self-immolation
Buddhist views on suicide examined after climate activist self-immolated on Earth Day
By Ira Rifkin — April 27, 2022
(RNS) — Buddhism does not categorically reject suicide, though its approval is very limited.
Activist’s self-immolation stirs questions on faith, protest
By Deepa Bharath and Colleen Slevin — April 26, 2022
(AP) — Bruce’s act was reminiscent of Thich Quang Duc, a Vietnamese monk who burned himself to death in 1963 in protest of the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government.
Tibetan Buddhist who self-immolated in India dies of his wounds
By Vishal Arora — March 4, 2016
NEW DELHI (RNS) The immolation took place days before the March 10 anniversary of the failed 1959 uprising by Tibetans against Chinese rule.
Tibetans have ‘sacred duty’ to support self-immolations
By Vishal Arora — November 9, 2012
NEW DELHI (RNS) As China's Communist Party began meeting in Beijing this week, six more Tibetans set themselves on fire. Exiled Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay said while he discourages self-immolation, it is the ``sacred duty'' of the exiled community to support it. By Vishal Arora.
10 minutes with … Lobsang Sangay
By Tracy Gordon — January 25, 2012
"My stand on self immolation is the same as that of the Dalai Lama, who has always discouraged drastic actions by Tibetans," says Lobsang Sangay, the prime minister of Tibet's government-in-exile. "He does not even endorse hunger strikes."
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