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Thích Quảng Đức (chữ Hán: 釋 廣 德, Vietnamese: [tʰǐk̟ kʷâːŋ ɗɨ̌k] ⓘ; born Lâm Văn Túc; c. 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. [2]
The school was decommissioned in the 1990s and was subsequently purchased in 1997 by the Quang Duc Buddhist Welfare Association to build the Quang Duc Temple. [ 4 ] The opening of the Upfield railway line on 8 October 1889 (electrified to Fawkner on 2 December 1920); [ 5 ] and the development and opening of the Fawkner General Cemetery in ...
Classified as a scenic monument since 1989. Forms a group with the three neighbouring temples of Thiền Quang, Quang Hoa and Pháp Hoa. Trấn Quốc Temple: Khai Quốc An Quốc Thanh Niên street, Hồ Tây: Tây Hồ: The oldest Buddhist temple of Hanoi, constructed in the 6th century during the reign of Emperor Lý Nam Đế. Tự Khoát ...
Trần Quang Đức was born on 16 May 1985 in Haiphong city. [2] He has courtesy names Nam Phong (南風), Tam Uyển (三碗), Thí Phổ' (施普), pen names Nam Quốc Nhân (南國人), An Biên Bachelor (安邊學士), suite names Cao Trai (高齋), Vân Trai (雲齋), literary name Vân Nang (雲囊) and Buddhist name An Biên Attendant (安邊居士).
Malcolm Wilde Browne (April 17, 1931 – August 27, 2012) was an American journalist and photographer, best known for his award-winning photograph of the self-immolation of Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức in 1963. [2]
Several Buddhist monks followed Thich Quang Duc's example and burned themselves to death. Eventually, an Army coup toppled and killed Diem in November. [legacy] Photos of Thich Quang Duc's self-immolation were circulated widely across the world and brought attention to the policies of the Diem regime. Malcolm Browne won a Pulitzer Prize for his ...
There are 529 Theravadin Buddhist temples throughout the country, of which 19 were located in Hồ Chí Minh City and its vicinity. Besides Bửu Quang and Kỳ Viên temples, other well known temples are Bửu Long, Giác Quang, Tam Bảo (Đà Nẵng), Thiền Lâm and Huyền Không , and the large Thích Ca Phật Đài in Vũng Tàu. [65]
"Thích Quảng Đức had formed a suicide pact with a colleague in North Vietnam who subsequently carried out his pledge in protest of North Vietnamese mistreatment of Buddhists. Once the South Vietnamese Buddhist crisis began, Đức was urged by several fellow monks and the leaders of the Buddhist protests to fulfill his part of the pact."