Thích Quảng Đức

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Thích Quảng Đức was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who became internationally known after self-immolating in 1963 to protest the South Vietnamese government's persecution of Buddhists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk
Mahayana Buddhist
Vietnamese person
human
martyr
religious leader
associatedWith Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam NERFINISHED
Xá Lợi Pagoda NERFINISHED
birthName Lâm Văn Tức NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath self-immolation
commemoratedBy Buddhist ceremonies
memorials in Vietnam
countryOfBurial South Vietnam NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Vietnam NERFINISHED
dateOfDeath 1963-06-11
ethnicGroup Kinh people NERFINISHED
gender male
honorificPrefix Thích NERFINISHED
imageDepicts self-immolation at a Saigon intersection
impactOn Buddhist movement in South Vietnam
U.S. public opinion about Ngô Đình Diệm
inspired later acts of political self-immolation
legacy icon of nonviolent protest
symbol of Buddhist resistance in Vietnam
mannerOfDeath suicide
mediaCoverage international
movement Buddhist crisis NERFINISHED
name Thích Quảng Đức NERFINISHED
notableEvent self-immolation at Phan Đình Phùng – Lê Văn Duyệt intersection
notableFor self-immolation in Saigon in 1963
opposed Ngô Đình Diệm government NERFINISHED
photographedBy Malcolm Browne NERFINISHED
placeOfBurial Xá Lợi Pagoda NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Saigon NERFINISHED
South Vietnam NERFINISHED
politicalContext Vietnam War era
portrayedIn documentary films
historical books about the Vietnam War
news photography
positionHeld Buddhist monk
protested persecution of Buddhists in South Vietnam
religion Buddhism
religiousOrder Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED
symbolizes protest against oppression
religious freedom

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1963 Buddhist crisis notableFigure Thích Quảng Đức