Buddhist crisis
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The Buddhist crisis was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietnamese government and
Thích Quảng Đức self immolation
Huế 2024 July Altar to the Buddhist martyrs of 1963 Buddhist crisis in Hue, Tu Hieu Temple img 03
Diem talks with monks, 1955
Thích Quảng Đức
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Thích Quảng Đức was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who is best known for his death by self-immolation at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quảng Đức was protesting against the pers
Buddhist crisis
…although there was no direct admission of fault regarding any of the violence in Huế since the start of the Buddhist crisis. On June 11, Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection in protest against Diệm's policies. In response to Buddhist self-immolation as a form of…
Bồ tát Thích Quảng Đức
Quảng Đức during his self-immolation. Photograph by Malcolm Browne
A memorial to Quảng Đức located on the site of his death