I doubt many Buddhists would burn themselves in order to take some kind of shortcut to Nirvana. Nirvana isn't a place that can be lived in after death. Nirvana is the word used to describe the state of Enlightenment. Any Buddhists who believe that Nirvana is something that can be equated to the...
I think what some people might mean when saying that is that the founders of particular religions were not caught up in much of the dogma or many of the beliefs that became part of the religion at a later time.
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