Vietnam burning monk - inner strength or stupidity?

[Deicide]

This has got to be one of the greatest acts of inner strength and concentration ever performed by a human being. Imagine sitting there calmly as you burn to death in agonising pain, yet you don't even blink. Seriously hardcore!  

[spinnis]

I often think about that actually. Hes gotten his mind into a place where hes just accepted killing himself, and not just by going "BOOM" but by fucking BURNING do death without making a sound.

in-fucking-credible

didn't it actually result in something good also?

the mind is the most powerful thing ever.

[Deicide]

I often think about that actually. Hes gotten his mind into a place where hes just accepted killing himself, and not just by going "BOOM" but by fucking BURNING do death without making a sound.

in-fucking-credible

didn't it actually result in something good also?

Dude, it wasn't mere suicide. He did it to protest the war and yes, it got results, the whole world paid attention to what happened after that.

[freespirit]

America has not won the Vietnam war, and will not win in Iraq or Afghanistan.

[spinnis]

Dude, it wasn't mere suicide. He did it to protest the war and yes, it got results, the whole world paid attention to what happened after that.

when did I say it was just a suicide? i know exactly what it was  

I should have added that in my response though lol

[Deicide]

America has not won the Vietnam war, and will not win in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Uhm, ja....oorlog!!!!

[MuscleMcMannus]

Dude, it wasn't mere suicide. He did it to protest the war and yes, it got results, the whole world paid attention to what happened after that.

LMAO!.......Yeah the world paid attention and then they went back to doing what they do best.........waging war.  I agree it's a pretty amazing feat.  But I've also come to the conclusion that the world is going to move into the direction it wants to and there isn't a damn bit of difference some fucking monk, mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, or joe schmoe can really do about it.  Maybe it's because the people who run the world are all fucking evil tyrants worshiping a wooden owl and molesting children in their spare time or maybe that's just human destiny....who the fuck knows......but has ANYTHING really changed in the thousands of years since the dawn of man?  

[Deicide]

LMAO!.......Yeah the world paid attention and then they went back to doing what they do best.........waging war.  I agree it's a pretty amazing feat.  But I've also come to the conclusion that the world is going to move into the direction it wants to and there isn't a damn bit of difference some fucking monk, mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, or joe schmoe can really do about it.  Maybe it's because the people who run the world are all fucking evil tyrants worshiping a wooden owl and molesting children in their spare time or maybe that's just human destiny....who the fuck knows......but has ANYTHING really changed in the thousands of years since the dawn of man?  

No, didn't change much but it is still impressive as hell...

[Fallsview]

If the monk did this to himself, this is not a true buddhist view.  You cannot take your own life-you MUST stick it out and face your karmic predicament.

[Stark]

America has not won the Vietnam war, and will not win in Iraq or Afghanistan.

I think if we would have really cared to "win" the hearts and minds of the good people of Iraq and Afgahnistan we would have
done it.
However its far more sporting and fun to keep killing them.

[Army of One]

He might be able to set himself on fire and not flinch but I dont think he could handle being flamed by Getbig and not flinch.

[UGMT]

Jan Palach lives forever...

[Ex Coelis]

I think if we would have really cared to "win" the hearts and minds of the good people of Iraq and Afgahnistan we would have
done it.
However its far more sporting and fun to keep killing them.

who's "we"?

I didn't see you over there

[Ursus]

America has not won the Vietnam war, and will not win in Iraq or Afghanistan.

You cannot win a war against an army that is made up of the people and who mingle with teh people. The British army could not defeat the IRA, the Brits failed in Afghanistan in the 19th Century. America failed in Vietnam and I also believe they will fail in Afghan and Iraq.

[Rami]

example of how versatile the human mind is. can be molded / programed into anything.

merely a computer.

[DK II]

If the monk did this to himself, this is not a true buddhist view.  You cannot take your own life-you MUST stick it out and face your karmic predicament.

Bullshit, this WAS his karma. 

[freespirit]

I think if we would have really cared to "win" the hearts and minds of the good people of Iraq and Afgahnistan we would have
done it.
However its far more sporting and fun to keep killing them.

Leave that to the idiots who joined the military.

[spinnis]

Leave that to the idiots who joined the military.

anyone can pretty much be fooled into doing anything

[YngiweRhoads]

He would've made a great contestant on Fear Factor.

[pedro01]

Mental illness, morphine, gasoline & some seriously fucked up friends.

Ain't nothing but a peanut.

[Stark]

war is the only way Americans learn geography

[Voice of Doom]

the world is a burning house - Buddha

 

[spinnis]

war is the only way Americans learn geography

hahahahaha

[makaveli25]

How the fuck do you pour gasoline on yourself and light a match  !! That would be scary as fuck. How the fuck do you just sit there and not run around screaming looking for water to dive into!

[Disgusted]

Fuckingg stupid.