I’ve seen this picture, didn’t know the story until now,

This Buddhist monk who set himself on fire and burned to death to protest his government at the time,

Would that every human can feel such certainty,

Would that the governments of our world will not let this happen again,

It’s been sixty years…we are not close.

“Quảng Đức’s last words before his self-immolation were documented in a letter he had left: 

“Before closing my eyes and moving towards the vision of the Buddha, I respectfully plead to President Ngô Đình Diệm to take a mind of compassion towards the people of the nation and implement religious equality to maintain the strength of the homeland eternally. I call the venerables, reverends, members of the sangha and the lay Buddhists to organize in solidarity to make sacrifices to protect Buddhism.””