The Burning Buddha asks us to contemplate our human rights and remember those who have given their lives to bring human rights to the world’s attention. This work of art honours these lives, the principle to which these lives were devoted, and the faith known to those who cared about the rights of humanity.

The Burning Buddha symbolizes the ghost that is left to speak to us of freedom and of hope, a ghost that stands for Human Rights and remains a beacon representing the sanctity of life and the value of our beliefs.