a Buddhist in my country

[Baotrader]

THICH QUANG DUC was my country's Buddhist. The special thing about him was he had his disciples burn him alive. He did not move at all. The video is still available on youtube. Is this kind of act a sign of enlightenment? I doubt it. I want to hear you guys' opinions

[Hellspeed]

Fanaticism.

[How to be wise]

@Baotrader That was very generous of him. In order to decrease the persecution of Buddhist monks by the Vietnamese police, he burned himself alive to draw attention to the issue. That is a realised man. Until you are willing to go through that, your work’s not done.

Edited October 8, 2018 by How to be wise

[Arkandeus]

He was certainly of high vibration

Also enlightenment is not an on and off switch, it is a gradient

Which explains why many on the path of enlightenment still embody a part of the collective misery, although in their own special way, even suicide done by someone of high vibration can carry a lot of meaning

So I maintain that no one will fully enlighten unless the whole world is enlightened, it is a collective evolution, we all carry the world inside of us and its emotional plane, as long as a part of the world is sick so will a part of us reflect that

Edited October 8, 2018 by Arkandeus

[Victor Mgazi]

21 hours ago, Baotrader said:

The special thing about him was he had his disciples burn him alive.

What? 

And did he mention why? Was he trying to make some sort of point? 

WTF?  

[How to be wise]

@Victor Mgazi read my post

 

[Victor Mgazi]

22 hours ago, How to be wise said:

@Baotrader That was very generous of him. In order to decrease the persecution of Buddhist monks by the Vietnamese police, he burned himself alive to draw attention to the issue. That is a realised man. Until you are willing to go through that, your work’s not done.

Yeah, I had already read it but I still don't get it. Is that what the monks said? It is was for drawing attention to the issue? Well if so then wow, talk about taking extreme measures. I'm sorry, but I still think that's a bit insane .

[How to be wise]

@Victor Mgazi This event influenced JFK as well. After this event, the U.S. pressured Vietnam into dealing with the persecution against the monks.