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English translation of the title: The Halo of Quảng Đức
English translation of first line: The historical journey
Thích Quảng Đức (1897-1963) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963 to protest the persecution of the Ngô Đình Diệm's government in South Vietnam.
Dedication:
Kính tặng Thượng Tọa Viện Chủ Thích Tâm Phương
Đại Đức Phó Viện Chủ Thích Nguyên Tạng
[Specially to Thuong Toa Vien Chu Thich Tam Phuong
Dai Duc Pho Vien Chu Thich Nguyen Tang]
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