PHOTOS MATERIALS GROUP  HISTORY  DAY 11-6-1963  
Venerable  Thich  Quang Duc  burned himself
Author : Malcolm Browne (AP): 1931-2012

In three   high events of  the  Buddhist struggle  movement  in 1963 - the death of eight  Buddhists on the  night of May 8, 1963 at Hue radio, the  self-immolation  of HT. Quang Duc  dated 11.06.1963 in Saigon and the "flood" offensive temples nationwide dawn night 20 dated 21/8/1963-three  events historical importance of the movement of Buddhist struggle . Here are some photos by reporter Malcome Browne, the office represents  the AP in  Vietnam  shooting  progresses  the  immolations history      the  Venerable  Thich  Quang Duc  at 10 am on Sunday, June 11, 1963. Along with Browne on the scene with David Halberstam then young reporter of the newspaper  The New York Times . Halberstam shared the Pulitzer Prize in 1964 with Browne for his article on  the event  .

01.  Monks and  nuns perform at the Buddhist temple of Buu Tu, held by the  Most Venerable  Thich Minh Truc, in Cao Thang Street, District 3 of Saigon.

03. After finishing the ceremony,  monks and  nuns go down the road to Phan Dinh Phung and Le Van Duyet intersections  . The Austin car of layman Tran Quang Thuan carrying HT. Thich  Quang Duc  (sitting behind) and Thich Tri Minh (sitting before) [ ●  according to the words of HT. Thich Duc Nghiep ]

04.  Monks and  nuns walk the  nembutsu , the curious people and children   standing by the side of the road.

05. Đại Đức Thích Chơn Ngữ tưới xăng lên đầu và thân mình HT. Thích Quảng Đức. "Tay trái tôi xách thùng xăng, tay mặt tôi dìu Ngài bước ra xe và mời Ngài ngồi xuống. Ngài ngồi “Kiết Già” tay mặt đặt lên tay trái. Tôi cầm thùng xăng đáng lẽ tưới lên vai Ngài, nhưng vì hốt hoảng lo sợ mật vụ tới nên đã đổ xăng từ đầu Ngài trở xuống. Ngài mở hộp diêm rút 5, 6 que rồi quẹt mạnh. Lửa tức tốc bừng cháy đốt ngay thân xác Ngài như một pho tượng trong khi các tăng ni quỳ xuống vừa khóc vừa niệm: A Di Đà Phật." (● ĐĐ. Thích Chơn Ngữ thuật lại)

06. Figure 2 (right) in the nine-figure series underneath is enlarged showing  Venerable  Thich Chon Ngu leaving the gas tank about one meter away from him and hurrying to the  monks , so that he can sit down again.  Alone  in the gasoline  marshmallows find themselves   lighters.

07. Photo of  Malcolm Browne  won the World Press Photo competition in 1963. The photo was so  moving  that the then-US President John F. Kennedy said: "No one photo  in the history of  the world  created. Get so many  emotions  ! " Recently , the list of images of the greatest of all  times , by the newspaper the New Statesman  (UK)  released this photo of Malcolm Browne was in second place (photo reporter Nick Ut captured her 9 year-old Kim He was burned by Napalm bombs at the top of the list).

08.   Fire continues to burn. Gasoline can be hot. Known  Buddhist concept  very  plaintive  catastrophic  during loading as high flame, covered all his people, but he still sits firmly as agar table serving two arms. ( ●  DD. Thich Chon Language since continued )

09. The  Master  continues to  meditate  . Gasoline can be hot

10. "After 7 minutes  systemic  him  down  but hands still clasped over his chest.  Around  the  monks  just worshiped him weeping, just  recite the Buddha , but one who still stood as a pillar of stone, do not cry, The face was so  painful  that it looked so  cold , with two hands looking directly at the black body of  Quang Duc . That is the  Venerable  Thich Tam  Chau, who is now the  Most Venerable  monk  in France. " [ ●  DD. Thich Chon Ngu narrative ]. (Currently, the  Venerable  Thich Tam  Chau Supreme Patriarch  of the Vietnamese Buddhist Church in the world  and  abbot of the  Patriarch of  Quang , Montreal, Canada - Writer's note) Also present at the scene with Browne was David Halberstam, then a young reporter for The  New York Times . Halberstam shared the Pulitzer Prize in 1964 with Browne for his article on  the event . Halberstam wrote: "I do not want to see that scene more  once  again,  once  was enough ... I was too shocked, unable to give any questions, do not even think anything about it. When he he  burned himself , he did not  move , do not scream, so looks  calm  his contrasts with sobbing crowd  around . "  in the photo:  Venerable  poured sugar in the flame still burns.

11. Word of the narrating  witness  history  that day as  ●  Thich Duc Nghiep , former  Venerable  Thich Chon Language and ●  former Nguyen Van Thong photographers  were seen and recalled that " He pulled open matchbox 5, 6 sticks and then swing hard ". The event  was demonstrated  by  nine pictures in black and white  press  continuity  of correspondent Malcolm Browne, taken from the same angle of view, taking the car Austin as a background image, recorded quite  detailed  and  honest progressive  move  themselves burn  of HT.Prefer    Quang Duc ,  especially  in a picture (photo No. 2),  the German  language has stepped away to the  monks and  nuns, leaving  HT Quang Duc  alone to  find a  match  between the gas  turbines themselves . [http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/the-immolation-of-quang-duc/]

Malcolm Browne (1931-2012), the only correspondent   of AP (Associates Press) present at the intersection of Phan Dinh Phung and Le  Van Duyet . The photo taken by Malcolm Browne  appeared  on the front page of  the world,  prompting the White House to  shiver  and the Kennedy President had to revise the policy for  Vietnam and instruct Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge to take over. Saigon. Malcolm Browne died on Monday 27 August 2012 at the hospital in New Hampshire, at the age of 81. VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN.GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/10/2018.