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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Thích Quảng Đức canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhist ⓘ
Vietnamese person ⓘ
human ⓘ
martyr ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
associatedWith Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam ⓘ
Xá Lợi Pagoda ⓘ
birthName Lâm Văn Tức ⓘ
causeOfDeath self-immolation ⓘ
commemoratedBy Buddhist ceremonies ⓘ
memorials in Vietnam ⓘ
countryOfBurial South Vietnam ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
dateOfDeath 1963-06-11 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kinh people ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
honorificPrefix Thích ⓘ
linked to: Thích Trí Quang
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 ⓘ
name Thích Quảng Đức ⓘ
notableEvent self-immolation at Phan Đình Phùng – Lê Văn Duyệt intersection ⓘ
notableFor self-immolation in Saigon in 1963 ⓘ
opposed Ngô Đình Diệm government ⓘ
photographedBy Malcolm Browne ⓘ
placeOfBurial Xá Lợi Pagoda ⓘ
placeOfDeath Saigon ⓘ
South Vietnam ⓘ
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 ⓘ
religiousTradition Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
symbolizes protest against oppression ⓘ
religious freedom ⓘ

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1963 Buddhist crisis → notableFigure → Thích Quảng Đức ⓘ
Vietnamese Buddhism → notableLeader → Thích Quảng Đức ⓘ
Thích Quảng Đức → name → Thích Quảng Đức ⓘ