The Power Of The Mind

[Old Man Contradiction]

[Marblehead]

Thanks but I'll just stick with smoking legal (but unhealthy) tobacco.

 

Be well!

[Old Man Contradiction]

yeah I think I might try this tomorrow. I'm sure I'll learn to meditate REALLY fast.

[DalTheJigsaw123]

Wow, that is going to be my wallpaper! That is amazing. Real?

[Old Man Contradiction]

Wow, that is going to be my wallpaper! That is amazing. Real?

 

A social protest of some sort by a vietnamese monk. I don't know the entire story behind it but I found it deep in the depths of the american parkour forum.

[Marblehead]

A social protest of some sort by a vietnamese monk. I don't know the entire story behind it but I found it deep in the depths of the american parkour forum.

 

I barely recall the event. There was an American news organization that actually aired a video of this event and they got in a whole lot of trouble from dozens of different humanitarian organizations and later apologized for airing it.

 

Be well!

[froggie]

i think the video is on google http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=monk...;aq=f&aq=f#

 

and by the way the film Ring of fire - East of Krakatoa, the film where John Chang also is in is also on google

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=26...RCY7T-AbrqbGZDw

Edited August 15, 2009 by froggie

[innerspace_cadet]

Wow, I didn't know old Buddhist monks were that flammable.

 

But in all seriousness, I think the historical context was that the monk was protesting the Diem regime's persecution of Buddhists (it was a Roman Catholic regime). This is the same photo that the rock band "Rage Against the Machine" put on one of their album covers.

 

He must have been in pretty deep samadhi during the immolation.

Edited August 16, 2009 by innerspace_cadet

[Vajrahridaya]

It was a Vietnamese monks protest of the Vietnam war. I've seen the actual video.

[Old Man Contradiction]

It was a Vietnamese monks protest of the Vietnam war. I've seen the actual video.

 

the google link posted above is the actual video if anyone wants to see it.

[Mal]

[Gerard]

Read the story behind that photo here:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu...C4%90%E1%BB%A9c

[Mal]

Thank you for the link

[DalTheJigsaw123]

A social protest of some sort by a vietnamese monk. I don't know the entire story behind it but I found it deep in the depths of the american parkour forum.

 

Thank you! This is quite amazing.