An orator with “eyes of a tiger,” he helped bring down American-backed governments in Saigon during the Vietnam War and pressed for democratic reforms. By Richard C. Paddock Thich Tri Quang, a ...
Thich Tri Quang, a Buddhist monk who wielded formidable political power during the Vietnam War, leading waves of protests that brought down South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and later ...
Thich Tri Quang, a Buddhist monk who wielded formidable political power during the Vietnam War, leading waves of protests that brought down South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and later ...
On June 11, 1963, the world witnessed a moment of profound courage and sacrifice as Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc set himself on fire to protest the policies of Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem.
"Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc is a radiant symbol of the compassion, wisdom, and courage of a living bodhisattva, and of the engaged spirit of Vietnamese Buddhism," said the Fourth Supreme Patriarch.
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