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"Irrespective of the doubts if that was a pre-arranged publicity tactic, I consider the suicide of Venerable Bōwatte Indrarathana as a political act embedded in the Buddhist tradition. This essay is a brief reflection on his death and the politics of it."Via http://groundviews.org/2013/06/06/burning-for-sinhala-buddhism/source: Groundviews