gasoline and lit himself on fire in the middle of a public street. He burned to death supposively without even moving a muscle. Fire is what makes people scream in bloody agony and dart about wildly as it burns away their flesh. Yet this guy not only didn't budge an inch, he didn't even make a sound. One famous reporter of the time, David Halberstam reported the following: "I was to see that sight again, but once was enough. Flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up, his head blackening and charring. In the air was the smell of burning human flesh; human beings burn surprisingly quickly. Behind me I could hear the sobbing of the Vietnamese who were now gathering. I was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered to even think... As he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him." I don't know about the rest of you, but there is something about that devotion and utmost security in sticking by what he believed in that really invokes inspiration.

Last edited by cinderwild, 4 years, 7 months ago
Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

SheepKing

Another Picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Burningmonk.jpg
It's a real testament to the power that the mind can have over how the body perceives things.
Though I don't believe lighting yourself on fire in protest really helps anything; I do believe that his intentions where quite admirable.
Perhaps to show that you can have peace in a painful chaotic world if you just set your mind to it?
Another Picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Burningmonk.jpg It's a real testament to the power that the mind can have over how the body perceives things. Though I don't believe lighting yourself on fire in protest really helps anything; I do believe that his intentions where quite admirable. Perhaps to show that you can have peace in a painful chaotic world if you just set your mind to it?

Last edited by SheepKing, 4 years, 7 months ago
Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

Akio

That's amazing... that devotion to one thing is something I lack in life. To see something like thatis a testament to the devotion of a true master. To burn alive, unfaltering. He'd rather burn to death peacefully than live any longer in the hell he was in.
again... That kind of devotion is powerful enough to movea nation.
That's amazing... that devotion to one thing is something I lack in life. To see something like thatis a testament to the devotion of a true master. To burn alive, unfaltering. He'd rather burn to death peacefully than live any longer in the hell he was in. again... That kind of devotion is powerful enough to movea nation.

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

cinderwild

These were supposively his final words. It's from Wikipedia though, so I'm not entirely sure how accurate it is.
The last words of Thích Quảng Đức before his self-immolation were documented in a letter he had left:
Before closing my eyes and moving towards the vision of the Buddha, I respectfully plead to President Ngo Dinh Diem to take a mind of compassion towards the people of the nation and implement religious equality to maintain the strength of the homeland eternally. I call the venerables, reverends, members of the sangha and the lay Buddhists to organise in solidarity to make sacrifices to protect Buddhism.[2]
These were supposively his final words. It's from Wikipedia though, so I'm not entirely sure how accurate it is. The last words of Thích Quảng Đức before his self-immolation were documented in a letter he had left: Before closing my eyes and moving towards the vision of the Buddha, I respectfully plead to President Ngo Dinh Diem to take a mind of compassion towards the people of the nation and implement religious equality to maintain the strength of the homeland eternally. I call the venerables, reverends, members of the sangha and the lay Buddhists to organise in solidarity to make sacrifices to protect Buddhism.[2]

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

Akio

absolutely beutiful Cry for peace, and for the upholding of Buddhism...
absolutely beutiful Cry for peace, and for the upholding of Buddhism...

Last edited by Akio, 4 years, 7 months ago
Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

somefatguy

Many of my friends simply believe that he took drugs before lighting himself on fire to able to do what he did. I disagree with them though, I believe that he is in an incredibly deep type of meditation. "Mind over matter" strong enough to be able to brave fire without flenching is truly amazing.
Many of my friends simply believe that he took drugs before lighting himself on fire to able to do what he did. I disagree with them though, I believe that he is in an incredibly deep type of meditation. "Mind over matter" strong enough to be able to brave fire without flenching is truly amazing.

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

M. Dragon Fang

he stops his body from feeling pain, and makes it harden to not receive damage from fire… O________O how kewl. but actyually, something like this is prtty useless, unless your house is on fire |P
he stops his body from feeling pain, and makes it harden to not receive damage from fire… O________O how kewl. but actyually, something like this is prtty useless, unless your house is on fire |P

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

runical

but still an amazing thing. This means that you CAN actually control the most automated processes in your body.
but still an amazing thing. This means that you CAN actually control the most automated processes in your body.

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

SheepKing

M. Dragon Fang: Not sure if I understood you right, but it appears that you think he lived through the experience?
The picture was taken before his body started to shrivel and turned into a husk of carbon. He very much was incinerated to death.
M. Dragon Fang: Not sure if I understood you right, but it appears that you think he lived through the experience? The picture was taken before his body started to shrivel and turned into a husk of carbon. He very much was incinerated to death.

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

somefatguy

Yeah...I was looking at what M. Dragon Fang said too. I do not believe he hardens his skin or anything...he did die. He basically just ignores the pain.
Yeah...I was looking at what M. Dragon Fang said too. I do not believe he hardens his skin or anything...he did die. He basically just ignores the pain.

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

cinderwild

" he stops his body from feeling pain, and makes it harden to not receive damage from fire… O________O how kewl. but actyually, something like this is prtty useless, unless your house is on fire |P " - M. Dragon Fang.
No, he did die. There are other pictures of his shriveled body, too.
It was pretty useful at achieving what it was supposed to. Because media got a few pictures and that famous reporter was there, this was all over the worldwide news that very night. Suffice it to say that the corrupt government was scrutinized deeply after this.
" he stops his body from feeling pain, and makes it harden to not receive damage from fire… O________O how kewl. but actyually, something like this is prtty useless, unless your house is on fire |P " - M. Dragon Fang. No, he did die. There are other pictures of his shriveled body, too. It was pretty useful at achieving what it was supposed to. Because media got a few pictures and that famous reporter was there, this was all over the worldwide news that very night. Suffice it to say that the corrupt government was scrutinized deeply after this.

Last edited by cinderwild, 4 years, 7 months ago
Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

Linked

2 words.
simply
amazeing
2 words. simply amazeing

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

Akio

runical, That's Absolutely true, If you really wanted to, you could stop your heart, In deep meditation, I have about 42 beats per minute, without dying mind you. My Breathing becomes so minimal it is ussually not visible that I AM acctually breathing, and in that state, I have a very high resistance to pain, and I'm just an average teen. That being Said, Just imagin what he could do.
I think he just shut off his Nervous system, Therefore he would not move, neither would he have aany feeling of pain.
On another note, When you get burned to a certain extent, you just "stop" feeling the pain. It's because of damage to your nerves, If you ask any firefighter or burn victem, you're likely to get this response.
One voice can Change the world, keep that in mind next time you talk to someone.
runical, That's Absolutely true, If you really wanted to, you could stop your heart, In deep meditation, I have about 42 beats per minute, without dying mind you. My Breathing becomes so minimal it is ussually not visible that I AM acctually breathing, and in that state, I have a very high resistance to pain, and I'm just an average teen. That being Said, Just imagin what he could do. I think he just shut off his Nervous system, Therefore he would not move, neither would he have aany feeling of pain. On another note, When you get burned to a certain extent, you just "stop" feeling the pain. It's because of damage to your nerves, If you ask any firefighter or burn victem, you're likely to get this response. One voice can Change the world, keep that in mind next time you talk to someone.

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

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