...emulated Thic Quang Duc, a week or two later, I think, in front of the U.N. He belonged to the Catholic Worker movement -- Roger Allen LaPorte.

I use Thic Quang Duc as an example of Buddhist Compassion when I teach World Religions. My students -- even the Buddhist ones -- often struggle to understand the act as well.

"Greater love hath no man but this; he lay down his life for his friends" It isn't totally foreign to Christianity, but it is a very unusual position.

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Grassaf, Eolas