One guy's experience going through a 7 day silent retreat. It cracked me up

[Goonch]

4. On 11th June 1963, 67-year-old Buddhist monk Thch Quang Duc sat down in the lotus position at

a busy crossroads in Saigon, doused himself in petrol, lit a match and burned to death. This spectacular public act of self-immolation in protest against the South Vietnamese government’s persecution of Buddhists sent shockwaves throughout the Western world, galvanising judgment and triggering alarm bells that – despite the American government’s assurances – all was not tickety-boo in Vietnam.