Wynn Alan Bruce posted a message on his Facebook page before his death that included a fire emoji and the date 4/22/2022.
He often shared quotes from Buddhist teachers such as Chögyam Trungpa.Death planned for a yearIt aims to act as a reminder to protect the environment, restore damaged ecosystems and live a more sustainable life.
Dr K Kritee, a Buddhist priest from Boulder, said that Mr Bruce had been planning to self-immolate for at least a year."This act is not suicide. This is a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis. We are piecing together info but he had been planning it for at least one year. #wynnbruce I am so moved."
Dr Kritee also shared a quote from Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hạnh about the Vietnamese setting themselves on fire in protest at the Vietnam War in the 1960s. The quote said:"To express will by burning oneself, therefore, is not to commit an act of destruction but to perform an act of construction, that it, to suffer and die for the sake of one's people."
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