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Thich Quang Duc

 
Buddhism Dictionary: Thich Quang Duc
 

A Vietnamese Buddhist monk who, on 11 June 1963, publicly immolated himself at a busy intersection in Saigon to protest about the war in Vietnam and the incarceration of Buddhist monks by the government.

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